ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,141, issued on March 25, was assigned to Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag (Stockholm).
"Combination appliance" was invented by Eduardo Puoti (Forli, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is related to a combination appliance (10) A combination appliance (10) comprising a cooking hob (12) and an extraction device (14). The cooking hob (12) comprises a cover plate or worktop (22) having an opening (24) or a recess formed therein. The extraction device (14) is arranged below the cover plate or worktop (22) and comprises a fan (36) for sucking air from the area above the cooking hob (12) through the opening (24) or ...