Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.v.

Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag

Electrolux Home Products, Inc.

Arnd Hofmann

Fabienne Reinhard-Herrscher

Branko Ivanovic

Michael Herzog

Abdel-Ilah Zbat

Norbert Danzer

Martin Gasch

Petter Karlsson

Mario Weber

Martin Knausenberger

Jerome Brasseur

Trevor Specht

Michael Wittmann

Tobias Weber

Erhardt Koitzsch

Kurt Reul

Klaus Schlötterer-Fratoianni

Omar Houbloss

Klaus Schlotterer-Fratoianni

Abdel-llah Zbat

Herbert Michel

Stefan Lehmann

Klaus Schlötterer-fratoianni

Gerhard Münzberg

Dagmar Moll

Markus Breitschwerdt

Mirko Gummersbach

Bernd Heißwolf

Reinhold Hofmann

Norbert Daenzer

Gerhard Schaeff

Erhard Koitzsch

A cooling system () for a cooking oven () is provided. The cooling system () has a first air path including a first suction area (), at least one first fan () and a first air guidance () of a blowing-out area () connected in series. The cooling system () has a second air path including a second suction area, at least one second fan () and a second air guidance () of the blowing-out area () connected in series. The first suction area () is connected to an oven cavity () of the cooking oven () via an vapour outlet (), so that the first air path is provided for conveying moist air. The second suction area is connected to the environment of the cooking oven (), so that the second air path is provided for conveying dry air.

Cooling system for a cooking oven

An oven door for a microwave oven or a cooking oven with microwave heating functions includes at least one door cover () and at least one glass panel (). The door cover () and the inner glass panel () form an inner part of the oven door. The door cover () and the glass panel () are connected by a welded joint (). Said welded joint () is formed in an overlap of the door cover () and the glass panel (). The welded joint () forms an elongated path.

Oven door for a microwave oven

The invention in particular is directed to an oven cavity () adapted to be used with a baking and/or steaming oven (). The cavity () comprises several cavity walls (), wherein at least one load bearing wall section of at least one of the cavity walls () is made in self-supporting configuration from at least one of a high temperature resistant polymer material and technical textile material.

Oven cavity and oven

An actuation system for automatic actuation of at least one element covering an opening of a household appliance. The actuation system includes at least one actuation element constituted by at least one shape memory alloy element. The actuation system is adapted to actuate the element when applying heat to the actuation element.

Actuation system and oven comprising said actuation system

Baking oven insulation including at least a first insulating layer composed of a fiber material, and a metallic sheet material layer and a second insulating layer at least partially composed of a fiber material. The first and second insulating layers are located at opposite sides of the metallic sheet material layer. The first insulating layer is an inner layer to be arranged immediately at the outer side of a cavity wall of a baking oven and immediately at the inner side of the metallic sheet material layer. Moreover, the second insulating layer is an outer layer adapted to be spaced from the cavity wall of the baking oven. The first insulating layer has a thickness dwhich enables the first insulating layer to reduce the heat conduction from the cavity wall to the metallic sheet layer.

Insulation for baking ovens

A microwave oven includes an oven muffle, a high-frequency oscillator for generating microwaves propagating within the oven muffle, an opening within the muffle wall of the oven muffle for passing a rotatable shaft of a motor through the muffle wall, and an element for suppressing microwave leakage through the opening. The element for suppressing microwave leakage is arranged at a distance to the muffle wall by a motor mounting element bearing the motor, such that there is no direct physical contact between the muffle wall and the suppression element.

Microwave oven

The present invention relates to an oven door for a microwave oven or for an oven with microwave heating function. The oven door includes a wave choke system formed as a door frame or within a door frame of the oven door. The wave choke system () encloses a see-through area of the oven door. The wave choke system includes a frame part and several wave choke elements. The frame part includes a base plate. The wave choke elements are fastened on the base plate (). The base plate is arranged parallel to a main plane of the oven door. The wave choke elements are serially arranged along the frame part and at least partially enclose the see-through area of the oven door. The wave choke element is formed as a U-shaped metal stripe. The series of wave choke elements on the base plate form a wavelike ribbon. A notch is formed in the central portion of the wave choke element, so that the central portion of the wave choke element is smaller than the open end portion of the wave choke element. The notches of the wave choke elements are provided for receiving an inner glass panel of the oven door. At least two neighbored wave choke elements are arranged along the same side of the oven door include aligned notches for receiving the same edge of the inner glass panel. Further, the present invention relates to a wave choke system for an oven door of a microwave oven or of an oven with microwave heating function. Moreover, the present invention relates to a microwave oven or an oven with microwave heating function.

