Patent ID: 8350192
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. An oven, including: a door; a main body portion including an interior cavity having a rear wall opposite the door; a convection heating system for developing a flow of heated air within the interior cavity including a plurality of fans each rotating in the same direction to provide a plurality of airflows, and a single convection heating element for heating the plurality of airflows; a shroud arranged in covering relationship over the convection heating system including at least one intake aperture for supplying air from the interior cavity to the plurality of fans and a plurality of exhaust apertures for discharging air from the plurality of fans back into the interior cavity, the shroud having a face surface and sides extending from the periphery of the face surface; and a baffle located within the shroud and generally between adjacent ones of the plurality of fans, the baffle inhibiting mixture of the airflows of each of the fans within the shroud, wherein the at least one intake aperture extends through the face surface of the shroud, and wherein the plurality of exhaust apertures are located on the sides of the shroud.