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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2020
Applicant:
Midea Group Co., Ltd., Foshan, CN;
Inventor:
Richard W. Cowan, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 3/12 (2006.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01); F24C 15/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 3/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for reducing undesired change in cooking valve configuration. An appliance may include one or more guard members. The one or more guard members may be adjacent one or more control knobs operably connected to one or more valves. The guard member may overlap one or more portions of the outer periphery of the control knob extending from the control panel in a variety of applications.