Patent ID: 8039775

Claim:
A built-in oven including a cooling system comprising: an oven cavity; a door movable mounted for selectively closing the oven cavity; a control panel arranged above the door; an intake opening provided below the control panel; a fan-motor assembly including a suction side and a delivery side; a lower cooling duct disposed above the oven cavity, said lower cooling duct having a first end open to the intake opening and a second end in fluid communication with the suction side of the fan-motor assembly, the lower cooling duct including a cross-sectional area that increases from the first end to the second end; and an upper discharge duct having a first end directly exposed to the delivery side of the fan-motor assembly and a second end leading to a discharge opening exposed above the control panel, the upper discharge duct including a cross-sectional area that decreases from the first end to the second end wherein, in use, the fan-motor assembly draws cool air into the intake opening, through the lower cooling duct, through the fan-motor assembly, through the upper discharge duct and exhausts the air above the control panel through the discharge opening.