Household cooking ovens incorporating warming and thawing systems

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, STRUCTURE DEFINING A BAKING OVEN, AN ELECTRIC HEATING UNIT OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID OVEN, A SOURCE OF ELECTRIC POWER, A MANUALLY SETTABLE OVEN THERMOSTAT OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID OVEN AND HAVING A VARIABLE TEMPERATURE CONTROL POSITION, A MANUALLY SETTABLE CLOCK-CONTROLLED OVEN TIMER HAVING FIRST AND SECOND CONTROL POSITIONS, SAID OVEN TIMER BEING OPERATIVE FROM ITS FIRST CONTROL POSITION INTO ITS SECOND CONTROL POSITION AT THE CLOCK TIME OF SETTING THEREOF AND OPERATIVE FROM ITS SECOND CONTROL POSITION BACK INTO ITS FIRST CONTROL POSITION AT THE CLOCK TIME OF THE BEGINNING OF THE SET TIME INTERVAL AND OPERATIVE FROM ITS FIRST CONTROL POSITION BACK INTO ITS SECOND CONTROL POSITION AT THE CLOCK TIME OF THE END OF THE SET TIME INTERVAL, A MANUALLY SETTABLE OVEN SELECTOR HAVING A "TIMED BAKE" POSITION AND A "TIMED BAKE AND KEEP WARM" POSITION, A POWER CONTROL APPARATUS ADAPTED TO EFFECT THE SUPPLY OF LOW POWER THERETHROUGH, MEANS GOVERNED JOINTLY BY SAID OVEN THERMOSTAT IN ITS SET TEMPERATURE CONTROL POSITION AND BY SAID OVEN TIMER IN ITS FIRST CONTROL POSITION AND BY SAID OVEN SELECTOR IN EITHER ONE OF ITS POSITIONS NAMED FOR CONNECTING SAID HEATING UNIT INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID POWER CONTROL APPARATUS TO SAID POWER SOURCE IN ORDER TO EFFECT THE SUPPLY OF HIGH POWER TO SAID HEATING UNIT FOR THE BAKE PURPOSE, AND MEANS GOVERNED JOINTLY BY SID OVEN THERMOSTAT IN ITS SET TEMPERATURE CONTROL POSITION AND BY SAID OVEN TIMER IN ITS SECOND CONTROL POSITION AND BY SAID OVEN SELECTOR IN ITS "TIMED BAKE AND KEEP WARM" POSITION FOR CONNECTING SAID HEATING UNIT IN SERIES RELATION WITH SAID POWER CONTROL APPARATUS TO SAID POWER SOURCE IN ORDER TO EFFECT THE SUPPLY OF LOW POWER TO SAID HEATING UNIT FOR THE KEEP WARM PURPOSE.