Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.v.

Tobias Schutz

Trevor Specht

Benjamin Himmelein

Michael Wittmann

Klaus Walzlein

A gasket () adapted for a microwave oven or a cooking oven with microwave heating function, that includes at least one elastic material and includes a front portion () and a rear portion (), wherein the front portion () of the gasket () is an electrically non-conductive material, whereas the rear portion () of the gasket () is an electrically conductive material.

Gasket adapted for a microwave oven or a cooking oven with microwave heating function and a microwave oven or a cooking oven with microwave heating function comprising the same

A microwave oven or multifunctional oven with microwave heating function. The oven includes a cavity with an open front side and a front frame enclosing at least partially a front portion of the cavity. The cavity and the front frame include metal sheet. The front frame is connected to the cavity by fixing elements. A gap is formed between the cavity and the front frame. The gap encloses at least partially the front portion of the cavity and the front frame encloses the gap. The oven includes a door covering the open front side and the gap in a closed state of the door. The gap is at least partially filled by a gasket at least part of which includes one or more materials having low heat conductivity, so that the front frame is thermally decoupled from the cavity by the part of the gasket or the gap.

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Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany

Tobias Schutz