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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2008
Robert Mcnamee, Iowa City, IA (US);
Robert A. Schulte, Williamsburg, IA (US);
Thomas Miller, Kalona, IA (US);
Roger W. Carlson, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
James A. Goranson, Williamsburg, IA (US);
Edward R. Cook, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Robert McNamee, Iowa City, IA (US);
Robert A. Schulte, Williamsburg, IA (US);
Thomas Miller, Kalona, IA (US);
Roger W. Carlson, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
James A. Goranson, Williamsburg, IA (US);
Edward R. Cook, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
ACP, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A combination cooking appliance controls a radiant heating element provided in an oven cavity, both a blower and a convection heating element provided in an air plenum, and microwave energy sources to provide for numerous potential operating modes. The present invention is particularly concerned with the manner in which the various cooking components are configured and flexibly controlled to provide for short cook cycles in a variety of operational modes.