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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1997
Robert Vroom, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Thomas C Hotard, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Middleby-Marshall, Inc., Elgin, IL (US);
Abstract
A convection oven includes a plurality of modular control panels which can be interchanged with one another to change the functional capability of the oven. The base unit contains the basic structural and mechanical components of the convection oven including a heating element and blower. Each of the individual control panels can control the operation of the heating element and blower in the base unit. Each control panel will include a different group of controls. All of the available control panels plug into a standard interface on the base unit. Therefore, the functional capabilities of the oven can be changed by removing the existing control panel on the base unit and reinstalling a different control panel.