Maytag Corporation

The Maytag Company

Roger F Doty

Mark A Pickering

Stanley H Beach

Wallace E Schmidt

Edwin H Strain

George C Hanson

Stove top

Covered stove top

An oven door that provides forced circulation of the heated air within the interior of an oven chamber is presented. The oven door includes an outside door wall, an inside door wall, and a plurality of interior walls disposed between the outside door wall and the inside door wall that form an air-directing plenum carried within the oven door. The inside door wall has a plurality of openings providing air circulation between the air-directing plenum and the interior of the oven chamber. A motorized fan assembly, located within the oven door, forcibly circulates air through the plurality of openings in the inside door wall, the air-directing plenum and throughout the interior of the oven chamber.

Forced circulation oven door

A modular countertop cooking assembly is provided comprising at least one cooking module and a control module. The cooking module includes a burner box housing, and preferably includes a downdraft ventilation system, and is adapted to operatively receive at least one heating unit within the burner box. The control module is preferably arranged juxtaposed to the cooking module and can provide selective control of the heating units and the ventilation system included in the cooking assembly. The cooking module burner box includes an integral peripheral trim about its top edge and the control module includes an integral peripheral trim about its edge, both of which interface when assembled to provide a flush appearance across their interface and the appearance of a unitary cooking appliance disposed within a countertop. The modularity of the components provided by this invention allows the construction of a single, double, or triple module cooking assembly of variable configuration with reduced tooling and component inventory.

Modular countertop cooking system

A heater system is provided for use with a downdraft range. The heater is constructed and disposed within a burner pan associated with the range to produce a non-uniform heat output relative to the front-to-rear center line of the burner pan. The greater heat output is produced adjacent a side wall of the burner pan which is substantially opposite the air inlet of the proximity ventilation system.

Heater system for a downdraft range

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Connersville, IN, United States of America

Roger F Doty