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US 2016/0096050 A1Published application
Oven appliance and a flame arrester for an oven appliance
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsCatherine Alice Vermeersch, Darren Allen Turner
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Abstract
An oven appliance with features for dissipating pressure increases in the cooking chamber of the oven without forcing open the oven door is provided. Such features include a flame arrester that dissipates pressure increases and quenches flames from the cooking chamber of an oven appliance.
Claims19
An oven appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet defining a cooking chamber configured for receipt of food items for cooking, the cabinet further defining an opening at a front portion of the cabinet;
- a door mounted to the cabinet, the door being selectively adjustable between an open position and a closed position to permit selective access to the cooking chamber through the opening of the cabinet;
- and
- a flame arrester comprising
- a first member defining a first portion and a second portion, the second portion of the first member configured for the flow-through of fluid;
- a second member defining a first portion and a second portion, the second portion of the second member configured for the flow-through of fluid;
- and
- a third member extending between the first and second members,
- wherein the second member is spaced apart from the first member to define a space therebetween, and
- wherein the second portion of the first member and the second portion of the second member are positioned in a fluid passageway such that a flow of fluid through the fluid passageway flows through the second portion of the first member and the second portion of the second member.
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A flame arrester for an oven appliance, comprising:
- a first member defining a first portion and a second portion, the second portion configured for the flow-through of fluid;
- a second member defining a first portion and a second portion, the second portion configured for the flow-through of fluid, the second member spaced apart from the first member to define a space therebetween;
- and
- a third member extending between the first and second members,
- wherein the first member is positioned in a first plane and the second member is positioned in a second plane, the first plane being parallel to the second plane, and
- wherein the second portions of the first and second members are positioned in a flow of fluid such that the fluid can flow through the second portions of both the first and second members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.