WO2009012874A2

WO2009012874A2 - Apparatus for making foods or baked goods

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Publication number: WO2009012874A2
Application number: PCT/EP2008/005471
Authority: WO
Inventors: Jörg Riepertinger; Robert Bauer
Original assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
Priority date: 2007-07-24
Filing date: 2008-07-04
Publication date: 2009-01-29
Also published as: DE202008000135U1; WO2009012874A3; DE112008001984A5

Abstract

The apparatus (100), such as for example a baking oven (10), for making foods or baked goods comprises an appliance housing (20), which is in the form of a box, for use as a stand-alone appliance or as a built-in appliance in kitchens which comprise a plurality of individual components, such as cabinet elements, wherein the appliance housing (20) is provided with a door (30) which can be used to close the feed opening (26) on the cooking area (25) and is composed of solid glass or furnished with a viewing window or composed of a solid wall, and is provided with control and/or monitoring means, wherein the door (30) has information processing means (70) and/or at least one reproduction apparatus (40) and/or at least one display apparatus (80) and/or control means (90) and/or monitoring apparatuses (110) and checking devices (130), which are arranged on the door (30) or are integrated in the door (30), or are arranged externally in the wall (126) of a kitchen cabinet (125) or on the wall of a kitchen area.

Description

Apparatus for making food or bakery products

Technical area

The invention relates to a device such as oven, steam oven, steamer, microwave o. The like. For the production of food or baked goods according to the preamble of claim 1.

State of the art

Ovens and other devices for making food or baked goods have operating means that allow a user to operate an oven. Typical operating means include, for example, an on / off switch, a control element for regulating the temperature in the oven, and a switch for selecting various heating methods (eg circulating air, bottom heat, etc.). Such controls are usually arranged laterally on the oven or in the upper area of the oven. Thus, they are outside the range of the oven located inside the oven, the so-called oven muffle. The oven itself can be closed with a mostly with several panes of glass oven door. For ovens built into cooking stoves, the operating means, both for the oven and for the stove, are often arranged between the oven and the hob or hob, d. H. above the oven.

Presentation of the invention, task, solution. advantages

The present invention is based on the object of ease of use for the user of such a device for the manufacture of To improve food or baked goods and beyond to provide the ability to make the monitoring of the cooking chamber of the device at any location of a kitchen or a kitchen space, so that it is no longer necessary, the operation, control and monitoring of the cooking chamber of the device to have to make in their immediate vicinity.

This object is achieved with a device according to the type described above according to the features of claim 1.

Thereafter, the invention consists in a device such as oven, steam oven, steamer, microwave o. The like. For the production of food or baked goods, from a box-shaped device housing for use as a stand-alone device or as a built-in device in several individual components such as cabinet elements, existing kitchens the appliance housing is provided with a door made of solid glass or with a viewing window or a solid wall and with control and / or control means, the door of the device being an information processing means and / or at least one reproduction device and / or at least one display device and / or operating means and / or control devices which are integrated in the door or are arranged externally in the wall of a kitchen cabinet element or another type of space or which are externally and / or freely movable.

The core idea of the present invention is therefore to provide information processing means, display devices and / or operating means in or at the door of the device. In principle, all three means can be provided together, each means individually, or two of the means in any combination at the door. Operating means are to be understood as meaning any means for operating the device or, if the device is integrated in a stove, for operating the device Herd (including control means for operating the hob) are used, whereby the possibility is given to all means or facilities for operation, control, monitoring u. Like. Individually or summarized externally, z. B. in another kitchen element, such as in the door of a closet o. The like., Arrange.

According to the present invention, the term information means is to be understood as meaning all means by means of which information or data can be processed. In particular, these are computers, electronic computer units, processors u. The like. In principle, the information processing means can process data with respect to the oven or stove, for example, the calculation of a specific cooking time of a particular dish at a predetermined temperature. Furthermore, the processing of other, external data is possible. Thus, the information processing means may comprise a complete computer unit which can process and re-issue stored, read or received data. Thus, the user can be offered a fully functional computer in the door of an oven, with which he via external readers (such as CD-ROM, Kartenieseeinheiten, etc.) or corresponding receiving interfaces (such as USB interface, network card, etc.) external data from data carriers or edit and display from the Internet.

