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US 12,207,659 B2Granted
Multizone oven with improved cleaning distribution
AssigneeAlto-Shaam, Inc.
InventorsPhilip McKee, Joshua Shimel, Andrew Podevels, Lee VanLanen, Jeff Maddox
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Abstract
A multi cavity oven provides improved cavity and jet plate cleaning by directing pressurized cleaning spray into the jet plates while installed within the oven through cleaning spray inlet ports in the walls of the removable jet plates. By directing cleaning spray directly into the interior of the jet plates, cooking juices that fall through the slots and openings and into the air passageway of the jet plates can be pressure cleaned and drained from the interior of the jet plates without removing the jet plates from the oven cavity.
Claims18
A multi-cavity oven comprising:
- a housing having inner cavity walls defining an oven cavity;
- at least one removable shelf fitting within the inner cavity walls and providing an outer rectangular frame defined by front, back, left and right sidewalls;
- an upper wall extending between the front, back, left and right sidewalls at least partially below the top edges of the sidewalls;
- a lower wall extending between the front, back, left and right sidewalls below the upper wall;
- wherein a space between the upper wall and lower wall defines an interior horizontally extending passageway receiving air and producing air jets directed along a vertical direction out through hole openings within the lower wall of the removable shelf and into the oven cavity;
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- at least one fluid spray nozzle positioned to communicate with the outer rectangular frame of the at least one removable shelf to direct a cleaning fluid above the upper wall of the at least one removable shelf when the removable shelf is positioned within the oven cavity.
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