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 including a set of interior panels. A set of exterior panels 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. The set of interior panels includes an interior panel peripheral wall and an interior panel top wall that at least partially define a cooking cavity. Each interior panel of the set of interior panels has an inner surface and an outer surface. Insulation is located in at least a portion of the channel. The oven further includes 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 at least a portion of the channel;
- an imaging device provided on the outer surface of the interior panel top wall and 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;
- a heat pipe thermally coupling the heat sink with the imaging device;
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- a fan located within the channel and generating a cooling airflow through a portion of the channel, wherein the fan directs cooling airflow to one of the imaging device or the heat sink.
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 at least a portion of the channel;
- an imaging device provided on the outer surface of the interior panel top wall and mounted in the channel 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 spaced from the imaging device;
- a heat pipe thermally coupling the heat sink with the imaging device;
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- a fan located within the channel and generating a cooling airflow through a portion of the channel, wherein the fan directs cooling airflow to one of the imaging device or the heat sink.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.