BLOWN AIR DISTRIBUTOR FOR CONVECTION OVEN

摘要

PURPOSE: A blown air distributor for convection oven is provided to be suitable for use with a convection oven that satisfies the above mentioned need of having finger ducts that may be rapidly and easily dismounted from the oven or installed therein. CONSTITUTION: A blown air distributor (34) is suitable for use with a convection oven (2) of the type comprising a baking chamber (6) and a convection system including a blower (30) to draw air from the baking chamber (6), a source of heat (82) to heat the air drawn from the baking chamber (6) and a plenum (32) in open communication and downstream from the blower (30) to recirculate heated air into the baking chamber (6). The blown air distributor (34) is characterized in that it comprises a plurality of finger ducts (42) mounted in parallel on a single plate (36) removable from the baking chamber (6). Each finger duct (42) has an air inlet (44) to receive the heated air from the plenum (32) and a plurality of air outlets (38) to dispense the heated air in the baking chamber (6). The single plate (36) has opposites side edges (39) each slidably receivable in a guide way (37) provided on a corresponding side wall (16) of the baking chamber (6). The single plate (36) is also provided with a plurality of air inlets (40) to receive the air from the baking chamber (6) and drawn by the blower (30). The blown air distributor, thanks to the fact that all the finger ducts are mounted on a single plate slidable into the baking chamber, is very easy and rapid to install without mixing up the respective emplacement of each finger ducts in the baking chamber. It is also very simple to dismount for cleaning up.