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(11) EP 1 972 856 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.09.2011 Bulletin 2011/38

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.09.2008 Bulletin 2008/39

(21) Application number: 08250896.1

(22) Date of filing: 14.03.2008
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F24C 15/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA MK RS

(30) Priority: 16.03.2007 GB 0705058

(71) Applicant: Aga Foodservice Group plc
Solihull B90 4LH (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Green, Nigel
    Shirley Solihull B90 4LH (GB)

(74) Representative: Tranter, Andrew David 
Barker Brettell LLP 100 Hagley Road
Edgbaston Birmingham West Midlands B16 8QQ
Edgbaston Birmingham West Midlands B16 8QQ (GB)

   


(54) Cooking appliance


(57) A cooking appliance comprises a main body housing at least one oven, a hob mounted on the top of the main body which includes at least one heating region, a heat deflecting baffle which is provided within the main body and which substantially partitions the oven from the hob, one or more airflow control openings which are provided in the baffle and which permit air to flow in a controlled manner from the side of the baffle facing the oven to the side of the baffle facing the hob, a fan which draws air into the region of the main housing on the oven side of the baffle. At least two vents are provided with one on the hob side of the baffle through which air in the hob region can escape the main body, and at least one further vent on the oven side of the baffle through which air can escape the main housing.







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