The reproduction means according to the present invention should comprise all means by which information or data can be displayed or reproduced to a user. The necessary data reception, storage and / or reading devices are also included. With the aid of the reproduction means, the user can be shown both data or information regarding the oven as well as external data and information. For example, the current temperature in the oven, the previously expired heating time o. Ä. are displayed. In addition, other relevant information, such as the instructions for use of the oven or stove, cooking or baking recipes, etc. can be displayed. Finally, external information that has nothing to do with the oven or stove, for example, entertainment or news, the user can be displayed. In addition to the reading and receiving devices for receiving and reading information, memory devices for storing the information to be displayed can also be provided. In principle, the transmission of the data to the display means and / or to the information processing means can be wired or wireless.

The fact that the operating means are provided in the door of the device, the interior or cooking chamber of the device can be increased. Alternatively, the installation space of the device as a whole can be reduced, so that the device or hearth can be made more compact. Further, by providing the information processing means and / or displaying means in the door, the convenience in the operation of using the apparatus for the user can be improved.

With the present invention, it is possible for the user to retrieve information, for example messages, during cooking or baking, or perform other types of work using the information processing means. In addition, the information processing and reproducing means may also include consumer electronic devices such as televisions, DVD players, game consoles and the like. Ä., Which can be used by the user while he is in the kitchen or in the hearth area. It is also advantageous that the various devices or means can all be arranged together in the door, so that they are centrally located and do not distribute over the entire kitchen. In addition, all recorded and stored information as well as data from the field of Ofens by means of appropriate transmission facilities, including, inter alia, radio-controlled, to a display, eg. B. in kitchens or other rooms, are transferred, whereby also via the display control signals provided in or on the oven monitors, temperature control devices u. Like. Can be given. For this purpose, z. B. be provided with a touch screen display, ie be designed as a touch screen that responds to tapping with your finger or with a pen. So there is z. B. the ability to change the displayed oven temperature on the display or screen or make other device controls.

Advantageous embodiments of the invention are characterized in the subclaims.

Conveniently, the information processing means, playback devices and / or operating means are integrally formed in the door of the device. As a result, the compact design of the device is further improved and there is a visually appealing overall picture of the device. In this embodiment, the information processing means, the reproducing apparatus and / or operating means are to be arranged such that they are accessible to the user from the outside. This means that the controls of said means, which must be visible or accessible to the user from the outside, such as screen, input device, reading devices, interfaces, etc., are to be arranged on the cooking chamber side facing away from the door of the device.

The reproduction apparatus preferably comprises optical reproduction means. In particular, the optical reproduction of information or data is the installation of a screen in the door of the device. Conveniently, the screen is inserted into the door so that it fits flush in the door. Basically, all of the State of the art known and suitable for this purpose optical display means or screens for installation in the oven door can be used. In particular, flat screens (TFT, plasma or LCD screens) or organic light-emitting diode displays (OLED) are suitable. It is particularly advantageous to provide flat screens o. The like. In the doors of the device that can be integrated or installed in such a height in kitchens that they can be viewed comfortably and comfortably by an average-sized user.

In addition to or as an alternative to the optical reproduction devices, acoustic reproduction means may be provided. In particular speakers are suitable for this purpose. By means of the acoustic reproduction means, the user can be communicated with acoustic signals associated with the operation of the device or the hearth. For example, a user may be notified by means of an acoustic signal that a predetermined maximum baking time has been reached. Furthermore, the acoustic reproduction means can also be used to reproduce other data or information, for example music or other audio signals.

