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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Midea Group Co., Ltd., Foshan, CN;
Inventors:
Eric Scalf, Louisville, KY (US);
Robert M. Digman, Goshen, KY (US);
Mark W. Wilson, Simpsonville, KY (US);
Assignee:
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 15/20 (2006.01); H05B 6/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 15/2085 (2013.01); F24C 15/2042 (2013.01); H05B 6/6426 (2013.01);
Abstract
A venting appliance for use with a cooking appliance including a cooktop with at least one cooking element disposed thereon, where the venting appliance may include: a housing configured to be positioned above the cooktop; a repositionable vent arm coupled to and extending below the housing; and a controller coupled to the repositionable vent arm and configured to determine that a first cooking element among at least one cooking elements is active, and in response thereto, automatically reposition the vent arm to be closer to the first cooking element.