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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Youssef El-Shoubary, N. Brunswick, NJ (US);
James Aaron White, Louisville, KY (US);
Paul Alfred Siemers, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Mark Edward Dausch, Latham, NY (US);
Bang Mo Kim, Schenectady, NY (US);
Norman Zethward Shilling, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21B / ; F24L / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219403 ; 219394 ; 219395 ; 219409 ; 1263 / ; 1263 / ;
Abstract
A variable volume oven that can be modified to adjust its volume according to the cooking load. The volume of the oven is able to be adjusted by providing a heating element that is vertically adjustable within the oven to a position that provides better convective and radiative heating to the cooking load.