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US 9,004,057 B2Granted
Appliance baffle system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJames Lee Armstrong, Paul Bryan Cadima
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Abstract
An appliance comprises at least one heating component, a baffle component positioned below the at least one heating component, an air intake component positioned above at least a portion of the baffle component, and an air redirection component positioned between the air intake component and the baffle component. In an example of an airflow path in the appliance, air entering the appliance through the air intake component is directed down below the baffle component by the air redirection component before flowing up through the baffle component to the at least one heating component.
Claims18
An appliance comprising:
- at least one oven comprising an oven compartment;
- a front frame surrounding an outer opening of the oven compartment;
- at least one heating component;
- a baffle component positioned below the at least one heating component and comprising a plurality of vertically spaced apart stacked layers, each layer of the plurality of stacked layers comprising one or more openings;
- an air intake component comprising one or more openings formed through the front frame and positioned above at least a portion of the baffle component;
- and
- an air redirection component positioned between the air intake component and the baffle component;
- wherein the one or more openings of the air intake component are distinct from the one or more openings of the plurality of stacked layers of the baffle component;
- and
- wherein air entering the appliance through the air intake component is directed down below the baffle component by the air redirection component to cool a floor of the appliance before flowing up through the baffle component to the at least one heating component.
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A baffle system comprising:
- a baffle component positioned below at least one heating component of an oven appliance in which the baffle system is deployed, the baffle component comprising a plurality of vertically spaced apart stacked layers, each layer of the plurality of stacked layers comprising one or more openings;
- an air intake component comprising one or more openings formed through a front frame surrounding an outer opening of an oven compartment of at least one oven of the oven appliance, the air intake component being positioned above at least a portion of the baffle component;
- and
- an air redirection component positioned between the air intake component and the baffle component;
- wherein the one or more openings of the air intake component are distinct from the one or more openings of the plurality of stacked layers of the baffle component;
- and
- wherein air entering the oven appliance through the air intake component is directed down below the baffle component by the air redirection component to cool a floor of the oven appliance before flowing up through the baffle component to the at least one heating component of the oven appliance.
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A dual oven appliance comprising:
- an upper oven comprising an upper oven compartment;
- a lower oven comprising a lower oven compartment;
- a front frame surrounding an outer opening of the lower oven compartment;
- a baffle component positioned below a burner of the lower oven and comprising a plurality of vertically spaced apart stacked layers, each layer of the plurality of stacked layers comprising one or more openings;
- an air intake component comprising one or more openings formed through the front frame and positioned above at least a portion of the baffle component;
- and
- an air redirection component positioned between the air intake component and the baffle component;
- wherein the one or more openings of the air intake component are distinct from the one or more openings of the plurality of stacked layers of the baffle component;
- and
- wherein air entering the dual oven appliance through the air intake component is directed down below the baffle component by the air redirection component to cool a floor of the dual oven appliance before flowing up through the baffle component to the burner of the lower oven.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.