Patent · US Expired

Oven equipped with a movable heat generating means

US5960781A · kind A · utility

3Cited by
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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 19, 1998
Grant dateOct 5, 1999
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Expiry dateFeb 19, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF24C3/087
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An oven, including an inner compartment comprising side walls, a lower wall, an upper wall and a back, an outer compartment defining a casing and surrounding the inner compartment in order to delimit therewith a continuous intermediate space, a heat generating device for producing heat by conduction, convection or radiation connected to the casing and mounted between the inner compartment and the outer compartment, a source of energy, with the exception of sources of microwaves, connected to the heat generating device and intended to generate the heat, and at least one heating zone, opposite which is situated the heat generating device, the heat generating device is mounted so as to be movable relative to the casing and to the heating zone, wherein the two compartments are substantially concentric and the heat generating device is mounted so that the heat generating device rotates between the inner compartment and the outer compartment.

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