CN111076239A

CN111076239A - Microwave cooking device and method for operating the same

Info

Publication number: CN111076239A
Application number: CN201911416614.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈宗龙
Original assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Guangdong Midea Kitchen Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Guangdong Midea Kitchen Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-12-31
Filing date: 2019-12-31
Publication date: 2020-04-28

Abstract

The application provides a microwave cooking device and an operation method thereof, wherein the microwave cooking device comprises: a box body; the cooking assembly is arranged in the box body and is used for cooking food materials; the microwave drawer assembly is arranged in the box body and arranged on one side of the cooking assembly and is used for unfreezing or preserving heat of food materials; the heat transmission channel is arranged in the box body and between the cooking assembly and the microwave drawer assembly, and is used for transmitting heat in the cooking assembly to the microwave drawer assembly. Therefore, the microwave cooking equipment integrating unfreezing, heat preservation and cooking functions is realized, the problems that the function of the operation interval of the microwave cooking equipment in the related technology is single, the space utilization degree is required to be improved are solved, and the product functions are expanded.

Description

Microwave cooking device and method for operating the same

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to microwave cooking equipment and an operation method thereof.

Background

At present, cooking food materials through microwave cooking equipment becomes a daily cooking mode of people, and along with the improvement of living standard of people, the requirement on the microwave cooking equipment is gradually improved.

The microwave cooking equipment in the related art has single function in the operation interval, and the degree of space utilization rate needs to be improved.

Disclosure of Invention

The present application is directed to solving, at least to some extent, one of the technical problems in the related art.

Therefore, an object of this application lies in providing a microwave cooking equipment to improve the function more diversified degree between equipment operation region, improve space utilization degree, realized one kind will unfreeze, keep warm, cook the function and collect microwave cooking equipment in an organic whole.

An embodiment of a first aspect of the present application provides a microwave cooking apparatus, including:

a box body;

the cooking assembly is arranged in the box body and is used for cooking food materials; and

the microwave drawer assembly is arranged in the box body and arranged on one side of the cooking assembly and is used for unfreezing or preserving heat of food materials;

a heat transfer passage disposed within the cabinet and between the cooking assembly and the microwave drawer assembly, the heat transfer passage for transferring heat within the cooking assembly to the microwave drawer assembly.

The microwave cooking device of this application embodiment includes: the box, the culinary art subassembly, microwave drawer subassembly, heat transmission passageway. Cook the edible material through the culinary art subassembly to and unfreeze or keep warm to edible material through microwave drawer assembly, from this, realized one kind will unfreeze, keep warm, the microwave cooking equipment of culinary art function collection in an organic whole, solved among the correlation technique the function singleness of microwave cooking equipment operation interval, the space utilization degree remains the problem that improves, has expanded the product function. And, heat transfer to microwave drawer assembly among will cooking the subassembly through the heat transmission passageway, has realized energy cycle recycle, has practiced thrift the energy.

In addition, the microwave cooking device according to the above-mentioned embodiment of the present application may further have the following additional technical features:

optionally, the microwave cooking apparatus further comprises: a movable barrier disposed within the housing and between the cooking assembly and the microwave drawer assembly, the movable barrier being in an open state when food material is transferred between the cooking assembly and the microwave drawer assembly; the food material transmission assembly is arranged in the box body and used for transmitting unfrozen food materials to the cooking assembly from the microwave drawer assembly or transmitting the food materials after the cooking assembly finishes cooking to the microwave drawer assembly from the cooking assembly.

Optionally, the microwave drawer assembly is arranged at an upper side or a lower side of the cooking assembly, and the food material conveying assembly is a lifter.

Optionally, the microwave drawer assembly comprises: a first antenna disposed at the top of the microwave drawer assembly; the second antenna is arranged at the bottom of the microwave drawer assembly; a first driver that drives the first antenna; a second driver driving the second antenna; a power splitter coupled to the first driver and the second driver; and the signal generator is connected with the power divider and used for generating a microwave signal and distributing the microwave signal to the first antenna and the second antenna through the power divider.

