Modular cooking appliance having a hot air oven
AssigneeAutomation Tech, LLC
InventorsPhilip R. McKee, Lee VanLanen
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Abstract
A modular cooking apparatus is disclosed. The modular cooking apparatus includes a housing for containing a first and second interchangeable cooking modules. The first interchangeable cooking module contains a first oven, and the second interchangeable cooking module contains a second oven. The second oven is a different oven type from the first oven. The first oven includes a cooking cavity and is configured to provide a plurality of non-laminar streams of heated air to the cooking cavity. The modular cooking apparatus also includes a single power plug for receiving electrical power from a wall outlet.
Claims29
A modular cooking apparatus, comprising:
- a housing having a first interchangeable cooking module and a second interchangeable cooking module;
- a first oven contained within said first interchangeable cooking module, said first oven including a cooking cavity and being configured to provide a plurality of non-laminar streams of heated air to said cooking cavity, wherein said first oven further includes:
- a plenum disposed above said cooking cavity, said plenum including a baffle, a plate which defines a bottom of said plenum, and a heating element;
- a blower for providing said heated air to said plenum, wherein said blower is disposed at an angle with respect to an axis that is perpendicular to said plate;
- and
- an air diverter;
- wherein:
- said air diverter separates said heated air from said blower into an upper airstream that flows above said heating element within said plenum and a lower airstream that flows below said heating element within said plenum;
- said baffle redirects said upper airstream and/or said lower airstream toward said cooking cavity;
- whereby said heated air from said blower is made turbulent within said plenum prior to being provided to said cooking cavity;
- a second oven contained within said second interchangeable cooking module, wherein said second oven is a different oven type from said first oven;
- and
- a single power plug for receiving electrical power from a wall outlet.
A modular cooking apparatus, comprising:
- a housing having a first interchangeable cooking module and a second interchangeable cooking module;
- a first oven contained within said first interchangeable cooking module, said first oven including:
- a cooking cavity;
- a plenum disposed above said cooking cavity, said plenum including a baffle, a plate which defines a bottom of said plenum, and a heating element;
- a blower for providing heated air to said plenum, wherein said blower is disposed at an angle with respect to an axis that is perpendicular to said plate;
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- an air diverter;
- wherein:
- said air diverter separates said heated air from said blower into an upper airstream that flows above said heating element within said plenum and a lower airstream that flows below said heating element within said plenum;
- and
- said baffle redirects said upper airstream and/or said lower airstream toward said cooking cavity;
- whereby said heated air from said blower is made turbulent within said plenum prior to being provided to said cooking cavity;
- a second oven contained within said second interchangeable cooking module, wherein said second oven is a different oven type from said first oven;
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- a single power plug for receiving electrical power from a wall outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.