Patent 9199262 was granted and assigned to Alto-Shaam, Inc. on December, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A spray hose and spray nozzle for a commercial oven may be retracted on a spring-loaded reel. A position and recent movement of the spring-loaded reel may be used to deduce likely intent of the user with respect to use of the spray nozzle and to electronically activate or deactivate water flow to the spray hose based on the deduced intent.