Information
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Patent Grant
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6167800
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Patent Number
6,167,800
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Date Filed
Thursday, March 16, 200024 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, January 2, 200123 years ago
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Inventors
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Examiners
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 099 339
- 099 340
- 099 400
- 099 401
- 099 426
- 099 427
- 099 481
- 099 482
- 126 25 R
- 126 9 R
- 126 41 R
- 219 400
- 219 386
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International Classifications
- A47J3700
- A47J3704
- A47J3707
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Abstract
An oven includes a housing, two supporting plates mounted at two opposite inner sides of the housing, each of the supporting plates having an upper edge formed with a first recess at an intermediate portion of the upper edge and a second recess close to an outer end of the upper edge, a roasting cage having two circular discs at two opposite sides thereof, each of the circular discs provided with an outwardly extending axle at a center thereof and a plurality of slots at a circumferential edge thereof, and a plurality of sticks each being fitted between two aligned slots, the axle being configured to be received in any one of the first and second recesses, a driven gear fixedly mounted on an axle of one of the circular discs, a motor mounted on one inner side of the housing and provided with an output shaft on which is mounted a driving gear meshed with the driven gear, a heater fixedly mounted on an inner side of the housing, and a lid openably engaged with the housing.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention is related to an oven and in particular to one having a roasting cage which can be taken out of the casing as required thereby facilitating the removal of the food on the roasting cage and preventing the user from being injured by the hot casing of the oven.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Referring to
FIGS. 1 and 2
thereof, the conventional oven generally includes a casing
3
, a stick
1
and a pair of forked members
2
. The stick
1
is formed with a first recess
11
at one end and a second recess
12
at the other. The forked member
2
has a tubular body and a wing-like member
21
mounted on the tubular body. The tubular body of the forked member
2
is fitted over the stick
1
and fixedly mounted on the stick
1
by a screw
22
extending through the tubular body to bear against the stick
1
. The stick
1
together with the forked members
2
is mounted within the casing
3
, with its two ends engaged with two fixed seats
31
and
33
. The fixed seat
33
is drivingly connected with a motor
30
. The stick
1
cannot be taken out of the casing
3
after the oven is assembled. Hence, one will easily be injured by the hot casing
3
when taking out a hot roasted chicken from an oven. Furthermore, it is difficult to take out or mount a chicken on the stick within the casing
3
thereby often causing the forked member
2
from disengaging from the chicken
10
and dropping down the chicken
10
and therefore making the chicken directly contact the heater to cause a fire accident. In addition, it will be very inconvenient to clean the interior of the oven so that the food residue will allure cockroaches, ants, mice, . . . etc. to enter into the oven thereby often spreading diseases inadvertently.
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improvement in the structure of an oven which can obviate and mitigate the above-mentioned drawbacks.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention is related to an improvement in the structure of an oven.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an oven includes a housing, two supporting plates mounted at two opposite inner sides of the housing, each of the supporting plates having an upper edge formed with a first recess at an intermediate portion of the upper edge and a second recess close to an outer end of the upper edge, a roasting cage having two circular discs at two opposite sides thereof, each of the circular discs provided with an outwardly extending axle at a center thereof and a plurality of slots at a circumferential edge thereof, and a plurality of sticks each being fitted between two aligned slots, the axle being configured to be received in any one of the first and second recesses, a driven gear fixedly mounted on an axle of one of the circular discs, a motor mounted on an inner side of the housing and provided with an output shaft on which is mounted a driving gear meshed with the driven gear, a heater fixedly mounted on an inner side of the housing, and a lid openably engaged with the housing.
It is the primary object of the present invention to provide an improved oven of which the roasting stick can be taken out of the casing as required thereby facilitating the removal of the food on the roasting stick and preventing the user from being injured by the hot casing.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an improved oven which can be easily cleaned and kept sanitary.
