Patent ID: 6838648
Filing Date: 2005-01-04
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. A heating and cooking apparatus comprising: a heating chamber for accommodating food; a heating unit for heating the food of the heating chamber by electric wave; a sealing unit having the substantially same electric wave penetrability as that of the bottom surface of the heating chamber; an opening part for taking in and out the food of the heating chamber; and a temperature detector provided on a wall surface opposed to the opening part; wherein an infrared radiation is detected through an opening of the temperature detector so as to detect a temperature of the food, wherein the bottom surface of the heating chamber has a rectangular form and the breadth of the heating chamber is longer than length and wherein the opening part is positioned along the breadth; wherein the temperature detector is designed to scan infrared ray detecting elements arranged linearly by a driving mechanism; and wherein the infrared ray detecting elements arranged linearly are mounted on a board and the board has a length perpendicular to the linearly arranged direction shorter than the length of the linearly arranged direction of the infrared ray detecting elements.