Cooking within a refrigeration cavity
US10465976B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 19, 2016 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 25, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25D2500/06
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A domestic appliance for cooling and heating food items and/or beverage items may include a shell, a door, a cooling compartment defined at least in part by the shell and the door, the compartment being configured store the food items and/or the beverage items in a cooled environment and at least one solid state heating element inside of the cooling compartment, the at least one solid state heating element configured to emit infrared radiation to heat at least one of the food items and/or the beverage items without heating the surroundings or other contents of the cooling compartment.
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