Patent ID: 6054686
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: A21B,F24C

Abstract:
An oven for warming food, comprising:a carcass (2) delimiting a heating chamber and equipped with, in addition to a roof (3) and a floor (4), a front access door (5), two opposed sidewalls (6) and a back wall (7);a rack (8) acting as shelving (9) for supports (10) on which said food is placed, and provided with two opposed perforated sidewalls (12), said rack (8) being placed inside said carcass (2) so as to create first and second opposed lateral spaces (13A, 13B) between said sidewalls (12) of said rack (8) and said sidewalls (6) of said carcass (2);a blower unit (14) with its intake at the center and which blows out peripherally, mounted on said back wall (7) of said carcass;means (15) of guiding the air blown by said blower unit (14) for introducing said air laterally between said rack (8) and said carcass (2); andmeans (16) of heating said air blown by said blower unit (14):wherein said means of guiding the air blown by said blower unit comprise a diffuser (15) open toward said first lateral space (13A) so as to distribute the blown air uniformly into this space and prevent said blown air from traveling toward said second lateral space (13B), said diffuser (15) extending over the entire height of said first lateral space (13A);and which oven comprises convergent guide means (20) that conduct the air circulating in said second lateral space (13B) toward the central intake of said blower unit (14),such that said means (15) of guiding the air blown by said blower unit (14) and heated direct said air only toward said first lateral space (13A) and such that said blower unit (14) draws said air only from said second lateral space (13B).