1. Positioning device for the positioning of a reference body, via which measured values of a cooking process can be detected, on a rack frame for a cooking appliance, which has a frame including a base frame andor an upper frame and which holds at least one insertion column with a plurality of insertion levels, in which the positioning device comprising:
a positioner attached to the rack frame via at least two joining pieces, which extend essentially vertically upward or downward from the base frame or the upper frame of the frame.
2. Positioning device according to claim 1, wherein the positioner has a beam- or plate-like section running essentially horizontally between the at least two joining pieces.
3. Positioning device according to claim 1, wherein the positioner is arranged roughly in the center of the height of the rack frame.
4. Positioning device according to claim 1, wherein the positioner has a recess to receive the reference body.
5. Positioning device according to claim 4, wherein the recess has a holding device for the reference body.
6. Positioning device according to claim 4, wherein the positioner has a sleeve that extends from the recess.
7. Positioning device according to claim 1, wherein the positioner comprises metal.
8. Positioning device according to claim 1, wherein the reference body is a ceramic, clay, porcelain, Teflon or carbon fiber tube, or the reference body comprises a granulate filled.
9. Positioning device according to claim 6 wherein the reference body is essentially fully enclosed by the sleeve, and an opening of the sleeve extends laterally along the longitudinal direction.
10. Positioning device according to claim 9 wherein the sleeve has a further opening on the bottom.
11. Positioning device according to claim 1, wherein the reference body is arranged angled with reference to one of the at least two joining pieces.
12. Positioning device according to claim 1, further including at least one sensor andor cooking process sensor arranged in andor on the reference body, the sensor andor the cooking process sensor being operatively connected to a control andor regulation unit of the cooking appliance.
13. Positioning device according to claim 12, wherein the sensor andor the cooking process sensor detects at least one climate parameter.
14. Positioning device according to claim 1, wherein the measured values of the reference body can be used to determine a dew point.
15. Positioning device according to claim 4, wherein the recess is centered between the at least two joining pieces to receive the reference body.
16. Positioning device according to claim 5, wherein the holding device for the reference body comprises one of clamps, boots, hook-in devices or snap-in devices.
17. Positioning device according to claim 1, wherein the reference body comprises a granulate filled sleeve and wherein the granulate is encapsulated.
18. Positioning device according to claim 6, wherein the sleeve has an opening that discharges into the recess.
19. Positioning device according to claim 1, wherein the reference body is arranged angled with reference to one of the at least two joining pieces at an angle of about 45\xb0.
20. Positioning device according to claim 13, wherein the at least one climate parameter comprises one of a temperature value within the cooking appliance, a temperature rise, a moisture content, or a moisture rise.
21. Positioning device according to claim 4, wherein the recess is positioned between the at least two joining pieces.
22. A cooking appliance, comprising:
a rack frame including a base frame andor an upper frame and at least one insertion column with a plurality of insertion levels;
a reference body via which measured values of a cooking process can be detected; and
a positioning device for the positioning the reference body, the positioning device being attached to the rack frame via two joining pieces which extend essentially vertically upward or downward from the base frame or the upper frame.
23. The cooking appliance of claim 22, wherein the positioning device has a beam-or plate-like section running essentially horizontally between the two joining pieces.
24. The cooking appliance of claim 22, wherein the positioning device is arranged roughly in the center of the height of the rack frame.
25. The cooking appliance of claim 22, wherein the positioning device includes a recess disposed between the two joining pieces to receive the reference body.
26. The cooking appliance of claim 25, wherein the recess has a holding device that holds the reference body.
27. The cooking appliance of claim 26, wherein the positioning device includes a sleeve extending from the recess.
28. The cooking appliance of claim 22, wherein the reference body is a ceramic, a clay, a porcelain, a Teflon or a carbon fiber tube, or the reference body comprises a granulate filled sleeve.
29. The cooking appliance of claim 22, wherein the reference body is arranged angled with reference to at least one of the two joining pieces.
30. The cooking appliance of claim 22, further including at least one sensor arranged in andor on the reference body, the sensor being operatively connected to a control andor a regulation unit of the cooking appliance.
31. The cooking appliance of claim 30, wherein the sensor detects at least one climate parameter, comprising one of a temperature value within the cooking appliance, a temperature rise, a moisture content, or a moisture rise.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An assembly comprising:
a differential having a differential housing, said differential containing a bevel ring gear, a miter gear carrier affixed to said bevel ring gear and a sun gear affixed to said miter gear carrier, wherein said miter gear carrier supports at least one miter gear, and wherein said miter gear carrier and said sun gear rotate with said bevel ring gear;
a driveshaft coupled to a pinion gear that intermeshes with said bevel ring gear within said differential;
a first axle having a bevel drive gear and an externally toothed spur gear affixed thereto, wherein said first axle extends into said differential, wherein said bevel drive gear intermeshes with said at least one miter gear in said miter gear carrier;
an internally toothed spur gear set in a fixed position within said differential housing;
an annular gear concentrically aligned with said internally toothed spur gear;
a subassembly of planetary gears that interconnect said sun gear, said internally toothed spur gear, said annular gear and said externally toothed spur gear on said first axle, wherein said differential transfers rotational energy from said driveshaft to said first axle, therein causing said first axle to rotate at a second rotational speed when said driveshaft turns at a first rotational speed; and
an electric motor that selectively turns said annular gear, therein selectively altering said second rotational speed of said first axle.
2. The assembly according to claim 1, further including a second axle coupled to said differential, wherein said differential transfers rotational energy from said driveshaft to said second axle, therein causing said second axle to rotate at a third rotational speed.
3. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said motor is variable in speed and capable of turning said annular gear at variable speeds.
4. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said annular gear has both interior gear teeth and exterior gear teeth.
5. The assembly according to claim 4, further including a worm gear that intermeshes with said exterior gear teeth of said annular gear, wherein said worm gear is rotated by said electric motor.
6. The assembly according to claim 2, wherein said differential imparts an equal and opposite rotational speed to second axle, wherein said first axle and said second axle are coupled by said differential and rotate together less a difference created by said electric motor.
7. The assembly according to claim 4, wherein said subassembly of planetary gears intermesh with both said externally toothed spur gear and said interior gear teeth of said annular gear.
8. The assembly according to claim 7, wherein said subassembly of planetary gears are joined to said differential and are caused to orbit about said externally toothed spur gear by said differential.