Muffle oven particularly for cooking food products

Abstract

A muffle oven, particularly for cooking food products, comprising: a frame for supporting the muffle, an oven door that is hinged to the supporting frame, an abutment for the door, which is jointly connected to the supporting frame, an element for supporting the lock that retains the door in the closed configuration. The supporting element is adjacent to the abutment and associated with the supporting frame at rigid regions thereof. The supporting element supports the lock in a substantially fixed position, in a stable manner as the temperature of the oven varies, with respect to the corresponding location that the latch, associated with the door ( 14 ), occupies when the door ( 14 ) is closed onto the abutment.

1 . A muffle oven, particularly for cooking food products, comprising:
 a frame for supporting the muffle,   an oven door that is hinged to said supporting frame,   an abutment for said door, which is jointly connected to said supporting frame,   further comprising an element for supporting a lock for retaining said door in the closed configuration, which is associated with said supporting frame at rigid regions of said supporting frame and is adjacent to said abutment, said door having means for engaging said lock, said locking element supporting said lock in a substantially fixed position, in a stable manner as the temperature of the oven varies, with respect to the corresponding location of said engagement means when said door is closed onto said abutment.   
   
   
       2 . The muffle oven according to  claim 1 , wherein said supporting element comprises an elongated box-like element, which is associated, at its opposite ends, with said abutment at said rigid regions. 
   
   
       3 . The muffle oven according to  claim 1 , wherein said supporting frame has a substantially parallelepipedal structure with a vertical main extension, said door being hinged to said frame, adjacent to the edge, at a first side wall of said supporting frame, which is adjacent to the mouth of said oven, said rigid regions comprising two edges of said supporting frame, a first one of said two edges connecting a second side wall of said supporting frame that lies opposite said first side wall, and a bottom wall of said supporting frame, a second one of said two edges connecting said second side wall to an upper wall of said supporting frame that lies opposite said bottom wall. 
   
   
       4 . The muffle oven according to  claim 2 , wherein said elongated box-like element has a substantially C-shaped cross-section and has, at said opposite ends, brackets for fixing to said abutment. 
   
   
       5 . The muffle oven according to  claim 2 , wherein said lock is provided in a substantially central position with respect to said elongated box-like element, said abutment having a seat at said lock, for the engagement of said lock with said engagement means. 
   
   
       6 . The muffle oven according to  claim 2 , wherein said elongated box-like element is fixed to said abutment by means of:
 bushes, which are threaded internally and are jointly associated with said fixing brackets, and   screws, which are inserted in holes provided in said abutment and are screwed into said bushes in order to fix said elongated box-like element to said abutment.