Patent ID: 6716467
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
An oven assembly for the cooking of food products, the oven assembly comprising:a cooking chamber defined at least in part by a first pair of oppositely disposed first and second wall structures, each of the first and second wall structures including a plurality of spaced apart openings for the passage of air therethrough; and a rotating valve comprising at least one side wall forming a hollow cylinder with first and second opposed open ends, a separator wall disposed within said hollow cylinder separating said first and second opposed open ends, and said at least one side wall forming diametrically opposed first and second fluid openings disposed on opposite sides of said separator wall and revolvable around a longitudinal axis of rotation of said rotating valve, said rotating valve in both heated air receiving communication and return air communication with a heat source, the rotating valve in heated air distributing communication with the first wall structure and in return air communication with the second wall structure of the first pair of oppositely disposed first and second wall structures at a selected point in time such that heated air is passed through the plurality of spaced apart openings in the first wall structure into the cooking chamber and return air from the cooking chamber is passed through the plurality of spaced apart openings in the oppositely disposed second wall structure and to the rotating valve for return to the heat source, the rotating valve being capable of rotation to be in heated air distributing communication with the second wall structure and in return air communication with the first wall structure.