Retractable vent and cover arrangement for down draft cooking appliance
CA 2021096 A1 · Owner: General Electric Company · Inventors: Falk, Donald Gene
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Docket 9D-RG-17657 - Falk, RETRACTABLE VENT AND COVER ARRANGEMENT FOR DOWN DRAFT COOKING APPLIANCE ABSTRACT, An improved retractable venting arrangement applicable to cooktops and ranges which have surface heating units supported from a supporting surface such as a countertop. A retractable vent member vertically moves through an opening in the support surface proximate the heating units between a lowered position beneath the support surface and a raised position extending above the surface. A pivotally mounted cover member covers the opening. The cover is opened and closed by the vent member which engages and moves the cover member to its open position as the vent member moves to its …
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- Filed July 12, 1990. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 12, 2010.
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