EP0334772B1 - Appareil pour la cuisson ou le réchauffage de produits divers par application de micro-ondes et four en faisant application - Google Patents

Appareil pour la cuisson ou le réchauffage de produits divers par application de micro-ondes et four en faisant application Download PDF

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EP0334772B1
EP0334772B1 EP89420081A EP89420081A EP0334772B1 EP 0334772 B1 EP0334772 B1 EP 0334772B1 EP 89420081 A EP89420081 A EP 89420081A EP 89420081 A EP89420081 A EP 89420081A EP 0334772 B1 EP0334772 B1 EP 0334772B1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B6/00—Heating by electric, magnetic or electromagnetic fields
    • H05B6/64—Heating using microwaves
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S99/00—Foods and beverages: apparatus
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  • the present invention relates to the field of reheating and cooking of various products and it relates, more particularly, to the field of reheating or cooking by applying microwaves.
  • the heating or cooking of various products by microwave is carried out by placing such products on a support placed in a closed application cavity.
  • microwaves actually makes it possible to reheat or cook a product, we find that by doing so, it, reheated or cooked, no longer has the same qualities as those presented by the same product subjected to a different heating or cooking mode.
  • a microwave oven comprising, in the application cavity, an insertable element defining an enclosure, comprising at least one wall, interposed between the enclosure and the generator and open on the front coinciding with the oven door.
  • Such an element made of plastic, glass or ceramic, assumes a protective function and can, at most, be considered as capable, moreover, of avoiding projections, in the same way as the previous cover.
  • the device comprises a container transparent to microwaves and containing, at least in part, a container reflecting microwaves and having a perforated bottom spaced from the bottom of the transparent container to delimit a tank capable of containing a reserve of water.
  • the device is completed with a cover.
  • this device brings a positive result, it should be noted that it is of a complex and cumbersome structure to which are attached two negative aspects which are unacceptable for a wide commercial distribution.
  • the first lies in the cost and practicality of use, such as installation and cleaning.
  • the second is due to the significant reduction in the own useful capacity and that of the application cavities of microwave ovens.
  • the present invention intends to remedy the above drawbacks by proposing a new device capable of being used for cooking or reheating products and, more particularly, foodstuffs by applying microwave energy.
  • the device according to the invention is particularly designed to preserve the intrinsic qualities of the products and, in particular, organoleptic and nutritional of a foodstuff, and to offer a possibility of control of cooking or reheating on the surface, in an undercoat or at the core. of a product.
  • Another objective of the device according to the invention is to make it possible to cook or reheat by microwaves preserving the softness of the foodstuffs, in a manner analogous to the traditional mode of cooking by oven or by steam.
  • Another objective of the invention is to propose a device for cooking or reheating, in combination with a microwave oven, which offers the additional advantage of constituting, at least partially, a thermal accumulator making it possible to keep warm, for a determined period, after cooking or reheating, the product having been subjected to the application of microwaves.
  • the method according to the invention which is of the type of those which, on the one hand, carry out cooking-heating of various products in a microwave oven delimiting a cavity application connected to a microwave generator, accessible by a transparent window door and containing an insertable element delimiting a cooking-heating enclosure, open on the front and comprising at least one wall interposed between the enclosure and the generator and which, d on the other hand, provide for the generation of steam in the enclosure during cooking-heating, is characterized in that it consists in generating steam in the enclosure by vaporization of water contained in the element delimiting the enclosure , this element being, on the one hand, made of a porous water-retaining material, permeable to microwave energy, and, on the other hand, provided with a waterproof coating except on its face directed to the enclosure you.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective of a first embodiment of a cooking device according to the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective in partial section illustrating, on a larger scale, a detail of embodiment of the device.
  • Fig. 3 is a perspective illustrating an embodiment of the object of the invention.
  • Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of a development according to fig. 3 .
  • Fig. 1 shows a microwave oven 1 comprising, for example at the rear, a generator compartment 2 and, at the front, a compartment 3 for use delimiting an application cavity 4 open on the front 5 and provided with a door 6 having, as is known, a glazed panel 7 .
  • the apparatus representing an insertable element in the cavity 4 , is constituted by a plate 8 made ( fig. 2 ) of a porous material 9 , such as clay or sandstone, compatible with the food function and permeable to microwaves.
  • a porous material 9 such as clay or sandstone, compatible with the food function and permeable to microwaves.
  • the porous nature of the raw material of the plate 8 must be understood as responding to the ability to be able to ensure the retention of a reserve of water.
  • the plate has a constant thickness which can be chosen according to the water retention power. that it is desired to confer.
  • the plate comprises, on all its faces, apart from a main face, such as 8 has a coating 10 of a barrier material to water, transparent to microwaves, preferably food grade and adapted to support a relatively high temperature, at least equal to 100 ° C.
