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Cooking device

  • US 6,883,515 B2
  • Filed: 06/12/2003
  • Issued: 04/26/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A cooking device including a muffle bounding a cooking space, the cooking space accessible through a muffle opening, a substantially linear door driven by a drive unit for opening and closing the door to open and close the muffle opening, the door including a surface facing the cooking space opposite of a front face of a muffle frame surrounding the muffle opening, comprising:

  • an anti-trapping device which detects an object outside of said muffle opening between said door surface and said front face of said muffle frame; and

    said anti-trapping device preventing trapping of said detected object by controlling said drive device, said anti-trapping device including an anti-trapping switch arranged on said front face of said muffle frame for providing signals to said anti-trapping device and said anti-trapping switch formed on said muffle frame around a substantial portion of said muffle opening accessible to an operator of said cooking device.

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