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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2011
Judith Barber, Trent Woods, NC (US);
Joseph Geiger, Trent Woods, NC (US);
Tao Geng, New Bern, NC (US);
Michael Gerdes, Trent Woods, NC (US);
Judith Barber, Trent Woods, NC (US);
Joseph Geiger, Trent Woods, NC (US);
Tao Geng, New Bern, NC (US);
Michael Gerdes, Trent Woods, NC (US);
BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
An electric oven with a heating element designed to conduct broiling operations includes a reflector that is mounted between the heating element and a ceiling of a cooking cavity. The reflector can include reflecting portions that extend downward from side, rear or front edges of the reflector to help focus radiant energy produced by a heating element downward onto an underlying cooking surface. The reflector can also include a plurality of curved segments that are designed to reflect radiant energy emitted upward by the heating element back downward onto an underlying cooking surface. The curved segments can have varying focal lengths to help more evenly distribute the reflected radiant energy across the underlying cooking surface.