Optionally, the operating frequency of the microwave signal is 40-45 MHz.

Optionally, the microwave drawer assembly further comprises: the controller is connected with the signal generator and is used for sending a control instruction to the signal generator; and the power supply is connected with the controller and the signal generator and is used for supplying power to the controller and the signal generator.

Optionally, the first driver and the second driver are designed with low power output.

Optionally, the microwave drawer assembly further comprises: a cooling system for reducing the temperature of the microwave drawer assembly.

Optionally, the microwave drawer assembly is a detachable assembly.

An embodiment of a second aspect of the present application provides an operating method of a microwave cooking apparatus, where the microwave cooking apparatus includes: a cooking assembly, a microwave drawer assembly, the method comprising:

the microwave drawer assembly obtains food materials and unfreezes the food materials;

if the thawing stop is known, the microwave drawer assembly transfers the food material to the cooking assembly;

the cooking assembly identifies the food materials, determines a target cooking mode according to an identification result, and cooks the food materials according to the target cooking mode;

if the cooking is finished, the cooking assembly transmits the food materials to the microwave drawer assembly, so that the microwave drawer assembly can keep the heat of the food materials and send preset prompt information.

According to the operation method of the microwave cooking equipment, the food materials are obtained through the microwave drawer assembly and are unfrozen, and then if the situation that unfreezing is stopped is known, the microwave drawer assembly transmits the food materials to the cooking assembly. Further, the cooking assembly identifies the food materials, determines a target cooking mode according to the identification result, and cooks the food materials according to the target cooking mode. And if the cooking is finished, the cooking assembly transmits the food materials to the microwave drawer assembly so that the microwave drawer assembly can keep the heat of the food materials and send preset prompt information. From this, based on have the microwave cooking equipment who unfreezes, cooks, keep warm function, realized automatic cooking, the simplified operation promotes user experience.

Additional aspects and advantages of the present application will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the present application.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a microwave cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of a microwave cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a microwave drawer assembly according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of another microwave cooking apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of waste heat transfer provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic flowchart of an operation method of a microwave cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary and intended to be used for explaining the present application and should not be construed as limiting the present application.

A microwave cooking apparatus of an embodiment of the present application is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a microwave cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 1, the microwave cooking apparatus includes: a cabinet 100, a cooking assembly 10, a microwave drawer assembly 20, and a heat transfer passage 30.

Wherein the cooking assembly 10, the microwave drawer assembly 20 and the heat transfer passage 30 are disposed in the cabinet 100, the microwave drawer assembly 20 is disposed at one side of the cooking assembly 10, and the heat transfer passage 30 is disposed between the cooking assembly 10 and the microwave drawer assembly 20.

In this embodiment, the cooking assembly 10 is used for cooking food materials. The cooking assembly 10 includes but is not limited to an oven, a steam box, a steaming and baking machine, a micro-steaming machine, and other components having cooking functions. Specifically, the cooking assembly 10 is controlled to cook the food material by placing the food material into the cavity of the cooking assembly 10.

In this embodiment, the microwave drawer assembly 20 is used for thawing or preserving heat of food materials.

As an example, the microwave drawer assembly 20 is provided with a radio frequency thawing function, and the microwave drawer assembly 20 is controlled to thaw frozen food materials through the radio frequency thawing function by putting the frozen food materials into the microwave drawer assembly 20. The radio frequency unfreezing function can be realized by a microwave source with a preset working frequency band.

As another example, taking the heat preservation function as an example, cooked food materials are put into the microwave drawer assembly 20, and then the microwave drawer assembly 20 is controlled to preserve heat of the food materials through the heat preservation function. Wherein, the heat preservation function can be realized by a microwave source with a preset working frequency band.

Alternatively, the RF thawing function and the incubation function may employ microwave sources of the same operating frequency band.

In this embodiment, the heat transfer passage 30 is used to transfer heat from the cooking assembly 10 to the microwave drawer assembly 20.

