Patent ID: 6883515

Claim:
A cooking device including a muffle bounding a cooking space, the cooking space accessible through a muffle opening, a substantially linear door driven by a drive unit for opening and closing the door to open and close the muffle opening, the door including a surface facing the cooking space opposite of a front face of a muffle frame surrounding the muffle opening, comprising: an anti-trapping device which detects an object outside of said muffle opening between said door surface and said front face of said muffle frame; and said anti-trapping device preventing trapping of said detected object by controlling said drive device, said anti-trapping device including an anti-trapping switch arranged on said front face of said muffle frame for providing signals to said anti-trapping device and said anti-trapping switch formed on said muffle frame around a substantial portion of said muffle opening accessible to an operator of said cooking device.