Patent ID: 8003924

Claim:
A cooking appliance comprising: at least one heating element; a heat sink to radiate heat generated by the at least one heating element, the at least one heating element being mounted to an upper mounting surface of the heat sink; a cooling fan located at one side of the heat sink, to blow cooling air to the heat sink; and a flow guide provided at an outer side of the heat sink, for covering at least a portion of the heat sink and guiding a portion of the cooling air to flow to the heating element, at least a portion of the flow guide being provided above the at least one heating element, wherein the flow guide and the upper mounting surface of the heat sink define an element cooling passage therebetween, to allow the cooling air to directly flow to the at least one heating element via the element cooling passage, and the element cooling passage is provided at the outer side of the heat sink, and wherein the at least one heating element is provided completely between the flow guide and the upper mounting surface of the heat sink.