Patent ID: 9341381
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: F23D,F23L,F23N,F24C

Claim Text:
1. A home appliance comprising: an appliance body; a cooktop on the appliance body; an oven cavity within the appliance body; a gas-operable heating element within the oven cavity including a gas burner and a gas mixing pipe having an inlet outside of the oven cavity for intake of gas and primary ambient air for combustion; a gas supply pipe for delivering gas to the gas mixing pipe for mixing with the primary ambient air; a ventilation channel extending through the appliance body intermediate the cooktop and the oven cavity, the ventilation channel being open to atmosphere to draw air for ventilation from outside the appliance; a ventilation fan in a fan housing within the appliance body, the ventilation fan being in fluid communication with the ventilation channel for creating a ventilation airstream within the ventilation channel wherein the fan is operatively associated with a trigger element that activates the fan responsive to a temperature within the oven cavity that exceeds a predetermined threshold level; and a supplemental primary air delivery system for use during ventilation fan operation including an air conduit extending between the fan housing and the gas mixing pipe to direct air to the gas mixing pipe for mixing with the primary ambient air and gas to form a combustible gas-air mixture.