Cooking appliance
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Abstract
A cooking appliance, in particular, a cooking appliance which is mounted in an elevated manner, which comprises at least one muffle which defines the cooking space, whereby the muffle opening thereof is surrounded by a muffle frame, a door which is used to close said muffle opening and a drive device which is used to actuate the door and which is controlled by a control device. The drive device can be controlled by the control device such that the door can be actuated independently from the charge.
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35 Claims
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1-16. -16. (canceled)
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17. A cooking appliance comprising:
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a muffle defining a cooking compartment having a muffle access opening; a door configured for driven traveling movement in and out of a covering relation with the muffle access opening; a drive device operatively associated with the door for driving the door in and out of a covering relation with the muffle access opening; and a control circuit operatively associated with the drive device for controlling door movement with the door movement being uninfluenced by a load bearing on the door. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34)
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33. The cooking appliance according to claim one 19 wherein the control circuit is operable to control the speed of door movement in one of a speed-dependent travel mode and a load-dependent travel mode.
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35. A method for operating a cooking appliance comprising the steps of:
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providing the cooking appliance with a vertically traveling platform driven by a drive device controlled by a control circuit; and controlling the drive device with the control device wherein the platform can travel substantially independently of the load.
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Specification