Cooking oven

Claim 1

A cooking oven comprising a casing for a heating chamber including side walls, a top wall, and a rear wall, a partition plate spaced from said rear wall to define a blower chamber therewith, side plates secured to said rear wall to form an integral assembly therewith, said side plates being spaced from said side walls of the casing to define passages therewith which lead from the blower chamber into the heating chamber, a combustion chamber beneath said heating chamber in which heated air is produced, said partition plate having an opening therein which opens into the blower chamber, a duct extending from said combustion chamber and having an outlet facing the opening in said partition plate to conduct heated air directly from the combustion chamber to the blower chamber, a blower means in said blower chamber to draw heated air from the combustion chamber directly into the blower chamber and then drive the air via said passages into the heating chamber, said rear wall of the casing including a portion extending in substantially the same plane as said partition plate and in continuation thereof, said portion of the casing extending substantially perpendicularly to said top wall to form a corner therewith, said portion of the casing being provided with an exhaust outlet disposed in said plane and perpendicular to said top wall in immediate proximity to said corner, said exhaust opening leading into said heating chamber and communicating with the ambient atmosphere while being blocked by said portion from said heating chamber.