Abstract: A venting system for a gas oven of a cooking range that also has a cooktop portion. The venting system includes a flat duct above the oven on each side that communicates with an elongated opening in the top of the oven on that side and the duct conducts the gases of combustion from the oven upwardly to the lateral edges of the cooktop. A vent manifold is mounted on the top along each lateral edge of the cooktop and communicates with the duct on that side to distribute the exhaust gases forwardly and rearwardly along both lateral sides of the cooktop, whereby normal operation of the cooktop gas burners is not adversely affected, no hot spots of exhaust gases from the oven are created, and the working depth of the cooktop is maximized.

Abstract: A grill has horizontal shelves attached to its sidewalls for holding charcoal vertically along the sidewall in different compartments. Compartments are selected for cooking according to the amount of heat required and the size and configuration of the food. A mesh framework with screens attached hold the coals in position. Cooking progress is viewed through a window and a transparent dome cover. The positioning of the coals relative to the food allows cooking from all sides speed cooking. Cooking racks of various shapes accommodate all foods.

Abstract: A grill has horizontal shelves attached to its sidewalls for holding charcoal vertically along the sidewall in different compartments. Compartments are selected for cooking according to the amount of heat required and the size and configuration of the food. A mesh framework with screens attached hold the coals in position. Cooking progress is viewed through a window and a transparent dome cover. The positioning of the coals relative to the food allows cooking from all sides speed cooking. Cooking racks of various shapes accommodate all foods.

Abstract: An oven muffle has mutually spaced apart inner and outer insulating walls. An insulation layer composed of particulate material is disposed in an interstice between the inner and the outer insulating walls. At least one of the insulating walls is pretensioned toward the respective other insulating wall in order to exert a permanent pressure on the insulation layer.

Abstract: An appliance is rendered self-cleaning of accumulated organic contaminants on one or more surfaces of the appliance, by coating such surfaces of the appliance with a photocatalytically-activated self-cleaning coating. Upon exposing such coated surfaces to radiation of the appropriate wavelength, for a sufficient interval of time, at least a portion of the organic contaminants present on the photocatalytically-activated self-cleaning coating are removed. The coated surface is thereby cleaned without the need of manual effort or high temperatures. The radiation is generally actinic radiation, and more particularly includes ultraviolet radiation.

Abstract: An oven includes a body portion and a door engageable with the body portion, the body portion being generally cylindrical in shape having two lateral sides each formed with a circular groove, each of the lateral sides having two vertical slots extending upwardly from the circular groove, the door having two flanges at two ends thereof each provided with two protuberances at an inner side thereof, the protuberances being configured to be slidable within the circular groove and the vertical slots, whereby the door can be dismantled from the body portion for removing the grease and other drippings extracted from food during the roasting process.

Abstract: A grill has horizontal shelves attached to its sidewalls for holding charcoal vertically along the sidewall in different compartments. Compartments are selected for cooking according to the amount of heat required and the size and configuration of the food. A mesh framework with screens attached hold the coals in position. Cooking progress is viewed through a window and a transparent dome cover. The positioning of the coals relative to the food allows cooking from all sides speed cooking. Cooking racks of various shapes accommodate all foods.

Abstract: In a baking oven comprising at least one hearth, a baking conveyor belt, which is guided over a deflection roller, is allocated to each hearth. The deflection roller is extended out of the baking oven through openings where it is lodged for displacement in the direction of the oven. A sealing arrangement is provided for this opening to be sealed, comprising a base plate and a sealing disk resting tightly thereon. The sealing disk is pivotally supported on the deflection roller and simultaneously lodged in a guiding groove in the base plate by means of a guide pin. The edge of the sealing disk is shaped such that on the one hand it covers the opening in all the positions of displacement and on the other hand is displaced in the direction of displacement only by a length which is considerably shorter than the length of displacement of the deflection roller.

Abstract: A method and device for cleaning the oven cavity of a pyrolytic self-cleaning oven without using a broil element or burner. The method includes using a bake burner to maintain the temperature of the oven cavity during the first stage of the self-cleaning process at a temperature sufficiently low such that cooking residues are baked onto the oven walls and bottom without producing excessive levels of smoke. During the second stage of the self-cleaning process, the temperature inside the oven cavity is raised to clean away the baked-on residues while still maintaining acceptable levels of smoke.

