Patent ID: 7227101
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. An oven comprising: an oven box having a plurality of closed sides and at least one vertically disposed substantially open side; a heating implement contained within the oven box; a flexible oven door, the oven door being adapted to move between open and closed positions, a substantial portion of the oven door being generally horizontally disposed in the open position, and the oven door being generally vertically disposed in a closed position; an electric motor assembly, the electric motor assembly being coupled with the flexible oven door and adapted to move the oven door between the open and closed positions; the electronic controller adapted to control the operation of the electric motor assembly; one or more controls coupled to a electronic controller, the controls adapted to signal the electronic controller to move the oven door between the open and closed positions when activated by a user; left and right substantially vertically orientated side seals; and a plurality of solenoids, at least one solenoid of the plurality of solenoids coupled to both a left side of the substantially open side and the left seal, and at least one other solenoid coupled to both a right side of the substantially open side and the right seal; wherein the controller is operationally coupled to the plurality of solenoids and is adapted to cause the solenoids to retract when the oven door is moving between its open and closed positions.