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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
James Lee Armstrong, Louisville, KY (US);
Joshua Stephen Wiseman, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
Assignee:
Haier U.S. Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 7/08 (2006.01); H05B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 7/082 (2013.01); F24C 7/08 (2013.01); F24C 7/085 (2013.01); F24C 7/087 (2013.01); H05B 3/0076 (2013.01);
Abstract
An oven range appliance is provided with features for locking out one or more cooktop elements of the oven range to boost preheat performance and thereby decrease the time required to preheat the cooking chamber of the oven range. A method for operating an oven range appliance also is provided. The method includes features for locking out one or more cooktop elements of the oven range to boost preheat performance and thereby decrease the time required to preheat the cooking chamber of the oven range.