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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2017
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Owen Zhang, Shenzhen, CN;
Michael Ledford, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Xiangxu Liu, Shenzhen, CN;
Stephen Zheng, Shenzhen, CN;
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A combined ventilation hood and microwave oven system () with an overall vertical dimension () is provided, which is smaller than a conventional combined ventilation hood and microwave oven. One or more vent hood fans () are disposed on lateral sides of a microwave coo-king cavity () to draw in exhaust air () through one or more vent inlets () disposed on a bottom surface () and expel the exhaust air () through one or more vent outlets () defined on a surface of an outer wrapper () of the combined system. The low-profile combined ventilation hood and microwave oven system is coupled with a modular heating system () for heating food, which provides both functions within the space typically required by the conventional combined ventilation hood and microwave oven.