VISIBLE LIGHT AND INFRA-RED COOKING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: WESTERBERG, EUGENE, R, BEAVER, ROBERT, I., II
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 09.08.1995
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES; BAKERS' OVENS; BAKING; BLASTING; COFFEE MILLS; CONTROLLING; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; EDIBLE DOUGHS; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; FURNITURE; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR BAKING; MEASURING; MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER,MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OTHER DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES; PHYSICS; RANGES; REGULATING; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; TESTING; VENTILATING; WEAPONS

An oven using one or more quartz tungsten light bulbs or quartz arc bulbs capable of producing 1.5 kW of radiant energy of which a significant portion is light energy in the 0.4 to 0.7 mu m wavelength range impinges high intensity visible light wave radiation directly onto a food item. Light sources can be positioned above and below the food item and the inner walls of the oven are preferably highly reflective to reflect light energy onto the food. The intensity of the visible light source is automatically controllable and can be varied throughout the cooking cycle.