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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2000
Eckart Wilholm Braunisch, Kimstad, SE;
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
In a common casing, a domestic appliance comprises an oven (,) and a ventilator device (,). The ventilator device (,) has a ventilating duct (,) extending between at least one inlet opening (,) and at least one outlet opening (,) on the outside of the casing (,). A ventilator (,) arranged in the ventilating duct (,) is stationarily mounted in the casing (,) spaced from the outlet opening (,). A flow control means (,) is arranged in the casing (,) downstream of the ventilator (,) for adjusting the duct (,) to lead out at any one of at least two outlet locations (,). A suitable flow control means (,) has an elongated control means housing (,) and comprises an outlet opening (,) and an inlet opening (,). The outlet opening (,) is arranged along a long side and the inlet (,) opening is arranged along another side and has a smaller opening area than the outlet opening (,). A deflecting device (,) is arranged in the flow control means (,) for deflecting and distributing the flow essentially uniformly at the outlet opening (,).