Cooker

• US 9,021,942 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2012
• Issued: 05/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Jongho, Wie, Jeahyuk
• Primary Examiner(s): ALEXANDER, REGINALD
• Application Number:
  US13/446,961
• Publication Number:
  US 20120266758A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,117 Days
• Field of Search: 994/67, 994/49, 994/73, 994/76, 126/273.R, 126/21.R, 126/21.A, 126/15.R, 219/394, 219/395, 219/757
• US Class Current: 99/467
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/001 arrangements for discharging combustion gases
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/006 Arrangements for circulation of cooling air
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/2007 from oven cavities
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 3/085 on ranges

Abstract

A cooker is provided. The cooker includes a casing, a cavity part in the casing and including a cooking chamber to cook food, and an exhaust duct through which exhaust gas is discharged. The exhaust duct includes a first duct part having a lower end communicating with the cooking chamber, a second duct part extending from the other end of the first duct part, the second duct part making a predetermined angle with respect to the first duct part or having a predetermined curvature, and a flow passage extension protruded from a portion of the first duct part or the second duct part in an outward direction. At least a portion of the flow passage extension extends at an angle different from the predetermined angle between the first and second duct parts or the flow passage extension has a curvature different from the predetermined curvature of the second duct part.

Claims

1. A cooker comprising:

a casing defining an exterior of the cooker;

a cavity part disposed in the casing and including a cooking chamber configured to cook food; and

an exhaust duct through which exhaust gas is discharged from the cooking chamber to an outside area of the casing, the exhaust duct including;

a first duct part having a lower end communicating with the cooking chamber;

a second duct part extending from the other end of the first duct part, the second duct part making a predetermined angle with respect to the first duct part or having a predetermined curvature; and

a flow passage extension protruded from a portion of the first duct part or the second duct part in an outward direction,

wherein at least a portion of the flow passage extension extends at an angle different from the predetermined angle between the first and second duct parts or the flow passage extension has a curvature different from the predetermined curvature of the second part,

wherein the flow passage extension includes a plurality of surfaces continuously arranged in a flow direction of exhaust gas in the first and second duct parts, and

wherein at least one of the surfaces of the flow passage extension extends at an angle different from the predetermined angle between the first and second duct parts.

2. The cooker according to claim 1, further comprising a control panel disposed on a top surface of the casing,

wherein the lower end of the first duct part is fixed to a top surface or a rear surface of the cavity part and communicates with the cooking chamber, and

wherein an upper end of the second duct part communicates with an outside area through a portion of the control panel.

3. The cooker according to claim 1, wherein the flow passage extension is disposed close to a connection position between the first and second duct parts.

4. The cooker according to claim 1, wherein the flow passage extension has a curvature greater than the curvature of the second duct part.

5. The cooker according to claim 1, further comprising a burner configured to supply energy to the cooking chamber for cooking food.

6. The cooker according to claim 1, wherein the flow passage extension includes a pair of flow passage extensions.

7. The cooker according to claim 6, wherein the upper exhaust passage includes a gas transfer opening, and

wherein the pair of flow passage extensions are formed on opposite sides of the gas transfer opening.

8. A cooker comprising:

a casing defining an exterior of the cooker;

an upper cavity part disposed in the casing and including an upper cooking chamber configured to cook food;

an upper burner configured to supply energy to the upper cooking chamber for cooking food;

an upper exhaust duct to which exhaust gas flows from the upper cooking chamber;

a lower cavity part disposed in the casing under the upper cavity part and including a lower cooking chamber configured to cook food;

a lower burner configured to supply energy to the lower cooking chamber for cooking food; and

a lower exhaust duct to which exhaust gas flows from the lower cooking chamber,

wherein the upper exhaust duct includes;

a first duct part having a lower end communicating with the upper cooking chamber, the first duct part being sloped at a first angle with respect to a top surface of the upper cavity part;

a second duct part communicating with an upper end of the first duct part, the second duct part being sloped at a second angle with respect to the top surface of the upper cavity part or the second duct part having a predetermined curvature, wherein the first duct part and the second duct part are formed as one body; and

a flow passage extension protruded from a portion of the first duct part or the second duct part in an outward direction,

wherein at least a portion of the flow passage extension extends at an angle different from the first and second angles or the flow passage extension has a curvature different from the predetermined curvature of the second duct part,

wherein the flow passage extension includes at least one surface that extends at an angle different from the predetermined angle between the first and second duct parts,

wherein exhaust gas of the upper cooking chamber is guided to the outside area of the casing through the upper exhaust duct, and exhaust gas of the lower cooking chamber is guided to the upper exhaust duct through the lower exhaust duct,

wherein a portion of the upper exhaust duct includes a gas transfer opening,

wherein an upper end of the lower exhaust duct is connected to the portion of the rear surface of the upper exhaust duct at the gas transfer opening,

wherein the flow passage extension is provided on another portion of the upper exhaust duct at a location where the gas transfer opening is not provided, and

wherein the flow passage extension includes a pair of flow passage extensions.

9. The cooker according to claim 8, further comprising a control panel disposed on a top surface of the casing,

wherein the lower end of the first duct part is fixed to the top surface of the upper cavity part and communicates with the upper cooking chamber, and

wherein an upper end of the second duct part communicates with an outside area through a portion of the control panel.

10. The cooker according to claim 8, wherein the flow passage extension is disposed close to a connection position between the first and second duct parts.

11. The cooker according to claim 8, wherein the flow passage extension has a curvature greater than the curvature of the second duct part.

12. The cooker according to claim 8, wherein the pair of flow passage extensions are formed on opposite sides of the gas transfer opening.