Appliance

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a cooking appliance. In the cooking appliance, a housing is coupled to a second front panel disposed at a front of an electronic component space, the housing accommodating a water tank is coupled to the second front panel, the second front panel has an access hole for allowing the water tank to come in and out, and the second front panel and the housing are coupled in a way that an open front surface of the housing connects to the access hole.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A cooking appliance, comprising:
 cavity walls defining a cooking space therein, the cooking space having an open front;   a door provided at a front of the cavity walls and configured to open and close the cooking space;   a first front panel provided between the cavity walls and the door;   an electronic component space provided above the cooking space and rear of the first front panel; and   a second front panel provided to cover at least a portion of a front of the electronic component space,   wherein the second front panel is coupled to the first front panel.   
     
     
         2 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the first front panel includes a surface protrusion protruding upward from a lateral end of the first front panel, and
 the second front panel is coupled to the surface protrusion.   
     
     
         3 . The cooking appliance of  claim 2 , wherein the first front panel includes a pair of the surface protrusions that are provided, respectively, at both sides of the first front panel in a lateral direction, and
 the second front panel is provided between the pair of surface protrusion and coupled to each of the pair of surface protrusions.   
     
     
         4 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the cooking appliance further comprises:
 a housing provided in the electronic component space and having an open front surface, and 
 a water tank accommodated in the housing and configured to be withdrawn forward, and 
   the open front surface of the housing is coupled to the second front panel to connect to an access hole.   
     
     
         5 . The cooking appliance of  claim 4 , wherein the housing includes a bottom wall provided below the water tank,
 the bottom wall includes a support surface provided at below the water tank, and an overlap surface protruding forward from the support surface, and   the overlap surface is positioned to overlap a bottom surface of the second front panel in an up-down direction.   
     
     
         6 . The cooking appliance of  claim 5 , wherein the second front panel includes a first inner wall surface provided at a lower side of the access hole,
 the overlap surface contacts the first inner wall surface at a lower side of the bottom wall, and   the support surface connects to the first inner wall surface in a front-rear direction.   
     
     
         7 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the cooking appliance further comprises:
 a housing provided in the electronic component space and having an open front surface, and 
 a water tank accommodated in the housing and configured to be withdrawn forward, 
   the housing includes a bottom wall facing a lower portion of the water tank, and a lateral walls facing a lateral portion of the water tank and connecting to the bottom wall of the housing,   the lateral wall includes a first front coupling protrusion and a second front coupling protrusion protruding forward,   the first front coupling protrusion is fitted to and coupled to the second front panel, and   the second front coupling protrusion is coupled to the second front panel by a fastener fixing the second front coupling protrusion to the second front panel.   
     
     
         8 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the second front panel includes a second inner wall surface provided at an upper side of an access hole,
 the second inner wall surface extends in a front-rear direction and a lateral direction, and   the second front panel further include a reinforcement rib protruding from the second inner wall surface.   
     
     
         9 . The cooking appliance of  claim 8 , wherein the second front panel further includes a panel main body surface that covers the front of the electronic component space, and
 the second inner wall surface protrudes rearward from the panel main body surface.   
     
     
         10 . The cooking appliance of  claim 9 , the second front panel, further includes:
 an outer wall protruding rearward from the panel main body surface such that the outer wall is provided at an upper side of the second inner wall surface; and   a connection rib protruding from the panel main body surface and connecting between the outer wall and the second inner wall surface.   
     
     
         11 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein
 the cooking appliance further comprises:
 a housing provided in the electronic component space and having an open front surface, and 
 an upper panel provided above the cavity walls, and 
   the housing is provided above the upper panel.   
     
     
         12 . The cooking appliance of  claim 11 , wherein the upper panel comprises a blocking panel provided between the cavity walls and the electronic component space, and a duct region provide between regions of the blocking panel protruding upward,
 the duct region forms a passage for discharging air in the electronic component space out of the electronic component space through the duct region, and   the cooking appliance further comprises a fan module causing air in the electronic component space to flow into the duct region.   
     
     
         13 . The cooking appliance of  claim 12 , wherein at least a portion of the housing overlaps the duct region in the up-down direction. 
     
     
         14 . The cooking appliance of  claim 13 , wherein:
 the cooking appliance further comprises a first downward coupling protrusion protruding from the housing to the duct region and coupled to the duct region, and a second downward coupling protrusion protruding from the housing to the blocking panel and coupled to the blocking panel,   the housing is spaced from the blocking panel in the up-down direction, and   the second downward coupling protrusion extends downward from the housing by a distance between the housing and the blocking panel.   
     
     
         15 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the cooking appliance further comprises:
 a housing provided in the electronic component space and having an open front surface, and 
 a water tank accommodated in the housing and configured to be withdrawn forward, 
   the housing includes a bottom wall provided to face a bottom surface of the water tank,   a sliding projection protrudes downward from the bottom surface of the water tank and toward the bottom wall of the housing, and   the sliding projection extends in a front-rear direction.   
     
     
         16 . The cooking appliance of  claim 15 , wherein:
 a pair of the sliding projections are spaced a predetermined distance apart in a lateral direction,   a pair of guide projections protrudes upward from the bottom wall, and   the pair of sliding projections are provided between the pair of guide projections.   
     
     
         17 . The cooking appliance of  claim 16 , wherein:
 the cooking appliance further comprises a lateral projection protruding from the guide projection or the sliding projection, and   the lateral projection is provided between the guide projection and the sliding projection.   
     
     
         18 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the cooking appliance further comprises a housing provided in the electronic component space and having an open front surface, and a water tank accommodated in the housing and configured to be withdrawn forward,   a front surface of the water tank is exposed to a front of the second front panel through an access hole,   a grip is provided at the water tank such that the grip is exposed to a front of the water tank, and   the grip includes a groove in the water tank, the groove being concave rearward from a front surface of the water tank.   
     
     
         19 . The cooking appliance of  claim 18 , wherein:
 the grip includes:
 a depressed surface that is spaced rearward from the front surface of the water tank; and 
 a connected surface extending between the front surface of the water tank and the depressed surface, 
   an insertion space surrounded by the connected surface and the depressed surface is formed at a lower side of the connected surface, and   the insertion space is open forward.   
     
     
         20 . The cooking appliance of  claim 18 , wherein
 the second front panel includes a first inner wall surface provided at a lower side of the access hole,   a lower groove is provided on a front surface of the first inner wall surface such that the lower groove is exposed to a front of the first inner wall surface,   the lower groove is depressed rearward from the front surface of the first inner wall surface, and   a space surrounded by the lower groove is open upward and forward.