As an example, the microwave cooking apparatus may generate heat when cooking food material through the cooking assembly 10, and transmit a part of the heat dissipated as heat in the cooking assembly 10 to the microwave drawer assembly 20 through the heat transmission passage 30 as a heat source for the heat preservation function of the microwave drawer assembly 20. Therefore, the temperature in the microwave drawer assembly 20 reaches a constant value by combining with temperature control, the heat preservation effect is realized, and the energy recycling is realized.

In one embodiment of the present application, the microwave cooking apparatus further includes: a movable baffle 40 and a food material conveying assembly 50.

Wherein the movable baffle 40 is disposed in the cabinet 100 and between the cooking assembly 10 and the microwave drawer assembly 20. The food material transferring assembly 50 is disposed in the case 100.

In this embodiment, the movable shutter 40 is in an open state when transferring food material between the cooking assembly 10 and the microwave drawer assembly 20. The food material transfer assembly 50 is used for transferring thawed food material from the microwave drawer assembly 20 to the cooking assembly 10, or transferring food material cooked by the cooking assembly 10 from the cooking assembly 10 to the microwave drawer assembly 20.

Wherein, the positions of the microwave drawer assembly 20 and the cooking assembly 10 can be set according to the requirement, for example, the microwave drawer assembly 20 can be arranged on the upper side or the lower side of the cooking assembly 10, which is not limited herein.

As an example, the microwave drawer assembly 20 is disposed at a lower side of the cooking assembly 10, and the food material conveying assembly 50 is a lifter. The microwave drawer assembly 20 defrosts the food material by putting the defrosted food material into the microwave drawer assembly 20. Further, after the food materials are thawed, the movable shutter 40 is controlled to be opened, and the thawed food materials are transferred to the cooking assembly 10 by controlling the lifter to ascend, and the movable shutter 40 is closed. The cooking assembly 10 cooks the food material, controls the movable baffle 40 to open again after the food material is cooked, and transmits the cooked food material to the microwave drawer assembly 20 by controlling the lifter to descend, so that the microwave drawer assembly 20 keeps the food material warm. Therefore, the microwave cooking equipment integrating the functions of unfreezing, heat preservation and cooking is realized.

The microwave cooking device of this application embodiment includes: a cabinet 100, a cooking assembly 10, a microwave drawer assembly 20, and a heat transfer passage 30. Cook the edible material through culinary art subassembly 10 to and unfreeze or keep warm to edible material through microwave drawer assembly 20, from this, realized one kind will unfreeze, keep warm, the microwave cooking equipment of culinary art function collection in an organic whole, solved among the correlation technique microwave cooking equipment operation interval function singleness, the space utilization degree remains the problem that improves, has expanded the product function. And, heat in the cooking assembly 10 is transferred to the microwave drawer assembly 20 through the heat transfer passage 30, so that energy recycling is realized, and energy is saved.

The following description is made in conjunction with a schematic diagram of a practical application of the microwave cooking apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of a microwave cooking apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 2, the microwave cooking apparatus includes: a cabinet 100, a cooking assembly 10, and a microwave drawer assembly 20. It should be noted that the microwave cooking apparatus further includes a heat transfer passage 30, not shown in the drawings.

Referring to fig. 2, the microwave drawer assembly 20 is disposed at the lower side of the

cooking assembly

10, 101 is a food cooking placement area, and 102 is a control box portion of an embedded device, which may include a controller, a circuit, and the like.

The defrost function of the microwave drawer assembly 20 is explained below.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a microwave drawer assembly 20 according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 3, the microwave drawer assembly 20 includes: a first antenna 90, a second antenna 91, a first driver 80, a second driver 81, a power divider 6, and a signal generator 5.

Wherein the first antenna 90 is disposed at the top of the microwave drawer assembly 20 and the second antenna 91 is disposed at the bottom of the microwave drawer assembly 20. The power divider 6 is connected to the first driver 80 and the second driver 81, and the signal generator 5 is connected to the power divider 6. As a possible implementation, the connection means is an electrical connection.

In this embodiment, the first driver 80 is used to drive the first antenna 90, and the second driver 81 is used to drive the second antenna 91. Alternatively, the first driver 80 and the second driver 81 adopt a low power output design, and the cost of the driver chip can be reduced by reducing the structural size of each path.

