Cooking oven with a catalytic filter system

US8847119B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Electrolux Home Products Corporation N. V. · BE

Inventors

• Dietmar Hildner · Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE
• Gerhard Schaff · Cadolzburg, DE
• Branko Ivanovic · Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 16, 2010
• Grant date: Sep 30, 2014
• Expiry date: May 20, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F24C15/2014
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cooking oven with at least one oven cavity, at least one air outlet conduit and at least one catalytic filter system, in particular a fat, grease and/or odor filter system. The catalytic filter system comprises a housing (10, 14) containing a catalyser element (12). The catalytic filter system is arranged within the air outlet conduit and outside of the oven cavity. The housing (10) includes a plurality of the inlet holes (20) in a wall (16) facing the oven cavity. The housing (10) includes a plurality of the outlet holes (34) in a wall (30) opposite to the oven cavity. The catalytic filter system is fixed outside of the oven cavity by fixing elements. At least one heating element (40; 50) is arranged upstream of the catalytic filter system. The heating element (40; 50) is provided for heating the catalytic filter system. The heating element (40; 50) is arranged within the oven cavity and is additionally provided for heating the oven cavity and the fixing elements are outside of the oven cavity and outside of the air outlet conduit.