US 11,832,764 B2
Cooking apparatus
Kookhaeng Lee, Seoul (KR); Yangho Kim, Seoul (KR); and Junho Seok, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/564,594.
Application 17/564,594 is a division of application No. 16/159,807, filed on Oct. 15, 2018, granted, now 11,234,556.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/571,917, filed on Oct. 13, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0117440 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47J 37/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/0676 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A griddle device, comprising:
a housing having an open top surface;
a burner provided in the housing;
a heating plate provided above the housing and providing a surface heated by the burner;
a pocket provided in the housing and recessed to provide a space in which oil or residue generated during cooking are accommodated; and
a barrier that is disposed in the housing and partitions an inner space of the housing into a first space in which the burner is accommodated and a second space in which the pocket is accommodated, wherein the barrier comprises:
a partition that vertically extends from a bottom surface of the housing; and
an inclined portion that extends at an incline from an upper end of the partition, and wherein when the heating plate is mounted, the inclined portion is elastically deformed to press and support the heating plate.