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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7954485 | Method and apparatus for ventilating cooking appliances A cooling apparatus is provided for cooling a cabinet of a cooking appliance that includes an oven within exterior side panels. The cooling apparatus includes a side rail and a bottom panel coupled to the side rail. The bottom panel includes a slot therein. A cover ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7527051 | Oven and associated floor construction An oven construction includes a floor construction for the baking chamber. ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7422009 | Gas “true” convection bake oven Disclosed is a convection oven capable of producing a “true” convection cooking environment with a single gas burner disposed underneath the oven bottom in a combustion box. A fan compartment is disposed substantially at the center of the back wall, and defined ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7370647 | Ovens with catalytic converters An oven comprises: a cooking chamber defined by chamber walls; a baffle plate mounted within the cooking chamber for directing the flow of air within the cooking chamber, said baffle plate being provided with at le... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7328695 | Heating cooking device A cooking oven, wherein an upper blowing port blowing hot air in vertical direction and a lateral blowing port for blowing hot air in horizontal direction are provided in a cooking chamber, the upper blowing port is provided in the ceiling wall of the cooking chambe... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329838 | Convection part for electric oven range A convection part of an electric oven range is provided. In the convection part, a convection motor is provided, a convection fan is connected with the convection motor, and a fan housing encloses the convection fan and it includes at least one pair of discharge duc... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7315012 | Microwave baking furnace To provide a microwave baking furnace in which an inner wall which constitutes a heating element partitioning a baking chamber is prevented from being damaged due to a thermal shock, and the life time thereof can be extended. A microwave baking furnace 31 | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312425 | Programmable slow-cooker appliance A programmable slow-cooker appliance uses an application-specific integrated circuit digital controller, in which a user sets a time and temperature for cooking a food item. The digital controller prevents the unit from functioning only as a “keep warm” applianc... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7296565 | Cooling apparatus of cooking appliance A cooling apparatus of a cooking appliance including a cabinet having a cooking chamber located therein and an electric component chamber located outside the cooking chamber; a door installed on the cabinet for opening and closing the cooking chamber, and having cha... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7216493 | Refrigerator methods and apparatus A refrigerator includes a plurality of walls forming a refrigeration compartment, an evaporator is positioned proximate at least one of the walls, a thermal insulator is positioned proximate the evaporator, and an airflow duct is positioned proximate the thermal ins... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7100396 | Climatic cabinet and, in particular, a climatic cooling cabinet The invention concerns a climatic cabinet, in particular, a climatic cooling cabinet, whose interior is loaded or unloaded with specimen slides, with the aid of a transporting device. The loading and unloading take place through a loading opening which can be closed... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7066168 | Convection oven for bakery goods A batch-type convection oven for bakery goods of the type having a front wall, a back wall, a pair of opposed side walls, a floor, a top and an opening in the front wall for permitting at least one multi-layer wheeled cart to be pushed into and removed from the oven... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7026579 | Food preparation oven having quartz heaters Food is heated in an oven using multiple planar, electrically-heated quartz heaters. A variable speed conveyor controls the time that the food is exposed to the infrared energy. A controllable power supply adjusts heat output from the heaters by controlling the duty... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025589 | Wood burning oven A wood-burning oven is provided with a plurality of baking chambers arranged one above the other, a combustion region and a flue-gas guidance, it being possible for the individual baking chambers to be closed off in relation to the flue-gas guidance by pivotable bak... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017571 | Heat exchanger device A heat exchanger device for a cooking appliance includes a burner arranged in a combustion chamber. The burner is connected by a feeding pipe to a mixing device which prepares a gas/air mixture necessary for the combustion and feeds it to the burner. The mixing devi... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7002125 | Commercial microwave oven with arranged components for heat dissipation A microwave oven is provided, which includes a main cabinet for enclosing and protecting various components, having air inlet holes, a base frame under the main cabinet having a box form with an opened top and a front part with a plurality of air outlet holes, a bot... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6967036 | Method for cooking a pizza A cooking apparatus and method is provided which includes a rotatable food support member for supporting a food item thereon. A drive mechanism is connected to the food support member for rotating the food support member. The cooking apparatus further includes upper... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6917017 | Counter-top cooker having multiple heating elements A counter-top cooker includes a base, a cooking chamber having a top end and a bottom end supported on the base, and a power head attached to the top end of the cooking chamber. The power head includes a heating element and a fan for directing airflow over the heati... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913012 | Cooking appliance venting system A domestic cooking appliance that includes a cabinet, and at least one oven. Air space is provided between the cabinet and the oven. The cooking appliance includes venting to allow air to enter and exit the air space and an exhaust passage connecting the oven with t... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6880544 | Rack oven A rack oven having an oven interior, an access door, a baking chamber, a passive steam generator, and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a chamber containing burners, an undivided exhaust collection plenum positioned above the burner chamber, and a plural... