Bread baking appliance

Claim 1

In a baking appliance having a housing, an oven case in said housing, a bread case in said oven case, an impeller installed at the bottom of said bread case and driven by a motor, a lid unit for said oven case, a heater for said oven case, and a control unit for said heater and motor, an improved lid unit comprising an outer lid and an inner lid joined together in spaced relation providing a lid space therebetween, a first vent hole in said inner lid providing a first continuous flow path between said bread case and said lid space to introduce steam generated in said bread case into said lid space, and a second vent hole in said outer lid providing a second continuous exhaust flow path from said lid space, with said housing having a plurality of openings around said oven case, and said inner lid having a plurality of corresponding openings therethrough, with said openings providing a third continuous air flow path from around said oven case into said lid space and with said third flow path joining said first flow path in said lid space.