Maytag Corporation

Whirlpool Corporation

Inho Andy Shin

Theodore A Becker

Jeffrey D Ware

Dustin L Hawkins

Jerry Woodby

Jeffrey B Ensley

James Coty McFarland

Douglas S Clark

Lisa J Hood

Jon D Strait

Gary B Jackovin

Michael J Shaver

Charles Looney

Kevin D Kinch

Stephen D Schober

Russell L Simms, Ii

Ted L Hansen

Kenneth E Sauter

Xiaojian James Chen

Kerry O Austin

Issac P Sargunam

Val Briedis

T Brent Freese

Ronald W Miksa

Liana Y Webb

S Luke Bullock

Vicki A Rogers

Mark D Engle

J Coty McFarland

An oven rack for supporting food items to be cooked in a oven cavity of an appliance includes a frame portion and a support platform defined by a plurality of support members that establish a food item support zone and a food item access zone. The plurality of support members include substantially straight support members and offset or shaped support members. The offset support members, in combination with a vertically offset section of the frame portion, define the food item access zone which is vertically offset from the food item support zone so as to enable a consumer to access a bottom portion of a food item resting on the rack.

Oven rack

Wok ring

An agitator assembly includes an agitator body and an auger body mounted on the upper end of the agitator body. There are at least three separate helical flighting segments on the auger body. Bearings are provided at the upper end of the auger body and at the lower end of the auger body. At least one of the bearings limits both radial and axial movement of the auger relative to the agitator whereas the other of the bearings limits only radial movement of the auger relative to the body. Inlet openings are provided adjacent the lower surfaces of the auger flightings permit fluid to enter the interior of the auger barrel. An elastomeric ring is provided for attaching a fabric softener dispenser to the agitator assembly and for permitting grasping and removal of the dispenser.

Auger agitator assembly

Backguard/control panel for a cooking appliance

Control panel for a wall oven

Oven door vent/handle assembly for a cooking appliance

A cooking appliance includes a cooktop having at least one heating element and a controller capable of automatically performing a cooking process by operating the heating element at multiple power levels for multiple time periods. More specifically, upon activation, a consumer, through manipulation of a control, can select an initial power level and an initial time duration for the initial power level. Once the initial power level is selected, a second power level and second time duration may be selected. With this arrangement, the controller will operate the heating element at the initial, high power level for the first time duration. Once the initial time period has elapsed, the controller automatically lowers the temperature of the heating element to finish the cooking process for the second time duration.

Programmable power level control for a cooking appliance

Four burner gas cooktop with grates and side control knobs

Modular grate arrangement for a five burner gas-on-glass cooking appliance

Modular grate arrangement for five burner gas cooking appliance

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Cleveland, TN, United States of America

Inho Andy Shin