US 12,449,133 B2
Automatic oven
Alexander L. Clayton, St. Joseph, MI (US); Vince Huang, Shenzhen (CN); Xiangxu Liu, Shenzhen (CN); Ken Lei, Shenzhen (CN); Hanks Hu, Shenzhen (CN); Juan Chen, Norrkoping (SE); Tracy Yu, Shenzhen (CN); Jack Li, Shenzhen (CN); Roy Qiu, Shenzhen (CN); Seth Herndon, Benton Harbor, MI (US); Donald John Gilmore, Berrien Springs, MI (US); Cristiano Vito Pastore, Comerio (IT); Dick Ge, Shenzhen (CN); Pallavi Manjrekar, Stevensville, MI (US); Bruce M. Wiatrak, Bolingbrook, IL (US); Andrea Ferrise, Benton Harbor, MI (US); Blake Cartwright, Benton Harbor, MI (US); Richard J. Hughes, Coloma, MI (US); Joel Fletty, Benton Harbor, MI (US); Wyndham F. Gary, Jr., Whitefish Bay, WI (US); Joshua G. Abdoo, Stevensville, MI (US); Collin A. Stipe, West Unity, OH (US); Nicholas Brenn, St. Joseph, MI (US); Casey L. McCuan, St. Joseph, MI (US); and Christopher L. Carpenter, Pearisburg, VA (US)
Assigned to Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/235,052.
Application 17/319,727 is a division of application No. 16/240,224, filed on Jan. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,047,578, issued on Jun. 29, 2021.
Application 18/235,052 is a continuation of application No. 17/319,727, filed on May 13, 2021, granted, now 11,767,983.
Prior Publication US 2023/0392796 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F24C 7/08 (2006.01); A21B 1/06 (2006.01); A21B 1/40 (2006.01); A21B 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 7/085 (2013.01) [A21B 1/06 (2013.01); A21B 1/40 (2013.01); A21B 3/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of cooling a cooking appliance having a cabinet including an insert within the cabinet to define a cooking chamber with an access opening and a door selectively closing/opening the access opening, the method comprising at least two of:
flowing cooling air through a back wall of the cabinet, over a top wall of the insert, and out a side wall of the cabinet to define a first cooling flow path;
flowing cooling air through a bottom wall of the cabinet, along the bottom wall of the cabinet, and out a side wall of the cabinet to define a second cooling flow path; and
flowing cooling air through a bottom wall of the cabinet, out a front wall of the cabinet, into the door, out of the door, into a front wall of the cabinet, and out of a side wall of the cabinet to define a third cooling flow path.