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US 2010/0166397 A1Published application
Wire Mesh Thermal Radiative Element and Use in a Radiative Oven
AssigneeDe Luca Oven Technologies, LLC
InventorNicholas P. De Luca
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Abstract
A high speed cooking apparatus employing a low voltage high current system for heating foods employing a novel wire mesh heating element. The system herein described providing the benefits of high speed cooking like that further described by U.S. Provisional Application 60/822,028 filed on Aug. 10, 2006, but yet providing significant cost benefit and simplicity over said system.
Claims47
A radiant oven comprising:
- a cooking cavity configured for receiving a cooking load;
- a circuit for carrying current supplied by one or more stored energy devices;
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- a main heater comprising one or more wire mesh heating elements to be driven by the current, the one or more wire mesh heating elements being sized and positioned for heating the cooking load.
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A radiant oven comprising:
- a cooking cavity for receiving a cooking load;
- one or more stored energy devices with an energy storage capacity of at least 25 watt-hours, and with a power discharge capacity of at least 3 kilowatts;
- a circuit for carrying current supplied by the one or more stored energy devices;
- and a heater in the circuit, the heater comprising a top array of wire mesh in a top horizontal plane, and a bottom array of wire mesh arranged in a bottom horizontal plane;
- a charger for charging the stored energy device;
- a switching device for electrically connecting and disconnecting the current connection with the heater;
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- a control circuit for controlling the switching device.
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A cooking method, comprising the steps of:
- locating a cooking load into a heating cavity having one or more wire mesh heaters;
- and discharging current from a stored energy source through the one or more wire mesh heaters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.