Patent ID: 8267008
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. A steam oven for an aircraft used for heating in-flight meals, comprising: a centrifugal fan; an oven heater disposed at an outer periphery of the centrifugal fan; a cook chamber; and a plurality of casseroles disposed in the cook chamber, wherein water dropped from a water supply nozzle is evaporated by the oven heater, thereby generating steam; the steam is circulated in the cook chamber by the centrifugal fan while being rotated forward unidirectionally; each food on the casseroles is heated for a predetermined cooking time; and a steam circulating flow generated in the cook chamber is changed by rotating the centrifugal fan in the reverse direction only for a certain time of the cooking time to uniformly heat each food on the casseroles.