443results about "Chamber doors" patented technology

The food warmer oven includes a cabinet 12 having opposing side walls 16, 18, a top wall 20, a bottom wall 22, a back wall 24, and a front wall 26 defining a heating cavity 28, the front wall 26 defining an opening 30 into the heating cavity 28; a heating source 32 disposed within the heating cavity 28; a drawer frame 38 having a pair of opposing side rails 44, 46, each of the side rails having a front end 48 and a terminal end 50, the side rails being functionally connected with the side walls 16, 18 of the cabinet in a manner such that the drawer frame 38 can be moved between an open position wherein the drawer frame 38 extends substantially exterior of the heating cavity 28 through the opening 30 and a closed position wherein the drawer frame 38 is positioned substantially within the heating cavity 28, the front end 48 of the side rails 44, 46 being positioned proximate the front wall 26 and the terminal end 50 being positioned proximate the back wall 24 when the drawer frame 38 is in the closed position; a food tray 42 removably held by the drawer frame 38; a door 40 is moveably connected to the side rails 44, 46 of the drawer frame, the door 40 moveable between an open position and a closed position; and a locking mechanism in connection between the door 40 and the side rails 44, 46 of the drawer frame 38 for selectively maintaining the door 40 in the closed position.

Enclosed rotisserie with added convenience, including a countertop resting box-like enclosure housing a safety rear mounted heating element and a power rotated dual rod spit assembly. The gear driven spit assembly may be easily inserted and removed straight into and out of the enclosure without need for angling or coupling the assembly to a power drive socket. The spit assembly may also be mounted at various distances from the heating element to decrease cooking times. The open front of the enclosure is from time to time covered by an inclined glass panel door which may be opened in various ways to facilitate food insertion into and removal from the enclosure, and which may be easily removed for cleaning or other purposes. The embodiment's design makes efficient use of valuable counter space by recessing back and raising off the countertop its controls. A contained light as well as room light emitted through the inclined glass door illuminate the enclosure's interior to make the rotisserie cooking into a taste tempting show. Two countertop supported sizes for the embodiment are suggested, one for larger families and entertaining, and the other for small families and singles.

The invention is a cooking grill comprising a housing defining a cooking chamber and having a door therein hinged at a bottom thereof, a heating element disposed in the cooking chamber, a cooking surface slidably disposed to slide in and out of the housing through the door.

An oven, which both satisfies heat insulating and cooling of a door by adjusting an air flow in channels formed in the door. The oven includes a plurality of channels provided in a door, into which external air flows, accompanied with air discharged by a discharge duct, such that the air flows in the plurality of the channels, and a flow conversion part formed above at least one of the plurality of the channels for stagnating the flow of air. Since the door insulates a cooking chamber from heat and is cooled using a difference of pressures between upper and lower portions of the door, the oven concurrently satisfies conflicting two requirements, such as heat insulating and cooling of the door.

An electric oven with a door cooling structure includes a cavity formed in the case to provide a high temperature environment, a door for selectively opening and closing the cavity, inner, intermediate and outer panels provided in the door; an airflow shielding panel for blocking a space formed below the intermediate panel to guide introduced air upward; a door cover for blocking a top of the door, which is defined between the inner and outer panels, and a fan for applying negative pressure to gaps defined between the inner, intermediate and outer panels so that the panels can be cooled by the air flowing upward and downward in the gaps.

A hinge mechanism for the lids of barbeque grills and smokers, especially for use with ceramic grills and smokers that have very heavy lids. A barbeque grill/smoker includes a base tub and a lid. The invention pivotally couples the base tub to the lid using a four pivot axis linkage. The pivotal coupling allows reciprocal movement from a lid closed position to a lid open position. The hinge mechanism may include a spring assist feature.

A cooking oven includes a heatable oven chamber that can be loaded with product from the outside area through a loading port. An oven door serves to close off the loading port of the oven chamber from the outside area. An inner pane faces the oven chamber, an outer pane faces the outside area, and one or several intermediate panes are positioned between the inner pane and the outer pane. An outer cavity is between the outer pane and the neighboring intermediate pane and an inner cavity space is between the inner pane and the neighboring intermediate pane. A cooling system moves cooling air through the outer cavity while thermally insulating air can be held stationary in the inner cavity.

Disclosed herein is an oven that is capable of discharging hot air generated when cooling a door and heat generated in a cooking chamber through the lower end of the door. The oven includes a door having at least two separated air channels. The air channels comprise at least one first air channel to discharge hot air generated when cooling the door through the lower end of the door, and at least one second air channel to introduce air through the lower end of the door such that the door is cooled. In the housing is mounted a circulating fan. Between the circulating fan and the air channels is connected a channel connecting unit. As the circulating fan is rotated, air flows along the second air channel to cool the door. Hot air generated when cooling the door is introduced into the first air channel through the channel connecting unit, and is then discharged out of the oven through the lower end of the door.

