Patent ID: 6497907
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: A21B

Abstract:
A device for baking, comprising:an oven having a heating device operable to heat the oven; at least one temperature sensor operable to detect an actual temperature within an interior of the oven; at least one humidity sensor operable to detect an actual humidity within the interior of the oven; at least one discharge device structured and arranged for discharging a fluid into the interior of the oven; a delivery device for supplying fluid to the at least one discharge device so that the fluid is discharge by the at least one discharge device into the interior of the oven wherein the delivery includes first and second delivery devices respectively operable to provide water in two different physical states and to supply the water to the discharge device, and wherein the control device is operable to select which of the first and second delivery devices supplies water to the discharge device; an input device operable to allow a user to input a set-point temperature and a set-point humidity that the user desires to be maintained within the interior of the oven; and a control device connected to the input device, to the heating device, to the at least one temperature sensor, to the at least one humidity sensor, and to the delivery device, the control device being operable to regulate operation of both the heating device and the delivery device so as to continually drive the actual temperature and actual humidity measured by the sensors within the oven toward the set-point temperature and set-point humidity; wherein the delivery device is responsive to the control device supply moisture through the at least one discharge device into the oven for increasing the humidity in the oven, and is responsive to the control device to supply dry air through the at least one discharge device into the oven for decreasing the humidity in the oven.