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Patent US8035065 - Cooking apparatus having a door with a built in control panel - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA cooking apparatus is provided. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking cavity, an upper space formed above the cooking cavity, lateral side spaces formed to at opposite lateral sides of the cooking cavity, a rear space formed behind the cooking cavity, and a lower space formed below the cooking cavity....http://www.google.com/patents/US8035065?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8035065 - Cooking apparatus having a door with a built in control panelAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS8035065 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/848,551Publication dateOct 11, 2011Filing dateAug 31, 2007Priority dateSep 1, 2006Also published asUS7825358, US7910866, US8058594, US8164036, US8304702, US8586900, US20080127833, US20080148961, US20080148963, US20080149630, US20080149631, US20080149632, US20080149633, US20100320198, US20100320199Publication number11848551, 848551, US 8035065 B2, US 8035065B2, US-B2-8035065, US8035065 B2, US8035065B2InventorsGi-young Kim, Wan-Soo KimOriginal AssigneeLg Electronics Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (108), Non-Patent Citations (33), Classifications (11), Legal Events (1) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetCooking apparatus having a door with a built in control panelUS 8035065 B2Abstract A cooking apparatus is provided. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking cavity, an upper space formed above the cooking cavity, lateral side spaces formed to at opposite lateral sides of the cooking cavity, a rear space formed behind the cooking cavity, and a lower space formed below the cooking cavity. A fan provided in the rear space generates a cooling flow that cools components housed in the rear space. A cooling flow path extends from the rear space and into the upper space and lateral side spaces. Flow from the upper space enters the door to cool the door and is exhausted through a lower portion of the door. Flow from the lateral side spaces, which includes an exhaust flow from the cooking cavity, is guided to the lower space and exhausted. In this manner, the cooking apparatus can be completely cooled and cooking odors and heat appropriately exhausted by the cooling fan positioned in the rear space.
a cooking cavity provided within an outer casing;
an upper space provided over the cooking cavity, between an upper surface of the cooking cavity and a corresponding upper surface of the outer casing; and
a door configured to cover an open front face of the cooking cavity and an open front face of the upper space, wherein the door includes:
a door panel including an opening such that an interior of the cooking cavity is visible therethrough;
a front plate coupled to a front surface of the door panel, wherein the front plate covers an entire front surface of the door;
an operating panel installed between the front surface of the door panel and a rear surface of the front plate, at an upper portion of the door corresponding to the open front face of the upper space; and
a control panel coupled to a rear surface of the door panel at an upper portion of the door, wherein the control panel is operably coupled to the operating panel so as to control operation of the cooking apparatus based on input received at the operating panel.
2. The cooking apparatus of claim 1, wherein the operating panel comprises a glass touch unit.
a printed circuit board with control circuitry provided in the upper space, wherein the printed circuit board is operably coupled to the control panel.
4. The cooking apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
a middle plate positioned in the opening in the door panel and configured to block a transfer of heat generated in the cooking cavity through the door.
5. The cooking apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
a door frame coupled to a rear surface of the door panel, wherein the door frame includes a door screen positioned corresponding to the opening in the door panel such that the interior of the cooking cavity is visible therethrough.
6. The cooking apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
a door frame coupled to the door panel and configured to retain microwaves in the cooking cavity; and
a choke cover coupled to the door panel and configured to cover the door frame, wherein the choke cover includes a first opening configured to receive and guide air flow from the upper space therethrough.
7. The cooking apparatus of claim 6, wherein the choke cover includes a second opening corresponding to the door screen.
8. The cooking apparatus of claim 7, wherein a portion of the choke cover that includes the first opening is separate from a portion of the choke cover that includes the second opening.
9. The cooking apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control panel includes a light-emitting source configured to emit light, and wherein the door panel includes an opening through which the light emitted by the light-emitting source passes so as to illuminate the operating panel.
10. The cooking apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cooking apparatus is a microwave oven or a combination microwave/convection oven.
11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein an outer periphery of the door is substantially flush with an outer periphery of the outer casing such that the door extends across the open front face of the cooking cavity and a gap formed between the cooking cavity and the outer casing that includes the open front face of the upper space, and the operating panel is accessible from an outward facing side of the door that corresponds to the open front face of the upper space.
