Whirlpool Corporation

Harishkumar

Raakesh Pankanti

Karthik Sandhragiri

Ankur Garg

Dhanaji Haridas Bhosale

Satyabrata Dalai

An oven including (i) a cooking chamber; and (ii) a water reservoir assembly comprising (a) an inlet, (b) a water storage chamber, (c) an outlet, (d) a fillable state where the inlet is accessible from an external environment to deposit water into the water storage chamber through the inlet, (e) a water supply state where the water reservoir assembly is inserted further into the oven than in the fillable state and the oven is configured to extract water from the water storage container via the outlet to supply steam to the cooking chamber, and (f) a fabric proximate the inlet through which water flows before flowing through the outlet. The fabric is sufficiently porous to permit water that is deposited into the inlet to flow through the fabric and into the water storage chamber of the water reservoir assembly.

Water reservoir assembly for an oven including a fabric that reduces steam transmission to external environment

An oven including a baffle assembly including: (i) a top inlet positioned to draw air from the cooking chamber, (ii) a pair of top outlets, positioned laterally away from the top inlet, one top outlet positioned at each of two sides of the baffle assembly to return air to the cooking chamber, (iii) top air flow paths from the top inlet to the pair of top outlets, (iv) a bottom inlet positioned to draw air from the cooking chamber, (v) a pair of bottom outlets, positioned laterally away from the bottom inlet, one bottom outlet at each of the two sides of the baffle assembly to return air to the cooking chamber, and (vi) bottom air flow paths from the bottom inlet to the pair of bottom outlets.

Baffle assembly for an oven to generate distinct air flow regions within a cooking chamber having a different temperature

An oven includes (a) a cooking chamber; (b) a steam generator in fluid communication with the cooking chamber, the steam generator configured to transform water into steam for delivery to the cooking chamber; (c) a water reservoir in fluid communication with the steam generator, the steam generator further configured to draw the water from the water reservoir to be transformed into the steam; (d) a water fill assembly in fluid communication with the water reservoir and configured to accept water from a source external to the oven that is subsequently deposited into the water reservoir; and (e) desiccant disposed in fluid communication between the water reservoir and the water fill assembly. The oven can include a filter assembly disposed in fluid communication between the water reservoir and the water fill assembly. The desiccant can be disposed within the filter assembly.

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