Whirlpool Corporation

Harichandra Prabhakar Lambate

Vishal Shankar Marathe

Tushar Sopan Jadhav

Ankur Garg

Ravindra Balkrishna Salunkhe

Suraj Narendra Kadam

Tushar Ravindra Dhinge

Swapnil Anant Wadkar

Mohasin Nasir Mulla

Sujay Sampat Shelke

Vishal Shrimandhar Masutage

Prem Dhanasekaran

An oven includes a cooking chamber, a cabinet at least partially surrounding the cooking chamber, and a water reservoir having a reservoir inlet and a reservoir outlet. The oven further includes a water fill assembly including an opening, a water-receiving cavity and a fill outlet from the water-receiving cavity, the water fill assembly defining a fluid flow path in from the opening and out through the fill outlet, a check valve in fluid communication with the fill outlet downstream of the fluid flow path defined by the water fill assembly, the check valve configured in a closed state under a force of gravity on at least a portion thereof and opening by a flow force of fluid out of the fill outlet and through the check valve, and a conduit connecting the check valve with the water reservoir inlet downstream of the fill outlet.

Steam oven with check valve at water inlet for steam backflow prevention

A rack assembly for a cooking appliance includes a rack operable between a stowed position and a deployed position. At least one telescoping actuator is operable between a retracted position and an extended position. At least one connector has a first end coupled to a distal end of the telescoping actuator and a second end coupled to the rack. The rack is adjusted from the stowed position to the deployed position as the telescoping actuator adjusts from the retracted position to the extended position.

Automatic rack system for a cooking appliance

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Pune, India

Harichandra Prabhakar Lambate