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Patent No.:

US 10036558 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2013

Self-cleaning oven

Applicant:

The Middleby Corporation, Elgin, IL (US);

Inventors:

John H. Wiker, Lockport, IL (US);

Frank Carbonara, Mount Juliet, TN (US);

Gregory J. Tomko, Elgin, IL (US);

Michael R. Matthews, Jr., Crystal Lake, IL (US);

Theodore James Chmiola, Roscoe, IL (US);

Assignee:

The Middleby Corporation, Elgin, IL (US);

Attorney:

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jason Lau

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 15/32 (2006.01); A21B 1/24 (2006.01); F24C 14/02 (2006.01); F24C 3/12 (2006.01); F24C 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 15/322 (2013.01); A21B 1/245 (2013.01); F24C 3/122 (2013.01); F24C 14/00 (2013.01); F24C 14/02 (2013.01); F24C 14/025 (2013.01);
Abstract

A conveyor oven having a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation is provided. The conveyor oven generally includes an oven chamber in which food is cooked, a conveyor movable to convey the food through the oven chamber, a burner to generate heat for the oven chamber, at least one blower to circulate air within the oven chamber, and a controller. The burner has a combustion airflow rate, and operates at a first output during the first mode of operation and at a second output that is greater than the first output during the second mode of operation. The blower operates at a first speed during the first mode of operation and at a second speed that is faster than the first speed during the second mode of operation. The controller is responsive to at least one of a burner output and an internal temperature of the oven chamber, and increases the speed of the blower from the first speed during the first mode of operation to the second speed during the second mode of operation responsive to at least one of an increase of the burner output and an increase of the internal temperature of the oven chamber.

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