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6880545 | Dual conveyor jet impingement oven A dual conveyor jet impingement oven having a blower box with at least one air inlet opening and at least two air outlet openings and a heating space adjacent to and in fluid communication with the blower box. Disposed within the heating space are two spaced apart p... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6881054 | Combination radiant/convection gas cooking appliance A gas cooking appliance includes a combination radiant/convection cooking system mounted below a bottom wall portion of an oven cavity. The combination cooking system includes a gas burner in the form of a ring element having a central portion within which is positi... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6860261 | Baking oven construction An oven construction wherein the oven wall forms an oven cavity containing in a lower portion thereof a HTA producing device, wherein a steam generator is provided in the cavity in physically isolated relationship to the device, wherein the steam generator contains ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6854457 | Convection oven and related cooking air flow system A rack oven includes a cooking air flow path that, in one embodiment, is generally horizontal and/or that flows along an axial length of a plurality of heat exchange tubes. Air flow may be driven by a plurality of vertically spaced axial fans. ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6854456 | Convection oven for bakery goods A batch-type convection oven for bakery goods of the type having a front wall, a back wall, a pair of opposed side walls, a floor, a top and an opening in the front wall for permitting at least one multi-layer wheeled cart to be pushed into and removed from the oven... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6837234 | Oven heat exchanger and floor construction An oven construction includes a heat exchanger with substantially vertically arrange heat exchange tubes and an anchor-free and adjustable floor construction for the baking chamber. ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6813995 | Convection based cooking apparatus with improved draft chimney A draft chimney for a convection based apparatus. The draft chimney comprises a flue at least partially defining a path of convection airflow through at least a portion of the interior of a cabinet. The flue passes convection airflow to the exterior of the cabinet. | 11/09/2004 |
| 6805112 | Convection oven having multiple airflow patterns A convection oven having multiple airflow patterns within a cooking chamber during a baking cycle. In one embodiment, at least one reversible blower wheel rotatable at varying speeds produces separate airflow states to create multiple airflow patterns within the coo... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6766796 | Heat exchanger for forced air circulation ovens, particularly for baking food A heat exchanger for forced air circulation ovens, particularly for baking foods, of the type that comprise two chambers, a baking chamber and a heat exchange chamber, between which at least one fan circulates air. The exchanger comprises a burner and, in an upward ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6761159 | Exhaust cooling system for a cooking appliance A cook appliance in the form of a range having upper and lower oven is provided with an exhaust system including an exhaust duct for the lower oven which extends through an exhaust duct for the upper oven. Each of the exhaust ducts leads to an exhaust air box which ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6758206 | Cooling and combustion airflow supply system for a gas range A range includes a cabinet, defined by at least a front, side, bottom and top portions, as well as upper and lower oven cavities each having a respective gas burner assembly. At least one passageway is formed to create an airflow path enabling a portion of an ambien... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6718965 | Gas “true” convection bake oven Disclosed is a convection oven capable of producing a “true” convection cooking environment with a single gas burner disposed underneath the oven bottom in a combustion box. A fan compartment is disposed substantially at the center of the back wall, and defined ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6713107 | Airflow distribution systems for food processors Gas and/or air distribution systems and methods for distributing thermally and/or otherwise treated gas in a food processor by moving at least one food item over a predetermined travel path in a food processor having a food travel path comprising a moving floor and ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6684875 | Conveyor oven with modulated gas flow An automatic oven cooks or bakes a food product over a timed period of time during which a burner delivers heat to the oven cavity. Thermocouple sensors in the cavity control a modulator which regulates the amount of gas flowing to the burner to maintain ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6655373 | High efficiency conveyor oven A conveyor oven is heated by inshot burners, which eliminate blowers, ducts, and motors heretofore required to supply a force draft of combustion air to the burners. Apertures in front of the inshot burners have a diameter that regulates the amount of com... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6575157 | Heat shielding system for downdraft cooktop fan A heat shielding assembly, preferably for a downdraft cooking system including a fan motor mounted outside a plenum located below a cooktop for generating an air flow designed to remove air laden cooking byproducts from a cooking zone, prevents direct con... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6557543 | High pressure airflow and duct distribution system for a convection oven A convection oven having a high pressure duct distribution system to produce airflow within a cooking chamber of the convection oven. The high pressure airflow is easily tuned to produce a precise airflow pattern within the cooking chamber by opening and/... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6539934 | Multiconveyor convection oven The multiconveyor convection oven comprises a baking chamber, at least two spaced-apart conveyors mounted transversally one over the other in the baking chamber, a heating chamber behind the baking chamber. A convection system is provided for allowing a c... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6481433 | Conveyor oven having an energy management system for a modulated gas flow A conveyor oven has a modulating gas valve which raises and lowers the thermal output of a burner that heats the oven. A bypass line passes a minimum amount of gas to prevent the burner from completely shutting down during periods while the oven remains a... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6444958 | Cooking appliance and method of cooling the same Improved cooling is achieved in a cooking appliance having a burner box including an air inlet and at least one burner assembly disposed therein. A control box containing control electronics is located adjacent to the burner box. The control box is provid... | 09/03/2002 |
