Patent ID: 7985944

Claim:
A steaming device for a baker's oven including: a covered steam generation chamber, located adjacent at least one heating element in an oven compartment of the baker's oven, the covered steam generation chamber being closed at one end and having at least one steam outlet at or adjacent the other end; at least one heating element chamber covering the at least one heating element, the at least one heating element chamber separated from the covered steam generation chamber by a dividing wall; at least one heat sink member in the covered steam generation chamber to provide a heat source to convert steaming water introduced into the steam generation chamber into steam; and a steaming water pipe having at least one nozzle operable to direct water into the covered steam generation chamber, the steaming water being convertible into steam within the covered steam generation chamber and releasable to the oven compartment through the at least one steam outlet, wherein the covered steam generation chamber is an elongate chamber adjacent to at least one elongate heating chamber containing at least one heating element.