Patent ID: 6023050
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
An oven for cooking food comprising a cooking enclosure closed by a peripheral wall and a door, an internal fan for circulating air and rotated by drive motor means about a horizontal axis and having peripheral blades disposed in a cylinder to aspirate air axially to form a central flow of aspirated air and to discharge it radially in an air discharge area, heating elements distributed at the periphery of said fan and in its depthwise direction in said air discharge area, at least one inlet pipe for conveying water that is not pressurized from an external water supply to a pipe outlet placed in said central flow of aspirated air, and means for distributing water from said pipe outlet toward said blades of said fan,wherein said water distributing means comprise:a pipe end section oriented in a direction substantially parallel to the horizontal axis of said fan and fed with water according to a flow of water in a direction opposite to said central flow of aspirated air,at least one longitudinal slot on one side of said pipe end section enabling water to escape laterally,and at least one fixed distributor plate disposed and oriented so that water from said longitudinal slot flows and is distributed by said central flow of aspirated air in an area extending in the depthwise direction of said fan.