US 12,000,596 B2
Cooking appliance
Seungwoo Han, Suwon-si (KR); Sungmin Oh, Suwon-si (KR); Jaehee Jo, Suwon-si (KR); Sangjin Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Junesang Mok, Suwon-si (KR); Changhyun Son, Suwon-si (KR); Minho Yun, Suwon-si (KR); and Bokhyun Jang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/988,320.
Application 17/988,320 is a continuation of application No. 17/216,875, filed on Mar. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,512,857.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0039453 (KR), filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0069901 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F24C 15/32 (2006.01); F24C 15/00 (2006.01); A47J 37/06 (2006.01); F24C 3/12 (2006.01); F24C 5/16 (2006.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01); F24C 15/06 (2006.01); F24C 15/08 (2006.01); F24C 15/20 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 15/322 (2013.01) [F24C 15/006 (2013.01); A47J 37/0641 (2013.01); F24C 3/126 (2013.01); F24C 5/16 (2013.01); F24C 7/085 (2013.01); F24C 15/005 (2013.01); F24C 15/06 (2013.01); F24C 15/08 (2013.01); F24C 15/2007 (2013.01); F24C 15/32 (2013.01); F24C 15/325 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking appliance comprising:
a main body with a machine room;
a cooking chamber below the machine room;
an upper side cooking portion above the machine room;
an intermediate flow path formed between the machine room and the cooking chamber;
a fan configured to suction air into the intermediate flow path;
a discharge port opened upward to discharge air moved by the fan; and
a discharge cover that covers the discharge port in a vertical direction,
wherein the discharge cover includes:
a first through hole and a second through hole disposed above the discharge port, and through which air discharged from the discharge port passes in an upward direction,
an intermediate portion formed between the first through hole and the second through hole and disposed above the discharge port, and
a discharge guide protruding downward with a convex surface from the intermediate portion toward the discharge port so that the air discharged from the discharge port is guided to the first through hole and the second through hole along the convex surface.