US 11,796,178 B2
Oven appliance with rear gas burner
Hans Juergen Paller, Louisville, KY (US); and Rebekah Leigh Tyler, Louisville, KY (US)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/97,000.
Prior Publication US 2022/0154935 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. F24C 3/08 (2006.01); F24C 11/00 (2006.01); F24C 15/32 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 3/087 (2013.01) [F24C 11/00 (2013.01); F24C 15/325 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An oven appliance, comprising:
a cabinet defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral, and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the cabinet comprising a front portion spaced apart from a back portion along the transverse direction and a left side spaced apart from a right side along the lateral direction;
a chamber defined within the cabinet for receipt of food items for cooking;
a gas burner positioned proximate to a bottom portion of the chamber;
a combustion products guide structure positioned and oriented to guide combustion products from the gas burner to the chamber, the combustion products guide structure comprising a first duct and a second duct, the first duct extending from an upstream end proximate a first set of ports on a first side of the gas burner to a downstream end in the cooking chamber proximate a back wall of the chamber, the second duct extending from an upstream end proximate a second set of ports on a second side of the gas burner to a downstream end oriented towards a front of the oven appliance.