Cooking device

A cooking device including a muffle bounding a cooking space, the cooking space accessible through a muffle opening, a substantially linear door driven by a drive unit for opening and closing the door to open and close the muffle opening, the door including a surface facing the cooking space opposite of a front face of a muffle frame surrounding the muffle opening, comprising:

• an anti-trapping device which detects an object outside of said muffle opening between said door surface and said front face of said muffle frame;
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• said anti-trapping device preventing trapping of said detected object by controlling said drive device, said anti-trapping device including an anti-trapping switch arranged on said front face of said muffle frame for providing signals to said anti-trapping device, said anti-trapping switch formed from a plurality of independent switch elements, said elements independently of one another providing signals to said anti-trapping device when pressure is exerted on one or more of the switches and said anti-trapping device detecting a time lag between said switch element signals to determine if said door is in the closed position or if a trapped object has been detected.

A cooking device including a muffle bounding a cooking space, the cooking space accessible through a muffle opening, a substantially linear door driven by a drive unit for opening and closing the door to open and close the muffle opening, the door including a surface facing the cooking space opposite of a front face of a muffle frame surrounding the muffle opening, comprising:

• an anti-trapping device which detects an object outside of said muffle opening between said door surface and said front face of said muffle frame;
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• said anti-trapping device preventing trapping of said detected object by controlling said drive device, said anti-trapping device including an anti-trapping switch arranged on said front face of said muffle frame for providing signals to said anti-trapping device and said anti-trapping switch forming a substantial portion of a peripheral edge of said muffle opening.

A cooking device including a muffle bounding a cooking space, the cooking space accessible through a muffle opening, a substantially linear door driven by a drive unit for opening and closing the door to open and close the muffle opening, the door including a surface facing the cooking space opposite of a front face of a muffle frame surrounding the muffle opening, comprising:

• an anti-trapping device which detects an object outside of said muffle opening between said door surface and said front face of said muffle frame;
• and said anti-trapping device preventing trapping of said detected object by controlling said drive device, said anti-trapping device including an anti-trapping switch arranged on said front face of said muffle frame for providing signals to said anti-trapping device, including said anti-trapping switch formed as a hollow elastomeric section with at least one pressure chamber formed therein and said anti-trapping switch senses the pressure increase on said hollow elastomeric section to distinguish whether said pressure increase is due to a heating effect from said cooking space or to a trapped object.