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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
The Middleby Corporation, Elgin, IL (US);
Inventors:
William S. Schjerven, Sr., Schaumburg, IL (US);
James Jeffery Hanson, Elgin, IL (US);
Ricky Joe Sullivan McIntosh, Altoona, IA (US);
Assignee:
THE MIDDLEBY CORPORATION, Elgin, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21B 1/00 (2006.01); A21B 1/40 (2006.01); H02H 3/05 (2006.01); H02H 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A21B 1/40 (2013.01); H02H 3/05 (2013.01); H02H 5/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control circuit for a cooking oven. The control circuit includes a contactor. The contactor has at least one contact and at least one coil. A relay (such as a solid-state relay) is in series connection with the contactor. A heating element is controlled by the relay and is in series connection with the relay and the contactor. The controller also includes a controller. The controller is configured to bypass the relay and to control power to the at least one coil.