COOKING DEVICE

• US 20160169535A1
• Filed: 12/15/2015
• Published: 06/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Sangcheol, KIM, Wontae
• Granted Patent: US 10,088,171 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/2042 Devices for removing cooking fumes structurally associated with a cooking range e.g. downdraft F24C15/2007 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/2071 mounting of cooking hood
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/2092 extendable or pivotable

Abstract

A cooking device includes a main body with a cooking space, and a hood provided at the lower side of the main body, the hood is configured to suction air and includes a hood casing, a movable part that is configured to be withdrawn from the hood casing and a suction part with a front suction port, where the front suction port is exposed to an outside of the hood casing based on the movable part being withdrawn from the hood casing, and the front suction portion is not exposed to the outside of the hood casing based on the movable part being inserted in the hood casing.

Claims

1. A cooking device comprising:

a main body with a cooking space where food is cooked; and

a hood provided at a lower side of the main body, wherein the hood is configured to suction air;

wherein the hood comprises;

a hood casing;

a movable part that is configured to be withdrawn from the hood casing; and

a suction part with a front suction port,

wherein the front suction port is exposed to an outside of the hood casing based on the movable part being withdrawn from the hood casing, and

wherein the front suction portion is not exposed to the outside of the hood casing based on the movable part being inserted in the hood casing.

2. The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the suction part is tiltably connected to the movable part, and wherein the suction part is tilted downward while being withdrawn from the hood casing together with the movable part.

3. The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the suction part further comprises a bottom portion with a bottom suction port.

4. The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the hood further comprises a tilting limitation part that limits a tilting angle of the suction part.

5. The cooking device according to claim 4, wherein the tilting limitation part comprises a guide groove that is provided at one of the movable part and the suction part, and a guide protrusion that is provided at the other one of the movable part and the suction part and wherein the guide protrusion is accommodated in the guide groove.

6. The cooking device according to claim 2, wherein the movable part comprises a plurality of side frames configured to connect to the suction part, and a front frame that is configured to connect to front ends of the plurality of side frames, and

wherein the front frame covers the front suction port from being exposed to the outside based on the suction part being located within the hood casing, and

wherein the front suction port is located under the front frame based on the suction part being withdrawn.

7. The cooking device according to claim 2, wherein the suction part comprises a plurality of suction modules, each of the plurality of suction modules having a different tilting angle with respect to a lower surface of the hood casing, and wherein each of the plurality of suction modules comprises a front suction port.

8. The cooking device according to claim 7, wherein, among the plurality of suction modules, a suction module with a greatest tilting angle with respect to the lower surface of the hood casing further comprises a bottom suction port.

9. The cooking device according to claim 2, wherein the suction part comprises a first suction module that is tilted with respect to a lower surface of the hood casing by a first angle, and a second suction module that is connected to the first suction module and tilted with respect to the lower surface of the hood casing by a second angle, the second angle being greater than the first angle.

10. The cooking device according to claim 9, wherein the hood further comprises a first tilting limitation part, configured to limit a tilting angle of the first suction module, and a second tilting limitation part, configured to limit a tilting angle of the second suction module.

11. The cooking device according to claim 10, wherein the first tilting limitation part comprises a first guide groove provided at one of the movable part and the first suction module, and a first guide protrusion provided at the other one of the movable part and the first suction module, and wherein the first tilting limitation part is accommodated in the first guide groove, and

wherein the second tilting limitation part comprises a second guide groove provided at one of the first suction module and the second suction module, and a second guide protrusion provided at the other one of the first suction module and the second suction module, and wherein the second tilting limitation part is accommodated in the second guide groove.

12. The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the suction part is fixed to the hood casing, and the moving part is configured to guide the air toward a front suction port based on the suction part being withdrawn from the hood casing.

13. The cooking device according to claim 12, wherein the hood casing further comprises a bottom plate and a bottom suction port provided at the bottom plate, wherein the bottom suction port is configured to suction the air.

14. The cooking device according to claim 12, wherein the movable part comprises a sliding member, and an extension part that extends downward from a front end of the sliding member, and wherein the extension part covers the front suction port based on the sliding member being inserted into the hood casing.

15. The cooking device according to claim 13, wherein the suction part has an opening that enables the sliding member to be slid.

16. The cooking device according to claim 15, wherein the opening is defined as a cut portion of an upper end of the suction part.

17. The cooking device according to claim 13, wherein the hood further comprises a rail assembly that is configured to allow the movable part to slide along the rail assembly, the hood casing comprises a bottom plate and a rail support part that is provided at the bottom plate, and the rail assembly comprises a fixed rail, which is fixed to the rail support part, and a moving rail that is connected to the fixed rail and the sliding member.

18. The cooking device according to claim 13, further comprising a limitation mechanism that limits a withdrawing position of the movable part,

wherein the limitation mechanism comprises a stopper provided at the hood casing, and a protrusion portion that is provided at the movable part and is in contact with the stopper based on the movable part being moved along the rail assembly.

19. A cooking device comprising:

a main body with a cooking space where food is cooked; and

a hood provided at a lower side of the main body, wherein the hood is configured to suction air,

wherein the hood comprises;

a hood casing;

a movable part that is configured to be withdrawn from the hood casing; and

a suction part that is tiltably connected to the movable part and configured to tilt downward based on being withdrawn from the hood casing together with the movable part, and wherein the suction part comprises a front portion at which a front suction port is provided.

20. A cooking device comprising:

a main body with a cooking space where food is cooked; and

a hood provided at a lower side of the main body, wherein the hood is configured to suction air;

wherein the hood comprises;

a hood casing with a front plate; and

a front suction port provided at the front plate, through which the air is suctioned.