Patent ID: 9651265
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: F24C

Claim:
1. An oven appliance defining a lateral direction and a transverse direction that are perpendicular to each other, the oven appliance comprising: a cabinet defining a chamber for the receipt of food items for cooking, the chamber being accessible through an opening defined by said cabinet; a heating element for providing heat to the food items for cooking in the chamber of said cabinet; a first door rotatably mounted proximate the opening of said cabinet; a second door rotatably mounted proximate the opening of said cabinet, said first door and said second door rotatable between an open position and a closed position in order to permit selective access to the chamber of said cabinet through the opening of said cabinet; a pair of handles, each handle of the pair of handles mounted to a respective one of said first and second doors; and a linkage assembly coupling said first door and said second door such that said first door and said second door rotate between the open position and the closed position simultaneously when one of said first and second doors is manually rotated, said linkage assembly comprising: a first linkage arm extending between a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion of said first linkage arm connected to said first door; a first gear spaced apart from the first door along the transverse direction, the first gear having a plurality of teeth, the second end portion of said first linkage, arm rotatably connected to said first gear at a fixed point on said first gear; a second gear spaced apart from the second door along the transverse direction, the second gear having a plurality of teeth, the plurality of teeth of said second gear engaging the plurality of teeth of said first gear; and a second linkage arm extending between a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion of said second linkage arm connected to said second door, the second end portion of said second linkage arm rotatably connected to said second gear at a fixed point on said second gear, the second linkage arm spaced apart from the first linkage arm along the lateral direction, wherein said first and said second gears each have an axis of rotation about which said first and second gears are respectively rotatable and an engagement edge radially spaced apart from the axis of rotation, the plurality of teeth of said first and second gears uniformly distributed on the engagement edge of said first and second gears, said first and said second gears having no teeth positioned opposite the engagement edge of said first and second gears, wherein said first and said second gears each have a leg positioned opposite the engagement edge of said first and second gears and extending radially away from the axis of rotation of said first and second gears by more than the radius of the plurality of teeth of said first and second gears, the second end portion of said first linkage arm rotatably mounted to the leg of said first gear, and the second end portion of said second linkage arm rotatably mounted to the leg of said second gear.