12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the operating panel and the control panel move together with the door.
13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the operating panel and the control panel are operably coupled through a corresponding opening formed in the door panel, and wherein the operating panel is accessible from an outward facing side of the door through an opening formed in the front plate at a position corresponding to the installation of the operating panel.
14. A cooking apparatus, comprising:
a cooking cavity provided within an outer casing; and
a door positioned so as to open and to close an open front face of the outer casing, the door comprising:
a front plate provided at a front surface of the door so as to cover an entire front surface of the door;
an operating panel installed at a rear surface of the front plate, wherein the operating panel is accessible from an outward facing side of the front plate; and
a control panel operably coupled to the operating panel, wherein the control panel controls operation of the cooking apparatus based on input received at the operating panel, wherein the operating panel is installed between corresponding upper portions of the front plate and a door panel having the front plate coupled to a front surface thereof, and the control panel is installed between corresponding upper portions of the door panel and a door frame coupled to a rear surface of the door panel.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising an upper space formed over the cooking cavity, wherein the operating panel and the control panel are each installed in an upper portion of the door, at a position corresponding to the upper space.
16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the door panel includes a middle plate positioned in an opening formed therein, and wherein the door frame includes a screen coupled to an opening formed therein corresponding to the opening formed in the door panel, wherein the door panel, the middle plate, the door frame and the screen are configured such that an interior of the cooking cavity is visible therethrough.
17. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a choke cover coupled to the rear surface of the door panel, with the door frame disposed therebetween, wherein the choke cover includes an opening formed therein corresponding to the openings in the door panel and the door frame, the middle plate and the screen.
18. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising a choke unit installed along an outer periphery of the door frame, between the door frame and the choke cover, wherein the door panel, door frame, screen, choke unit and choke cover are configured to block the transfer of microwaves through the door.
19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the control panel includes a light-emitting source configured to emit light, and wherein the door panel includes an opening through which the light emitted by the light-emitting source passes so as to illuminate the operating panel.
20. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein an outer periphery of the door is substantially flush with an outer periphery of an outer casing that surrounds the cooking cavity, and wherein the operating panel and the control panel installed in the door move together with the door.
A cooking apparatus typically includes a component room that houses a plurality of heating components. The component room is typically positioned to a side of a cooking cavity in which food is heated. A control panel is typically provided on a front of this component room, and to a side of a door that opens and closes the cooking cavity. This type of arrangement impacts the usable size, such as, for example, a height, width and depth, of the cooking cavity. This may also affect the arrangement of the heating components and the corresponding size of the component room housing the heating components. This type of arrangement also makes it difficult to provide for adequate cooling flow to the heating components and venting of heat and cooling odors from the cooking cavity.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION FIG. 1 is an exploded view of an exemplary cooking apparatus as embodied and broadly described herein. The exemplary cooking apparatus may include a cooking cavity 100, a door 200, an upper space 300 located over the cooking cavity 100, a rear space 400 located at the rear of the cooking cavity 100, lateral spaces 500 located on both sides of the cooking cavity 100, and a lower space 600 located under the cooking cavity 100.
The front plate 220 may be made of a transparent material, such as, for example, glass, such that the inside of the cooking cavity 100 is visible therethrough. A display (not shown) including, for example, buttons or other such suitable indicators/activators, may be attached thereto or coated thereon, the buttons providing for selection of a cooking course or for the indication of an operating status of the cooling apparatus or other functions or information of the cooking apparatus.
FIGS. 3 and 4 are views of rear spaces of a cooking apparatus in accordance with embodiments as broadly described herein. In addition to the structure shown in FIG. 2, the rear space 400 may also include a flow guide 441 (shown in FIG. 3) for guiding air flow to the magnetron 440, and a flow guide 442 (shown in FIG. 4) for guiding the air flow coring out of the magnetron 440 toward an inlet 112 that is formed on a lateral face of the cooling cavity 100. This structure makes it possible to guide the air flow generated from the cooling fan 420 into the cooking cavity 100 stably and efficiently, and to effectively cool the core components of the cooking apparatus, and in particular, the magnetron 440.
