Receptacles – Cookware
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-16
2001-11-20
Moy, Joseph M. (Department: 3727)
Receptacles
Cookware
C220S640000, C220S641000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06318582
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The invention lies in the field of appliances. The present invention relates to an enameled slide-in unit, such as a baking sheet, for example. Particularly, the invention relates to slide-in baking sheet for use in a baking oven having enameled guideways in the oven muffle sidewall regions. The baking sheet has two opposite lateral supporting regions that respectively have a downwardly curled lateral edge region, to which is secured a metallic sliding support for the slide-in unit. The lateral supporting regions are guided in and held within the oven guideways.
German Patent No. 35 44 582 C2 discloses a slide-in unit having a sliding and supporting region that is drawn out laterally from a baking sheet and is constructed by being drawn downward and offset inward. The sliding and supporting region is surrounded by a metal profile. The production and assembly of the metal profile, however, is complex.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is accordingly an object of the invention to provide an enameled slide-in unit that overcomes the hereinafore-mentioned disadvantages of the heretofore-known devices of this general type and that simplifies the construction of the slide-in unit.
With the foregoing and other objects in view, there is provided, in accordance with the invention, a slide-in unit for a baking oven with enameled guideways in oven muffle sidewall regions, the slide-in unit including a tray with two opposite lateral supporting regions each respectively with a curled lateral edge region having at least one notch, and a sliding clip clampingly secured in the edge region of the supporting regions, the clip protruding from the at least one notch as a sliding support for the tray.
The object of the invention is achieved by a sliding clip being clampingly secured in the edge region with the clip protruding from at least two notches of the curled edge region and being used as a sliding support of the slide-in unit. By using the sliding clip according to the invention, it is possible to dispense with the complex production and assembly of the profiled part according to the prior art.
In accordance with another feature of the invention, the tray is enameled.
In accordance with a further feature of the invention, the lateral edge region is downwardly curled.
In accordance with an added feature of the invention, the clip has a top and is covered on the top by the edge region. To increase the immunity to soiling and the ease of cleaning, the sliding clip is covered essentially completely on top by the edge region of the slide-in unit.
In accordance with an additional feature of the invention, the clip is two clips, a respective one of the two clips disposed in each of the two supporting regions. To simplify assembly, there is one sliding clip provided in each of the two lateral supporting regions, that is to say two sliding clips per slide-in unit.
In accordance with yet another feature of the invention, the at least one notch is two notches formed in the edge region and the two notches are spaced apart from one another in the edge region. To allow stable and, as far as possible, rattle-free guidance of the slide-in unit in the side walls of the oven muffle, two notches are formed in the edge region of the slide-in unit and the notches are preferably spaced as far apart from one another as possible.
In accordance with yet a further feature of the invention, the edge region has a length with two ends and the two notches are spaced apart from one another at the ends of the edge region.
In accordance with yet an added feature of the invention, the tray has corner regions and sides and the at least one notch is formed in a respective one of the corner regions and extends into respective neighboring sides of the tray. To simplify assembly of the sliding clip, the notches are formed in the corner regions of the slide-in unit, with the notches extending into both neighboring longitudinal sides of the slide-in unit.
In accordance with a concomitant feature of the invention, there is also provided an improved support for a slide-in unit having two opposite lateral supporting regions each respectively with a downwardly curled lateral edge region having at least one notch for a baking oven with enameled guideways in the oven muffle sidewall regions, the improvement including a sliding clip clampingly secured in an edge region of supporting regions of a slide-in unit, the clip protruding from notches of the edge region as a sliding support for the slide-in unit.
Other features that are considered as characteristic for the invention are set forth in the appended claims.
Although the invention is illustrated and described herein as embodied in an enameled slide-in unit, it is nevertheless not intended to be limited to the details shown, because various modifications and structural changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope and range of equivalents of the claims.
The construction and method of operation of the invention, however, together with additional objects and advantages thereof will be best understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.
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Lohner Peter
Mallinger Peter
Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
Greenberg Laurence A.
Lerner Herbert L.
Moy Joseph M.
Stemer Werner H.
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