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US 12,655,987 B2Granted
Safety oven with fast cooling surfaces
OwnerDavid Gillmaninventor
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Abstract
An oven cooling system may include a body having an oven cavity. The system may include a heating element may be operably configured to heat the oven cavity. A door may be coupled to the body and operably configured to open and close. The system may also include an energy bank. Cooling elements may be located in the oven and coupled to the energy bank. The energy bank may be configured to remove heat from the oven cavity to cool the oven.
Claims15
An oven cooling method, comprising:
- sensing a position of an oven door, wherein sensing a position of an oven door includes receiving a signal from a switch;
- sensing an oven temperature, if the oven door is open;
- determining that the oven temperature is above a threshold;
- and
- cooling oven surfaces if the oven temperature is above the threshold, wherein cooling the oven surfaces includes transferring energy between an energy bank and cooling elements, wherein the cooling elements are coupled to the energy bank in fluidic communication.
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An oven cooling method, comprising:
- sensing a position of an oven door, wherein sensing a position of an oven door includes receiving a signal from a switch;
- sensing an oven temperature, if the oven door is open;
- determining that the oven temperature is above a threshold;
- and
- cooling oven surfaces if the oven temperature is above the threshold, wherein cooling the oven surfaces includes transferring energy between an energy bank and cooling elements,
- wherein the cooling elements are operably coupled to the energy bank in electrical communication, the energy bank is an electrical energy bank, the energy bank includes a switch to electrically connect the energy bank to the cooling elements, the cooling elements are peltier coolers, a first cooling element is located proximate the perimeter of the oven door, a second cooling element is located in the oven door interior to the first cooling element, and the energy bank is operatively configured to provide electrical energy to the first cooling element before providing electrical energy to the second cooling element.
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A cooktop cooling system comprising:
- a cooktop surface;
- a heating element below an upper surface of the cooktop surface operably configured to heat a portion of the cooktop surface;
- a user interface configured to turn the heating element on and off;
- an energy bank;
- and
- cooling circuits between the heating element and the cooktop surface, wherein the energy bank and cooling circuits act to remove energy from the cooktop to cool the cooktop surface when the heating element is turned off, wherein the cooling circuits are coupled to the energy bank in fluidic communication.
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An oven cooling system comprising:
- a cooktop surface;
- a heating element below an upper surface of the cooktop surface operably configured to heat a portion of the cooktop surface;
- a user interface configured to turn the heating element on and off;
- an energy bank;
- cooling circuits between the heating element and the cooktop surface, wherein the energy bank and cooling circuits act to remove energy from the cooktop to cool the cooktop surface when the heating element is turned off;
- a body having an oven cavity;
- a heating element operably configured to heat the oven cavity;
- a door coupled to the body and operably configured to open and close;
- and
- second cooling circuits in the oven and coupled to the energy bank, wherein the energy bank is configured to remove heat from the oven cavity to cool the oven.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.