And a signal generator 5 for generating a microwave signal and distributing the microwave signal to the first antenna 90 and the second antenna 91 through the power divider 6. Optionally, the operating frequency of the microwave signal is 40-45 MHz.

As a possible implementation, the power divider 6 includes one input terminal and two output terminals, and the signal generator 5 can generate a microwave signal of 40.68MHz and divide the microwave signal to the first antenna 90 and the second antenna 91 through the power divider 6.

In one embodiment of the present application, the microwave drawer assembly 20 further comprises: a power supply 4 and a controller 7. Wherein the controller 7 is connected with the signal generator 5, and the power supply 4 is connected with the controller 7 and the signal generator 5.

In this embodiment, the controller 7 is configured to send a control instruction to the signal generator 5, so that the signal generator 5 generates a microwave signal according to the control instruction. The power supply 4 is used to supply power to the controller 7 and the signal generator 5, as well as to other parts of the system.

As an example, after the microwave cooking apparatus is started, the power supply 4 supplies power, the controller 7 sends an instruction to the signal generator 5, the signal generator 5 generates a microwave signal of a preset operating frequency, and sends the microwave signal to the power divider 6. The microwave signal is output in two paths through the power distributor 6, and is respectively connected to the first driver 80 and the second driver 81, the power is amplified by the drivers, and then the first driver 80 and the second driver 81 are respectively connected to the first antenna 90 and the second antenna 91, so that the microwave signal is fed into the cavity of the microwave drawer assembly 20, and the food material in the microwave drawer assembly 20 is unfrozen.

Therefore, by adopting the microwave signal with the working frequency of 40-45MHz and the design of the double antennas, the thawing effect is good, and the thawing time is short. And, through setting up the antenna respectively at microwave drawer assembly 20 top and bottom, can realize the even thawing to eating the material, combine relevant algorithm and controller 7 to make corresponding control in addition, can further promote the homogeneity of thawing.

In one embodiment of the present application, the microwave drawer assembly 20 further includes a cooling system 112. The cooling system 112 is used to reduce the temperature of the microwave drawer assembly 20, for example, the heat transmission channel 30 transmits heat in the cooking assembly 10 to the microwave drawer assembly 20, and the cooling system 112 is controlled to reduce the temperature of the microwave drawer assembly 20 by detecting the temperature of the microwave drawer assembly 20 when the temperature is greater than a preset threshold value, so as to achieve a constant temperature inside the microwave drawer assembly 20.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of another microwave cooking apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 4, a first antenna 90 and a second antenna 91 are respectively disposed at the top and the bottom of the microwave drawer assembly 20.

The microwave generating means 110 is connected to the

antennas

90,91 by means of cables or waveguides, wherein the microwave generating means 110 is shown with reference to fig. 3.

Alternatively, the microwave generating device 110, the power supply 4, and the cooling system 112 may be disposed in the embedded device control box portion 102. It should be noted that the microwave generating device 110 may be disposed on the top of the apparatus as shown in fig. 4, or may be disposed on the back of the apparatus, which is not limited herein.

Wherein, microwave drawer subassembly 20 and culinary art subassembly 10 can select for use the microwave signal of the same frequency, also can select for use the microwave signal of different frequencies, specifically can confirm according to the main function of microwave cooking equipment design.

In one embodiment of the present application, the microwave drawer assembly 20 is a detachable assembly, and the microwave generating device, the power supply, the control board and the cavity are all disposed in the microwave drawer assembly 20, so that the microwave drawer assembly 20 is designed as an independent thawing module, and the microwave drawer assembly 20 can be combined with other cooking assemblies or household appliances to form a combined functional device. For example, the microwave drawer assembly 20 may be combined with a refrigerator to provide the refrigerator with a thawing function.

Referring now to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a side view of the microwave cooking apparatus, wherein the waste heat (heat for dissipation) of the cooking assembly 10 is transferred to the microwave drawer assembly 20 via a heat transfer path in the direction of the arrow, as shown by way of example.

