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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2020
Bsh Hausgeräte Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Alexander Dinkel, Unterwoessen, DE;
Michael Heinz, Bad Feilnbach, DE;
Bernd Martin, Stein an der Traun, DE;
Rainer Lebacher, Palling, DE;
Manfred Plankl, Traunwalchen, DE;
Matthias Jahner, Waging am See, DE;
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
In a method for operating a cooking appliance, a preparation program of the cooking appliance is carried out when preparing an item to be cooked in a cooking chamber of the cooking appliance, while a door of the cooking appliance closes the cooking chamber. The door is automatically opened by a door opening device of the cooking appliance when an end time of the preparation program is reached, and the door is maintained in an open state for a time period determined before opening and/or a time period permanently defined before opening.