Thermal/convection oven including halogen lamps
First Claim
1. An oven comprising:
- a cooking cavity;
a convection module comprising at least one halogen lamp;
a convection fan for drawing air from said cooking cavity and blowing air over said halogen lamp and into said cavity; and
a controller coupled to, and controlling energization of, said convection module and said fan.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an oven that includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a cooking cavity assembly, a controller, a halogen lamp and fan assembly, and a vent assembly. The halogen lamp and fan assembly, sometimes referred to herein as a convection module, includes one or more halogen lamps and a fan for circulating heat from the lamps into the cooking cavity. The oven can be operated in two modes, namely, thermal emulation and customized cooking. In the thermal emulation mode, the oven is pre-heated to a target temperature by lamps cycling on and off under the control of the controller. Once the target temperature is reached, the user places the food into the cooking cavity and the food is cooked for the same amount of time as in a conventional thermal oven. In the customized cooking mode, food is placed in cooking cavity for the entire cooking cycle, including pre-heat.
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17 Claims
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1. An oven comprising:
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a cooking cavity;
a convection module comprising at least one halogen lamp;
a convection fan for drawing air from said cooking cavity and blowing air over said halogen lamp and into said cavity; and
a controller coupled to, and controlling energization of, said convection module and said fan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An oven comprising:
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a cooking cavity;
a plurality of modules for delivering energy into said cooking cavity, said energy comprising heat and microwave energy; and
a control operatively connected to said modules for controlling delivery of energy to said cooking cavity, said control configured to operate said modules in a microwave cooking mode, a convection/bake cooking mode, and a combination mode. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17)
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14. A method for operating an oven including a microcomputer, an RF generation module, and a convection module, said method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining at least one input from a user indicative of whether the oven is to operate in a microwave mode, a convection/bake mode, or a combination mode;
energizing the RF generation module and said convection module in accordance with the user input;
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