IP Library Granted Patent US 9,291,353
Granted Patent B2
US 9,291,353 · App. 13/576,486 · Granted Mar 22, 2016

Household oven

Inventors: Marco Saporetti (Porcia, IT); Cris Tridello (Porcia, IT)
Assignee: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.
F24C15/024F24C15/02
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Patent No.
US 9,291,353
App. No.
13/576,486
Granted
Mar 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A household oven ( 1 ) comprising an outer boxlike casing ( 2 ) which is internally provided with a inner cooking cavity ( 2 a ) for housing the food products to be cooked and that communicates with the outside via an access opening realized on the front face ( 2 b ) of the casing, a front door ( 3 ) which is hinged to the front face ( 2 b ) of the casing to rotate to and from a closing position in which the front door ( 3 ) rests against the front face ( 2 b ) of the casing to close the access opening realized therein, and an internal heating assembly ( 4 ) which is structured for heating and/or maintaining the inside of the inner cooking cavity ( 2 a ) at a given cooking temperature; the household oven ( 1 ) also comprising a push-push handle ( 11 ) which is completely recessed into a seat (Ha) realized in the outer face ( 3 a ) of the front door ( 3 ), and is structured for alternatively assuming a stable withdrawn position in which the push-push handle ( 11 ) remains motionless completely housed into the front door ( 3 ) and forms part of the outer face ( 3 a ) of the front door ( 3 ), and a stable extracted position in which the push-push handle ( 11 ) motionless partly protrudes out of the outer face ( 3 a ) of the front door ( 3 ) so as to be seizable by the user.

Claims (25)

1. A household oven ( 1 ) comprising an outer boxlike casing ( 2 ) which is internally provided with a inner cooking cavity ( 2 a ) for housing the food products to be cooked and that communicates with the outside via an access opening realized on the front face ( 2 b ) of the casing, a front door ( 3 ) which is hinged to the front face ( 2 b ) of the casing to rotate to and from a closing position in which the front door ( 3 ) rests against the front face ( 2 b ) of the casing to close the access opening realized therein, and an internal heating assembly ( 4 ) which is structured for heating and/or maintaining the inside of the inner cooking cavity ( 2 a ) at a given cooking temperature;

wherein a push-push handle ( 11 ) which is positioned in a seat ( 11 a ) realized in the outer face ( 3 a ) of the front door ( 3 ), and is structured for alternatively assuming a stable withdrawn position in which the push-push handle ( 11 ) remains motionless completely housed into the front door ( 3 ) and forms part of the outer face ( 3 a ) of the front door ( 3 ), and a stable extracted position in which the push-push handle ( 11 ) remains motionless partly protruding out of the outer face ( 3 a ) of the front door ( 3 ) so as to be seizable by the user, and

wherein the push-push handle ( 11 ) comprises a substantially basin-shaped vessel ( 12 ) which is recessed into the seat ( 11 a ) on the front door ( 3 ) so that a rim ( 12 a ) of the vessel ( 12 ) covers and abuts a portion of the outer face ( 3 a ) of the front door ( 3 ), and

wherein the push-push handle ( 11 ) comprises a substantially flat lid ( 13 ) having a cam-profiled groove ( 21 ) that engages a swinging pin ( 22 ) in the stable withdrawn position to lock the push-push handle ( 11 ) in the stable withdrawn position.

2. The household oven according to claim 1 , wherein the push-push handle ( 11 ) comprises a substantially flat lid ( 13 ) which is located within the vessel ( 12 ) substantially coplanar to the rim ( 12 a ) of the vessel, and is pivotally jointed to the basin-shaped vessel ( 12 ) so as to rotate about a first reference axis (B) between a closed position in which the flat lid ( 13 ) is substantially coplanar to the vessel rim ( 12 a ) and closes the basin-shaped vessel ( 12 ), and an opened position in which the lid ( 13 ) is rotated/tilted of an angle greater than 10° with respect to a reference laying plane of the rim ( 12 a ), so as to partly protrude out of the basin-shaped vessel ( 12 ).

3. The household oven according to claim 2 , wherein the said first reference axis (B) is located behind the flat lid ( 13 ), between the reference laying plane of the rim ( 12 a ) and the bottom of vessel ( 12 ).

4. The household oven according to claim 2 , wherein the push-push handle ( 11 ) also comprises rotation damping means ( 18 ) which are housed into the basin-shaped vessel ( 12 ), behind the flat lid ( 13 ), and are structured for slowing down the rotating speed of the flat lid ( 13 ) about the first reference axis (B).

5. The household oven according to claim 4 , wherein said rotation damping means ( 18 ) are structured to progressively thwart the elastic force of the elastic assembly ( 16 ) acting on the flat lid ( 13 ) for pushing and keeping said lid into the opened position, so as to progressively slow down the rotation speed of the flat lid ( 13 ) as the lid moves towards the opened position.

6. The household oven according to claim 2 , wherein the flat lid ( 13 ) substantially copies the perimeter of the rim ( 12 a ) of the basin-shaped vessel ( 12 ).

7. The household oven according to claim 2 , wherein both the basin-shaped vessel ( 12 ) and the flat lid ( 13 ) are substantially rectangular in shape.

8. The household oven according to claim 1 , wherein the push-push handle ( 11 ) also comprises elastic means ( 16 ) which are housed into the basin-shaped vessel ( 12 ) behind the flat lid ( 13 ), and are structured for elastically pushing and keeping the flat lid ( 13 ) in the opened position.