The foregoing objects and summary provide only a brief introduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detailed description of the invention and the claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts. Many other advantages and features of the present invention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by way of illustrative example.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1
is an exploded view of a conventional roasting stick;
FIG. 2
is a sectional view of a conventional oven;
FIG. 3
is a perspective view of the present invention, without the roasting cage fitted therein;
FIG. 4
is a side view of the present invention, with the roasting cage arranged at an outer position;
FIG. 5
is a side view of the present invention, with the roasting cage arranged at an inner position;
FIG. 6
is a cutaway view of the present invention;
FIG. 7
is a perspective view of the present invention, with the roasting cage fitted therein; and
FIG. 8
is a perspective view of the present invention in an open condition.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
For the purpose of promoting an understanding of the principles of the invention, reference will now be made to the embodiment illustrated in the drawings. Specific language will be used to describe same. It will, nevertheless, be understood that no limitation of the scope of the invention is thereby intended, such alterations and further modifications in the illustrated device, and such further applications of the principles of the invention as illustrated herein being contemplated as would normally occur to one skilled in the art to which the invention relates.
With reference to the drawings and in particular to
FIGS. 3
,
4
,
5
,
7
and
8
thereof, the oven according to the present invention generally comprises a housing
4
, a lid
400
, a heater
402
, a motor
40
, a roasting cage
5
, and a driving gear
401
. The lid
400
is slidably engaged with the housing
4
. The heater
402
is arranged on the inner side of the housing
4
. The housing
4
has two opposite lateral sides on which are mounted two supporting plates
41
and
42
. The supporting plates
41
and
42
are formed with first recesses
411
and
421
at the intermediate portion of the upper edges thereof and second recesses
412
and
422
close to the outer ends of the upper edges.
Referring to
FIGS. 4 and 7
, the roasting cage
5
includes two circular discs
55
at two opposite ends thereof and a plurality of sticks
51
mounted on the circumferential edges of the circular discs
55
. The circular disc
55
is provided with an outwardly extending axle
52
at the outer side thereof and a plurality of radial slots
50
at the circumferential edge thereof The axle
52
of the circular disc
55
is configured to be rotatably received in the first recesses
412
and
422
or second recesses
411
and
421
, the of the housing
4
, while the sticks
51
are dimensioned to be inserted into corresponding slots
50
of the circular discs
55
. As the roasting cage
5
can be removed from the first recesses
412
and
422
from the second recesses
412
and
422
, the food on the sticks
51
can be conveniently and safely removed therefrom by pulling out the sticks
51
.
Referring to
FIGS. 5 and 6
, a driven gear
53
is fixedly mounted on the axle
52
of the circular disc
55
at the right side (with respect to FIGS.
5
and
6
). By means of the weight of the roasting cage
5
, the driven gear
53
will engage with a driving gear
401
which is fixedly mounted an output axle of the motor
40
. When in use, the roasting cage
5
is arranged on the first recesses
411
and
421
so that the roasting cage
5
will be rotated when the motor
40
is tuned on thereby evenly roasting the food thereon.
It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or two or more together may also find a useful application in other types of methods differing from the type described above.
While certain novel features of this invention have been shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is not intended to be limited to the details above, since it will be understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.
Claims
- 1. An oven comprising:a housing; two supporting plates mounted at two opposite inner sides of said housing, each of said supporting plates having an upper edge formed with a first recess at an intermediate portion of said upper edge and a second recess close to an outer end of said upper edge; a roasting cage having two circular discs at two opposite sides thereof, each of said circular discs provided with an outwardly extending axle at a center thereof and a plurality of slots at a circumferential edge thereof, and a plurality of sticks each being fitted between two aligned slots, said axle being configured to be received in any one of said first and second recesses, a driven gear fixedly mounted on an axle of one of said circular discs; a motor mounted on one inner side of said housing and provided with an output shaft on which is mounted a driving gear meshed with said driven gear; a heater fixedly mounted on an inner side of said housing; and a lid openably engaged with said housing.
- 2. The oven as claimed in claim 1, wherein said upper edge is V-shaped.
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