Patent ID: 6013900
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
A lightwave oven, comprising:an oven cavity housing enclosing a cooking chamber therein, the oven cavity housing including:a top wall with a first non-planar reflecting surface facing the cooking chamber,a bottom wall with a second non-planar reflecting surface facing the cooking chamber, anda sidewall with a third reflecting surface that surrounds and faces the cooking chamber;a first plurality of elongated high power lamps that provide radiant energy in the visible, near-visible and infrared ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum and are disposed adjacent to and alone the top wall; anda second plurality of elongated high power lamps that provide radiant energy in the visible, near-visible and infrared ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum and are disposed adjacent to and along the bottom wall;wherein the third reflecting surface of the sidewall has a substantially cylindrical shape.