The invention relates to an oven, especially to a domestic oven, which has a control panel comprising a user interface () for inputting data (D) into the control panel, wherein the user interface () comprises: at least one display element () for displaying data, wherein data (D) can be displayed on the display element () at a location (Z) on the display element () at a predetermined first axial position (x) and a predetermined second axial position (y), wherein the direction of the first (x) and of the second (y) axial positions are perpendicular to another, selecting means () for selecting the location (Z) on the display element () by selecting or pretending a definite first (x) and second (y) position for a cursor (), wherein at least one of the selecting means () are established as a slider element extending in a longitudinal direction (L) and having a surface () sensitive for touching with a finger () of the user, wherein a control unit is arranged to position the cursor () in a position or direction (x, y) on the display element () in dependence on the location or movement of the finger () on the slider element () in the longitudinal direction (L). By this an improved interaction between the user and the oven becomes possible. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for selecting and inputting an information into the control panel of the oven.

Control panel, especially for an oven, and oven, especially domestic oven

The present invention relates to a microwave sealing device of an opening for a rotating shaft () or axle. The sealing device () is provided for enclosing a section of the shaft () or axle. The sealing device () includes a front panel () and a basis part (). The front panel () is formed as a plane disk and comprises a central hole () in its center and a plurality of cuts (). The basis part () is formed as a hollow part with a peripheral wall and two opposing face sides. At least one of the two opposing face sides of the basis part () is open. The basis part () comprises a plurality of cuts () in the peripheral wall. The front panel () is attached at the open face side or at one of the two open face sides, respectively, of the basis part ().

Microwave sealing device of an opening for a rotating shaft

On-screen help with contextual shortcut on an appliance The invention relates to an appliance () with a user interface () comprising a display () for showing indications about conditions in the appliance, and first () and second () touch-sensitive input means. The second input means causes the interface to enter an assistance mode displaying which assistance items, which a processing means () extracts from a collection () of assistance information based on the content of the display when the assistance mode is invoked. In one embodiment, a data record ensures that the user returns to the same page after consulting the assistance mode. In another embodiment, the appliance is adapted to update the collection of assistance information on the basis of data received at an external communication interface. In another embodiment, the display reacts differently to short and long activations of a given touch-sensitive input means. In another embodiment, the display includes parallax compensation.

Screen help with contextual shortcut on an appliance

An oven door for a microwave oven or an appliance with microwave heating function. The door includes a door frame enclosing the door and glass panels inside and/or in front of the frame. The frame includes a wave choke arranged between a support element and a cover element. The cover element is fixed or fixable at the support element and forms an outer portion of an inner side of the oven door. The cover element is made of a high temperature resistant non-metallic material and covers an outer portion of an inner side of an inner glass panel. The inner glass panel is clamped between the cover element and the support element and/or the wave choke. A sealing element made of a high temperature resistant textile material is arranged between the cover element and the inner glass panel. A corresponding chassis is provided for the oven or the appliance.

Oven door and a chassis for a microwave oven or an appliance with microwave heating function

The present invention relates to a microwave oven with at least one wave choke system. A front frame () encloses a front portion of a cavity wall () of an oven cavity () along a circumferential direction. An oven door () is provided to cover front sides of the oven cavity () and front sides of the cavity wall () completely and the front frame () at least partially in a closed state of said oven door (). A first gap () is formed between the inner side of the oven door () on the one hand and front sides both of the front frame () and the cavity wall () on the other hand. A second gap () is formed between the front portions of the front frame () and the cavity wall (). The cross-section of the second gap () extends perpendicularly to the cross-section of the first gap (). A wave choke system is arranged within the second gap (). The wave choke system comprises a plurality of choke members () and a counter part (). There is no direct electric contact between the choke members () on the one hand and the counter part () on the other hand. Further, the present invention relates to a corresponding wave choke system for a microwave oven.

Microwave oven with at least one wave choke system

A wave choke system for an oven door of a microwave oven has an elongated channel for an outer portion of the oven door and an elongated cover sheet covering partially the width of an open longitudinal side of the channel. The cover sheet includes a plurality of slots extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cover sheet. Each slot includes an open end at a longitudinal edge of the cover sheet and a closed end on the opposite side of the open end, a broadening in a central portion of the slot, a first small portion between the open end and the broadening and a second small portion between the broadening and the closed end. The slots are reciprocally intersected, so that the contours of the slots and the intermediate pieces between the slots are formed complementarily to each other.

Wave choke system for an oven door of a microwave oven

Household appliance (), in particular an oven, comprising a casing (), which defines a cavity () having an opening (), and a door () for opening and closing said opening (), wherein the door () comprises a front wall () and a frame (), wherein the frame () comprises at least one window portion () made of a transparent material and being visible from outside the appliance (), and in that an optical deflecting device () is provided for projecting an image of the interior of the cavity () on the window portion ().

Household appliance, in particular oven

The present invention relates to an oven door with a wave chokes system for a microwave oven. The oven door includes at least one transparent door panel made of a dielectric material and a metallization enclosing at least partially the transparent door panel. The oven door includes further a plurality of lamellae arranged uniformly on one side of the metallization and at least one front shielding, which is arranged in the center portion on at least one side of the transparent door panel. The metallization and the lamellae are formed by a coating on the transparent door panel, wherein said coating is made of a conductive material and applied on the transparent door panel. Further, the present invention relates to a corresponding microwave oven. Additionally, the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an oven door with a wave chokes system for a microwave oven.

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Lulsfeld, Germany

Arnd Hofmann