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EP 0580940 B1 19980204 - Baking oven

Title (en)

Baking oven

Title (de)

Backofen

Title (fr)

Four de cuisson

Publication

EP 0580940 B1 19980204 (DE)

Application

EP 93102991 A 19930225

Priority

DE 4224797 A 19920727

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0580940A2] The baking oven has a device for circulating hot air in the cooking compartment by means of a circulating-air blower arranged in a blower chamber. Elongated blowing-out slots are situated in the edges of the blower chamber on both sides of the circulating-air blower. According to the invention, the blowing-out slots are subdivided by narrow webs into a plurality of slot sections following one another in the slot longitudinal direction. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

F24C 15/32

IPC 8 full level

F24C 15/32 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F24C 15/325 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0580940 A2 19940202; EP 0580940 A3 19950118; EP 0580940 B1 19980204; DE 4224797 A1 19940203; DE 4224797 C2 19940901; DE 59308088 D1 19980312; ES 2114573 T3 19980601

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 93102991 A 19930225; DE 4224797 A 19920727; DE 59308088 T 19930225; ES 93102991 T 19930225