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US 2014/0110391 A1Published application
Oven baffle
OwnerMiguel Estrella, Michael Khandrosinventors
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Abstract
A baffle for directing air in a convection oven is disclosed herein. The baffle includes upper vents, lower vents and side vents that direct air from a fan into the cooking chamber of the convection oven. Left and right conduits are disposed around the fan that collect the air and direct the air to the upper and lower vents. The left and right conduits and locations of the upper and lower vents are configured to produce an even distribution of cooking temperatures throughout the cooking chamber.
Claims20
A convection oven comprising:
- a baffle comprising:
- a panel with a front surface and a rear surface;
- an inlet opening generally at a center of the panel;
- upper vents toward a top edge of the panel;
- lower vents toward a bottom edge of the panel;
- side vents toward a left edge and a right edge of the panel;
- a left conduit on the rear surface of the baffle, the left conduit configured to direct air to the lower vents;
- a right conduit on the rear surface of the baffle, the right conduit configured to direct air to the upper vents;
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- a fan adjacent the inlet opening.
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A baffle for a convection oven, the baffle comprising:
- a panel with a front surface and a rear surface;
- an inlet opening generally at a center of the panel;
- upper vents toward a top edge of the panel;
- lower vents toward a bottom edge of the panel;
- and
- a pair of air conduits on the rear surface of the baffle, the air conduits configured to direct air to the lower or upper vents.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.