U.S. patent application number 13/343109 was filed with the patent office on 2013-07-04 for grill moving mechanism for oven.
The applicant listed for this patent is Yu-Yuan Lin. Invention is credited to Yu-Yuan Lin.
Application Number | 20130167829 13/343109 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 48693834 |
Filed Date | 2013-07-04 |
United States Patent
Application |
20130167829 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Lin; Yu-Yuan |
July 4, 2013 |
Grill Moving Mechanism for Oven
Abstract
A grill moving mechanism for an oven is provided. The grill
moving mechanism is disposed on an inner side of the oven for
grilling various foods to enable a grill to be moved outward or
inward synchronously with a door being pulled outward or shut, such
that food can be put into or taken from the oven conveniently.
Inventors: |
Lin; Yu-Yuan; (Tainan,
TW) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Lin; Yu-Yuan |
Tainan |
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TW |
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Family ID: |
48693834 |
Appl. No.: |
13/343109 |
Filed: |
January 4, 2012 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
126/340 |
Current CPC
Class: |
F24C 15/162
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
126/340 |
International
Class: |
F24C 15/02 20060101
F24C015/02; F24C 15/16 20060101 F24C015/16 |
Claims
1. A grill moving mechanism for an oven, applicable to the oven for
grilling various foods and essentially comprising an inner casing
provided at upper and lower ends thereof with pipe radiators,
respectively, a plurality of guiding grooves disposed at left and
right sides of the inner casing, spaced apart from each other, and
being of a predetermined height, an outer casing enclosing and
being spaced apart from the inner casing, a back panel, and a door
pivotally coupled to a front opening of the inner casing and
adapted to open by a preset angle, the grill moving mechanism being
disposed at an external side of the inner casing and comprising a
link, a controlling shaft pivotally connected to a rear end of the
link, and a push rod, wherein the grill moving mechanism being
characterized in that: a groove is disposed at a rear portion of
one side of the inner casing; the controlling shaft is pivotally
connected to a rear end of the link, penetrates the groove, and is
fixed to a lower end of the push rod by an angle; a front end of
the link is penetrated by a shaft lever and coupled to a rear end
of a deflecting bar by an angle, such that the link and the
deflecting bar are pivotally connected to each other; and a front
end of the deflecting bar is pivotally coupled to a support of the
door by a preset angle, wherein operation of the grill moving
mechanism disposed on one side of the inner casing of the oven
entails inserting a rear end of a grill pushed inward along two of
the guiding grooves of the oven into spaces formed on the push rod
to, such that operation of the deflecting bar and the link enables
the grill to be moved outward synchronously with the door being
pulled outward, and the grill is pushed inward synchronously with
the door being shut, thereby allowing food to be put into or taken
from the oven conveniently.
2. The grill moving mechanism for an oven of claim 1, wherein at
least two said spaces tilting downward and spaced apart from each
other are concavely formed on a front side of the push rod coupled
to the rear end of the link by an angle, such that the rear end of
the grill pushed inward along two of the guiding grooves of the
oven is angularly inserted into the spaces formed on the push rod
to maintain a definite angle between the grill and a rear end of
the grill moving mechanism and thereby effectuate control
thereof.
3. The grill moving mechanism for an oven of claim 1, wherein, once
the deflecting bar coupled to the front end of the link by an angle
is pushed inward to the greatest extent, a rest protrudingly
disposed at a preset position of the inner casing will abut against
the deflecting bar and thereby provide an angular anchor for the
deflecting bar pushed inward.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Technical Field
[0002] The present invention provides a grill moving mechanism for
an oven. The grill moving mechanism is disposed on an inner side of
the oven for grilling various foods to enable a grill to be moved
outward or inward synchronously with a door being pulled outward or
shut, such that food can be put into or taken from the oven
conveniently.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
[0004] Ovens developed by the industrial sector for grilling
various foods come in a wide variety of forms. Basically, a
conventional oven comprises: an inner casing provided at upper and
lower ends thereof with pipe radiators, respectively; an outer
casing enclosing and being spaced apart from the inner casing; a
back panel; and a door pivotally coupled to the front opening of
the inner casing and adapted to open by a preset angle. A plurality
of guiding grooves are disposed at left and right sides of the
inner casing and spaced apart from each other, and are of a
predetermined height. A grill can be pushed inward along the
guiding grooves of the oven and then smoothly pushed inward or
pulled outward. To grill food with the oven, a user puts the food
to be grilled on the grill, pushes the grill into the oven, and
shuts the door, such that the food inside the oven is evenly
grilled at a preset temperature by the pipe radiators in
operation.
[0005] However, the conventional oven does not manifest ease of
use, because the operation of the conventional oven entails opening
the door, pulling the grill out of the oven, putting food to be
grilled on the grill, pushing the grill into the oven, and shutting
the door. It is inconvenient for users to pull/push the grill and
open/shut the door.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] The present invention is intended to overcome the lack of
ease-of-use of a conventional oven for grilling various foods, that
is, the operation of the conventional oven requires that a grill of
the oven has to be pushed inward or pulled outward by hand. To
overcome the aforesaid drawback of the conventional oven, the
present invention provides a grill moving mechanism disposed on an
inner side of the oven to enable the grill to be moved outward or
inward synchronously with the door, such that food can be put into
or taken from the oven conveniently.
