General Electric Company

William Lee Holbrook

Leo Edward Hodapp, Jr

Michael Bernard Hitchcock

James Lee Armstrong

Philip Ames Barber

Michael Thomas Chezem

William Byron Wiggins

William Henry Gross

Michael David Gallant

Jose Pintor

A lockout control system for a cooktop appliance having a surface heating unit includes a controller coupled to the cooktop, a lockout device coupled to the controller, a surface burner state switch coupled between the controller and the lockout device, the surface burner state switch configured to prevent operation of the lockout device when the surface heating unit is enabled.

Lockout system for surface burners of a cooking appliance

A control system for an appliance having at least a first oven and a second oven includes an electronic range control device for regulating a temperature of the first oven, an electromechanical thermostat assembly for regulating a temperature of the second oven, and a relay circuit assembly under control of the electronic range control device, the relay circuit assembly being configured to selectively enable operation of the first oven and the electromechanical thermostat.

Control system for a self cleaning oven appliance

In an embodiment, a wall oven has a cooking cavity surrounded by a baffled cavity. The wall oven has a door for restricting access to the cooking cavity. A control cavity has a front surface maintaining controls for operation of the wall oven. An exhaust fan is in flow communication with the control cavity and the baffled cavity for directing air from the control cavity and the baffled cavity into an exhaust cavity. An air divider separates the control cavity from the exhaust cavity. A method for cooling a control panel of a wall oven is also disclosed.

Wall oven and corresponding method

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Goshen, KY, United States of America

William Lee Holbrook