Patent ID: 11892171
Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 8:
9. A cooking appliance comprising:
a cabinet defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical direction, the lateral direction, and the transverse direction being mutually perpendicular;
an inner shell positioned within the cabinet, the inner shell defining a cooking chamber therein, the cooking chamber extending along the transverse direction from an opening at a front end of the cooking chamber to a rear wall of the inner shell;
an upper heating module positioned at or proximate to an upper wall of the inner shell;
a movable platform mounted to the inner shell within the cabinet, the movable platform configured to move along the vertical direction between a bottom position wherein the movable platform is at least partially flush with a bottom wall of the inner shell and an elevated position wherein the movable platform is positioned above the bottom wall of the inner shell;
a hydraulic piston coupled to the movable platform, whereby the hydraulic piston is configured to move the movable platform along the vertical direction between the bottom position and the elevated position; and
a guide rail mounted to a bottom surface of the movable platform.