Quadlux, Inc.

William P Minnear

Eugene R Westerberg

William H Schestedt

Don Pettibone

John O'Neill

Jay G Romiti

Chris Tatarian

The present invention is a lightwave oven that includes an oven chamber, a food support within the oven chamber, and a lightwave cooking lamp moveably mounted within the oven chamber between a first position in which the lamp is positioned to direct radiant energy onto a first area of the food support and a second position in which the lamp is positioned to direct radiant energy onto a second, separate, area of the food support. The lamp is illuminated and made to scan, preferably multiple times, across the food so as to cook the food.

Scanning lightwave oven and method of operating the same

A cooking oven and method which compensates for variations in line voltage so as to achieve uniform cooking results that are independent of line voltage. The method includes providing an oven having a radiant energy source mounted therein, initiating a selected cooking cycle in the oven, measuring the line voltage across the radiant energy source and determining the increase or decrease in the line voltage above or below a predetermined nominal value. An adjusted energization time is determined relative to the predetermined energization time, using the determined increase or decrease in line voltage. The cooking cycle is completed using the adjusted energization time.

Oven and method of cooking therewith by detecting and compensating for variations in line voltage

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Clifton, NY, United States of America

William P Minnear