Patents by Inventor Edwin H. Strain

Edwin H. Strain has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Forced circulation oven door
    Patent number: 5235962
    Abstract: An oven door that provides forced circulation of the heated air within the interior of an oven chamber is presented. The oven door includes an outside door wall, an inside door wall, and a plurality of interior walls disposed between the outside door wall and the inside door wall that form an air-directing plenum carried within the oven door. The inside door wall has a plurality of openings providing air circulation between the air-directing plenum and the interior of the oven chamber. A motorized fan assembly, located within the oven door, forcibly circulates air through the plurality of openings in the inside door wall, the air-directing plenum and throughout the interior of the oven chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Maytag Corporation
    Inventors: Roger F. Doty, Edwin H. Strain