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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2004
Timothy J. Arntz, Cleveland, TN (US);
Dennis Michael Brandon Burns, Athens, TN (US);
Sondra Denice Proffitt, Springfield, TN (US);
Herbert Dustin Sims, Cleveland, TN (US);
William Darryl Sneed, Cleveland, TN (US);
Robert Z. Whipple, Jr., Louden, TN (US);
Timothy J. Arntz, Cleveland, TN (US);
Dennis Michael Brandon Burns, Athens, TN (US);
Sondra Denice Proffitt, Springfield, TN (US);
Herbert Dustin Sims, Cleveland, TN (US);
William Darryl Sneed, Cleveland, TN (US);
Robert Z. Whipple, Jr., Louden, TN (US);
Maytag Corporation, Newton, IA (US);
Abstract
A rapid cook convection oven is constructed to efficiently cook a food item by breaking down a thermal insulation layer maintained about the food, while effectively removing contaminates from within a convection air flow. The rapid cook oven preferably includes both a microwave cooking system and a convection cooking system. The convection cooking system is provided with a dual flow fan adapted to simultaneously draw in an oven air flow from a cooking chamber and a fresh air flow from the surroundings. In order to reduce the presence of contaminates and, by extension, smoke, the two air flows are combined in a mixing chamber and passed over a heating element arranged within a combustion chamber prior to re-entry into the cooking chamber.