Joseph L Thompson

US Patent:

6349717, Feb 26, 2002

Filed:

Oct 5, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/680379

Inventors:

Joseph E. Thompson - Tipp City OH
Steven M. Schatz - Tipp City OH
Carl R. Offutt - Loudon TN
Franklin P. Hayba - Zephyrhills FL

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation - Benton Harbor MI

International Classification:

F24C 1516

US Classification:

126337R, 126333, 211153

Abstract:

A rack system for an oven wherein the oven includes an oven cavity having top, bottom, rear and side walls, the side walls including a plurality of support runners arranged as associated pairs on the side walls of the oven cavity. The oven cavity has an open frontal portion and an associated width defined by the lateral distance spanning the side walls. The rack system including a lower rack having a width substantially equal to the width of the oven cavity such that the upper rack may be supported by one of the runner pairs provided on the side wall of the oven cavity. An upper rack assembly is provided having a width substantially equal to the width of the oven cavity, the upper rack being supported on one of the runner pairs provided on the side wall of the oven cavity. The upper rack includes a main rack and an insert rack. The main rack has a width substantially equal to the width of the oven cavity and has a platform area and a cutout area.