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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Todd Vincent Graves, Louisville, KY (US);
Charles Ray Smith, Shelbyville, KY (US);
Kevin Farrelly Nolan, Shepherdsville, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Louisville, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/02 ; A21B 1/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/02 ; A21B 1/40 ;
Abstract
A thermal compensation system for an oven including at least one visible light cooking element includes a thermistor in thermal communication with an oven cavity, and a microcomputer coupled to the thermistor and operatively connected to the cooking element from control thereof. When the oven cavity temperature exceeds a minimum threshold prior to cooking operation, the microcomputer reduces a power level of the cooking unit to compensate for latent heat in the oven cavity and avoid overcooking the food.