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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2005
Joshua Stephen Wiseman, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
Christopher E. O'malley, Louisville, KY (US);
Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Shepherdsville, KY (US);
Charles Ray Smith, Simpsonville, KY (US);
Karen Marie Edberg, Louisville, KY (US);
Jay Andrew Broniak, Louisville, KY (US);
Joshua Stephen Wiseman, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
Christopher E. O'Malley, Louisville, KY (US);
Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Shepherdsville, KY (US);
Charles Ray Smith, Simpsonville, KY (US);
Karen Marie Edberg, Louisville, KY (US);
Jay Andrew Broniak, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An over the range oven includes a main body defining a cooking cavity therein, wherein the cooking cavity includes a front edge surrounding an opening. An RF generation module is coupled to the cooking cavity and is configured to deliver microwave energy into the cooking cavity. At least one radiant heat source is coupled to the cooking cavity and is configured to supply heat energy to the cooking cavity. The oven is configured to operate in a radiant heat mode of operation, a microwave mode of operation, a dual mode of operation, and a self clean mode of operation.