WALL OVEN COOLING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A cooking oven, comprising:
- a first heatable oven chamber defined in part by a first rear wall;
a housing enclosing the first oven chamber, the housing comprising a top panel and a rear panel;
a cooling plenum located above the first oven chamber and below the top panel of the housing, comprising a suction portion with a suction inlet configured to supply cool air from an outside area and an exhaust portion with an exhaust outlet configured to discharge heated air to said outside area;
a cooling fan that produces a primary cooling airflow through the cooling plenum;
an electronic device located at least partially within the cooling plenum and in flow communication with the heated air; and
a bypass element located within the cooling plenum that at least partially surrounds the electronic device to divert the heated air away from the electronic device.
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Abstract
A cooking oven includes a first heatable oven chamber, a second heatable oven chamber below the first oven chamber. A cooling plenum is located above the first oven chamber including a suction portion to supply cool air and an exhaust portion to discharge heated air. A cooling fan produces a primary cooling airflow through the cooling plenum. An electronic device is located at least partially within the cooling plenum and in flow communication with the heated air. A bypass element is located within the cooling plenum that at least partially surrounds the electronic device to divert the heated air away from the electronic device. In one example, the cooling fan produces a secondary cooling airflow through a vertical channel at the rear of the cooking oven. In another example, a second cooling plenum is located above the second oven chamber.
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Citations
22 Claims
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1. A cooking oven, comprising:
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a first heatable oven chamber defined in part by a first rear wall; a housing enclosing the first oven chamber, the housing comprising a top panel and a rear panel; a cooling plenum located above the first oven chamber and below the top panel of the housing, comprising a suction portion with a suction inlet configured to supply cool air from an outside area and an exhaust portion with an exhaust outlet configured to discharge heated air to said outside area; a cooling fan that produces a primary cooling airflow through the cooling plenum; an electronic device located at least partially within the cooling plenum and in flow communication with the heated air; and a bypass element located within the cooling plenum that at least partially surrounds the electronic device to divert the heated air away from the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A cooking oven, comprising:
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a first heatable oven chamber defined in part by a first rear wall; a first door pivotally mounted to the first oven chamber to selectively close the first oven chamber from an outside area; a second heatable oven chamber defined in part by a second rear wall and disposed at an elevation vertically below the first oven chamber; a second door pivotally mounted to the second oven chamber to selectively close the second oven chamber from the outside area; a housing enclosing the first oven chamber, the housing comprising a top panel and a rear panel; a first cooling plenum located above the first oven chamber comprising a suction portion with a suction inlet configured to supply cool air from said outside area and an exhaust portion with an exhaust outlet configured to discharge heated air to said outside area; a first cooling fan that produces a primary cooling airflow through the first cooling plenum; a second cooling plenum located above the second oven chamber and below the first oven chamber, the first and second cooling plenums being independent; a second cooling fan that produces a second oven cooling airflow through the second cooling plenum; an electronic device located at least partially within the cooling plenum and in flow communication with the heated air; and a bypass element located within the cooling plenum that at least partially surrounds the electronic device to divert the heated air away from the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A cooking oven, comprising:
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a first heatable oven chamber defined in part by a first rear wall; a second heatable oven chamber defined in part by a second rear wall and disposed at an elevation vertically below the first oven chamber; a housing enclosing the first oven chamber, the housing comprising a top panel and a rear panel; a first cooling plenum located above the first oven chamber comprising a suction portion with a suction inlet configured to supply cool air from an outside area and an exhaust portion with an exhaust outlet configured to discharge heated air to said outside area, wherein the suction portion and the exhaust portion are arranged in a vertically stacked arrangement separated by a common wall; a vertical channel located between the rear panel of the housing and the first rear wall of the first oven chamber; a first cooling fan that produces a primary cooling airflow through the first cooling plenum along a first airflow path, and a secondary cooling airflow through the vertical channel; an electronic device located at least partially within the exhaust portion of the cooling plenum and in flow communication with the heated air; and a bypass element located within the exhaust portion of the cooling plenum that at least partially surrounds the electronic device to divert substantially all of the heated air away from the electronic device, wherein the bypass element comprises an open top in flow communication with the vertical channel and an open bottom in flow communication with a hole extending through the common wall, such that the secondary cooling airflow flows through the bypass element and into the suction portion along a second airflow path that is arranged at an angle relative to the first airflow path. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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Specification