Patent ID: 6397836
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: E05F,E05Y,F23M,F24C

Abstract:
An oven comprising:an oven assembly defining an oven chamber within which heatable items can be heated, said oven chamber having an access opening communicating therewith, an oven door assembly mounted on said oven assembly for movement between (1) a generally vertically extending closed baking operating position enabling heatable items disposed in said oven chamber to be heated with said access opening closed (2) a slightly inclined partially open broiling operating position enabling heatable items in said oven chamber to be broiled and (3) a generally horizontally extending open position enabling heatable items to be moved into and out of said oven chamber through said access opening; said oven door assembly defining substantially enclosed spaces within opposite ends thereof, a pair of horizontally spaced door mounting assemblies extending within said spaces, each of said door mounting assemblies including a mounting member extending from an associated one of said spaces and detachably fixedly secured to said oven assembly and pivotally connected to said door assembly enabling said door assembly to be pivotally moved with respect to said oven assembly between said operating positions and said open position thereof, each of said door mounting assemblies including a spring biased mechanism within an associated one of said spaces constructed and arranged to enable said oven door assembly (1) to be biased by the weight thereof toward and into the open position thereof when in a first range of movement adjacent said open position (2) to be biased toward and into said broiling position by said spring biased mechanism when in a second range of movement adjacent the broiling position thereof and (3) to be biased toward and into said baking position by said spring biased mechanism when in a third range of movement adjacent said baking position, a manually engagable structure on said oven door assembly constructed and arranged to enable a user to manually control movement of said oven door assembly within all of said ranges, said pair of door mounting assemblies including a damper assembly within an associated one of said spaces that provides resistance to the movement of said oven door assembly within said second and third ranges to limit the rate of movement of the oven door assembly toward said broiling and baking positions by manual movement or under the bias of said spring biasing mechanism allowed as a result of the release of manual control.