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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
James E. Chasen, West Haven, CT (US);
Assignee:
HP Intellectual Corp., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 3/704 ; A21B 1/22 ; F24L 1/516 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 3/704 ; A21B 1/22 ; F24L 1/516 ;
Abstract
An electric toaster oven having a housing, a heating element connected to the housing, a reflector connected to the housing, and an object supporting rack connected to the housing and forming an article receiving area between the rack and the housing for receiving an article to be heated. The rack has a stepped profile with raised side sections connected to the housing and a lower main section. A lower area of the article receiving area is defined by a top of the lower main section. The reflector has a generally inverted V shaped side profile with a generally concave area facing the heating element.