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: An oven for baking food products includes a spiral conveyor having a wire mesh conveyor belt for transporting food products from a loading bin to a storage bin. The spiral conveyor is surrounded by a threaded cylindrical housing having apertures which communicate with the loading bin, heat source, plenum, and recirculation fan. Heated air is blown into the threaded housing such that a downward spiral or vortex of air is created which envelops the food products upon the spiral conveyor belt for efficient baking. The housing is partially removable for cleaning or maintenance of the conveyor. Heated air within the housing is drawn about the food products as it is suctioned into a recirculation tube for distribution to the storage bin and to the plenum for recirculation through the housing. In addition, the loading bin is mounted upon a vibration device such that food products are evenly distributed upon entry to the spiral conveyor.

Abstract: A device for the internal protection of domestic ovens comprised of a folding box. The box (3) has four walls, that is a bottom wall, two side walls (5 and 6) and the rear wall (7), and a non-spill flange (8) which forms the lower part of the front wall. Preferably the invention applies to electric household appliances.

Abstract: A baking oven comprises several oven modules disposed one after the other in the longitudinal direction, each of which comprising independently controllable heating devices and at least one supply duct for vapor and/or fresh air which leads to the hearths and at least one discharge duct for vapor and/or waste air which leads away from each hearth.

Abstract: A gas range includes a gas distribution system which utilizes a gas manifold that includes a single gas inlet chamber. Communication between the gas inlet chamber and each of the burners is controlled by a respective valve assembly mounted in the gas inlet chamber. One of the valve assemblies is thermostatically controlled in response to a sensed temperature. The length of the gas manifold can be dictated by the spacing of the individual valve assemblies or it can be dictated by the spacing of the burners. The gas distribution system provides additional flexibility to the range designer while reducing costs by eliminating components.

Abstract: A gas oven having an electronic controller for directly controlling the gas valve and burner ignition. The controller opens the gas valve and activates the ignitor whenever oven heating is required and then determines whether ignition has occurred, detected by an indicator of ignition, often a conventional oven thermostat, a thermocouple, a resistance temperature device (RTD), or other type of temperature sensor. Positive proof of ignition is given by determining whether the detected temperature is increasing at a particular rate. The gas valve is closed if ignition does not occur within a predetermined time, preferably about 10-15 seconds. Re-ignition may be attempted after a sufficient delay. The controller also closes the gas valve whenever the oven temperature is decreasing at a predetermined rate or is increasing at less than a predetermined rate.

Abstract: An oven for receiving and heating cooking vessels including a plurality of heating units for generating heat and which are arranged in different horizontal planes. A respective cooking vessel is positionable in association with each heating unit. The oven may include a support structure such as connected rods for supporting the cooking vessels in association with the respective heating unit.

Abstract: An oven structure (1) comprises a casing (2) provided with walls (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) defining a cooking chamber (4) open on one side (4A) of said casing (2), and below said casing (2) an element (20) provided with a cavity (19) defined by walls (21, 22, 23, 26) rising from the lower wall (24) of said element (20), said cavity (19) facing the lower wall (8) of said casing (2). At least part (26) of said element (20) is removable to allow connection to a gas heating member (29), said cavity (19) being able at choice either to receive an electrical heating member (60) or become the seat of a hot air stream generated by the gas member (29), the lower wall (8) of said casing (2) being provided with apertures (16) which are preferably closed when the cavity (19) of the lower element (20) contains the electrical heating member (60) and are open when said lower element (20) is connected to the gas heating member (29).

Abstract: An electronic control system for gaseous fuel burners, particularly suitable for ovens and employs a single push-to-turn user control knob for selecting BAKE, BROIL or SELF-CLEAN modes of operation and for setting the oven temperature desired in the BAKE mode, the control knob turns a potentiometer shaft which provides a signal indicative of the shaft position to a microprocessor which controls relays for selectively opening and closing electrically operated BAKE and BROIL burner valves.