Furthermore, it is expedient that the playback device comprise means for receiving and / or reading data. These means are to be coupled to the optical and / or acoustic reproduction means in such a way that the received or read-in data can be reproduced to the user by means of the acoustic and / or optical reproduction means, whereby the user can also be in other rooms. Basically, all known from the prior art Datenempfangs- or data reading means are suitable for this purpose. In particular, these include microphones, DVD or CD-ROM drives, card readers, USB ports, television receivers, etc., including in conjunction with electrical and / or optical interfaces. Advantageously, the reproducing apparatus further comprises an image pickup device whose recorded images can be reproduced by the optical reproduction means. The image recording device, for example a camera, is preferably arranged such that the interior of the oven, namely the cooking chamber, can be recorded or monitored with it. This makes it possible for a user to determine at any time from the outside in a convenient and easily visible manner, in which state is in the cooking chamber inserted food. In this embodiment, the image pickup device is expediently to be arranged in the region of the side of the door facing the cooking chamber. In order to protect the image recording device from contamination or undesired heat influences, covering means can be provided by means of which the image recording device can be covered with respect to the cooking space when not in use. Alternatively or additionally, the image recording device can be designed to be retractable in the door, so that it is driven out only as needed to the outside of the door and pulled into the interior of the door when not in use.

In a preferred embodiment, the information processing means, display means and / or operating means are movable or movable. For this purpose, means should be provided for the procedure. In principle, all suitable means known from the prior art can be used. The information processing means, display means and / or operating means can be moved only in one direction, movable in several directions or along a plane or also designed to be pivotable. As a result, the information processing means, reproducing means and / or operating means can be brought into the most favorable position for the user. Furthermore, it can be ensured that the view can be released from the outside into the oven through the glass panes of the door and is not blocked by the information processing means, reproducing means and / or operating means.

The invention further provides an embodiment according to which a monitoring device monitoring the cooking or baking process, such as a camera, is arranged in the cooking chamber of the device. Furthermore, a monitoring device monitoring the cooking or baking process, such as a camera, may also be arranged on the inner wall surface of the door delimiting the cooking chamber.

In accordance with a further embodiment of the invention, a monitoring device monitoring the cooking and baking process, such as a camera, is arranged in the cooking chamber of the device. Furthermore, it is provided that a monitoring device monitoring the cooking or baking process, such as camera, is arranged on the inner wall surface of the door delimiting the cooking chamber.

The monitoring device can be fixedly arranged on one of the cooking chamber limiting side walls of the device housing of the device or on the inner wall surface of the door. A further embodiment provides that the monitoring device is arranged pivotably on one of the cooking chamber bounding the side walls of the device housing of the device or on the inner wall surface of the door, wherein the pivotability of the monitoring device outside the cooking chamber is operated by electric motor or by hand.

According to the invention, the playback device is designed as a picture-optical display device, in particular as a screen. Preferably, the playback device is designed as a television, which may be additionally provided with a DVD recorder and / or a radio device. The invention further provides that the glass pane of the door made of solid glass or the glass pane of the glass sight window of the door is designed as a display or as a touch screen with a touch keyboard as operating means.

According to the invention it is further proposed that the display device and the screen and / or the display device and / or the control means and / or the control devices are arranged in the wall of a kitchen component and connected via cable connections with the information recording means or information processing means in the oven of the device housing.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the invention, heat-insulating means are provided in the door of the device housing, by means of which the information processing means, reproducing means and / or operating means can be protected from harmful thermal influences of the cooking chamber. Expediently, these heat-insulating means are to be arranged between the cooking chamber side of the door and the information processing means, display means and / or operating means. In principle, any suitable means known from the prior art for thermal insulation can be used for this purpose. As a thermal insulation both passive and active means of thermal insulation can be used. Passive means suppress thermal propagation on the basis of their inherent material properties, in particular their poor thermal conductivity and high heat capacity. On the other hand active thermal insulation cools an object actively while supplying energy. The active and passive thermal insulation agents can be used individually and also in combination with each other.

As passive thermal insulation preferably insulating materials are used. The term insulating material is to be understood as meaning any material which has thermal insulation properties. In particular, can be present Mineral or glass wool fabrics are used. Alternatively or additionally, a reflection means may be provided as passive thermal insulation means. Such a heat reflection means is characterized by the fact that it reflects back the radiated heat from the cooking chamber. Therefore, it is expedient to provide the cooking chamber side of the door. In particular, for this purpose, a heat reflection film can be used, which is mounted on the cooking chamber side of the door.

