Home appliance with improved griddle insulation retainer

摘要

A home appliance having a griddle includes an appliance body; a cooktop on the appliance body and defining a griddle space; a griddle housing in the body adjacent the griddle space and operatively associated with the griddle; a griddle insulation retainer for removable disposition within the griddle space for supporting insulation material intermediate the griddle and the griddle insulation retainer, the griddle insulation retainer including a base and a wall; and a mounting arrangement for mounting the griddle insulation retainer to the range body including a first mating component on the griddle insulation retainer and a second mating component on the griddle housing, wherein the first mating component is removably joined to the second mating component in a press-fit manner.

主权项

1. A home appliance having a griddle comprising:
an appliance body; a cooktop on the appliance body and defining a griddle space; a griddle housing on the appliance body adjacent the griddle space and operatively associated with the griddle, the griddle housing including a front wall and a rear wall; a griddle insulation retainer for removable disposition within the griddle space and defining an insulation retaining space for supporting insulation material intermediate the griddle and the griddle insulation retainer, the griddle insulation retainer including a planar base for supporting insulation material on the base, a pair of side walls formed with and projecting upwardly from the base and extending adjacent the insulation retaining space, a front wall formed with and projecting downwardly from the base away from the insulation retaining space and a rear wall formed with and projecting downwardly from the base away from the insulation retaining space, wherein the planar base includes an opening for facilitating manual removal of the griddle insulation retainer from the griddle housing; and a mounting arrangement for mounting the griddle insulation retainer to the appliance body including a plurality of first mating components, each including a downwardly directed generally U-shaped tab formed integrally and coplanar with the griddle insulation retainer rear wall and a downwardly directed generally U-shaped tab formed integrally and coplanar with the griddle insulation retainer front wall; and a plurality of second mating components on the front wall and the rear wall of the griddle housing with each second mating component including a tab receiver having a generally horizontally extending tab receiving opening for receiving each downwardly directed generally U-shaped tab, wherein each first mating component is removably joined to each second mating component in a press-fit manner wherein each downwardly directed tab is frictionally engaged with each tab receiver, and wherein the griddle insulation retainer rear wall abuts the griddle housing.