Method and steaming oven and collector plate
US7777158B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 20, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 23, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA21B3/04
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A steaming oven having a collector plate disposed in an oven chamber. A collector plate is disposed above a boiling water reservoir in the oven chamber. The collector plate has a drain tube inserted into an overfill tube. Waste material from the steam and food droppings is conveyed from the oven chamber via the drain tube and the overfill tube. A barrier shields one or more water level probes or sensors from water turbulence, thereby providing reliable water level sensing by the water level probes or sensors.
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