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US 8,138,452 B2Granted
Convection oven
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsDavid Stewart Thomas, Stephan A. Lemons, Abu Noman Hossain
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Abstract
A convection system for an oven comprising a baffle defining a single heating chamber mounted within a cavity of the oven, a heating element located within the single heating chamber for heating air within the heating chamber, and at least two fans located within the heating chamber. The oven cavity can be defined, in part, by a wall having at least a portion with a curved peripheral edge, so that air exhausted through the outlet is deflected away from the wall.
Claims24
A convection oven comprising:
- a housing defining an oven cavity;
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- a convection system fluidly coupled to the oven cavity, comprising:
- a baffle mounted to the housing and defining a single heating chamber, and having an inlet and an outlet fluidly coupling the single heating chamber with the oven cavity;
- a heating element located within the single heating chamber for heating air within the heating chamber;
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- at least two fans located within the heating chamber for drawing air from the oven cavity into the heating chamber through the inlet, and exhausting air heated by the heating element from the heating chamber to the oven cavity through the outlet.
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A convection oven comprising:
- a housing having a rear wall with a curved peripheral edge and a peripheral wall extending from the curved peripheral edge to define an oven cavity with an open face;
- a door moveably mounted to the housing for selectively closing the open face;
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- a convection system having an inlet and an outlet in fluid communication with the oven cavity, with the outlet facing at least a portion of the curved peripheral edge and adjacent the rear wall wherein air exiting the outlet is directed along the rear wall to the curved peripheral edge, which deflects the air toward the open face.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.