OVEN HAVING AN H-SHAPED ROTATING DOOR

摘要

An oven comprising a housing, a cavity, an H-shaped rotating door, a motor and a heat source is disclosed. The cavity, which includes an opening, is located within the housing. The H-shaped rotating door, which can be rotated by the motor, includes a first food loading section and a second food loading section. The H-shaped rotating door also serves as a cover to prevent heat within the cavity from escaping through the opening. The heat source provides heat to the cavity to heat up any food item placed on one of the food loading sections located within the cavity.

主权项

1. A method of cooking food items in an oven, the oven comprising:
an oven cavity, an opening for loading a food item into the oven cavity, a rotating door comprising a first food loading section, a second food loading section, a first side panel, a second side panel, and a mid panel, the first and second side panels being parallel to each other, the mid panel being perpendicular to the first and second side panels and connected to a mid section of each of the first and second side panels in such a way that the first and second side panels and the mid panel together form a shape of a capital letter “H” when viewed from above, the first and second side panels and the mid panel partially enclosing each of the first and second food loading sections, and the mid panel serving as a divider between the first and second food loading sections, wherein when one of the first and second food loading sections is located within the oven cavity, the other one of the first and second food loading sections is located outside of the oven cavity and portions of the first and second side panels adjacent to the one of the first and second food loading sections and the mid panel together substantially block the opening to prevent the heat within the cavity from escaping through the opening, and a control panel for entering a cook setting of the oven, the method comprising the steps of: placing a first food item in the first food loading section when the first food loading section is located outside the oven cavity; entering a first cook setting for the first food item into the control panel; rotating the rotating door to place the first food loading section within the oven cavity; initiating a first cooking operation based on the first cook setting when the first food item is placed within the oven cavity; placing a second food item in the second food loading section when the second food loading section is located outside the oven cavity and the first food item is placed within the oven cavity; entering a second cook setting for the second food item into the control panel, while the second food item is located outside the oven cavity and the first food item is being cooked within the oven cavity; after completion of the first cooking operation, rotating the rotating door to place the first food loading section outside the oven cavity and the second food loading section within the oven cavity; initiating a second cooking operation based on the second cook setting when the second food item is placed within the oven cavity; and removing the first food item from the first food loading section.