US 11,946,648 B2
Cooking appliance
Euisu Jung, Seoul (KR); Hwichang Son, Seoul (KR); and Moonho Choi, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on May 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/331,449.
Application 16/180,484 is a division of application No. 14/867,887, filed on Sep. 28, 2015, granted, now 10,443,857, issued on Oct. 15, 2019.
Application 17/331,449 is a continuation of application No. 16/180,484, filed on Nov. 5, 2018, granted, now 11,054,143.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2014-0129598 (KR), filed on Sep. 26, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0285654 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. F24C 15/02 (2006.01); A21B 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 15/024 (2013.01) [A21B 3/02 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking appliance comprising:
an oven unit comprising:
a cooking compartment providing an interior space, and
a door configured to open or close the cooking compartment;
a handle rotatably mounted relative to the door; and
a handle supporter rotatably supporting the handle,
wherein the handle supporter comprises:
a handle lever coupled to the handle,
a handle supporter casing rotatably supporting the handle lever, and
a handle fastening member configured to couple the handle lever to the handle supporter casing,
wherein the handle lever comprises:
a handle coupling component coupled to the handle, and
a handle rotary component that extends from the handle coupling component,
wherein the handle supporter casing is configured to, based on the handle supporter casing being coupled to the handle lever, rotatably support the handle rotary component,
wherein the handle supporter casing defines a groove recessed from one side of the handle supporter casing and configured to accommodate the handle lever, and
wherein the groove comprises:
a seating groove configured to accommodate the handle coupling component, and
a handle rotary component groove recessed from a surface of the seating groove and configured to accommodate the handle rotary component.