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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2021
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 1/08 (2006.01); F24C 3/12 (2006.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01); G05G 5/00 (2006.01); G05G 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 3/124 (2013.01); F24C 3/12 (2013.01); F24C 7/08 (2013.01); F24C 7/082 (2013.01); G05G 1/082 (2013.01); F24C 3/122 (2013.01); F24C 3/126 (2013.01); F24C 7/081 (2013.01); G05G 1/08 (2013.01); G05G 1/10 (2013.01); G05G 5/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cooking appliance capable of preventing a user's unintended rotation of a knob assembly includes: a main body including a control panel; a valve positioned inside the main body, and including a valve shaft being pushable and rotatable; and a knob assembly including an inner knob coupled with the valve shaft, and an outer knob being movable with respect to the inner knob in a first direction in which the outer knob approaches the inner knob, wherein, when the outer knob moves by a first push distance in the first direction, the valve shaft and the inner knob are prevented from rotating.