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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1986
Geoffrey I Bell, Havant, GB;
Michael H Buttery, Tadworth, GB;
Thorn EMI Appliances Limited, London, GB;
Abstract
An oven includes two tungsten-halogen lamp units strategically positioned, so that infra-red radiation generated by the units is emitted into the oven cavity to brown or grill food placed in the cavity. The cavity also includes, in one embodiment, an infra-red-reflective support for reflecting infra-red radiation emitted from the lamp units onto the underside of the food. In another embodiment, the support includes a heat transfer medium for absorbing infra-red radiation from the lamp units to produce heat and convey the heat to the underside of the food for browning. The oven may include a source of microwave energy and the support may have a microwave absorbent coating, which produces heat for browning the underside of the food.