The embodiment of the present application further provides an operation method of a microwave cooking apparatus, wherein the microwave cooking apparatus includes: a cooking assembly and a microwave drawer assembly, fig. 6 is a schematic flowchart of an operation method of a microwave cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 6, the method includes:

step 101, the microwave drawer assembly obtains food materials and unfreezes the food materials.

Step 102, if the thawing stop is known, the microwave drawer assembly transfers the food material to the cooking assembly.

As an example, a user puts frozen food material into a microwave drawer assembly and inputs a start instruction through a preset key to cause the microwave drawer assembly to thaw the food material. And after the thawing is stopped, the movable baffle is controlled to be opened, and the microwave drawer assembly transmits the food to the cooking assembly through the food transmission assembly.

And 103, identifying the food materials by the cooking assembly, determining a target cooking mode according to the identification result, and cooking the food materials according to the target cooking mode.

In this embodiment, the cooking component may identify the food material, and cook according to a preset menu according to the identification result.

As an example, an image capturing device may be provided to identify the type of the food material by capturing an image of the food material and performing image recognition. And then, matching the food material type with a pre-stored cooking mode, and acquiring a target cooking mode corresponding to the food material type, so that the target cooking mode is executed to cook the food material.

And 104, if the cooking is finished, transmitting the food materials to the microwave drawer assembly by the cooking assembly so that the microwave drawer assembly can keep the heat of the food materials and send preset prompt information.

In this embodiment, if learn to cook and accomplish, control movable baffle opens, and the culinary art subassembly will eat material transmission to microwave drawer assembly through eating material transmission assembly, and microwave drawer assembly keeps warm to eating material to and microwave cooking equipment sends predetermined prompt message, finish in order to remind the user to cook. The implementation form of the prompt information includes, but is not limited to, text prompt, voice prompt, and flashing indicator light prompt, and is not limited herein.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "first", "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying any number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present application, "plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the description herein, reference to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the application. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can include, for example, fixed connections, removable connections, or integral parts; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through intervening media. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

Although embodiments of the present application have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present application, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations may be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A microwave cooking apparatus, comprising:

a box body;

2. A microwave cooking apparatus as in claim 1, further comprising:

a movable barrier disposed within the housing and between the cooking assembly and the microwave drawer assembly, the movable barrier being in an open state when food material is transferred between the cooking assembly and the microwave drawer assembly;

the food material transmission assembly is arranged in the box body and used for transmitting unfrozen food materials to the cooking assembly from the microwave drawer assembly or transmitting the food materials after the cooking assembly finishes cooking to the microwave drawer assembly from the cooking assembly.

3. The microwave cooking apparatus of claim 2, wherein the microwave drawer assembly is disposed on an upper or lower side of the cooking assembly, and the food material transfer assembly is a riser.

4. A microwave cooking apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the microwave drawer assembly comprises:

a first antenna disposed at the top of the microwave drawer assembly;

the second antenna is arranged at the bottom of the microwave drawer assembly;

a first driver that drives the first antenna;

a second driver driving the second antenna;

a power splitter coupled to the first driver and the second driver;

and the signal generator is connected with the power divider and used for generating a microwave signal and distributing the microwave signal to the first antenna and the second antenna through the power divider.

5. Microwave cooking device according to claim 4, characterized in that the operating frequency of the microwave signal is 40-45 MHz.

6. The microwave cooking apparatus of claim 4, wherein the microwave drawer assembly further comprises:

the controller is connected with the signal generator and is used for sending a control instruction to the signal generator;

and the power supply is connected with the controller and the signal generator and is used for supplying power to the controller and the signal generator.

7. A microwave cooking apparatus according to claim 4 wherein the first and second drivers are of low power output design.

8. The microwave cooking apparatus of claim 2, wherein the microwave drawer assembly further comprises:

a cooling system for reducing the temperature of the microwave drawer assembly.

9. A microwave cooking apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the microwave drawer assembly is a removable assembly.

10. A method of operating a microwave cooking apparatus, the microwave cooking apparatus comprising: a cooking assembly, a microwave drawer assembly, the method comprising: