Patent ID: 6341601
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: A21B,F24C

Abstract:
A shield for use with an oven, the oven having at least one substantially vertically extending exterior surface with an aperture defined therethrough, said shield comprising:a body securing against the exterior surface of the oven and in a location proximate and above the aperture, said body including a forwardly projecting and elongated front surface, first and second side surfaces, and a top surface angling in a generally upward direction between said side surfaces and from said front surface toward the exterior oven surface, said body further defining an interiorly hollowed and downwardly facing interior proximate the oven; and an elongated aperture defined within said angled top surface, between said first and second side surfaces, and proximate the exterior surface of the oven, said shield redirecting a thermal exhaust flow emanating through the aperture of the oven and in an upward direction towards a ventilation hood mounted in an overhead location above the oven.