Patent ID: 6359262
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
An apparatus supporting an electrical heating element installed in an oven and extending generally horizontally therethrough from one side of the oven to an opposite side thereof for heating an oven cavity to bake or broil food set inside the oven cavity, the oven cavity having side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall, the apparatus and heating element located below the bottom wall of the oven cavity, the apparatus comprising:a support bracket extending horizontally in the oven and having a plurality of openings formed therein each of which is generally presented in the upward vertical direction and sized for the heating element to be installed in the openings; wherein the support bracket has a plurality of standoffs formed integrally with the support bracket and generally presented in the upward vertical direction and having a height sufficient to prevent the bottom wall of the oven cavity from coming in contact with the heating element.