Oven and method for operating an oven

• US 9,055,618 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2010
• Issued: 06/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Incorporated (AB Electrolux)
• Original Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Incorporated (AB Electrolux)
• Inventors: Bunzel, Volkmar, Kaser, Erhard, Danzer, Stefan, Horn, Friedrich, Feuerlein, Glsm, Baschke, Jessica Constanze
• Primary Examiner(s): PASCHALL, MARK H
• Application Number:
  US13/511,199
• Publication Number:
  US 20120325801A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,649 Days
• Field of Search: 219/482, 219/494, 219412-414, 219/506, 219/702, 219/714, 219/720, 219/719
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 6/6435 Aspects relating to the user interface of the microwave heating apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 6/687 for cooking
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 40/00 Technologies aiming at improving the efficiency of home appliances, e.g. induction cooking or efficient technologies for refrigerators, freezers or dish washers

Abstract

Oven and method for operating an oven, comprising an On/Off-key (4), at least one key (3, 5) for choosing a predefined oven function or for choosing a predefined oven program and/or for programming a not predefined oven program, at least one specific key (6), which enables the user to start a preferred oven function or a preferred oven program from an Off-mode or a Standby-mode of the oven, wherein a running oven function or a running oven program can be saved by a memory unit as a preferred oven function or as a preferred oven program, when the specific key (6) is actuated at least for a predetermined period of time.

Claims

1. Method for operating an oven comprising the following steps:

Operating the oven with at least one of an oven function and an oven program chosen or programmed by the user;

Saving the at least one of an oven function and an oven program by actuating a specific key for at least a predetermined period of time, while the at least one of an oven function and an oven program to be saved is running;

Starting the saved at least one of an oven function and an oven program by actuating the specific key, when the oven is in an Off-mode or in an Standby-mode.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of saving the at least one of an oven function and an oven program comprises of actuating only the specific key.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of starting the saved at least one of an oven function and an oven program comprises of actuating only the specific key.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein when carried out for a first time, the step of saving the at least one of an oven function and an oven program also deletes at the same time a standard oven function or a standard oven program pre-configured in a manufacturing process of the oven.

5. An oven, comprising;

an On/Off-key;

at least one key configured to perform at least one of the following functions;

choosing a predefined oven function, choosing a predefined oven program, and programming a not predefined oven program;

a specific key configured to be actuated by a user for a predetermined period of time to save at least one of an oven function and an oven program that is running.

6. Oven according to claim 5, wherein the specific key is pre-configured in a manufacturing process to start at least one of a certain standard oven function and a certain standard oven program and wherein the user is always enabled to change the pre-configuration for the specific key to start another standard oven function or another standard oven program or self-defined oven function or a self-defined oven program.

7. Oven according to claim 5, wherein the oven can be started automatically in a predefined operating mode by actuating the specific key.

8. Oven according to claim 5, wherein an oven function comprises temperature values and/or temperature profiles and/or the use of certain heat sources independent from the food stuff to be cooked.

9. Oven according to claim 5, wherein an oven program comprises temperature values and/or temperature profiles and/or the use of certain heat sources that are adapted to the food stuff to be cooked.

10. Oven according to claim 5, wherein the favourite oven function or favourite oven program can be modified while running and is reset after the oven is switched to the Off-mode or switched to the Standby-mode.

11. Oven according to claim 5, wherein the oven is configured to start the at least one of a running oven function and a running oven program while the oven is at an Off-mode or a Standby-mode by the user only actuating the at least one specific key for a period of time shorter than the predetermined period of time.