A heat-cooking apparatus includes blowing means (100) that blows cooling air to an opening (20a) of a heating chamber (20) when a door (11) is opened after steam is supplied to the heating chamber (20) for preparatory operation before heat-cooking or for heat-cooking itself. More specifically, after steam is supplied to the heating chamber (20), when the door (11) is opened, the blowing means (100) drives a conventionally existing cooling fan (101) to suck in cooling air from outside the apparatus, and deflects the cooling air toward the opening (20a) of the heating chamber (20) with a decoration box (102) so that the cooling air is blown to the opening (20a) so as to pass sideways substantially across it. Thus, the cooling air mixes with high-temperature steam that tends to overflow frontward as soon as the door (11) is opened, and thereby lowers the temperature of the steam. This surely prevents the user from being hurt, as by being burnt, with the overflowing steam. Thus, without use of special exhausting means, it is possible to open the door (11) while ensuring the safety of the user even immediately after a heating medium (for example, steam) is supplied to the. heating chamber (20).

A breakaway hinge system for an appliance door includes a claw and a receptacle adapted to receive and retain the claw. The receptacle includes a support member and at least one hinge mounting structure that is engaged by the claw. The at least one hinge mounting structure is movable relative to the support member between first and second positions. A spring biases the at least one hinge mounting structure to the first operative position, and the at least one hinge mounting structure is movable to the second position in response to application of force to the hinge assembly having a magnitude sufficient to overcome the spring. The at least one hinge mounting structure can be a pin or like structure provided as part of a pair of pins connected directly or indirectly to the support member.

An electric oven is provided with an improved structure for uniform transmission of heat from a heater to food in a cooking cavity. The electric oven includes an outer case, an inner case, a heater cover, at least one heater, a fan housing, and a fan. The outer case has a door mounted in a front part thereof, the inner case is in the outer case, and the inner case has a plurality of holes in an upper part thereof. The heater cover is located over the holes, and the heater is under the heater cover. The fan housing is attached to an inside wall of the inner case, and has a plurality of apertures. The fan is between the fan housing and an inside wall of the inner case, for drawing air from the cooking cavity and blowing a portion, or all of the air toward the heater.

A cooling apparatus of a cooking appliance including a cabinet having a cooking chamber located therein and an electric component chamber located outside the cooking chamber; a door installed on the cabinet for opening and closing the cooking chamber, and having a suction channel and a discharge channel communicating with the electric component chamber; and an air blower installed in the electric component chamber for sucking air to the inside of the electric component chamber through the suction channel and the discharge channel of the door and discharging the air, so that the external air having a low temperature is directly sucked through the door, cools the electric component chamber, and is then discharged to the outside, thereby increasing cooling efficiency of the door.

The present invention relates to an oven door opening and closing device comprising at least one hinge, which is connectable to an oven door and to an oven housing for realizing a predetermined pivoting opening and closing movement of the oven door relative to the oven housing between an open and a closed position; at least one closing force generating means for generating a predetermined closing force; kinematic means, which are coupled to the hinge and to a moveable element in such a manner, that the predetermined pivoting opening and closing movement of the hinge is converted into a predetermined reciprocating opening and closing movement of the moveable element; and at least one damping system having a damper for generating a damping force which counteracts the closing movement of the movable element within a predetermined section, which corresponds to a predetermined angle section of the pivoting closing movement of the hinge shortly prior to the closed position.

A hinge assembly for connecting an appliance door to an appliance frame includes a claw and a channel pivotally connected to the claw. A single link member is pivotally connected to the claw, and the link member defines first and second contact surfaces. The second contact surface defines an operative portion and a break-away portion separated from the operative portion by a peak. A spring is operably engaged between the link member and the channel. A link control member is connected to the channel and contacts the second contact surface of the link member. The channel is movable from a first operative position in a first direction on arc of 90 degrees or less to a second operative position where the link control member is in contact with the operative portion of the second contact surface of the link. The channel is movable from the second operative position further in the first direction to a break-away position that is more than 90 degrees from the first operative position where the link control member is in contact with the break-away portion of the second contact surface of the link.

A door for an oven and the oven are provided. The door includes a door frame and a door panel where the door panel is coupled to the door frame. The door panel includes a front panel, a top panel bent from an upper end of the front panel to form a topside of the door, the top panel having a first bent portion spaced from the front panel to contact a top side of the door frame, and a pair of side panels, each side panel being bent from a lateral side of the front panel to form lateral sides of the door, and each side panel having a second bent portion spaced from the front panel to contact sides of the door frame.