Abstract: A restaurant sized convection oven has a single-sided blower wheel with forward curved fins. A pair of spaced parallel baffle plates are in front of the blower, each plate having a central hole or opening. A connecting duct extends a passageway for flue gas to pass into a space between the plates. The hole in the plate nearest the blower has a diameter which is larger than the diameter of the hole in the plate nearest the baking cavity in order to create a suction in the connecting ducts for drawing in the flue gas. The ratio of flue gas to hot oven air is established primarily by the cross-sectional areas of the connecting duct and the two holes. One of the baffle plates has edge cut outs which eliminate the need for a blower scroll.

Abstract: A toy oven has a heating compartment accessible through an aperture in a front wall of a housing of the oven. A door is provided which is manually movable to close off the aperture. IN one embodiment, the door is slidably mounted and in another embodiment it is pivotally mounted. A mechanical interlock engages the door to prevent it from opening if the electrical power switch is on. Another mechanical interlock prevents the door from opening when the heating compartment is at a high temperature. The oven is thus safe to use by children in normal play. A fan may be provided to cool the heating compartment when the power switch is turned off and is thereafter automatically turned off after a predetermined time or when the temperature in the heating compartment falls to a safe level. A timer may also be provided to automatically switch power off after a predetermined time of inactivity.

Abstract: A hood is assembled of modules including a central make-up air plenum module directly over the heating stations of a conveyorized double-deck oven, an exhaust plenum module atop the makeup air plenum and downwardly-opening end modules overhang the conveyor end portions extending outside the sides of the oven heating chambers. The end modules have make-up air directors aiming make-up air upward along the undersides of removable panels having slots therein to accelerate exhaust flow into a chamber below filters to effectively remove fumes from the areas above the conveyor ends. The overhanging end modules also have partitions therein cooperating with the walls of the overhang portions to provide ducts at the front of the overhang portions to capture fumes from the area above the front of the conveyor ends. Air flow guides around the extending portions of the conveyors assist.

Abstract: An oven for baking a food product. The oven comprises a stone covered bottom that includes a baking area in which the food product may be baked. A top is connected to the bottom and constructed to form a domed chamber over the baking area. A constant heat source is connected to the bottom to provide a constant heat within the chamber. A first passageway extends through the top and has a size sufficient to pass an unbaked food product into the chamber. A second passageway extends through the top and has a size sufficient to remove a baked food product from the chamber.

Abstract: There is provided a range for sealed combustion of a gaseous fuel comprising a hob assembly and an oven. The hob assembly comprises a glass ceramic cooking surface sealed to a support box and one or more burners. The hob assembly and oven are connected to a fresh air intake/exhaust manifold, such that there is no air exchange between the range and the room in which it is located.

Abstract: A convection oven is given a lower profile so that two ovens may be stacked without exceeding a height so that the uppermost of the stacked ovens may be comfortably reached by a relatively short person. Also, the oven requires less floor space for installation and operation. The height of the oven is reduced by placing inshot burners at an inlet to the oven. Heretofore, the burners were placed under the oven, which increased the space which must be provided to enclose the burner, and therefore the overall height of the burner. The height of the oven is reduced by allowing the flue gas flow from front to rear before entering the cooking cavity. Heretofore, the flue gas flowed from under the cooking cavity to the sides and up towards the top of the cooking cavity. From there, it traveled to the top of the cooking cavity before entering the cooking cavity itself. Cool ambient air is blown over oven controls in order to cool them before the air is heated by the burners.

Abstract: A masonry heater (11) confines combustion within a core (15) of refractory material construction. The core includes a primary combustion firebox (18) with fuel access firebox door (20) and a secondary combustion chamber bakeoven (25) over the firebox (18) with a bakeoven access door (26). A tapered throat (35) provides a flue coupling from the firebox (18) to the bakeoven (25). The tapered throat (35) is constructed from a plurality of unmortared replaceable refractory bricks accessible for replacement through the bakeoven door (26). The tapered throat refractory bricks (80,86) are constructed in configurations to rest on each other and provide a structurally self supporting tapered throat structure (55) with at least two sloping sides. The core (15) is constructed with a first course (50) of shelf firebricks (52) providing shelf projections (50,52,54) for supporting the unmortared replaceable refractory bricks (80,86) of the tapered throat structure (55).

