Patent ID: 8288690

Claim:
A steam oven for use on-board a transportation vehicle, the oven comprising steam generator system comprising: an oven cavity; an oven heat generating system positioned inside the oven cavity and configured to heat the oven cavity, wherein the oven heat generating system comprises a series of one or more heater elements inside the oven cavity; a water reservoir in fluid communication with a steam delivery system, wherein the water reservoir comprises a water reservoir tube positioned inside the oven cavity in close proximity to the oven heat generating system and configured to conform to the approximate shape of the series of one or more heater elements, such that heat is transferred to water in the water reservoir tube in order to generate steam in the water reservoir, wherein the steam delivery system comprises at least one open steam outlet at the end of the water reservoir tube or anywhere along the water reservoir tube, such that heat is transferred to water in the water reservoir tube in order to form steam inside the tube, and wherein the steam exits the tube at the at least one open steam outlet of the tube and is delivered directly into the oven cavity.