Fans or pelletizing elements are preferably used as active thermal insulation means. It is also possible to use a closed cooling circuit with liquid or gaseous coolants.

Brief description of the drawings

The invention will be explained below with reference to exemplary embodiments. Show it:

Fig. 1 is a side view of the device housing of the device for

Producing food and baked goods with the feed opening of the cooking chamber closable door, Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along section A-A in Fig. 1 and

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the assignment of a microwave oven, a baking oven and a steamer to a multi-component kitchen wall.

Best way to carry out the invention

According to FIG. 1, the device 100 according to the invention for producing food or baked goods comprises an oven 10 or a steam oven or a steamer or a microwave. The Device 100 consists of a box-shaped device housing 20 with side walls 21, 22 of a rear wall, a bottom plate and a top cover. The interior of the device housing 20 forms the cooking chamber 25 with a feed opening 26 which can be closed by means of a door 30. The door 30 is made of solid glass or is provided with a viewing window. Also, the door 30 may be formed fully walled. The device 100 can be used as a stand-alone device or as a built-in appliance in kitchens consisting of several built-in elements or cabinet walls.

The door 30 is square or rectangular and extends over the entire width of the device housing 20 and the oven 10, which is treated below as representative of all types of devices that fall under the device 100 according to the invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the door 30 extends over the entire width of the oven 10 and with respect to their height from the upper edge of the oven 10 to about two-thirds of the total height of the oven 10. In the lower third of the oven 10 is a diaphragm 11, which extends over the entire width of the oven 10 and behind the electrical lines, connections, etc. of the oven (not shown here) are provided. Behind the door 30 is the cooking chamber 25 of the oven 10. In the upper part of the door 30 is a horizontally extending rod 12, which serves as a door handle. The door handle 12 is placed on the outside of the door 30 and fixedly connected thereto.

The door 30 of the oven 10 and the device housing 20 of the device 100 consists of an outer frame 13 which is designed to run circumferentially. The outer edges of the door 30 simultaneously form the outer edges of the frame 13 and the inner edges of the frame 13 are parallel to the outer edges in each case the same distance. Within the frame 13 a rectangular glass pane 14 is arranged, which fills the frame 13. It allows a user to look into the cooking chamber of the oven 10.

In the door 30, preferably in a lower or upper portion of the glass pane 14, a display device 40 is inserted, which is designed in the present embodiment as a flat screen 45 of a television set 46. The screen is approximately square. On the flat screen 45, a user visual signals regarding the operation or the control of the oven 10 or even videos u. Like. Be displayed. In the left lower area of the door 30 there is also an operating means 50. The operating means 50 is predominantly designed as a control device which has various switches 50a and 50b. By means of the switches 50a and 50b a user can operate the oven 10, d. H. Switch on and off, adjust the temperature, set the desired baking time, etc. The control device is also embedded in the door 30, d. H. integrated trained. In the opposite, lower portion of the door frame 13 is located as a loudspeaker 60a trained acoustic reproducing means 60. The speaker 60a is formed in the door 30 integrated. Between the door 30 and the panel 11 of the oven 10, a seal 18 is arranged, which extends from one side of the oven 10 to the other side.

The door 30 of the oven 10 also has information processing means 70 next to the display device 40 and the display means 60, a display device 80, control means 90 and control devices 110 which are used individually or in any combination and are integrated into the door 30. Furthermore, these means and devices can also be arranged externally in the wall 126 of a kitchen cabinet element 125 of a kitchen 120; They are then with corresponding monitoring devices 130 in the cooking chamber 25 of the Baking oven 10 via an electrical line system 140 connected (Fig. 3).

As shown in FIG. 3, the monitoring device 130, which monitors the cooking or baking process, is arranged in the cooking chamber 25 of the device 100 or in the oven 10. B. is designed as a camera.

This monitoring device 130 may also be arranged on the cooking space 25 bounding the inner wall surface of the door 30.

