Cooking appliance

Claim 1

A COOKING APPLIANCE COMPRISING WALL MEANS FORMING A COOKING CHAMBER HAVING A FRONT OPENING, A DOOR FOR CLOSING SAID OPENING MOVABLE BETWEEN A CLOSED POSITION AND AN OPEN POSITION, AN ARM SECURED TO SAID DOOR ADJACENT THE LOWER EDGE THEREOF AND EXTENDING TOWARD THE REAR OF SAID CHAMBER ADJACENT ONE SIDE THEREOF, PIVOT MEANS SUPPORTING THE END OF SAID ARM ON SAID WALL MEANS, SAID PIVOT MEANS BEING VERTICALLY SPACED FROM THE PORTION OF SAID ARM ATTACHED TO SAID DOOR TO PERMIT MOVEMENT OF SAID DOOR FROM SAID CLOSED POSITION TO SAID OPEN POSITION, A PAIR OF GENERALLY VERTICAL LINKS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED AT THEIR UPPER ENDS TO SAID WALL MEANS ADJACENT THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID CHAMBER, THE PIVOTAL AXES OF THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID LINKS BEING PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND TO THE AXIS OF SAID PIVOT MEANS, A HORIZONTAL FOOD SUPPORTING RACK MOUNTED IN SAID CHAMBER FOR FORWARD MOVEMENT THROUGH SAID FRONT OPENING, SAID RACK BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID LINKS, THE PIVOTAL AXES OF THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID LINKS BEING PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND TO THE AXIS OF SAID PIVOT MEANS, AND PIN-ANDSLOT MEANS CONNECTING SAID ARM AND ONE OF SAID LINKS FOR MOVING SAID RACK THROUGH SAID FRONT OPENING WHEN SAID DOOR MOVES TO ITS OPEN POSITION.