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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
May. 30, 2012
Samuel Harward, Knoxville, TN (US);
Rose Marie Parker, Caryville, TN (US);
Michael Rutherford, Duff, TN (US);
Samuel Harward, Knoxville, TN (US);
Rose Marie Parker, Caryville, TN (US);
Michael Rutherford, Duff, TN (US);
BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A household appliance includes a warming drawer housing having an interior chamber and a warming drawer module having a warming area for placing items to be warmed and a heating device that heats the area. The warming drawer module is movable between a first position in which the warming drawer module is in the interior chamber of the warming drawer housing and the warming area is concealed from an outside of the warming drawer housing by the warming drawer housing, and a second position in which a part of the warming drawer module is outside the warming drawer housing and a portion of the warming area is exposed to the outside of the warming drawer housing. The heating device is coupled to and movable with the warming drawer module between the first position and the second position.