The monitoring device 130 is fixedly arranged on one of the cooking chamber 25 bounding side walls 21, 22 of the device 100 or on the inner wall surface of the door 30. A further embodiment consists in that the monitoring device 130 is pivotably mounted on one of the cooking chamber 25 delimiting side walls 21, 22 of the device 100 or on the inner wall surface of the door 30, the pivotability of the monitoring device 130 outside the cooking chamber 25 by electric motor or manually operable is.

The monitoring device 130 is preferably in functional operative connection with a display 35 on the oven door 30 or with an externally arranged display, wherein the display 35 is also designed as a touch screen in order to be able to perform a function control for the oven from an external installation site of the display ( Fig. 3).

The reproduction device 40 is designed as a picture-optical reproduction device, in particular as a flat screen 45 in conjunction with a television 46. The television 46 may be equipped with a DVD recorder and / or a radio. It is also possible to equip the television 46 with a CD player, so that voice and / or music playback is possible, so that the user of the device 100 stored baking and cooking recipes are provided, which are then displayed in the screen in conjunction with a sound reproduction.

The playback device 40 is z. B. as acoustic reproducing means 60, in particular as a loudspeaker 60 a formed. Furthermore, the playback device may also comprise means for receiving and / or reading data; It is also possible to form the reproduction device 40 as an image recording device.

As shown in FIG. 3, according to a further embodiment, the glass pane 14 of the solid glass door 30 or the glass pane of the glass window of the door is designed as a display 35 or as a touch screen with a touch keyboard 36 as the operating means 50 and 90, respectively.

According to Fig. 3, the display device 40 and the screen 45 and / or the display devices 80 and / or the operating means 50 and 90 and / or the control devices 110 are arranged in the wall 126 of a kitchen component 125 and an electrical line system 140 or a cable connection to the information recording means or information processing means in the cooking chamber 25 of the device housing 20 is connected. In addition, it is still possible, all devices 40, 45, 80, 50 or 90 and 110 to be arranged on any wall of a kitchen, so that the user can monitor and control the events in the cooking chamber 25 elsewhere in the kitchen, with the possibility of controlling the cooking or baking process in the cooking chamber 25 via the externally from the cooking chamber 25 and externally from the device housing 20 arranged operating means 50 and 90, respectively. The operating means 90 are radio controllable or provided with a funksteuerbaren keyboard.

2 further shows a sectional view of a partial region of the door 10 along the section line AA in FIG. 1. The side facing away from the cooking chamber 25 the door 30 has an outer glass pane 14. The glass sheet 14 is not continuous, but interrupted. In the interruption of the flat screen 45 is inserted, which terminates flush with the glass pane 14 on the outside of the door 30. The flat screen 45 is more than twice as deep as the glass sheet 14a and accordingly projects inwardly beyond the glass sheet 14a. In the outer region of the flat screen 45, a circumferentially formed fastening projection 15a is provided, which bears against the inside of the outer glass pane 14a. By means of this fastening projection 15a, the flat screen 45 is connected to the glass pane 14a. On the side facing the cooking chamber 25 of the flat screen 45 is followed by a layer of insulating material 19, which isolates the flat screen 45 against the heat of the cooking chamber. The cooking chamber 25 facing side of the door 30 is closed by an inner glass pane 14b. Between the glass pane 14b and the insulating layer 19, an air layer 150 is provided, which is used by means of a fan (not shown) for cooling and at the same time for heat insulation.

LIST OF REFERENCES

100 device

10 oven

10 "microwave

10 "steamer

11 aperture

12 pole

13 frames

14 glass pane

14a outer glass pane

14b inner glass pane

15a fastening projection

19 insulating material

20 device housing

21 sidewall

22 side wall

25 cooking space

26 feed opening

30 door

35 display

36 Touch keyboard 0 Playback device 5 Flat screen 6 TV

50 operating means

50a switch b button

Playback means a loudspeaker

Information processing means

display device

Operating means 0 Control device 0 Kitchen 5 Kitchen cabinet element 6 Wall 0 Monitoring device 0 Electrical line system 0 Air layer