[0007] It is a primary objective of the present invention to
provide a grill moving mechanism for an oven, applicable to the
oven for grilling various foods and essentially comprising an inner
casing provided at upper and lower ends thereof with pipe
radiators, respectively, a plurality of guiding grooves disposed at
left and right sides of the inner casing, spaced apart from each
other, and being of a predetermined height, an outer casing
enclosing and being spaced apart from the inner casing, a back
panel, and a door pivotally coupled to a front opening of the inner
casing and adapted to open by a preset angle, the grill moving
mechanism being disposed at an external side of the inner casing
and comprising a link, a controlling shaft pivotally connected to a
rear end of the link, and a push rod, wherein the grill moving
mechanism being characterized in that: a groove is disposed at a
rear portion of one side of the inner casing; the controlling shaft
is pivotally connected to a rear end of the link, penetrates the
groove, and is fixed to a lower end of the push rod by an angle; a
front end of the link is penetrated by a shaft lever and coupled to
a rear end of a deflecting bar by an angle, such that the link and
the deflecting bar are pivotally connected to each other; and a
front end of the deflecting bar is pivotally coupled to a support
of the door by a preset angle, wherein operation of the grill
moving mechanism disposed on one side of the inner casing of the
oven entails inserting a rear end of a grill pushed inward along
two of the guiding grooves of the oven into spaces formed on the
push rod to, such that operation of the deflecting bar and the link
enables the grill to be moved outward synchronously with the door
being pulled outward, and the grill is pushed inward synchronously
with the door being shut, thereby allowing food to be put into or
taken from the oven conveniently.
[0008] Another objective of the present invention is to provide the
grill moving mechanism for an oven, wherein at least two said
spaces tilting downward and spaced apart from each other are
concavely formed on a front side of the push rod coupled to the
rear end of the link by an angle, such that the rear end of the
grill pushed inward along two of the guiding grooves of the oven is
angularly inserted into the spaces formed on the push rod to
maintain a definite angle between the grill and a rear end of the
grill moving mechanism and thereby effectuate control thereof
[0009] Yet another objective of the present invention is to provide
the grill moving mechanism for an oven, wherein, once the
deflecting bar coupled to the front end of the link by an angle is
pushed inward to the greatest extent, a rest protrudingly disposed
at a preset position of the inner casing will abut against the
deflecting bar and thereby provide an angular anchor for the
deflecting bar pushed inward.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a grill moving mechanism for
an oven in operation according to the present invention;
[0011] FIG. 2 is a schematic exploded view of the grill moving
mechanism for an oven according to the present invention;
[0012] FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of an oven with the grill
moving mechanism coupled thereto according to the present
invention;
[0013] FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the oven with the grill
moving mechanism coupled thereto according to the present
invention; and
[0014] FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of the grill moving
mechanism in an outward push mode according to the present
invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION
[0015] Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the present invention
provides a grill moving mechanism for an oven. As shown in the
drawings, an oven 5 for grilling various foods essentially
comprises: an inner casing 1 provided at upper and lower ends
thereof with pipe radiators 11, respectively; a plurality of
guiding grooves 12 disposed at left and right sides of the inner
casing 1, spaced apart from each other, and being of a
predetermined height; an outer casing 2 enclosing and being spaced
apart from the inner casing 1; a back panel 21; and a door 3
pivotally coupled to the front opening of the inner casing 1 and
adapted to open by a preset angle. The arrangement of the aforesaid
constituent elements is typical of a conventional oven and thus is
not claimed by the present invention. By contrast, inventive
technical features of the present invention are described
below.
[0016] Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 5, a grill moving mechanism 4
is disposed at the external side of the inner casing 1. The grill
moving mechanism 4 comprises a link 41, a controlling shaft 42
pivotally connected to the rear end of the link 41, and a push rod
43. A groove 13 is disposed at a rear portion of one side of the
inner casing 1. The controlling shaft 42 penetrates the groove 13
and is fixed to the lower end of the push rod 43 by an angle. At
least two spaces 431 tilting downward and spaced apart from each
other are concavely formed on the front side of the push rod 43
coupled to the rear end of the link 41 by an angle. The front end
of the link 41 is penetrated by a shaft lever 44 and coupled to the
rear end of a deflecting bar 45 by an angle, such that the link 41
and the deflecting bar 45 are pivotally connected to each other.
The front end of the deflecting bar 45 is pivotally coupled to a
support 31 of the door 3 by a preset angle. A rest 14 is
protrudingly disposed on the inner casing 1 and positioned at a
preset position beneath the deflecting bar 45 pushed inward to the
greatest extent. The aforesaid arrangement allows the grill moving
mechanism 4 to be disposed on one side of the inner casing 1 (as
shown in FIG. 1).
[0017] Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 3, and FIG. 5, operation of the
grill moving mechanism 4 disposed on one side of the inner casing 1
of the oven 5 entails inserting angularly the rear end of a grill 6
pushed inward along two of the guiding grooves 12 of the oven 5
into the spaces 431 formed on the push rod 43 to maintain a
definite angle between the grill 6 and the push rod 43 and thereby
effectuates control thereof. A grill pan 7 can be placed on the
grill 6, and then food to be grilled is placed in the grill pan 7.
Afterward, a user shuts the door 3 of the oven 5 by hand to cause
the grill 6 to be pushed inward by means of the grill moving
mechanism 4 (as shown in FIG. 4); meanwhile, once the deflecting
bar 45 coupled to the front end of the link 41 by an angle is
pushed inward to the greatest extent, the rest 14 protrudingly
disposed at a preset position of the inner casing 1 will abut
against the deflecting bar 45 and thereby provide an angular anchor
for the deflecting bar 45 pushed inward. Afterward, the food in the
grill pan 7 is grilled at a preset temperature by the pipe
radiators 11 provided at the upper and lower ends of the inner
casing 1 of the oven 5. By contrast, if the user pulls the door 3
of the oven 5 outward (as shown in FIG. 5), operation of the
deflecting bar 45 and the link 41 will enable the grill 6 to be
moved outward synchronously with the door 3. Hence, food can be put
into or taken from the oven 5 conveniently.
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