9. The household oven according to claim 1 , wherein the push-push handle ( 11 ) also comprises automatic locking means ( 17 ) which are housed into the basin-shaped vessel ( 12 ), behind the flat lid ( 13 ), and are structured for selectively blocking the flat lid ( 13 ) in the closed position.

10. The household oven according to claim 1 , wherein the basin-shaped vessel ( 12 ) is provided with a snap-on locking mechanism ( 14 ) for irremovably anchoring the vessel ( 12 ) into the seat ( 11 a ) on the outer face ( 3 a ) of the front door ( 3 ).

11. The household oven according to claim 1 , wherein the basin-shaped vessel ( 12 ) is irremovably anchored to the front door ( 3 ) via at least one longitudinal strip ( 15 ) of glue which is positioned on a lateral sidewall of the vessel ( 12 ), immediately behind the rim ( 12 a ) of the vessel.

12. The household oven according to claim 11 , wherein the surface of the said lateral sidewall of the vessel ( 12 ) is plasma polished beneath said strip ( 15 ) of glue.

13. The household oven according to claim 1 , wherein the front door ( 3 ) has a double-glazed type structure.

14. The household oven according to claim 1 , wherein the front door ( 3 ) is hinged onto the front face ( 2 b ) of the casing ( 2 ) next to one of its lateral edge, so as to be able to rotate about a substantially horizontal or vertical second reference axis, between a closing position in which the perimeter of the front door ( 3 ) completely abuts against the surface of the front face ( 2 b ) to close the access opening and seal the inner cooking cavity ( 2 a ); and an opening position in which the front door ( 3 ) extends substantially horizontally or vertically immediately below or beside the access opening on the front face ( 2 b ), so as to completely free the access opening on said front face ( 2 b ).

15. A household oven ( 1 ) comprising an outer boxlike casing ( 2 ) which is internally provided with an inner cooking cavity ( 2 a ) for housing the food products to be cooked and that communicates with the outside via an access opening realized on the front face ( 2 b ) of the casing, a front door ( 3 ) which is hinged to the front face ( 2 b ) of the casing to rotate to and from a closing position in which the front door ( 3 ) rests against the front face ( 2 b ) of the casing to close the access opening realized therein, and an internal heating assembly ( 4 ) which is structured for heating and/or maintaining the inside of the inner cooking cavity ( 2 a ) at a given cooking temperature;

wherein a push-push handle ( 11 ) which is positioned in a seat ( 11 a ) realized in the outer face ( 3 a ) of the front door ( 3 ), and is structured for alternatively assuming a stable withdrawn position in which the push-push handle ( 11 ) remains motionless completely housed into the front door ( 3 ) and forms part of the outer face ( 3 a ) of the front door ( 3 ), and a stable extracted position in which the push-push handle ( 11 ) remains motionless partly protruding out of the outer face ( 3 a ) of the front door ( 3 ) so as to be seizable by the user,

wherein the push-push handle ( 11 ) comprises a substantially basin-shaped vessel ( 12 ) which is recessed into the seat ( 11 a ) on the front door ( 3 ) so that a rim ( 12 a ) of the vessel ( 12 ) is substantially coplanar to the outer face ( 3 a ) of the front door ( 3 ), and

wherein the basin-shaped vessel ( 12 ) is provided with a snap-on locking mechanism ( 14 ) for irremovably anchoring the vessel ( 12 ) into the seat ( 11 a ) on the outer face ( 3 a ) of the front door ( 3 ).

16. A household oven ( 1 ) comprising an outer boxlike casing ( 2 ) which is internally provided with an inner cooking cavity ( 2 a ) for housing the food products to be cooked and that communicates with the outside via an access opening realized on the front face ( 2 b ) of the casing, a front door ( 3 ) which is hinged to the front face ( 2 b ) of the casing to rotate to and from a closing position in which the front door ( 3 ) rests against the front face ( 2 b ) of the casing to close the access opening realized therein, and an internal heating assembly ( 4 ) which is structured for heating and/or maintaining the inside of the inner cooking cavity ( 2 a ) at a given cooking temperature;

wherein a push-push handle ( 11 ) which is positioned in a seat ( 11 a ) realized in the outer face ( 3 a ) of the front door ( 3 ), and is structured for alternatively assuming a stable withdrawn position in which the push-push handle ( 11 ) remains motionless completely housed into the front door ( 3 ) and forms part of the outer face ( 3 a ) of the front door ( 3 ), and a stable extracted position in which the push-push handle ( 11 ) remains motionless partly protruding out of the outer face ( 3 a ) of the front door ( 3 ) so as to be seizable by the user,

wherein the push-push handle ( 11 ) comprises a substantially basin-shaped vessel ( 12 ) which is recessed into the seat ( 11 a ) on the front door ( 3 ) so that a rim ( 12 a ) of the vessel ( 12 ) is substantially coplanar to the outer face ( 3 a ) of the front door ( 3 ), and

wherein the basin-shaped vessel ( 12 ) is irremovably anchored to the front door ( 3 ) via at least one longitudinal strip ( 15 ) of glue which is positioned on a lateral sidewall of the vessel ( 12 ), immediately behind the rim ( 12 a ) of the vessel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2015
From: SAPORETTI, MARCO; TRIDELLO, CRIS
To: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.
Reel/Frame 036933/0927 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 10153137 · Feb 10, 2010 · regional
Continuity (1)
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