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US3172987A
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Combination electric and electronic ovens
Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1961-09-01
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Granted: 1965-03-09
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Expires: 1981-09-01
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Louis H Fitzmayer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-31 13:36
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05B; H05B6/00; H05B6/64; H05B6/647; H05B6/6482; F; F24; F24C; F24C7/00; F24C7/02; H05B6/642; H05B6/70; H05B6/702; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S99/00; Y10S99/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
267 words
AN ELECTRONIC OVEN COMPRISING AN UPSTANDING SUBSTANTIALLY BOX-LIKE METAL LINER INCLUDING A TOP WALL AND HAVING A FRONT OPENING AND DEFINING A COOKING CAVITY, A METAL FRONT DOOR COOPERATING WITH SAID LINER AND MOVABLE BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRONT OPENING, A METAL DISTRIBUTION BOX SUPPORTED UPON SAID TOP WALL EXTERIORLY OF SAID COOKING CAVITY AND PRO VIDED WITH A BOTTOM OPENING REGISTERING WITH A TOP WINDOW PROVIDED IN SAID TOP WALL, A TRANSMISSION LINE OF THE COAXIAL CONDUCTOR TYPE INCLUDING AND OUTER CONDUCTOR AND AN ENCLOSED INNER CONDUCTOR, ONE END OF SAID OUTER CONDUCTOR JOINING ONE OF THE WALLS OF SAID DISTRIBUTION BOX IN SURROUNDING RELATION WITH AN OPENING THEREIN, THE ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID INNER CONDUCTOR PROJECTING THROUGH SAID OPENING INTO THE INTERIOR OF SAID DISTRIBUTION BOX AND CONSTITUTING A PROBE DISPOSED IN SPACED RELATION WITH THE WALLS OF SAID DISTRIBUTION BOX AND LOCATED ABOVE SAID BOTTOM OPENING, MEANS INCLUDING AN ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY GENERATOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE OTHER END OF SAID TRANSMISSION LINE FOR SUPPLYING ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY TO SAID PROBE WITH SAID FRONT DOOR IN ITS CLOSED POSITION, WHEREBY ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ENERGY IS RADIATED FROM SAID PROBE AND IS DISTRIBUTED FROM SAID DISTRIBUTION BOX THROUGH SAID BOTTOM OPENING AND SAID WINDOW INTO SAID COOKING CAVITY, AND A PANE SUPPORTED IN COVERING RELATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID WINDOW SO AS TO PREVENT OVEN GASES FROM PASSING FROM SAID COOKING CAVITY INTO SAID DISTRIBUTION BOX, SAID PANE BEING HIGHLY TRANSPARENT TO THE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ENERGY THAT IS DISTRIBUTED THERETHROUGH FROM SAID DISTRIBUTION BOX INTO SAID COOKING CAVITY.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
267 words
AN ELECTRONIC OVEN COMPRISING AN UPSTANDING SUBSTANTIALLY BOX-LIKE METAL LINER INCLUDING A TOP WALL AND HAVING A FRONT OPENING AND DEFINING A COOKING CAVITY, A METAL FRONT DOOR COOPERATING WITH SAID LINER AND MOVABLE BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRONT OPENING, A METAL DISTRIBUTION BOX SUPPORTED UPON SAID TOP WALL EXTERIORLY OF SAID COOKING CAVITY AND PRO VIDED WITH A BOTTOM OPENING REGISTERING WITH A TOP WINDOW PROVIDED IN SAID TOP WALL, A TRANSMISSION LINE OF THE COAXIAL CONDUCTOR TYPE INCLUDING AND OUTER CONDUCTOR AND AN ENCLOSED INNER CONDUCTOR, ONE END OF SAID OUTER CONDUCTOR JOINING ONE OF THE WALLS OF SAID DISTRIBUTION BOX IN SURROUNDING RELATION WITH AN OPENING THEREIN, THE ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID INNER CONDUCTOR PROJECTING THROUGH SAID OPENING INTO THE INTERIOR OF SAID DISTRIBUTION BOX AND CONSTITUTING A PROBE DISPOSED IN SPACED RELATION WITH THE WALLS OF SAID DISTRIBUTION BOX AND LOCATED ABOVE SAID BOTTOM OPENING, MEANS INCLUDING AN ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY GENERATOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE OTHER END OF SAID TRANSMISSION LINE FOR SUPPLYING ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY TO SAID PROBE WITH SAID FRONT DOOR IN ITS CLOSED POSITION, WHEREBY ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ENERGY IS RADIATED FROM SAID PROBE AND IS DISTRIBUTED FROM SAID DISTRIBUTION BOX THROUGH SAID BOTTOM OPENING AND SAID WINDOW INTO SAID COOKING CAVITY, AND A PANE SUPPORTED IN COVERING RELATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID WINDOW SO AS TO PREVENT OVEN GASES FROM PASSING FROM SAID COOKING CAVITY INTO SAID DISTRIBUTION BOX, SAID PANE BEING HIGHLY TRANSPARENT TO THE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ENERGY THAT IS DISTRIBUTED THERETHROUGH FROM SAID DISTRIBUTION BOX INTO SAID COOKING CAVITY.
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