JP2001124341A - Cooking appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooking appliance enabling the cleaning of the gap between of which door and control part easier and of which sanitation is improved, and with the design having the sense of unity by covering the control part with the door. SOLUTION: A heating chamber 3 and a control part 6 can be seen through when a door 4 is closed and dust is not easily accumulated in the gaps between the door 4 and the control part 6, and between operating parts 6 with a structure covering the control part 6 adding to the front opening part of the heating chamber 3 by a door panel 9. A beautiful design can be enabled by integrally forming the door 4 covering the front surface of a main body 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cooking device such as a microwave oven.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 shows a microwave oven as a conventional cooking device. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 11 denotes an exterior, 12 denotes a heating chamber provided on the exterior 11, and 13 denotes a door for opening and closing a front opening of the heating chamber 12. And 14, a control unit for setting heating conditions in the heating chamber 12, 15 a decorative cover constituting the door 13, and 16 a door panel for covering a window of the decorative cover 15.

[0003]

In such a microwave oven, dust easily accumulates in the gap between the door 13 and the control unit 14, and there is a problem in cleaning performance and hygiene. Further, since the door 13 and the control unit 14 are separated from each other, it is difficult to make the front part of the microwave oven body an integral design, which is limited in design. In addition, after the door 13 is closed and the control unit 14 instructs a cooking method, an instruction to start cooking must be further issued, which is inconvenient for the user.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and has improved the cleanability and hygiene of the door and the control unit. The door covers the opening of the heating chamber and the control unit to provide a sense of unity. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cooker which can be designed with ease, set heating conditions before closing the door, and automatically starts heating when the door is closed.

[0005]

A cooking device according to the present invention comprises an exterior, a heating chamber provided in the exterior for heating food to be cooked, and a front opening of the heating chamber. In a cooker including a door and a control unit having an operation unit and the like for setting the heating condition of the food, the door is configured to cover the control unit in addition to the front opening when closed, and The door panel provided on the door is made of a member that can see through the heating chamber and the control unit. Further, after the heating condition is set by the operation unit in the open state of the door, the control unit starts heating immediately when the door is closed. The door includes a metal door main body, a decorative cover that covers the door main body and has a window portion facing the heating chamber and the control section, and the door panel, and the door panel includes the decorative panel. Covers the window of the cover.

As described above, the cooking device of the present invention improves the cleanability and hygiene of the door and the control section, and furthermore, the door covers the front opening of the heating chamber and the control section to provide a sense of unity. In addition, it is possible to provide a user-friendly cooking device that sets heating conditions before closing the door and automatically starts heating when the door is closed.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described.
This will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the drawing, 1 is a microwave oven main body, 2 is an exterior of the main body 1, 3 is a heating chamber provided in the exterior 2 for heating food, 4 is a door for opening and closing a front opening of the heating chamber 3, 5.
Is an operation unit for setting heating conditions in the heating chamber 3, 6 is a control unit including the operation unit 5, 7 is a metal door body constituting the door 4, 8 is a cover for the door body 7 and the heating chamber 3
And a decorative cover 9 having a window 8a facing the control unit 6, and a transparent door panel 9 attached to the window 8a of the decorative cover 8. A control unit 10 is provided adjacent to the heating chamber 3 and starts heating as soon as the door 4 is closed.

In the above embodiment, the door 4 is connected to the door body 7
And the decorative cover 8 and the door panel 9, and the door panel 9 is configured to cover the control section 6 in addition to the front opening of the heating chamber 3. Dust hardly accumulates in the gaps of the operation unit 5, and the problems of cleanability and hygiene can be improved. In addition, the door 4 can be formed as an integral type that covers the front surface of the main body 1, which makes the design beautiful. In addition, since the control unit 10 that starts heating in the heating chamber 3 as soon as the door 4 is closed is provided, the user instructs the heating condition with the operation unit 5 before closing the door 4 and closes the door 4. Thus, cooking can be started without pressing the button for starting cooking, so that a user-friendly cooker can be obtained.

[0010]

According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the cleanability and hygiene of the gap between the door and the control part, and to provide a design with a sense of unity by covering the control part with the door. . Further, the heating condition is set before closing the door, and the heating starts automatically when the door is closed, so that the usability for the user can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side longitudinal sectional view along AA1 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side longitudinal sectional view taken along line BB1 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front cross-sectional view taken along the line CC1 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a conventional cooking device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cooker main body 2 Exterior 3 Heating room 4 Door 5 Operation part 6 Control part 7 Door main body 8 Makeup cover 8a Window part 9 Door panel 10 Control part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An exterior, a heating chamber provided in the exterior, for heating food to be cooked, a door for opening and closing a front opening of the heating chamber, and a heating condition for the food. A cooker provided with a control unit having an operation unit and the like, wherein the door is configured to cover the control unit in addition to the front opening when closed, and a door panel provided on the door, A cooking device comprising a member capable of seeing through the heating chamber and the control section. 2. After the heating condition is set by the operation unit while the door is open, the door is closed.
The cooking device according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit that starts heating immediately. 3. The door panel includes: a metal door body; a decorative cover that covers the door body and has a window facing the heating chamber and the control unit; and the door panel. The cooker according to claim 1, wherein a window portion of the decorative cover is covered with the cover.