Condensation-managing hand-protecting cavity ventilation system
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsLaura Fossati, Luca Zilio
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Abstract
A hand protecting cavity ventilation system for an oven is provided. The system includes an air duct, positioned at a top of a cavity of the oven, the air duct having a duct outlet aimed toward a door to the cavity to provide an airflow along an inner surface of the door. The air duct extends downward from the ceiling of the cavity in front of and below a heating element disposed below the ceiling of the cavity. The air duct forms a vertically displaced hand protection portion to act as a barrier in front of the heating element, thereby guarding the heating element when the door of the oven is opened.
Claims19
A hand protecting cavity ventilation system for an oven comprising:
- an air duct, positioned at a top of a cavity of the oven, the air duct having a duct outlet aimed towards a door to the cavity to provide an airflow along an inner surface of the door, the air duct extending downward from the ceiling of the cavity in front of and below a heating element disposed below the ceiling of the cavity,
- wherein the air duct forms a vertically displaced hand protection portion to act as a barrier in front of the heating element, thereby guarding the heating element when the door of the oven is opened,
- wherein the duct outlet defines one or more openings along the vertically displaced hand protection portion of the duct outlet to direct the airflow downward toward the door of the oven.
A cavity ventilation system for an oven, comprising:
- a heating element disposed at a top of a cavity of the oven;
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- an air duct having a duct outlet protruding from the top of the cavity above the heating element and extending to a position below the heating element near a door of the oven to achieve a dual function of conveying airflow in a downward direction and providing hand protection for the heating element,
- wherein the duct outlet defines one or more openings along at least a portion of the duet outlet extending to the position below the heating element, to direct the airflow downward toward the door of the oven.
A cavity ventilation system for an oven, comprising:
- a ventilation plane including oven electronics;
- an oven cavity having an opening on a front face;
- a door having an opened position allowing access to the oven cavity and a closed position sealing the oven cavity;
- a heating element disposed below the ceiling of the cavity;
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- an air duct, positioned at a top of the cavity, the air duct having a duct inlet to receive air from the ventilation plane and a duct outlet aimed towards the door to provide an airflow along an inner surface of the door,
- wherein the air duct extends downward from the ceiling of the cavity in front of and below the heating element to form a vertically displaced hand protection portion to act as a barrier in front of the heating element, thereby guarding the heating element when the door of the oven is opened,
- wherein the duct outlet defines one or more openings along at least a portion of the duct outlet extending below the heating element to direct the airflow downward toward the door of the oven.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.