# US 11,299,925 B2 · Oven with split doors

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- Number: US 11,299,925 B2
- Document ID: US11299925B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/922,569
- Filed: 2018-03-15
- Published: 2019-04-11
- Granted: 2022-04-12
- Earliest claimed: 2017-10-11
- Assignees: Tps IP, LLC
- Applicants: Tps IP, LLC
- Inventors: Lyle Oscar Dingman; Michael Abraham Schneck; Gary Allen Hanson; David Allen Strand; Michael Laddie Grande; Geoffry Allen Gromiuk; Steven Edward Kempowski; Jon Allen Ludlum; Zachary Alan Griffa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11299925B2

## CPC

- E05F 15/611: for swinging wings
- A21B 3/02: Doors; Flap gates
- E05F 15/665: for vertically-sliding wings
- F24C 15/023: {Mounting of doors, e.g. hinges, counterbalancing}
- F24C 15/028: {Stoves doors}
- E05Y 2900/308: for ovens
- E05F: DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
- A21B: BAKERS' OVENS; MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR BAKING (domestic baking equipment A47J37/00)
- F24C: DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES (exclusively for solid fuels F24B); DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
- E05Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF

## Abstract

An oven door operating apparatus is provided. In one example, the oven door operating apparatus can comprise a first panel having a first plurality of grooves that traverse a side surface of the first panel. The oven door operating apparatus can also comprise a second panel having a second plurality of grooves that traverse a side surface of the second panel, wherein the side surface of the first panel faces the side surface of the second panel. Further, the oven door operating apparatus can include an oven door positioned between the side surface of the first panel and the side surface of the second panel. In one or more embodiments, the oven door can have a plurality of projections that extend from the oven door into the first plurality of grooves and the second plurality of grooves. Also, in various embodiments the first plurality of grooves and the second plurality of grooves can extend in a first direction and then turn to extend in a second direction.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An oven door operating apparatus, comprising:
a first panel comprising a first plurality of grooves that traverse a side surface of the first panel;
a second panel comprising a second plurality of grooves that traverse a side surface of the second panel, wherein an inside surface of the first panel faces an inside surface of the second panel; and
two or more oven doors, capable of independent movement in different directions, positioned between the inside surface of the first panel and the inside surface of the second panel, wherein a first door of the two or more oven doors comprises a plurality of projections that extend from the first door of the two or more oven doors into a first groove and a second groove of the first plurality of grooves and into a first groove and a second groove of the second plurality of grooves, and a second door of the two or more oven doors comprises a plurality of projections that extend from the second door of the two or more oven doors into a third groove and a fourth groove of the first plurality of grooves and into a third groove and a fourth groove of the second plurality of grooves, wherein
the first plurality of grooves extend in a first direction along the length of the inside of the first panel parallel to an oven body then turn to extend in a second direction towards an interior of an oven hollow space, wherein the second direction of the first groove and the second groove of the first plurality of grooves are parallel to each other and the second direction of the third groove and the fourth groove of the first plurality of grooves are parallel to each other; and
the second plurality of grooves extend in the first direction along the length of the inside of the second panel parallel to the oven body then turn to extend in the second direction towards the interior of the oven hollow space, wherein the second direction of the first groove and the second groove of the second plurality of grooves are parallel to each other and the second direction of the third groove and the fourth groove of the second plurality of grooves are parallel to each other so that:
the first door is configured to move in the first direction and turn to the second direction via the plurality of projections that extend from the first door into the first groove and the second groove of the first plurality of grooves of the first panel and into the first groove and the second groove of the second plurality of grooves of the second panel, and
the second door is configured to move in the first direction and turn to the second direction via the plurality of projections that extend from the second door into the third groove and the fourth groove of the first plurality of grooves of the first panel and into the third groove and the fourth groove of the second plurality of grooves of the second panel.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The oven door operating apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an additional door, of the two or more oven doors capable of independent movement in different directions positioned between the inside surface of the first panel and the inside surface of the second panel comprising a plurality of projections that extend from the additional door of the two or more oven doors into a fifth groove and a sixth groove of the first plurality of grooves and into a fifth groove and a sixth groove of the second plurality of grooves, wherein the second direction of the fifth groove and the sixth groove of the first plurality are parallel to each other and the second direction of the fifth groove and the sixth groove of the second plurality of grooves are parallel to each other.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The oven door operating apparatus of claim 1, wherein
a first end of the second door of the two or more oven doors is located between the first plurality of grooves and a back side of the first panel;
a second end of the second door of the two or more oven doors is located between the second plurality of grooves and a back side of the second panel; and
the second direction extends towards the back side of the first panel and the back side of the second panel.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The oven door operating apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a motor connected to the first door of the two or more oven doors, wherein the motor is configured to move the first door of the two or more oven doors in the first direction and the second direction.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The oven door operating apparatus of claim 1, further comprising
a second motor connected to the second oven door of the two or more oven doors, wherein the second motor is configured to move the second oven door of the two or more oven doors in the first direction and the second direction.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The oven door operating apparatus of claim 5, wherein
the first motor is also configured to move the first door of the two or more oven doors in a third direction opposite to the second direction and a fourth direction opposite to the first direction; and
the second motor is also configured to move the second door of the two or more oven doors in the third direction and the fourth direction.