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Automatic breadmaking machine

  • US 5,410,949 A
  • Filed: 12/20/1993
  • Issued: 05/02/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In an automatic breadmaking appliance including a housing having a bottom wall, upwardly extending sidewalls and an open top, an oven chamber having a bottom, sidewalls and an open top located in the housing in spaced relation to said housing bottom wall and sidewalls, a hinged cover mounted on the housing and movable between a closed position closing the housing and the oven chamber and an open position, an open-topped bread mold removably mounted in the oven chamber with the open top of the bread mold spaced below the top of the oven chamber, a mixing and kneading paddle removably mounted in the mold, a drive motor connected with the paddle for mixing and kneading dough in the mold, a heater located in the lower region of the oven chamber externally of the mold, and a process controller for controlling operation of the drive motor and the heater, an improved ventilating system comprisinga motor driven blower mounted in said housing outside of said oven chamber, said blower having an inlet connected to the oven chamber through the sidewall thereof and an outlet,first and second duct means each having one end connected to said outlet, said first duct means having its other end open to the atmosphere and said second duct means having its other end connected to said oven chamber adjacent the bottom thereof, andvalve means movable between a ventilating position closing said second duct means and opening said first duct means for directing the blower outlet to the atmosphere and a second position closing said first duct means and opening said second duct means for recirculating air from the blower outlet to the bottom portion of the oven chambersaid process controller including means for controlling operation of the ventilation blower and said valve means in coordination with said drive motor and said heater.

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