Claims

Device (100), such as oven (10), steam oven, steamer (10 "), microwave (10 ') o. The like., For making food or baked goods, from a box-shaped device housing (20) for use as a standalone device or as a built-in appliance in consisting of several individual components, such as cabinet elements, existing kitchens, wherein the device housing (20) with a feed opening (26) of the cooking chamber (25) closable door (30) made of solid glass or with a window or a solid wall, and with Operating and / or control means is provided, characterized in that the door (30) information processing means (70) and / or at least one reproduction device (40) and / or at least one display device (80) and / or operating means (90) and / or Control devices (110) disposed on the door (30) or integrated into the door (30) or externally in the wall (126) of a kitchen cabinet element (125) or on the wall of a kitchen space or are arranged in a different space or are externally and / or freely movable manageable.

2. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that in the cooking chamber (25) of the device (100) is a cooking or baking process monitoring monitoring device (130), such as camera, is arranged, wherein the monitoring device (130) with the information processing means (130). 70), the playback device (40), the display device (80), the operating means (90) and the control devices (110) is in operative connection.

3. A device according to claim 1, characterized in that on the cooking chamber (25) delimiting the inner wall surface of the door (30) monitoring the cooking or baking process monitoring device (130), such as camera, is arranged, wherein the monitoring device (130) the information processing means (70), the playback device (40), the display device (80), the operating means (90) and the control devices (110) is in operative connection.

4. Device according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the monitoring device (130) on one of the cooking chamber (25) delimiting side walls (21; 22) of the device housing (20) of the device (100) or on the inner wall surface the door (30) is arranged stationary.

5. Device according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the monitoring device (130) on one of the cooking chamber (25) delimiting side walls (21; 22) of the device (100) or on the inner wall surface of the door (30). is arranged pivotably, wherein the pivotability of the monitoring device (130) outside the cooking chamber (25) is actuated by electric motor or by hand.

6. Device according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the reproducing device (40) as a picture-optical display device, in particular as a flat screen (45) or as a flat screen in conjunction with a television (46) is formed.

7. Device according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the reproducing device (40) is designed as a television (46).

8. The device according to claim 7, characterized in that the television (46) is provided with a DVD recorder and / or a radio device.

9. Device according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the reproducing device (40) as an acoustic reproducing means (60), in particular as a loudspeaker, is formed.

10. Device according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the reproducing device (40) comprises means for receiving and / or reading data.

11. Device according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the reproduction device (40) is designed as an image recording device.

12. Device according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the glass pane (14) made of solid glass door (30) or the glass of the glass window of the door (30) as a display

(35) or as a touch screen with a touch keyboard

(36) is designed as an operating means (50).

13. Device according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the reproduction device (40) or the screen (45) and / or the display devices (80) and / or the operating means (50) and / or the control devices ( 110) is arranged on the wall of a kitchen space or in the wall (126) of a kitchen cabinet element (125) of a kitchen and via an electrical line system (140) or cable connections to the information recording means or information processing means (70) and the monitoring device (130). in the cooking chamber (25) of the device housing (20) of the device (100) is connected.

14. Device according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 13, characterized in that for the thermal insulation of the information processing means (70), the reproducing device (40) and / or operating means (90) between the cooking chamber side of the door (30) and the information processing means (70 ), the reproducing apparatus (40) and / or the operating means (90) heat insulating means (19) are arranged.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, characterized in that the heat-insulating means (19) comprise an insulating material.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 or 15, characterized in that the heat-insulating means (19) comprise heat reflection means.

17. Device according to one of claims 14 to 16, characterized in that the heat-insulating means (19) means for cooling the information processing means (70), the reproduction device (40). and / or the operating means (90), in particular a fan, Peltier elements and / or a closed cooling circuit comprise.

18. Device according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the operating means (90) are radio controllable or are provided with a radio-controlled keyboard.

19. Device according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 18, characterized in that the monitoring device (130) with a on the oven door (30) or with an externally arranged display (35) is in operative operative connection.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19, characterized in that the display (35) is designed as a touch screen.