Abstract: A heat duct support assembly for an impingement oven having a plurality of horizontally oriented heat ducts therein, which are connected to a plenum to direct hot air from the plenum against food being conveyed through the oven. The assembly comprises two studs projecting from each of the oven opposite sides and an elongated bracket horizontally positioned between the oven opposite sides for supporting the remote ends of the heat ducts. The bracket is supported by a pair of bracket supports connected to its ends and which are adjacent to the opposite sides of the oven. The bracket supports have slots in their bottom and top edges that engage the studs in order to support the bracket between the oven opposite sides. The opposite ends of the heat ducts are supported by flanges peripherally disposed about openings in the plenum and over which the heat ducts are fitted.

Abstract: A method for assembling a handle to a cooking vessel, such as a pot or pan, wherein the use of conventional rivets having heads protruding from the inner surface of the cooking vessel is avoided. Studs are welded to the outer surface of the receptacle portion of the cooking vessel, and in the preferred embodiment, the openings in the handle are dimensioned much larger than the diameters of the studs so that the openings can clear the diverging studs. Step washers are then utilized to space the handle and studs so that a tight assembly results when the ends of the studs are expanded against the washers.

Abstract: A low thermal conductivity removable heat insulating cover for a cooking utensil lid handle has a hand grip portion for substantially surrounding the lid handle at least along a central portion thereof with a pair of closely adjacent portions depending downwardly from the hand grip portion toward the lid surface and with a protective portion adapted to lie closely adjacent the lid surface covering a region of that surface to form a barrier for preventing a user's hand from contacting the lid when grasping the hand grip portion is disclosed. In one form the protective portion comprises first and second lateral extensions of the ends of the closely adjacent portions remote from the hand grip portion with the cover being formed as a section of an extrusion of substantially uniform cross-sectional configuration. The closely adjacent portions may be releasably joined together by a rib and groove arrangement along the adjoining surfaces thereof.