IP Library Granted Patent US 10,731,864
Granted Patent B2
US 10,731,864 · App. 15/995,822 · Granted Aug 4, 2020

Cooking appliance

Inventor: Hannes Wild (Riegsee, DE)
Assignee: CONVOTHERM ELEKTROGERAETE GMBH
F24C7/085A47J27/002F24C15/008
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Patent No.
US 10,731,864
App. No.
15/995,822
Granted
Aug 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cooking appliance, in particular a commercial cooking appliance, with a housing, in which a cooking chamber is arranged, which has a cooking chamber opening, which can be opened and closed using a cooking chamber door; with an optical system, which has at least one optical capturing device above the cooking chamber opening; and with a protection against contamination for the optical system, wherein the protection against contamination has a catching surface, which can be moved using a drive unit and which, seen in the capturing direction of the optical system, is arranged in front thereof.

Claims (16)

1. A cooking appliance comprising:

a housing, in which a cooking chamber is arranged, having a cooking chamber opening;

an optical system, having at least one optical capturing device in the area of the cooking chamber opening; and

a protection against contamination for the optical system, wherein the protection against contamination is transparent and has a catching surface, which is movable using a drive unit and which, seen in the capturing direction of the optical system, is arranged and remains in front of the optical system while the optical system is in operation.

2. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the catching surface is part of a plane.

3. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the catching surface is rotatable using the drive unit.

4. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the catching surface is provided with at least one blade unit.

5. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the protection against contamination further has at least one wiper, which rests on the catching surface.

6. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the catching surface is arched.

7. The cooking appliance according to claim 6 , wherein the arched catching surface is part of a rotary cylinder, in which the optical system is arranged with at least its optical capturing device.

8. The cooking appliance according to claim 6 , wherein at least one wiper rests on the arched catching surface.

9. The cooking appliance according to claim 6 , wherein the arched catching surface can be moved in a swivel movement using the drive unit.

10. The cooking appliance according to claim 9 , wherein the catching surface is part of a lens unit.

11. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the cooking chamber opening can be opened and closed using a cooking chamber door.

12. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the optical system is arranged above the cooking chamber opening.

13. The cooking appliance according to claim 2 , wherein the catching surface is a circular, rotary disk.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Sep 23, 2021
From: CONVOTHERM ELEKTROGERATE GMBH
To: WELBILT DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 057595/0493 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2018
From: WILD, HANNES
To: CONVOTHERM ELEKTROGERAETE GMBH
Reel/Frame 046594/0046 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2017 209 399 · Jun 2, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180347821A1 · Dec 6, 2018
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