Stoves and furnaces – Stoves – Cooking
Patent
1991-11-19
1993-03-02
Dority, Carroll B.
Stoves and furnaces
Stoves
Cooking
126 39B, 126 41R, 126299D, 219447, F24C 300
Patent
active
051900262
ABSTRACT:
A modular countertop cooking assembly is provided comprising at least one cooking module and a control module. The cooking module includes a burner box housing, and preferably includes a downdraft ventilation system, and is adapted to operatively receive at least one heating unit within the burner box. The control module is preferably arranged juxtaposed to the cooking module and can provide selective control of the heating units and the ventilation system included in the cooking assembly. The cooking module burner box includes an integral peripheral trim about its top edge and the control module includes an integral peripheral trim about its edge, both of which interface when assembled to provide a flush appearance across their interface and the appearance of a unitary cooking appliance disposed within a countertop. The modularity of the components provided by this invention allows the construction of a single, double, or triple module cooking assembly of variable configuration with reduced tooling and component inventory.
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Dority Carroll B.
Maytag Corporation
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