IP Library Patent Application 16997402
Patent Application
App. No. 16/997,402

MODULAR COOKING APPLIANCE HAVING A HOT AIR OVEN WITH A BUILT-IN MAGNETRON

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16/997,402
Abstract

A modular cooking apparatus is disclosed. The modular cooking apparatus includes a first interchangeable cooking module containing an impingement oven, and a second interchangeable cooking module containing a hot air oven having a cooking chamber. The hot air oven includes a cook rack having multiple air deflectors having different lengths located within said cooking chamber and a blower for directing heated air in a horizontal direction beneath said cook rack.

Claims (14)

1 . A modular cooking apparatus, comprising:

a first interchangeable cooking module containing an impingement oven;

a second interchangeable cooking module containing a hot air oven having a cooking chamber, wherein said hot air oven includes

a cook rack having multiple air deflectors having different lengths located within said cooking chamber; and

a blower for directing heated air in a horizontal direction beneath said cook rack.

2 . The modular cooking apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said cooking chamber further includes

a first plenum located above said cooking chamber in which air moves in a first horizontal direction; and

a second plenum in which air moves in a vertical direction and delivers said horizontally directed heated air in a horizontal direction opposite said first horizontal direction.

3 . The modular cooking apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said hot air oven further includes a magnetron.

4 . The modular cooking apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising:

an oven door for covering said cooking chamber, wherein said oven door includes an external cover and an internal cover;

a motor located outside said cooking chamber;

a food holding surface located inside said cooking chamber; and

a to-and-fro motion mechanism connected to said food holding surface via a rod, wherein said to-and-fro motion mechanism moves said food holding surface to and fro within said cooking chamber during cooking for promoting food cooking evenness.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2021
From: APPLIANCE INNOVATION, INC.
To: AUTOMATION TECH, LLC
Reel/Frame 055682/0671 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2020
From: MCKEE, PHILIP R.; VANLANEN, LEE T.; SAYAS, ANTHONY
To: APPLIANCE INNOVATION, INC.
Reel/Frame 053547/0943 →