Patent ID: 7414225
Filing Date: 2008-08-19
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. A cooking heater comprising: a heating chamber for cooking an object; an opening/closing door providing access to the heating chamber; and a microcomputer for receiving a signal representative of a door position, the microcomputer comprising an opening/closing door position calculating device for calculating a current position of the door, an operation instructing device for instructing a driving device to start/stop opening the door, a lock determining device for determining a locked state of the driving device, and a speed storage device for receiving a speed to be instructed by the operation instructing device and storing the speed with a speed setting device, wherein in response to detection of an obstacle to a movement of the opening/closing door that is opening/closing, the opening/closing door is moved in an opposite direction, the opening/closing door is moved in the opposite direction in accordance with the detection of the obstacle and then the opening/closing door is temporarily stopped, and the cooking heater is a sliding drawer-type cooking heater having the opening/closing door, a heating container capable of containing an object to be heated, and a drawer that can be pushed in or pulled out from a heating main body.