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SLIDING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A COOKING APPLIANCE

  • US 20110062143A1
  • Filed: 09/16/2009
  • Published: 03/17/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A cooking appliance comprising:

  • a cabinet defining an oven cavity;

    a door attached to the cabinet for selectively exposing and sealing the oven cavity;

    a cooking element mounted to the cabinet for heating the oven cavity;

    a touch sensitive control display adapted to display an interactive cook time delay screen including a first virtual slide bar adapted to be positioned by a user along a first virtual track, wherein the first virtual track establishes a timeline including time indicia at spaced intervals along the first virtual track, the first virtual slide bar having a length corresponding to a total time of a cooking cycle having a start time and a stop time, such that sliding the first virtual slide bar along the first virtual track simultaneously adjusts the start time and the stop time of the cooking cycle and allows a user to delay cooking until a selected start time; and

    a controller in communication with the user interface for controlling operation of the cooking element based on the positioning of the first virtual slide bar along the first virtual track.

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