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US 10,591,218 B2Granted
Oven having an imaging device
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsJoshua G. Abdoo, Ariana M. Bruno, Neomar Giacomini
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Abstract
An oven can include an oven body having a peripheral wall at least partially defining a cooking cavity with a top wall comprising spaced interior panels and exterior panels defining a channel therebetween. Furthermore, the oven can include insulation located in the channel and an imaging device with a field of view including at least a portion of the cooking cavity.
Claims20
An oven, comprising:
- an oven body comprising a set of interior panels and a set of exterior panels that are spaced from the set of interior panels such that a channel is defined between the set of interior panels and the set of exterior panels, wherein the set of interior panels comprises an interior panel peripheral wall and an interior panel top wall that at least partially define a cooking cavity, and wherein each interior panel of the set of interior panels has an inner surface and an outer surface;
- insulation located in the channel;
- an imaging device mounted in the channel in thermal engagement with the insulation with a field of view including at least a portion of the cooking cavity;
- a heat sink provided on the outer surface of the interior panel peripheral wall and coupled to the imaging device;
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- a heat pipe having a first end that is coupled to the imaging device and disposed along the outer surface of the interior panel top wall and a second end spaced from the first end that is coupled to the heat sink and disposed along the outer surface of the interior panel peripheral wall.
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