Double oven appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9504351-B2
Application number	US-201314051507-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2013
Priority date	Oct 11, 2013
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

Double oven appliances are provided. In one embodiment, a double oven appliance includes a cabinet that extends between a top portion and a bottom portion along a vertical direction, an upper cooking chamber defined adjacent the top portion of the cabinet, the upper cooking chamber including a top wall and a bottom wall spaced apart along the vertical direction, and a lower cooking chamber defined adjacent the bottom portion of the cabinet, the lower cooking chamber including a top wall and a bottom wall spaced apart along the vertical direction. The double oven appliance further includes a baking gas burner disposed adjacent the bottom wall of the upper cooking chamber and configured to heat the upper cooking chamber, at least a portion of the baking gas burner spaced from a center point of the upper cooking chamber along a lateral direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A double oven appliance that defines a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction that are each perpendicular to each other, comprising:
a cabinet that extends between a top portion and a bottom portion along the vertical direction;
an upper cooking chamber defined adjacent the top portion of the cabinet, the upper cooking chamber comprising a top wall and a bottom wall spaced apart along the vertical direction.
a lower cooking chamber defined adjacent the bottom portion of the cabinet, the lower cooking chamber comprising a top wall and a bottom wall spaced apart along the vertical direction;
a baking gas burner disposed adjacent the bottom wall of the upper cooking chamber and configured to heat the upper cooking chamber, at least a portion of the baking gas burner spaced apart from a center point of the upper cooking chamber along the lateral direction such that a space is defined between the at least a portion of the baking gas burner and the center point along the lateral direction,
wherein at least a portion of the top wall of the lower cooking chamber is above a bottom point of the baking gas burner along the vertical direction and is positioned within the space along the lateral direction.

2. The double oven appliance of claim 1 , wherein the baking gas burner is a first baking gas burner, and further comprising a second baking gas burner, at least a portion of the first and second baking gas burners spaced apart from the center point and each other along the lateral direction.

3. The double oven appliance of claim 2 , wherein the first and second baking gas burners are first and second portions of a generally U-shaped baking gas burner.

4. The double oven appliance of claim 2 , wherein the first and second baking gas burners are independent from each other.

5. The double oven appliance of claim 1 , wherein an upper cavity extends from the lower cooking chamber along the generally vertical direction, and wherein the upper cavity includes the portion of the top wall that is above the bottom point of the baking gas burner along the vertical direction.

6. The double oven appliance of claim 1 , further comprising an electric burner disposed adjacent the top wall of the upper cooking chamber and configured to heat the upper cooking chamber.

7. The double oven appliance of claim 1 , further comprising a broiling gas burner disposed adjacent the top wall of the lower cooking chamber and configured to heat the lower cooking chamber.

8. The double oven appliance of claim 7 , further comprising a flame spreader connected to the broiling gas burner disposed adjacent the top wall of the lower cooking chamber.

9. The double oven appliance of claim 1 , further comprising a baking gas burner disposed adjacent the bottom wall of the lower cooking chamber and configured to heat the lower cooking chamber.

10. A double oven appliance that defines a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction that are each perpendicular to each other, comprising:
a cabinet that extends between a top portion and a bottom portion along the vertical direction;
an upper cooking chamber defined adjacent the top portion of the cabinet, the upper cooking chamber comprising a top wall and a bottom wall spaced apart along the vertical direction;
a lower cooking chamber defined adjacent the bottom portion of the cabinet, the lower cooking chamber comprising a top wall and a bottom wall spaced apart along the vertical direction; and
a first baking gas burner and a second baking gas burner disposed adjacent the bottom wall of the upper cooking chamber and configured to heat the upper cooking chamber, at least a portion of the first and second baking gas burners spaced from and opposite each other relative to a center point of the upper cooking chamber along the lateral direction such that a space is defined between the at least a portion of the first baking gas burner and the at least a portion of the second baking gas burner along the lateral direction,
wherein at least a portion of the top wall of the lower cooking chamber is above a bottom point of the first baking gas burner and the second baking gas burner along the vertical direction and is positioned within the space along the lateral direction.

11. The double oven appliance of claim 10 , wherein the first and second baking gas burners are first and second portion of a generally U-shaped baking gas burner.

12. The double oven appliance of claim 10 , wherein the first and second baking gas burners are independent from each other.

13. The double oven appliance of claim 10 , wherein an upper cavity extends from the lower cooking chamber along the generally vertical direction, and wherein the upper cavity includes the portion of the top wall that is above the bottom point of the first baking gas burner and the second baking gas burner along the vertical direction.

14. The double oven appliance of claim 10 , further comprising an electric burner disposed adjacent the top wall of the upper cooking chamber and configured to heat the upper cooking chamber.

15. The double oven appliance of claim 10 , further comprising a broiling gas burner disposed adjacent the top wall of the lower cooking chamber and configured to heat the lower cooking chamber.

16. The double oven appliance of claim 15 , further comprising a flame spreader connected to the broiling gas burner disposed adjacent the top wall of the lower cooking chamber.

17. The double oven appliance of claim 10 , further comprising a baking gas burner disposed adjacent the bottom wall of the lower cooking chamber and configured to heat the lower cooking chamber.

Assignees

• Gen Electric
• Haler U S Appliance Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Cadima Paul Bryan

Classifications

• F24C11/00

  Combinations of two or more stoves or ranges, e.g. each having a different kind of energy supply · CPC title

• F24C15/18 Primary

  Arrangement of compartments additional to cooking compartments, e.g. for warming or for storing utensils or fuel containers; Arrangement of additional heating or cooking apparatus, e.g. grills · CPC title

• F24C3/087

  in baking ovens · CPC title

• A21B1/06

  Ovens heated by radiators · CPC title

• A47J37/0682 Primary

  gas-heated · CPC title