Method and steaming oven and collector plate

US8642929B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CLEVELAND RANGE, LLC · US

Inventors

• Victor D. Saltenis · Kirtland, US
• Carl F. Scheu, III · Middleburg Heights, US
• Rupesh Savadekar · Cleveland, US
• David S. Schwerzler · Chagrin Falls, US
• Joseph S. Bellassai · Mentor, US
• John E. Richnafsky · Jefferson, US
• Jason David Schreiner · Menomonee Falls, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 23, 2010
• Grant date: Feb 4, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 20, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A21B3/04
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical 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.