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Combination microwave/convection and broiling oven
Assignee: MARHOEFER LAURENCE J
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Filing: 1982-07-19
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Granted: 1984-10-16
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Expires: 2002-07-19
Abstract
Abstract An oven is disclosed combining microwave, infrared and convection cooking. The oven includes in addition to a magnetron, a pair of quartz infrared lamps and a rotatable heat exchanger/fan. The quartz infrared lamps have blinds which either direct the infrared rays toward the food for broiling, or towards the rotating heat exchanger/fan, which in turn transfers heat to the air and blows it out and down towards the food. The entire oven is maintained at negative pressure to prevent the escape of hot, smoke-filled air into other parts of the oven or the kitchen.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert A. Mittelsteadt
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 06:00
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05B; H05B6/00; H05B6/64; H05B6/72; H05B6/725; F; F24; F24C; F24C15/00; F24C15/32; F24C15/322; F24C15/325; H05B6/647; H05B6/6482; H05B6/6485
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
155 words
A combination microwave/convection/infrared oven comprising: a cavity having three walls, a roof and a floor; a recess formed in said roof, said recess including an entry port; microwave generation means; waveguide means for guiding microwaves from said generation means to said cavity via said entry port located in the recess of the roof; heat-exchanger/fan means rotatably mounted on the interior roof of said cavity in said recess; the fan means comprising a substantially circular disk having one or more centrally located apertures and impeller means for drawing air up through said one or more central apertures and blowing it out the periphery of the circular disk; infrared generation means mounted directly below, relative to said roof, said heat-exchanger/fan means; blinder means cooperatively mounted on said infrared generation means for blocking infrared directed in one direction while allowing propagation in the other direction; means for changing the orientation of said blinder means vis-a-vis said exchanger/fan means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
155 words
A combination microwave/convection/infrared oven comprising: a cavity having three walls, a roof and a floor; a recess formed in said roof, said recess including an entry port; microwave generation means; waveguide means for guiding microwaves from said generation means to said cavity via said entry port located in the recess of the roof; heat-exchanger/fan means rotatably mounted on the interior roof of said cavity in said recess; the fan means comprising a substantially circular disk having one or more centrally located apertures and impeller means for drawing air up through said one or more central apertures and blowing it out the periphery of the circular disk; infrared generation means mounted directly below, relative to said roof, said heat-exchanger/fan means; blinder means cooperatively mounted on said infrared generation means for blocking infrared directed in one direction while allowing propagation in the other direction; means for changing the orientation of said blinder means vis-a-vis said exchanger/fan means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
The combination oven of claim 1 wherein said oven includes a pair of quartz lamp means, one end of each mounted on the same cavity wall; a grounded housing mounted interior of said cavity; and a connecting power lead extending through said grounded housing from one quartz lamp means to the other.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
The combination oven according to claim 1 in which said heat-exchanger/fan means comprises: a hub of microwave transparent and heat resistant material having one or more apertures therein; said disk mounted on said hub; and impeller means mounted on said disk.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The combination oven according to claim 3 wherein said impeller means comprises said disk being formed in the shape of corrugations.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The combination oven according to claim 3 wherein said impeller means comprises vanes mounted atop said disk.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
59 words
The combination oven according to claim 1 wherein said heat-exchanger/fan means is mounted on shaft means extending through said port and into said waveguide means and said waveguide means further includes angled planar baffle means (32) adjacent said port and anterior said shaft and partially extending about said shaft for directing microwaves out of said waveguide through said port.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
The combination oven according to claim 6 wherein the waveguide means includes an elongated portion having an axis just prior to said angled baffle means and the baffle means forms the angle of approximately 49° measured from this axis to the plane of the baffle.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The combination oven according to claim 6 further including microwave radiating means comprising a resonant ring obliquely mounted on said heat-exchanger/fan means for co-rotation therewith.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The combination oven according to claims 1, 6, or 7 wherein said infrared generation means comprises one or more quartz lamps means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
93 words
The combination oven according to claim 9 wherein each of said quartz lamp means comprises an elongated quartz tube; an elongated spiral, metallic resistance element mounted within said quartz tube; a pair of nonconductive endcaps mounted on the ends of said quartz tubes; rivet means mounted in each of said endcaps; each end of said spiral metallic resistance element crimp-attached to one of said rivet means, the length of said spiral element adapted such that the spring tension of said spiral element assists in holding said endcaps on the ends of said tubes.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
55 words
The combination oven according to claim 9 wherein each of said quartz lamp means includes one said blinder means, each of said blinder means comprising a half-tube of infrared reflective material cooperatively mounted with respect to said spiral resistance element for blocking the propagation of infrared radiation from said spiral resistance element in one direction.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
The combination oven according to claim 9 further including means for removably, rotatably mounting said quartz lamp means in said cavity.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
57 words
The combination oven according to claim 9 further including two power leads connected through holes in one of said cavity walls to said quartz lamp means; a grounded housing mounted on the exterior of said cavity about said holes; and quarter-wave choke means mounted about each power lead at its point of exit from the grounded housing.
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