A cooking apparatus as embodied and broadly described herein can perform an effective cooling operation by retaining the cooling flow in the cooking apparatus for a sufficient amount of time before the cooling flow comes out of the cooking apparatus, and can protect heat-sensitive flooring of a kitchen from an exhausted flow. Additionally, a flow can travel from a rear space, through an upper space and a lateral space, and to a lower space of the cooling apparatus, and from the rear space directly to the lateral space and a side portion of the rear space, thereby cooling the side portion of the rear space.
In another embodiment, a cooking apparatus has a cooling fan installed at the lower portion of the rear space of the cooling apparatus, thereby creating a cooling flow path, and which has major components installed on the cooling flow path for cooling.
In another embodiment, the plurality of components includes a magnetron and the cooling cavity is provided with a port communicating with the magnetron at the upper surface of the cooking cavity. Through this structure, microwaves can be effectively supplied to the cooking apparatus using a plate instead of a turntable and the rear space with limited spare room due to the installation of the plurality of components can be utilized efficiently as well. The plurality of components may also include a convection heater assembly, a magnetron, a high voltage transformer, and a high voltage capacitor. Through this structure, large volume components can be arranged at the rear side of the cooking cavity, resultantly providing the cooking apparatus with an expanded cooking cavity with an increased height and width.
In another embodiment, the cooking apparatus includes a cooling flow path extended from one side of the cooking cavity into the door, along which a flow passes and the bracket is provided onto the cooling flow path inside the door to protect the control panel from the heat and the flow. Although the flow to the control panel is blocked by the bracket, it selves to block heat transfer to the control panel by being continuously supplied to the bracket.
In another embodiment, there is provided a cooking apparatus, including a cooking cavity, an upper space located over the cooking cavity, a door covering the cooking cavity and the upper space, opening the cooking cavity from the upper space side and provide with a door pane, an operating panel installed at an upper portion of the door to be positioned to the upper space, the operating panel being located in front of the door panel, and a control panel installed at an upper portion of the door to be positioned to the upper space, the control panel being located at the door panel and rear the operating panel and cooperating with the operating panel. Through this structure, it is possible to expand the cooling cavity in height and width, combine the operating panel and the control panel with the door as one body, and cover the entire front surface of the door by a member, thereby upgrading the outward appearance of the cooking apparatus. Here, the operating panel is preferably provided with an input sensing unit such as a glass touch unit, but other types of operating panels, for example, an operating panel that receives a user input mechanically and converts it into an electric signal, may also be used.
In another embodiment a cooling apparatus includes a cooling flow path from a cooking cavity towards a door, and is capable of preventing foreign substances from getting inside the door through the cooling flow path.
In another embodiment as broadly described herein, there is provided a cooking apparatus, coincluding a cooking cavity carrying out a cooking process using microwaves, a door opening and closing the cooking cavity and provided with a door frame blocking the microwaves, a flow path extended from the cooking cavity side to the door side for a flow to pass thereon, and a choke cover formed at the door and provided with a first opening communicating with the flow path of the cooking cavity side and preventing foreign substances from getting into the door, and a second opening formed to expose the door frame.
In another embodiment as broadly described herein, there is provided a cooking apparatus, including a cooking cavity carrying out a cooking process using microwaves, a door opening and closing the cooling cavity and provided with a door frame to block the microwaves, a flow path extended from the cooking cavity side to the door side for a flow to pass thereon, a door panel mounting the door frame and provided with an opening formed for the flow to pass therethrough, a middle plate located on the opening and blocking heat generated from the cooking cavity, and a choke cover formed at the door and provided with a first opening communicating with the flow path of the cooking cavity side, and a second opening formed to expose the door frame; wherein the middle plate, the door frame, and the choke cover are mounted on the door panel for the flow to form a flow path of the door side passing from the first opening of the choke cover, via the upper portion of the door frame, through at least one of the lateral surfaces of the middle plate.
In another embodiment, there is provided a cooling apparatus, including a cooking cavity; an upper space located over the cooking cavity; a rear space located behind the cooking cavity; and a cooling flow path extended from the rear space to the upper space. Through this configuration, the rear and upper spaces of the cooking apparatus can be cooled effectively.
