Patent ID: 9574778
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: F24C

Claim:
1. An oven, comprising: a cooking area of the oven defined by at least one internal surface including a cooking area bottom surface; an oven door that has an outer convex surface, wherein the oven door is movable from a closed position in which the oven door blocks access to the cooking area from outside of the oven to an open position in which the oven door does not block access to the cooking area from outside of the oven, wherein the oven door has an end that closes the cooking area at a wall of the oven when the oven door is in the closed position, wherein the end engages the wall when the oven door is in the closed position, wherein the end extends from the outer convex surface to an inner concave surface of the oven door and wherein the inner concave surface of the oven door is free from engagement with the wall when the oven door is in the closed position, wherein the end moves away from the wall when the oven door is moved out of the closed position such that the end is exposed and free from engagement with the wall before being moved to the open position, wherein the wall is above the cooking area and the oven door moves downward relative to the wall when moving from the closed position to the open position; a door receiving compartment that receives at least a portion of the oven door when the oven door is in the open position, said door receiving compartment having a bottom concave surface complimentary to said outer convex surface of said oven door and a top surface perpendicular to a back wall of said oven, wherein said door receiving compartment is enclosed in said oven, wherein when the oven door is in the open position such that the oven door cannot move any farther from the closed position the end of the oven door is not located within the receiving compartment and is free from engagement with the wall; and an intermediate wall separating the cooking area of the oven and the door receiving compartment, and is at least partially defined by the cooking area bottom surface of the cooking area and the top surface of the door receiving compartment, and is free from engagement with the oven door in the closed and open positions.