Abstract: The window for a hot chamber sealed off from the surroundings includes a multi-pane module. The multi-pane module has at least two transparent panes (1, 2) held apart by peripheral spacers (3) and interconnected with the peripheral spacers (3) in a gas-tight fashion so that the transparent panes and spacers bound an interior space (9). The peripheral spacers (3) are provided with at least one through-going opening (5), each of which is closed with a replaceable, permeable filter pad (6). This permeable filter pad (6) permits gases to penetrate the filter pad (6) for gas exchange in order to prevent pressure build up in the interior space between the panes and spacers, but prevents water vapor and other vapors containing grease, oil and other contaminating particles from entering the interior space.

Abstract: The cool-door oven comprises a chamber which has an opening that can be closed by a hinged door. The chamber is mounted on a chassis with the chamber being insulated with respect to the chassis and the oven door being hinged to the chassis. Application to ovens intended for cooking food for domestic or communal use.

Abstract: A one-piece hood for a gas grill is formed from a single sheet of steel and comprises at least a front wall, a back wall, opposing side walls, and a top wall. Each of the opposing side walls further includes an indented central portion that has a substantially uniform depth and a perimeter internally adjacent to the side wall perimeter. The indented central portions increase the structural strength of the hood so as to better resist warping due to heating. A sloped wall can be formed between the top wall and the front wall.

Abstract: An oven door assembly having a minimum number of required components parts is constructed by attaching a pair of spaced hinge assemblies, preferably through a tab and slot arrangement to the first panel, and positioning a central window pack on a first panel. A second panel is then snap-fit directly through the hinge assemblies to the first panel, thereby indirectly securing the second panel to the first panel through the hinge assemblies with the window pack therebetween.

Abstract: The invention relates to a stove for cooking food with a viewing window, and a viewing window for household appliances, such as cooking stoves or ovens, which window can be mounted in a wall of the housing of the stove for cooking food or the household appliance such as a cooking stove or oven, and which window is comprised of at least two transparent panes arranged at a distance from one another, whereby between the two transparent panes there is contemplated a screen, or blind, which covers, or closes, the viewing area, and which screen is adjustable from the exterior of the appliance.

Abstract: An oven includes an internal preparation chamber defining a cavity that receives and prepares food product therein. The oven further includes a first chef-side door that provides access to the cavity by the chef for the placement of food product to be prepared, and a second server-side door providing access to the chamber by the serving staff to remove the prepared food product.

Abstract: A heat insulated wall having two surface layers disposed at a distance from one another and are at least substantially vacuum-tight in construction. The two surface layers together with an at least substantially vacuum-tight connection element enclose an evacuable space that is filled with an evacuable thermal insulation material. The surface layers have angled sections with free ends directed away from the space and on which the connection element is disposed and is fastened in a vacuum-tight fashion to the angled sections.

Abstract: An electrical oven includes a housing defining an inner space and having a bottom wall, two opposite side walls, a lid that is mounted pivotally on the side walls and that confine the inner space at rear and top sides of the housing, and a front opening for access to the inner space. A door is mounted on the side walls for closing the front opening. The lid is turnable relative to the bottom wall between a closed position, in which the lid confines the inner space at the rear and top sides of the housing, and an open position, in which the lid turns away from the door so as to permit the inner space to be exposed at the rear and top sides of the housing. A locking device is mounted on the lid so as to lock the lid unto the side walls when the lid is at the closed position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a stove for cooking food with a viewing window, and a viewing window for household appliances, such as cooking stoves or ovens, which window can be mounted in a wall of the housing of the stove for cooking food or the household appliance such as a cooking stove or oven, and which window is comprised of at least two transparent panes arranged at a distance from one another, whereby between the two transparent panes there is contemplated a screen, or blind, which covers, or closes, the viewing area, and which screen is adjustable from the exterior of the appliance.

Abstract: An insulating glass door for a cooking chamber of a cooking appliance is formed by an insulating glass window composed of two individual panes which are spaced apart for forming an interspace therebetween, which is sealed by an insulating material. The door includes at least one door component which is integrated and extends between the two spaced-apart panes.

Abstract: A cooking appliance door has a door base. A front panel is secured at the front side and an inner panel is secured at the rear side of the door base. Cooking-product support brackets are fastened to the rear side of the cooking appliance door. In order to ensure a stable fastening of the cooking-product support brackets, they are fastened to the door base with fastening elements that extend through openings in the inner panel.

Abstract: A structure of an oven structure, comprised of a lateral, round body and a door panel pivoted to the body that can be lifted to open, and separated by removing the pivot members if required.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: This invention provides a contamination-resistant float glass showing even quality in durability and its good quality sufficienty. The film for contamination-resistance is formed only on the top-side surface of a float glass. The surface, free from tin diffused from a float bath, can be identified by ultraviolet irradiation. A solution including a chemical adsorbent like fluoroalkyltrichlorosilane is applied to the top-side surface by a roller coater. The adsorbent can be prevented from hydrolyzing with dry air around the coating portion of the coater. Surplus solution can be removed with dry air blown on the surface to make the contamination-resistant property and the appearance better. The chemical adsorbent is bonded to the surface via a siloxane bond to form a thin film. The contamination-resistant float glass is installed in the front door of an apparatus like a toaster oven with the film facing the inside of the oven.

Abstract: An oven comprises a cooking chamber, first and second energy sources, a cooling fan, and a controller. The first energy source provides radiation heating in the cooking chamber, and the first energy source has a low mass for rapid heating. The second energy source provides convection heating in the cooking chamber, and the second energy source has a high mass heating element and a convection fan for moving air through the cooking chamber during convection heating. The cooling fan moves cooling air over the first energy source. The controller energizes the first and second energy sources during at least initial convection heating so that the first energy source rapidly heats the cooking chamber in order to facilitate the initial convection heating and to eliminate the need to pre-heat the cooking chamber.

Abstract: An oven door hinge comprises a pair of engaging devices at respective sides of the door, having a recess at the middle of each engaging device. A plural lugs are formed inside of the door for receiving covers to form a gap. The top portion of the engaging device has a through hole for receiving a connecting unit. The connecting unit has a pin extending through a spring and into the gap of the door with a portion extending into the recess. The oven has a pair of posts extending from respective sides thereof. When mounting the door onto the oven, the pin is urged by the spring to retract so that the door may be moved to the gap and the recesses of the engaging devices will be engaged with the posts, respectively, and the pin extends into the recesses to secure the door on the oven.

Abstract: A door for a high-temperature oven is disclosed that includes an external door and an internal door which are thermally isolated from one another. The internal door is held at a distance in a frame of the external door by internal door carriers. The internal door carriers are in the form of lugs that are integrally formed on the internal door by punching out the metal sheet. The lugs engage with tabs in the form of punched-out recessed that are disposed on the frame of the external door.

Abstract: An oven includes a front door, a pivotable product support platform, and a back opening. There is a ramp connected to the back of the oven at the back opening, so that, when the platform pivots downwardly to eject product from the oven, the product slides down the platform and onto the ramp. The oven includes a control system, including a timer, which controls a solenoid that causes the platform to drop down when it is time to remove the product from the oven.

Abstract: A door for the oven of a cooking range includes an inner panel that closes the oven and an outer panel spaced from the inner panel. The inner and outer panels are connected adjacent their upper edges by an upper panel. The inner panel includes a first window in the form of a wide-angle lens. The upper panel includes a second window. Light-transmissive devices including a prism and a mirror are disposed between the inner and outer panels so as to direct light received through the lens upwardly and outwardly through the second window. The interior of the oven is illuminated by low-voltage halogen lights carried by the inner panel. The door is insulated by disposing a microporous metal oxide thermal insulation material against the oven side of the inner panel. The insulation is held in place by a plate. The door includes an oven-contacting gasket that extends beyond the boundaries of the plate to provide a thermal barrier when the door off the oven is closed.

Abstract: An oven is provided with structure which maintains a door, adapted to extend across and seal against an open frontal portion of a heating cavity of the oven, slightly ajar from a fully closed position so as to just break a seal between the door and the oven cavity in order to enable moisture to escape the oven cavity when utilizing the oven for dehydrating food products. For this purpose, the oven incorporates a spacer element that is movable between a de-activated position, wherein the oven can be used in a conventional manner, and an activated position for use in a drying mode of operation. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a pivotally mounted spacer element is positioned between the door and a cabinet portion of the oven for movement between the de-activated and activated positions. In this preferred embodiment, the spacer element is automatically movable from the activated to the de-activated position due to gravity upon the opening of the door.

Abstract: A positioning mechanism for a cooking apparatus or a cooking apparatus that includes the the positioning mechanism. The cooking apparatus includes a concave open top housing, a cover dimensioned and configured to engage the open top housing, a hinge coupling the housing and the cover to allow movement of the cover from a fully closed position to a fully open position, and a positioning mechanism to lock the relative positions of the housing and the cover, the positioning mechanism includes an L-shaped rod fixed to the cover and an eye bolt fixed to the housing, the rod extending through the eye bolt, the positioning mechanism further including a generally planar member having at least one part thereof having an upstanding portion for impacting the eye bolt and moving the planar member into oblique relationship with respect to the rod whereby the planar member is locked with respect to the rod. In some forms of the invention the upstanding portion may be a knee shaped bend.

Abstract: An oven door of a kitchen stove includes an inner door bottom, an outer door unit having additional door elements and a front panel being formed of glass or glass-like material and forming a door front. Connecting elements act as carriers for the additional door elements. The connecting elements are secured directly or indirectly to the front panel and are connected to the door bottom through contact points of low capacity for heat exchange, for joining the front panel to the door bottom.

Abstract: An indoor fireplace comprises a base, a feeding device, a combustion chamber, and a ventilation device. The base has a sliding plate provided with a feeding pipe in communication with the combustion chamber. The ventilation device comprises an air drawing apparatus, an air discharging apparatus, and a plurality of air circulation ducts.

Abstract: A heat-insulating viewing window or door for an apparatus has an inner temperature in a cavity of the apparatus which deviates from the temperature of the ambient in which the apparatus operates. The viewing window is especially for cooking or baking ovens or dryers. The viewing window includes an arrangement of plates positioned at spacings from each other and held in a common frame. The plates can be made of glass, glass ceramic or another transparent temperature-resistant material. At least one further plate is mounted between the plate subjected to the ambient temperature and the plate subjected to the temperature of the interior cavity of the apparatus.

Abstract: A self-cleaning gas-fueled oven for cooking with a flameholder and door which permit self-cleaning at temperatures exceeding 900.degree. F. The flameholder has a grille divided into two opposed, substantially flat portions, each of which contains an array of ports of two distinct sizes. The smaller-sized ports are tapered, increasing in cross-sectional area in the direction of gas flow through the grille. The oven door has a lip extending substantially perpendicularly from the door's sidewalls so as to overlap the periphery of the door's inner panel.

Abstract: The oven door comprises a frame on which two panes are mounted. These two panes are parallel and spaced apart from each other. The inside pane is hinge-mounted relative to the frame by means of a hinge piece and pivatable about a hinge axis at a lateral side of the frame. Rapid-action locking and unlocking closure means, that are point spacers, are situated remote from the hinge axis of the inside pane. The spacers enable the inside pane to be held in a closed position relative to the frame. The point spacers provide rapid-action locking and unlocking the closure, and keep a space between the inside pane and the inside face of the frame when the inside pane is closed. The hinge piece includes at least one plate. The inside pane is fixed at a distance from the plate by at least one fixing point spacer in such a manner that when the inside pane is in the closed position the plate engages and bears against the inside face of the frame.

Abstract: An oven door having a localized interior surface area exposed to high oven temperature and susceptible to the generation of excessive temperature at an adjacent outside surface area, is provided with a heat collector plate fastened over the localize interior surface area with fastening means in heat transfer relationship with said heat collecting plate and with a heat dissipator attached outside of the oven door remotely from said adjacent outside surface area, for dissipating heat to ambient atmosphere.

Abstract: A furnace of the type for supplying circulating heated air to an comfort space, the furnace being contained within a cabinet, having a door allowing access to the interior thereof, which is set in a door frame, wherein the furnace is capable of operating in at least any vertical orientation, an improvement comprising. The bottom end of the door is removably retained against a bottom portion of the door frame, via a hinge, when the furnace is any vertical orientation. At least one latch is located adjacent the top end of the door when the furnace is in any vertical orientation, the latch being constructed to engage a mated door strike; and at least one door strike is located in both a top portion and a bottom portion of the door frame.

Abstract: A new and improved oven door apparatus includes a pair of guide channel assemblies connected to a pair of sidewalls of the oven. Each of the guide channel assemblies includes a straight vertical guide channel portion, a curved, right angled guide channel portion, and a straight horizontal guide channel portion. The straight vertical guide channel portion is connected to an oven sidewall adjacent to a front, open portion of the oven which provides access to the interior of the oven. The straight horizontal guide channel portion is connected to an oven sidewall adjacent to a top portion of the oven. An articulated door assembly includes a plurality of rectangular door panel assemblies and is connected together by articulated connection assemblies, e.g. hinge assemblies. A wheel assembly is positioned adjacent to each corner of each door panel assembly. Wheels ride in the guide channel assemblies. The bottommost of the door panel assemblies includes a handle.

Abstract: An outdoor, self-contained wood fueled furnace. The furnace includes a non-warping, laminated sheet metal door; a rear exiting flue with water discharge means; and a baffled, heat exchanger which surrounds the firebox. The door, particularly, includes an external panel which is secured with a single pin to a crossbroken first panel. An insulator is secured between the first panel and a second interior panel, and the first and second panels are riveted to each other.

Abstract: An improved latching configuration for a side swing door includes a cabinet enclosure with at least one side wall. An opening is formed in the side wall to provide access to an interior of the cabinet. A door is pivotably attached to the side wall to selectively open and close the opening upon a pivoting movement of the door. A latch assembly is provided on the door and/or the side wall for securing the door to the side wall in a closed position. The latch assembly is positioned between a location of attachment of the door to the side wall and a free edge of the door opposite the attachment location, preferably midway between those points.

Abstract: A rectangular shaped padded cloth cover for the outside of an oven door is constructed by securing together several pieces of material to provide the thickness or padding necessary to establish a protective barrier. Loops are provided to secure the cover to the oven door handle, and magnets, adhesive, or other fastening devices hold the cover to the door when the door is opened. The cover protects against injuries resulting from casual contact with a hot oven door, and also serves a decorative function.

Abstract: A manner of mounting a roll-type gasket in a corner of a door, particularly a door of a self-cleaning oven. The gasket is mounted within a corner of the inner wall of the door and when the door closes, the gasket is compressed so as to roll the gasket towards a normal wall of such corner if it is restrained against movement on the associated peripheral part forming another part of such corner. The gasket is retained within the corner by utilizing pointed anchoring tabs or clips which have their points facing the normal wall so as to effect such a rolling action of the gasket when the door is closed. The gasket may be retained in place by single anchoring tabs, sets of anchoring tabs or by separately formed anchoring tabs.

Abstract: An oven with double door is disclosed formed of a rigid projecting frame which supports, through guide rods, an inner plate which is urged by springs. Closure is provided by the inner plate which slides with respect to the frame and supports a peripheral seal.

Abstract: A window for a domestic oven having a reduced thermal transmission so that the external glass surface, which can be touched, is maintained at an acceptable temperature. Between the walls of the window there is an evacuated space. Preferably at least the internal surface of the outer wall is coated with a transparent layer of reflecting material. A non-evaporable getter material is contained within the evacuated space.

Abstract: High temperature furnaces are described containing a movable viewing window that is heated so that the work charge can be scanned along the length of the furnace without creating a thermal disturbance. A system is also disclosed for controlling the operation of the furnace based on comparison of viewed images with stored sample images.

Abstract: An access door (10) for cleaning grease from duct runs (26) in exhaust systems for kitchen cooking equipment (16). The access door (10) includes a collar (32) which is mounted at a selected location in a run of duct to provide an opening (46) for accessing the interior surfaces (30) of the duct. A fireproof cover (54) is releasably secured to the collar (32) by securing devices for selectively closing the collar opening. A seal (70) is interposed between the collar the cover, proximate the juxtaposed portions to prevent fire from escaping the duct through the collar opening when the cover is mounted thereon.

Abstract: A heating box has an interior exposed to microwave energy. The heating box includes a first metal panel and a second metal panel. The first panel has a join portion. The second panel has a join portion which opposes and contacts the join portion of the first panel. The first panel and the second panel are bonded together at the join portions thereof. A plurality of electrical connections between the first and second panels extend in the join portions of the first and second panels. The electrical connections are spaced.

Abstract: A window for a domestic oven is described which has a reduced thermal transmission so that the outer glass surface, which can be toughed, is maintained at an acceptable temperature. Between the surface of an outer glass sheet and an inner glass sheet of the window there is a rare gas filled enclosed volume. Preferably at least the inner facing surface of the outer glass sheet is coated with a transparent layer of reflecting material. A non-evaporable getter material is contained within said enclosed volume.

Abstract: A prefabricated zero clearance fireplace includes a combustion chamber having a front opening, a glass door sized and shaped for positioning over and sealing the opening and a guide system for guiding vertical movement of the door between a lowered position over the opening and a raised position. The guide system includes tracks that are inwardly offset at their lowermost ends so that the door seals the combustion chamber without friction as the door is raised and lowered. Counterweights permit the door to be easily raised and lowered. For safety, the counterweights cause the door to automatically raise if it is pushed outwardly from the inside. The door is hinged for pivoting outwardly about a vertical axis in the lowered position. An optional motor can be provided for raising and lowering the door. A convection chamber surrounding the combustion chamber permits circulation and heating of room air.

Abstract: A furnace closing mechanism for industrial furnaces is composed of a furnace door that can be latched to the furnace shell and a heat-insulating door fastened to the furnace door. This heat-insulating door renders the thermal insulation of the furnace interior gastight. Loss of material caused by friction is prevented by bayonet joints. The heat-insulating door provided by leaf springs and a threaded hub is screwed onto a threaded spindle, which is mounted on the furnace door and can be operated from the outside.

Abstract: High temperature furnaces are described containing a movable viewing window that is heated so that the work charge can be scanned along the length of the furnace without creating a thermal disturbance. A system is also disclosed for controlling the operation of the furnace based on comparison of viewed images with stored sample images.

Abstract: A fireplace enclosure consisting of a rectangular-shaped frame formed by spaced pairs of top and bottom and side frame members clamped together by a pair of tie rods, whereby an opening is formed to provide access into the firebox of a fireplace. A pair of bifold doors are movably mounted on the frame for opening and closing the access opening. The doors each include a frame and a pair of safety glass panels held in channels formed in the frame by ribbon spring steel strips. The doors are pivotally removably mounted on spring clips attached to the top and bottom channel members for movement between open and closed positions. Low friction guide rollers are mounted on the door frames and slidably engage the top and bottom frame members and V-shaped spring clips attached thereto to assist in opening and closing the doors and to provide support for the doors. A draft diverter plate may be mounted on the bottom member of the frame to provide drafts to the firebox.

Abstract: This invention provides a woven tubular gasket having a continuous integral attachment means which is contained within the woven tubular members and which has protrusions which extend through or are extendable through the walls of the woven tubular member or members and are adapted to engage openings in an appropriate surface or substrate on which the gasket is to be attached. The method of this invention provides for continuously forming the combination of the attachment means and the woven tubular member. The attachment means is fed continuously into the interior of the woven tubular member as it is formed to thereby incorporate the attachment means into the interior of the woven tubular member.

Abstract: A semi-frameless door, per se, and in combination with a firebox opening and the like, utilizes a specially configured spacer frame to seal inner and outer glass panes and also, if desired, the firebox opening. Retainer plates affixed only to the outer glass ends and the spacer frame permits the outer pane to be curved with longitudinally extending exposed edges flush with the edge of the spacer frame to create a full glass covering of the opening. The glass size differences and black colored spacer frame create a size illusion and a shadow glow reflection when viewing the fire in the firebox. Inner retainer plates sealing the inner glass to the inside surface of the spacer frame have lip edges which are forced into contact with a fibrous seal disposed in a channel configuration within the opening when the door is latched to insure sealing of the opening should the door hinge ever loosen during extended use.

Abstract: A freestanding wood, gas log or coal burning stove includes a pair of hinged glass or screen doors which are movable to storage compartments within the stove where they are completely concealed from view. In one embodiment, side panels are hinged to the stove frame assembly, and each door is hinged to one of the side panels in such a way that the door can be folded into a storage compartment between the stove frame assembly and the side panel. In another embodiment, fixed side panels define storage compartments between the side panel and the stove frame assembly, and each door slides into one of the storage compartments, In both embodiments, the storage compartment can include openings for circulation and heating of room air.

Abstract: A thermostatic oven having an oven body with a front opening having a door which comprises windable sheets which cover the front opening with a space therebetween to close the same and which are wound up when the front opening is to be opened.

Abstract: An oven especially--but not exclusively--for baking French bread has a single loading opening which is closed by a principal door having a fill opening therein which, in turn, is closed by a series of small longitudinal, superimposed folding doors. One edge of each folding door covers the adjacent edge of the folding door immediately next to it. The small doors either pivot over an arc 180.degree. or slide laterally. The back of the oven may be equipped with a set of doors, such as the small doors. A gap separates the front edge of plates for supporting the bread and the plane of the interior side of the small doors. The plates are relatively thin, movable perforated sheets. The ends of a latch or hook-up bar may slide into supports on the stiles of the loading opening or be held in struts provided on each side of the small doors.

Abstract: A heating appliance including a heating chamber, a selectively detachable door for opening and closing the opening of the heating chamber, a pair of support members pivotably supporting the selectively detachable door for allowing the selectively detachable door to be positioned so that it opens in a first predetermined direction or positioned so that it opens in a second predetermined direction. The selectively detachable door is detachably engaged with the heating appliance by the first and second engaging members.

Abstract: A releasable and gas tight sealing apparatus for construction panels of a paint baking oven which relieves the buildup of gas pressure within the oven in the event of an explosion. The apparatus has tongue and groove members and a compressible cord rope received in the groove members. In assembly and during normal use of the oven, the tongue is received in the groove and bears on and compresses the cord rope to provide a gas tight seal. In the event of an explosion, the construction panels are forced outwardly which disengages the tongue and groove members and relieves the buildup of gas pressure in the oven.