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US 6,833,534 B2Granted
Method and steaming oven and collector plate
AssigneeCleveland Range, Inc.
InventorsJoseph S. Bellassai, John E. Richnafsky, Jason D. Schreiner
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Abstract
A steaming oven having a collector plate disposed in an oven chamber. A collector plate is disposed above a boiling water reservoir in the oven chamber. The collector plate has drain tube inserted into an overfill tube disposed in the reservoir. Waste material from the steam and food droppings is conveyed from the oven chamber via the drain tube and the overfill tube.
Claims29
A steaming oven comprising:
- an oven chamber;
- a water reservoir disposed in said oven chamber to provide steam therein;
- an overflow device disposed in said water reservoir so as to prevent water from exceeding a predetermined level;
- and
- a collector plate disposed in said oven chamber above said water reservoir, said collector plate comprising a drain in registry with said overflow device so that waste material collected by said collector plate flows through said overflow device.
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A steaming oven comprising:
- an oven chamber;
- a water reservoir disposed in said oven chamber to provide steam therein;
- a collector plate disposed in said oven chamber above said water reservoir;
- and
- a conduit positioned to convey waste material collected by said collector plate from said oven chamber, wherein said conduit is at least partially disposed in said water reservoir.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.