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US 9,476,598 B2Granted
Oven appliance and method for operating an oven appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorHans Juergen Paller
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Abstract
Oven appliances and methods for operating oven appliances are provided. A method includes determining if a cooktop burner is active during operation of a cooking chamber self-clean cycle. The method further includes deactivating the self-clean cycle if the cooktop burner is active, and continuing the self-clean cycle if the cooktop burner is not active.
Claims17
A method for operating an oven appliance, the method comprising:
- determining if a cooktop burner is active during operation of a cooking chamber self-clean cycle;
- providing, before deactivating the self-clean cycle, a deactivation warning if the cooktop burner is active;
- initiating, before deactivating the self-clean cycle, a deactivation countdown timer if the cooktop burner is active;
- deactivating the self-clean cycle if the cooktop burner is active;
- and
- continuing the self-clean cycle if the cooktop burner is not active.
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A method for operating an oven appliance, the method comprising:
- determining if a cooktop burner is active during operation of a cooking chamber self-clean cycle;
- displaying a deactivation warning and initiating a deactivation countdown timer if the cooktop burner is active;
- deactivating the self-clean cycle if the deactivation countdown timer expires;
- and
- continuing the self-clean cycle if the cooktop burner is not active.
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An oven appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet defining a cooking chamber, the cooking chamber configured for receipt of items to be cooked;
- a heating element positioned in the cooking chamber and configured for heating the cooking chamber, the heating element operable to perform a self-clean cycle;
- a cooktop disposed on the cabinet, the cooktop comprising a cooktop burner;
- a controller in communication with the heating element and the cooktop burner, the controller operable to determine if the cooktop burner is active during operation of heating element to perform the self-clean cycle, the controller further operable to deactivate the self-clean cycle if the cooktop burner is active, the controller further operable to, before deactivating the self-clean cycle, provide a deactivation warning and initiate a deactivation countdown if the cooktop burner is active.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.