Electric heating – Heating devices – Combined with container – enclosure – or support for material...
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-05
2011-07-05
Pelham, Joseph M (Department: 3742)
Electric heating
Heating devices
Combined with container, enclosure, or support for material...
C219S409000, C219S411000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07973264
ABSTRACT:
A toaster oven appliance including low-profile heating elements having a predetermined single-sided surface area calculated to provide uniform heating within the cooking chamber, facilitate cleaning and to increase its usable capacity is disclosed. Various alternative configurations of top, bottom, and side-mounted heating elements in combination with both fixed and vertically movable heating element embodiments are provided for use with standard and digital controls. The heating elements are positioned both internally and externally of the cooking chamber and are provided in unsheathed, plain-sheathed, and metallic-sheathed types for a given application of the present oven. In one embodiment the heating elements are constructed as removable plug-in modules for convenient cleaning and replacement. The present toaster oven further includes an optional forced convection fan to reduce cooking temperature and shorten cooking cycles. An optional rotisserie mechanism is also provided in conjunction with the aforementioned combinations of heating elements and heating controls.
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Pelham Joseph M
Rey Clifford F.
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