Samsung patents oven with drawer that feeds air to heating element
Samsung has filed a patent for an oven design that uses the storage drawer below the cooking chamber to help heat the food. The drawer has a specific structure with holes and a plate that creates a gap, allowing air to flow from the drawer up into the oven's heating area.
In the filing’s own words
An oven according to the present invention includes: a body having a cooking chamber provided in the body; a heat source in the cooking chamber to heat the cooking chamber; and a drawer device under the body, and including: a drawer case having one or more holes in the upper surface of the drawer case; and a plate covering the one or more holes and forming a gap between the plate and the upper surface, wherein the gap is configured to allow a flow path through the gap for air in the drawer case to be supplied to the heat source through the one or more holes.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An oven comprising: a body having a cooking chamber in the body; a heat source in the cooking chamber to heat the cooking chamber; and a drawer device under the body, and including: a drawer case having an upper surface with a first area having one or more holes extending through the upper surface, and a second area that is higher than the first area, outside of the first area, and at an edge of the upper surface, and a plate having a first portion above the first area of the upper surface of the drawer case and covering the one or more holes, and a second portion outside of the first portion, at an edge of the plate, and above at least a portion of the second area of the upper surface of the drawer case, such that a gap is formed between the plate and the upper surface of the drawer case.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- OVEN
- Publication number
- US20260276207A1
- Application number
- 19672149
- Filed
- May 8, 2026
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 12
Classified under
F24C 15/18 Mechanical engineeringF24C 3/087 Mechanical engineeringF24C 15/32 Mechanical engineeringMore from Samsung in Other
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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