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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2022
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Paul Storiz, Glenview, IL (US);
Christopher Hopper, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Dionysios Tsiogkas, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Joshua Linton, Winnetka, IL (US);
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A multi-tier rack assembly for use in an oven including a cooking chamber, a convective heating system configured to provide heated air into the cooking chamber, and a radio frequency (RF) heating system configured to provide RF energy into the cooking chamber may include a bottom tier rack and a top tier rack. The bottom tier rack may be removable/insertable relative to the cooking chamber to be supported at a bottom wall of the cooking chamber. The bottom tier rack may include a first frame including a plurality of first frame members that surround a first grate structure. The top tier rack may be removable/insertable to be supported by the bottom tier rack. The top tier rack may include a second frame including a plurality of second frame members that surround a second grate structure. Each of the bottom tier rack and the top tier rack may define a lateral gap proximate to sidewalls of the cooking chamber and a rear gap proximate to a back wall of the cooking chamber to permit, along with the first and second grate structures, airflow vertically through, along sides, and along a back of the bottom and top tier racks, respectively.