Whirlpool Corporation

Jessica Buschman

Michael C Lah

Ryan James Rutter

Tushar Ashok Kalbande

Binesh Raj Pillai

John R McNally

Timothy P VanAntwerp

Jurij Paderno

Alessandro Gigante

Massimiliano Daniele

Massimiliano Frontini

James R Chisholm

Timothy Patrick Vanantwerp

Alberto Castiglioni

Luca Minetto

Edoardo Gallenzi

A cooking appliance includes a housing with a cooktop thereon. An oven is defined within the housing and is accessible via a door. A console extends upward from the cooktop and includes a front side that has a user interface and a rear side that is opposite the front side. A flue is configured to convey air from the oven cavity to the rear side of the console. A flue cover is coupled to the rear side of the console. The flue cover defines a chamber that has open upper and lower ends. The air conveyed from the oven cavity by the flue is configured to flow out of the rear side of the console into the chamber between the upper and lower ends.

Cooking appliance having a flue

A steam generating system for an appliance includes a first tank positioned at a first vertical position and having an upper water outlet and a lower water outlet. A second tank is positioned at a second vertical position that is lower than the first vertical position of the first tank. A first and second interconnecting members respectively connect the upper and lower water outlets of the first tank to the second tank. Together, the first and second interconnecting members fluidically connect the first and second tanks. A valve assembly is positioned along the second interconnecting member to selectively provide access to the second tank from the first tank. Inlet and outlet pumps are respectively coupled to the first and second tanks to supply and discharge water from the steam generating system. The appliance further includes a retractable hose for connecting the steam generating system to a water source.

Steam generating system

Two-sided griddle and grill

Growing community of inventors

St. Joseph, MI, United States of America

Jessica Buschman