Domestic Appliance and a Cookable Product Holding Device Therefor

Abstract

A domestic appliance includes a muffle in which an item support device for supporting cookable products is disposed that includes a depth stop. The depth stop limits movement of the item support device in a depth direction during withdrawal of the holding device extraction and the depth stop is in contact with an additional wall of the muffle by the rear part thereof. In order to ease the insertion of the item support device in the muffle, the depth stop thereof contacts the additional wall located at the rear external side of the muffle.

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       16 . An appliance comprising:
 a muffle for receiving therein an item to be heated, the muffle having interior wall surfaces that together delimit an interior volume, an access opening located at one end of the interior volume through which access can be had to the interior volume, and a back portion opposite the access opening, the back portion having an interior fronting surface and a setback surface that is at a greater depth from the access opening than the interior fronting surface;   an item support device for supporting an item within the muffle, the item support device being disposable in the muffle in an installed position in which the item support device is operable to support an item within the muffle and the item support device being selectively removable from its installed position in the muffle; and   a removal resistance element, the removal resistance element being disposable in an operative position in which it resists removal of the item support device from its installed position in the muffle and the removal resistance element, in its operative position, engaging the appliance at a location behind the interior fronting surface of the back portion of the muffle.   
   
   
       17 . The appliance as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein the interior fronting surface of the back portion of the muffle has an underside and the removal resistance element engages behind the underside of the interior fronting surface. 
   
   
       18 . The appliance as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein the removal resistance element is secured in a non-displaceable manner with substantially no free play between the setback surface and the interior fronting surface of the back portion of the muffle. 
   
   
       19 . The appliance as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein the item support device has at least one lateral stop secured against lateral surfaces of the muffle in a non-displaceable manner with substantially no free lateral play for constraining movement of the item support device in a lateral direction in the muffle. 
   
   
       20 . The appliance as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein the item support device has a height stop for constraining vertical movement of the item support device. 
   
   
       21 . The appliance as claimed in  claim 20 , wherein the height stop of the item support device is arranged between a muffle floor and an underside of the interior fronting surface of the back portion of the muffle. 
   
   
       22 . The appliance as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein the item support device is supported on a floor of the muffle. 
   
   
       23 . The appliance as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein the removal resistance element is configured as a selected one of a peg and a frame bar of the item support device. 
   
   
       24 . The appliance as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein the item support device is configured as a frame having longitudinal and transverse rails. 
   
   
       25 . The appliance as claimed in  claim 24 , wherein the item support device has a plurality of lateral stops secured against lateral surfaces of the muffle for constraining lateral movement of the item support device in the muffle and the lateral stops are in the form of the longitudinal rails of the item support device. 
   
   
       26 . The appliance as claimed in  claim 25 , wherein the longitudinal rails of the item support device are applied against lateral surfaces of the muffle in a non-displaceable manner with substantially no free lateral play. 
   
   
       27 . The appliance as claimed in  claim 24 , wherein a back transverse rail of the item support device is applied against the back portion of the muffle in a non-displaceable manner with substantially no free play. 
   
   
       28 . The appliance as claimed in  claim 27 , wherein the item support device has a plurality of lateral stops secured in a non-displaceable manner with substantially no free lateral play against lateral edges of the interior fronting surface for constraining lateral movement of the item support device in the muffle and the lateral stops are formed in the back transverse rail of the item support device. 
   
   
       29 . The appliance as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein the item support device has telescopic rails for guided support of the item support device during a withdrawal movement thereof from the muffle. 
   
   
       30 . An item support device for supporting an item within a muffle of an appliance, the item support device comprising:
 a body portion disposable in an interior volume delimited by interior wall surfaces of a muffle of an appliance that receives therein an item to be heated, the body portion being disposable in the muffle in an installed position in which the body portion is operable to support an item within the muffle and the body portion being selectively removable from its installed position in the muffle via an access opening of the muffle located at one end of the interior volume of the muffle through which access can be had to the interior volume; and   a removal resistance element, the removal resistance element being disposable in an operative position in which it resists removal of the body portion from its installed position in the muffle and the removal resistance element, in its operative position, engaging the appliance at a location behind an interior fronting surface of a back portion of the muffle that is opposite the access opening, the interior fronting surface of the back portion being in front of a setback surface of the back portion of the muffle that is at a greater depth from the access opening than the interior fronting surface.