Cooking oven, especially household finishing oven

Abstract

The invention relates to an oven ( 1 ), in particular a home cooking oven featuring a cooking chamber ( 2 ) in which food to be cooked is placed and which can be closed with an oven door ( 3 ), with means provided that allow a stream of hot air and/or steam to be passed through the cooking chamber ( 2 ). To achieve better heating of the food to be cooked, the invention provides for the means serving to pass a stream of hot air and/or steam through the cooking chamber ( 2 ) to incorporate a fan ( 4 ) on the far side of the cooking chamber ( 2 ) away from the oven door ( 3 ), as well as a flow conduit ( 5 ) that extends above the cooking chamber ( 2 ) and leads from the fan ( 4 ) into the area of the oven door ( 3 ), said flow conduit ( 5 ) featuring an outlet port ( 6 ) that is situated above the oven door ( 3 ) and directs heated air or steam downward into the cooking chamber ( 2 ).

1 . Cooking oven ( 1 ), especially a home cooking oven, featuring a cooking chamber ( 2 ) in which food to be cooked can be placed and which can be closed with an oven door ( 3 ), with means provided that allow a stream of hot air and/or steam to be passed through the cooking chamber ( 2 ), characterized in that the means serving to pass a stream of hot air and/or steam through the cooking chamber ( 2 ) incorporate a fan ( 4 ) on the far side of the cooking chamber ( 2 ) away from the oven door ( 3 ), as well as a flow conduit ( 5 ) that extends above the cooking chamber ( 2 ) and leads from the fan ( 4 ) into the area of the oven door ( 3 ), said flow conduit ( 5 ) featuring an outlet port ( 6 ) that is situated above the oven door ( 3 ) and directs heated air and/or steam downward into the cooking chamber ( 2 ). 
   
   
       2 . Cooking oven as in  claim 1 , characterized in that the fan ( 4 ), the flow conduit ( 5 ) and the outlet port ( 6 ) are so designed as to produce a laminar flow of the heated air and/or steam through the cooking chamber ( 2 ). 
   
   
       3 . Cooking oven as in  claim 1 , characterized in that heating elements ( 7 ) are provided inside the flow conduit ( 5 ) to heat the air and/or steam as it passes by them. 
   
   
       4 . Cooking oven as in  claim 3 , characterized in that the heating elements ( 7 ) are electric heating elements. 
   
   
       5 . Cooking oven as in one of the  claim 4 , characterized in that at least over certain segments the flow conduit ( 5 ) has a rectangular cross section. 
   
   
       6 . Cooking oven as in  claim 5 , characterized in that the fan ( 4 ) is positioned in a housing ( 8 ) that constitutes at least part of the wall of the cooking chamber ( 2 ). 
   
   
       7 . Cooking chamber as in  claim 6 , characterized in that the housing ( 8 ) is provided with an opening ( 9 ) to allow the passage of air and/or steam on the side facing the cooking chamber ( 2 ). 
   
   
       8 . Cooking oven as in  claim 1 , characterized in that a planar heating element ( 11 ) is provided in the bottom area ( 10 ) of the cooking chamber ( 2 ). 
   
   
       9 . Cooking oven as in  claim 8 , characterized in that the heating element is an electric heating element. 
   
   
       10 . Cooking oven as in  claim 8 , characterized in that a heat-permeable plate ( 12 ) is positioned between the heating element ( 11 ) and the cooking chamber ( 2 ). 
   
   
       11 . Cooking oven as in  claim 10 , characterized in that the heat-permeable plate ( 12 ) is a glass-ceramic plate. 
   
   
       12 . Cooking oven as in  claim 1 , characterized in that an axis of rotation ( 13 ) of the fan ( 4 ) extends in the longitudinal direction of the cooking chamber ( 2 ) from the oven door ( 3 ) toward the rear wall of the cooking chamber ( 2 ). 
   
   
       13 . Cooking oven as in  claim 12 , characterized in that the fan ( 4 ) is driven by a motor ( 14 ) that is laterally offset from the axis of rotation ( 13 ) of the fan ( 4 ). 
   
   
       14 . Cooking oven as in  claim 13 , characterized in that the rotational connection between the motor ( 14 ) and the fan ( 4 ) is provided via a belt ( 15 ).