In another embodiment, there is provided a cooking apparatus, including a cooking cavity, a rear space located behind the cooking cavity, an upper space located over the cooking cavity, a lateral space located at least one side of the cooling cavity, a lower space located below the cooking cavity, and a cooling flow path extended from the rear space to the upper space, in which a flow travels through the lateral space out to the lower space. Through this configuration, a cooking apparatus can be provided in which a flow passes through the rear, lateral, upper and lower spaces thereof.
In another embodiment, there is provided a cooling apparatus, including a cooking cavity, a rear space located behind the cooking cavity, an upper space located over the cooking cavity; a cooling fan located at a lower portion of the rear space for generating a flow from the rear space to the upper space, and a lateral space located at least one side of the cooking cavity and having an opening to communicate with the rear space. Through this configuration, a flow can travel from a rear space directly to a lateral space and a flow can travel to a side portion of the rear space, thereby the cooling and flowing in the side portion of the rear space can be smoothly performed.
In another embodiment, there is provided a cooking apparatus, including a cooking cavity, an upper space located over the cooling cavity, a rear space located behind the cooking cavity and having an inlet of a flow, a lower space located below the cooking cavity, and a rear frame installed at a rear surface of the cooking cavity to isolate the rear space from the lower space, and having an opening to communicate the rear space with the upper space.
In another embodiment, there is provided a cooking apparatus that is capable of exhausting a flow escaped from a cooling cavity to the outside through a flow with a different flow path, guiding a flow escaped from a cooking cavity to a lower space of the cooking apparatus, and getting rid of heat and smells produced in a cooking cavity, by using a flow formed in a rear space of a cooking cavity.
In another embodiment, there is provided a cooking apparatus, including a cooking cavity provided with a first opening and a second opening, a first flow path extended for a flow to enter into the first opening and come out of the second opening, and a second flow path combining with the flow coming out of the second opening and driving the flow to the outside. Through this structure, it is possible to exhaust a flow escaped from the cooking cavity to the outside of the cooling apparatus through a flow with a different flow path.
In another embodiment, there is provided a cooking apparatus, including a cooking cavity, a rear space located behind the cooking cavity and generating a flow, a first opening and a second opening formed at the cooling cavity, into which the flow enters, and a third opening formed at the cooking cavity, out of which the flow comes. Through this configuration, heat and smells produced in the cooking cavity can be removed by using a flow that is formed in the rear space of the cooking cavity.
In another embodiment, there is provided a cooking apparatus, including a cooking cavity, a rear space located behind the cooking cavity, an upper space located over the cooking cavity, a lateral space located at one side of the cooling cavity, a lower space located below the cooking cavity, an outlet formed at the one side of the cooking cavity, out of which a flow from the cooking cavity comes, and a cooling flow path extended from the rear space through the upper space to the lateral space, along which a flow generated in the rear space travels, and which guides the flow coming out of the outlet to the lower space.
Any reference in this specification to �one embodiment,� �an embodiment,� �exemplary embodiment,� �certain embodiment,� �alternative embodiment,� etc., means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment. The appearances of such phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with any embodiment, it is submitted that it is within the purview of one skilled in the art to effect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other ones of the embodiments.
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No. 11/848,620 dated Mar. 25, 2010.Classifications U.S. Classification219/757, 99/341, 219/756, 126/21.00AInternational ClassificationH05B6/64Cooperative ClassificationH05B6/642, H05B6/6435, F24C15/006European ClassificationH05B6/64E, H05B6/64K, F24C15/00FLegal EventsDateCodeEventDescriptionMar 10, 2008ASAssignmentOwner name: LG ELECTRONICS INC., KOREA, REPUBLIC OFFree format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:KIM, GI-YOUNG;KIM, WAN-SOO;REEL/FRAME:020622/0915;SIGNING DATES FROM 20071212 TO 20080214Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:KIM, GI-YOUNG;KIM, WAN-SOO;SIGNING DATES FROM 20071212 TO 20080214;REEL/FRAME:020622/0915RotateOriginal ImageGoogle Home - Sitemap - USPTO Bulk Downloads - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - About Google Patents - Send FeedbackData provided by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services©2012 Google