Combination convection/microwave oven
CA 2415406 A1 · Owner: Molloy, Paul · Inventors: Harter, David; Molloy, Paul; Day, William
Overview
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A combination convection/microwave oven (20) in which a food product (62) is cooked by microwave energy (44) and by a heated airflow (57) provided by a thermal energy source and a blower (50). The oven (20) is capable of cooking food (62) in a microwave reflective pan (64). Microwave energy (66) enters the oven (20) below the pan (64) and is guided to a spacing between the pan (64) and oven sides (34, 36) and then reflected by the sides (34 36) and top (32) , of the oven (20) to the food product (62) in the pan (64). The heated airflow (57) is laminar with an upper layer and a lower layer. The pan (64) is positioned at about the interface of the two layers so that the upper layer is …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed July 6, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 6, 2021.
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