Abstract: A combination of a baking oven and a stove includes a stove (1) for burning wood, an ash chest (3) under the stove, and a baking oven (2) above the stove. A conduit (8) extends from a furnace (7) of the stove into a secondary combustion chamber (9) above the baking oven and below a fire cover (13), and cheek conduits are provided. The conduits (8 and 11) of the baking oven (2) and the stove (1) for conveying combustion and flue gases are substantially separate from each other below the secondary combustion chamber (9) in such a way that the conduit (11) extending from the furnace (10) of the baking oven for passing the combustion and flue gases formed in the baking oven into the secondary combustion chamber is separate from the conduit (8) extending from the stove for passing the combustion and flue gases formed in the stove into the secondary combustion chamber.

Abstract: There is provided a microwave oven using as walls of its internal chamber a precoated sheet steel which has no harmful effect on food sanitation. The precoated sheet steel includes a comprised a sheet steel, a strontium chromate primer having strontium chromate dispersion-mixed with a resin and being applied to one side of the sheet steel, a paint applied over the strontium chromate primer, and a paint applied over the other side of the sheet steel. The one side of the precoated sheet steel constitutes exterior surfaces of the walls of the internal chamber and the other side of the precoated sheet steel constitutes interior surfaces of the walls of the internal chamber. A molybdenum primer comprising molybdenum pigment dispersion-mixed with a resin may be applied to both sides of the sheet steel instead of the strontium chromate primer.

Abstract: A conveyor oven module has a very low profile so that more oven modules may be stacked to give a greater baking capacity in the same "foot print" without the top conveyor being higher than the five and a half feet from the floor, which is the generally accepted maximum height for people to reach. Almost all serviceable parts are in the front of the oven. The oven modules are self-contained so that an oven module may be serviced while the remainder of the oven modules in the stack continue to operate.

Abstract: An improved arrangement for insulating the oven liner in a domestic range in which a single batt of insulating material is wrapped around the top, bottom and side walls of the oven liner such that the opposite end portions of the batt overlap each over the entire top wall of the oven liner to provide a double layer of insulation over the top wall and a single layer over the side and bottom walls. The batt is held in place by the oven exhaust vent stack which pierces both overlapping layers. The use of the vent stack for this purpose, together with the reduced thickness of the batt covering the side walls, eliminates the need for bands to secure the batt.

Abstract: A gas convection oven having a radiant burner and fuel feeding apparatus which enables the single burner to be operated in either a broil mode or a bake mode. In the broil mode, the radiant burner is operated in conventional manner with the flame being held by an inner screen to heat the outer screen to a radiant luminous temperature. In the bake mode, forced air is injected into the burner by a fan thereby providing a leaner fuel-air mixture with higher velocity. As a result, the flame burns outside the outer screen of the burner with the outer screen serving as a flame holder. Therefore, hot combustion gases as produced while the outer screen remains non-luminous.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for heating or cooling food articles including a chamber containing a plurality of tubular, vertically, spaced-apart support means having a fluid inlet and outlet. A plurality of removably mounted hollow plates each having a plurality of spaced-apart tubular members having a fluid sealed therein connected to first and second plenums are positioned on the support means. Supply and return header means are connected to the inlet and outlet, respectively, of the support means and by conduit to a fluid reservoir and pump to circulate a fluid transfer means through each support means. Means for heating and cooling the fluid is also provided and control means for controlling operation of the heating and cooling means individually or in a predetermined sequence and at a preselected temperature is also included. During the heating mode the fluid inside the removable plates vaporizes and condenses.