  • the coating 10 can be of any suitable nature compatible with the material 9 and, for example, formed by crazing, varnishing, enamelling.
  • the plate 8 is produced so as to be able to be inserted into the cavity 4, so as to be interposed between the products to be cooked or to be heated and the microwave generator. In general, the plate 8 is placed facing the opening of the waveguide.
  • the plate 8 thus defines, in the cavity 4, a cooking-heating chamber 11 , at least one side of which is formed by the material of the plate.
  • the mode of insertion of the plate 8 is chosen, in all cases, so that the face 8 a , devoid of the coating 10, is oriented towards the interior of the enclosure 11 .
  • the plate 8 is soaked with water by its retentive face, using any suitable means, in particular a dispenser of an aerosol.
  • a water reserve can also be done by soaking.
  • the microwave energy distributed in the enclosure 11, in which a product to be cooked or reheated is placed passes through the element 8 before reaching the product and causes the molecules of water retained by the material 9.
  • the plate 8 thus acts as an intermediate barrier, generating a vaporization of the included water which, due to the coating 10, diffuses into the confinement volume of the enclosure 11.
  • the vapor phase thus scattered occupies the entire enclosure, is stirred by the microwaves having passed through the wall 8 and thus contributes to creating a warming or cooking atmosphere that can be compared to the traditional steam method.
  • This vapor atmosphere close to saturation, bathes the product and opposes the vaporization of the free and trapped water molecules of this product which is thus preserved without degradation in a state favorable to a rise in heating or cooking temperature. by the microwaves that reach it.
  • the water molecules maintained inside the product thus contribute to maintaining, with the taste and vitamin principles which they retain, the organoleptic and nutritional qualities of the food.
  • These internal water molecules also make it possible to bring in a temperature rise progressively increasing inwards, from the periphery of the food which can thus be subjected to cooking increasing also in the same direction. It thus becomes possible to carry out core or non-core cooking and to carry out, in particular for meat, rare or point cooking, said to be impossible to obtain by microwave heating.
  • the steam atmosphere also makes it possible to obtain an uncooked sauce, resulting either from an addition, or from a condensation, or even flow of organic liquids, and thus having a cooked dish offering characteristics of palatability comparable to those obtained by traditional cooking methods.
  • the mass of material 9 constitutes a reserve making it possible to have a sufficient accumulation of water in the case where it is necessary to ensure a long reheating or cooking time.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates a development according to which the insertable element 8 is produced in the form of a bell 20, for example parallelepiped.
  • the bell is made of a porous material meeting the preceding conditions and is devoid of the coating 10 on its internal faces.
  • the bell can be inserted into the cavity 4, delimits by itself the enclosure 11 and has, in its peripheral wall, an open section 21 intended to be oriented on the front.
  • the bell 20 can be provided a base 22 constituting the bottom of the enclosure 11.
  • the bell 20 has any suitable geometric shape and, preferably, a shape homothetic to the cavity 4 .
  • the element 8 is constituted by an envelope 20a which is integral with a microwave oven 1 .
  • the envelope 20a is produced to constitute an internal lining of the oven and to delimit the enclosure 11.
  • the envelope 20a is produced to have, as previously, an open face corresponding to the front of the product introduction-extraction oven or food to be reheated or cooked.
  • the open face is preferably defined by a planar edge 23 which fits into the plane P of the facade which is provided with a sealing gasket 24 capable of cooperating with a door 25.
  • the envelope 20a is produced, as before, from a porous material 3 and comprises, with the exclusion of its internal faces delimiting the enclosure 11, a coating 26 having the same characteristics as the coating 10.
  • the envelope 20a is associated, mounted or adapted in the furnace 1 to be adjacent at least by one outer face to a waveguide 27 equipped with a microwave generator not shown. It should be considered that the technical means of generation and routing of microwaves fall within the technique known to those skilled in the art and are not affected by the subject of the invention.
  • the microwaves transmitted by the guide 27 are distributed through at least one wall of the envelope 20a in the enclosure 11 in which they are reflected by an internal jacket 28 surrounding the faces of the envelope not adjacent to the guide. 27.
  • the channels 29 can be distributed in any suitable way to facilitate the dispersion of the water within the porous material.
  • the channels 29 can be simple holes made in the thickness of the porous material or perforated rods 32 inserted.
  • the tap or taps 31 are preferably constituted by solenoid valves, the supply of which is, for example, placed under the dependence of a selection switch and a timer, the operation of which is included at the start of the use cycle. from the oven.
  • the user can involve normal operation of the oven or operation with production and confinement of steam.

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EP89420081A 1988-03-03 1989-03-02 Appareil pour la cuisson ou le réchauffage de produits divers par application de micro-ondes et four en faisant application Expired - Lifetime EP0334772B1 (fr)

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AT89420081T ATE95370T1 (de) 1988-03-03 1989-03-02 Geraet und ofen zum erwaermen und kochen von substanzen mit mikrowellen.

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