Abstract: A pizza screen or pan receiving and holding assembly for use in combination with a pizza baking oven is disclosed. The assembly includes a main frame formed of side and end rails interconnected in a generally rectangular pattern with casters provided at the four corners to position the main frame in the open space beneath the baking sections of pizza baking oven. Cross members extend laterally of the side rails to define an open lattice for receiving pizza baking screens or baking pans. Upright members extend upwardly from the front and rear sides of the main frame. A box support frame of a generally rectangular shape formed of interconnected side and end shaft members is secured to the upright members and is inclined rearwardly downwardly. A plurality of boxes sized to receive different dimensioned pizza screens or pans are removably received on the box support frame. The boxes have opened front ends and closed rear ends.

Abstract: A food preparation oven includes a cooking chamber (1) in which a device (12) is provided for generating heat waves and for directing them in a suitably concentrated manner onto the surfaces (6, 7, 8, 9, 10,11) of the walls of the chamber (1); the device (12) is removably arranged in the cooking chamber (1) and is mobile therein so as to direct the heat waves onto the entire surface of the walls, the concentrated waves scanning the surfaces (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) but covering only portions of them at any given time, creating only in and around these portions a high temperature which results in the pyrolysis of the impurities which have been deposited on the surfaces (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) during the use of the oven. The heat waves can also be used for food preparation.

Abstract: An oven in which at least one cooling air blower generates a cooling air current in cooling air ducting in the housing containing an incoming air duct and an exhaust air duct, this current flowing through the space in the oven door between the outer panel of the oven door and an inner panel of the oven door. A more uniform cooling action on the surface of the panel of the oven door is achieved by designing the air ducting to match the temperature distribution on the outermost panel of the oven door with a varying air flow across the width of the door, the greatest volume of air flow occurring in the middle section.

Abstract: This invention provides a catalytic composite for decomposing fats and oils, and a heating cooker having the catalytic composite mounted therein. The catalytic composite comprises a porous sheet made of ceramic fibers and/or metal fibers, and a catalyst. The catalytic composite is capable of decomposing oil grease or stains deposited on the inner wall of a heating cooker and cooking exhausts emitted in the process of cooking by oxidation, at relatively low temperatures.

Abstract: The device adjusts reflecting angles of grill reflectors for a grill burner in a gas oven range. Rotation of a driving means 21 is transmitted through a transmission means 17 to an adjusting means 16 and converted into a linear movement of bearing means 13 in reflecting plate 10A and 10B hingedly mounted on a hinge pin 11, thereby the angle between the plates 10A and 10B is adjusted.

Abstract: A gas range having at least one stove top surface burner and an interior cooking chamber with a cooking burner includes a chimney extending above the cooking chamber to an exhaust opening at the rear of the top surface. A porous catalyzer plate fits into the exhaust opening and an afterburner is located in the chimney adjacent to the exhaust opening to partially burn and heat exhaust gases. The hot gases then activate the catalyzer to an optimum temperature for effecting their decomposition.

Abstract: A self-cleaning gas range has its frame support an oven with a storage compartment beneath the oven in spaced relation thereto. A burner, which is beneath the oven and above the storage compartment, heats the oven to a temperature to produce self cleaning. A baffle assembly, which is beneath a heat shield beneath the burner and above the storage compartment, prevents the top of the storage compartment from exceeding a predetermined maximum temperature when self cleaning occurs. The baffle assembly includes a bottom baffle of galvanized steel attached to the frame and forming the top of the storage compartment, an intermediate baffle of galvanized steel above the bottom baffle in spaced relation thereto, and an inner baffle of reflecting aluminum above the intermediate baffle in spaced relation thereto with the three baffles assembled to each other.

Abstract: A manifold (10) for use in a gas solder-reflow oven (50) comprises a hollow tube made from a transition metal having an open end (18) for receiving gas, a closed end (16), and a plurality of holes (12).

Abstract: A baking oven utilizes a vapor chamber for at least three of its six inside alls. A vaporized heat transfer medium is circulated through the walls of the oven to provide a more uniform temperatrure distribution throughout the oven.

Abstract: A sheet metal constructed modular pack kitchen including utility tables, sinks and cabinetry, along with an airtight wood stove and flue-mounted oven. When disassembled, the components self-store in nested relation within one another. The stove includes an airtight non-warping cook top, hollow double bottom, hinged hot water tank and supports a double-walled, damper-controlled oven and warming shelf. Slip-mounted, interlocking cook top and flue/oven sections provide a knock-down, airtight construction.

Abstract: A gas heating cooker to be used as a grill or an oven, wherein the blow-off air current of the blowing apparatus blows along the flames of the lower burner to get the hot current to reach far, so that the heating chamber becomes superwide enough to allow a lot of cooking, with the result that the heating operation may be effected with uniform heat distribution in the full face of the heating chamber, and a superior cooking property from even cooking is provided.

Abstract: The continuous processing baking machine includes an outer case containing an upgrading means, a downgrading means, a transferring unit and a heating unit in which a plurality of baking molds containing raw materials are delivered through the process of entering the baking molds into the outer case, upgrading the baking molds, transferring the baking molds, downgrading the baking molds and removing the baking molds with stepped intervals for sectionally baking the raw materials by the heating unit.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for baking food products includes an elongated tunnel (3) defining an oven (5). A conveyor (13) conveys food through the tunnel. Gas supplied to the tunnel is combusted by burners (43, 45) and the heat generated by the combustion is imparted to an upper hearth (17) and a lower hearth (19) by heat exchangers. The hearths radiate the heat into the oven to bake food product being conveyed therethrough and upper and lower sets of temperature sensors (93, 95) are provided to control the oven heat.

Abstract: A baking oven includes at least one boundary wall defining a baking space and at least one lighting device each including a first part in the form of a low-voltage bulb, a second part in the form of an electrical connection for the bulb, and a lamp socket disposed on the at least one boundary wall. The lamp socket receives the bulb from inside the baking space with the bulb protruding substantially completely into the baking space. The boundary wall has an opening formed therein for receiving and closely surrounding one of the parts of the lighting device.

Abstract: An electric range having a self-cleaning oven utilizes a digital electronic microprocessor based oven temperature control system having multiple, redundant oven temperature sensing elements. The output signal from a first one of the multiple oven temperature sensing elements disposed in the cavity of the oven is used as a primary sensed bake temperature signal for controlling the temperature of the oven during its BAKE mode of operation and as a redundant or back-up sensed clean temperature signal for safely shutting down the oven during its CLEAN mode of operation in the event that the sensed oven temperature significantly exceeds the top of the clean temperature range.

Abstract: The invention relates to a masonry fireplace, particularly a baking oven, comprising: a furnace (4) in which the fuel is burnt and the bottom of which is formed by a baking grate (5), the furnace (4) being provided with an oven door (1) positioned in the front wall of the oven; an ash chest (7) positioned below the furnace (4) and provided with an ash door (2); a secondary fire chamber (10) positioned above the furnace (4) and into which a throat (9) leads from the back portion of the furnace (4); and substantially vertical cheek flues (15) extending downwards from the secondary fire chamber (10) on both sides of the oven door (1).

Abstract: The temperature of localized high temperature regions in the side panels of a kitchen range is reduced by the use of thermal conduction breaks to interrupt thermal conduction paths and inhibit the transfer of heat from the oven through a supporting frame to the side panels. The thermal conduction breaks comprise a plurality of thin, vertically orientated elongated slits in upper portions of the front faces of the side panels. Heat transfer into the side panels due to radiation from the oven door is reduced by forming the oven door with a plurality of elongated slits disposed about a central portion of the door which closes the oven access opening to interrupt thermal conduction paths from the central portion to peripheral regions of the door adjacent to front faces of the side panels.

Abstract: A cooking and baking device to be built in comprising an oven and a cooktop, the oven comprising: a frame, a cabinet-shaped oven unit connected with the frame and provided with a hinged door and an oven control-member connected with the frame and carrying at least one oven actuating member partly protruding from a control-panel connected with the frame, and the cooktop comprising a cooktop unit adapted to be built in a horizontal plane and cooktop control-members connected with cooktop actuating members partly protruding from the control-panel. The cooktop control-members are functionally and permanently connected with the cooktop unit and the cooktop comprises an actuating unit releasably connected with the frame, in which at least the cooktop actuating members are arranged. Preferably at least the visible part of the control-panel is a releasable front panel with recesses for the actuating members.