JP3113551B2 - Cooking device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cooking device for cooking food by heating.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art This type of cooker is disclosed in, for example,
No. 35526.

In this apparatus, a heating chamber is provided in an exterior, and an operation section having a start key and a display section is disposed adjacent to the right side of the heating chamber. Further, in the heating chamber, support shelves for supporting a square plate on which foods to be heated by the heat of the heater arranged at least on the ceiling wall of the heating chamber are provided on the left and right wall surfaces of the heating chamber. A plurality of support shelves are provided in the vertical direction to accommodate a plurality of square dishes. When a square plate is engaged with this support shelf and stored in the heating chamber, when it is stored in the upper stage, a large amount of irradiation heat from the heater is radiated. When stored, the heat of irradiation from the heater also weakens, so that it is usually used for cooking, for example, to heat the whole cake or the like evenly.

[0004]

As in the above-mentioned prior art, since the cooking method differs depending on the stage in which the supporting shelf is stored, the user has to refer to the manual attached to the cooker one by one. It is very troublesome.

[0005] In addition, during cooking, the food is cooked while being touched by hand, so it is unsanitary to touch a non-food manual there.
Anyone who cares about the user's habit of cleanliness and the like will have to wash his hands after touching the manual, which is very troublesome.

[0006] The present invention solves such a problem.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a heating chamber having a front opening for storing food, a door for opening and closing the front opening of the heating chamber, and A front plate disposed to face the door, a support shelf for supporting a food placing tray in the heating chamber, and a cooking method or a cooking name that can be performed by the support shelf at a position of the front plate close to the support shelf. This is a configuration in which an instruction display unit for instructing the display is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the cooker according to the first aspect, a magnetron that supplies a microwave to the heating chamber, and a microwave that leaks from the heating chamber between the door and the front plate. a choke groove formed on the periphery of the door to prevent the leaking out, further
It is a configuration provided with.

[0009] The instruction display section is provided in front of the door.
At the position of the front plate facing the outer peripheral portion from the choke groove
It is a configuration characterized by being stamped.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a microwave oven according to an embodiment of the present invention, 2 denotes a heating chamber, 3 denotes a door for opening and closing a front opening 2a of the heating chamber 2, and 4 denotes a front view. This is the operation unit arranged on the right side.

The operation unit 4 includes a display unit 5 for displaying a heating time, a cooking temperature during oven cooking, and the like at an upper part, and a start button 6 for setting both a cooking start instruction and a cooking selection instruction at a lower part. Have.

The heating chamber 2 is provided with a support shelf 7 for supporting a square plate 8 serving as a food receiving tray for oven cooking when stored. The support shelf 7 is formed by projecting the side wall of the heating chamber 2 into the heating chamber 2 by press working, and the upper support shelf 7a and the lower support shelf 7b are arranged so as to be stowable in two upper and lower tiers. I have. Further, a front plate 9 facing the door 3 is arranged on the periphery of the front opening 2 a of the heating chamber 2.

The ceiling wall 2b of the heating chamber 2 is provided with a heater chamber 2c which is recessed upward, and a heater 2d such as a quartz tube heater, a halogen heater, and a sheath heater is disposed therein.

As shown in FIG. 2, the door 3 has a metal door body 10 having a punched hole in the center, and a resin (ABS) door cover 11 for covering the door body 10.
And a handle 12 attached to the door cover 11.

Further, a heating chamber 2 is provided around the periphery of the door body 10.
The sealing surface 10a which is in contact with the front plate 9 so as not to leak the microwave from the outside to the outside, and the microwave leaking between the front plate 9 and the sealing surface 10a of the door 3 around the outer periphery of the sealing surface 10a. Choke groove 10 having an opening 10c on the front plate 9 side in order to absorb water and prevent leakage to the outside.
b and a dielectric cover 13 covering the opening 10c of the choke groove 10b.

A space 14 is provided between the outer wall of the choke groove 10 b of the door body 10 and the inner wall of the door cover 11 on the side of the peripheral edge of the door 3 adjacent to the operation unit 4.
The space 14 is for accommodating an engagement claw (not shown) that engages with the microwave oven main body 1 when the door 3 is closed.

A portion of the front plate 9 facing the space 14 of the door 3, that is, a portion adjacent to the operation unit 4, has a corner at each support shelf in the upper support shelf 7a and the lower support shelf 7b. In order to indicate what kind of cooking can be performed when the plate 8 is stored, the instruction display unit 14 is provided with an engraving indicating a cooking name.

The instruction display section 14, as shown in FIG.
A menu group 14b such as gratin that can be cooked on the upper stage is provided above the arrow 14a indicating the upper support shelf 7a.
The menu 14d (cake) that can be cooked in the lower row is engraved below the arrow 14c indicating the lower support shelf 7b.

As another embodiment of the instruction display section 14, as shown in FIG. 4, the upper support shelf 7a is provided with a ceiling wall 2b.
Since the food near the heater 2d is heated quickly, "Speed" may be displayed only with an arrow in the upper row in order to display a point where cooking can be performed quickly. This indicates a cooking method called speed cooking.

The position of the marking on the instruction display section 14 is displayed on the side of the front panel 9 adjacent to the operation section 4 and is located at the position of the front panel 9 facing the outer peripheral portion through the choke groove 10b. I have.

This is because the choke groove 10b and the front opening 2a
This is because, if a mark is provided between the two, the space between the portions will be widened and the manner of microwave leakage will change, causing leakage to the outside. Also, the front opening 2a of the heating chamber 2
Since it is engraved and displayed at a more distant position, dirt due to oil smoke from oven cooking or the like does not easily arrive, and it is possible to prevent the support display unit 14 from being difficult to see due to aging.

A description will be given of a case where the user performs heating cooking in the microwave oven 1 with such a configuration.

First, a user cuts and mixes ingredients to prepare for cooking before heating. At this time, if you know how to make the manual, you do not need to look at it, but if you do not know, you will prepare while looking at the manual.

When the food is placed on the square dish 8 for heating in the microwave oven 1 and stored in the heating chamber 2,
Although there are a plurality of stages, the user looks at the instruction display unit 14 of the front panel 9 to check the stage to be stored, and stores the square plate 8.

Thereafter, a menu for cooking is selected with the start button 6 and cooking is started by operating the start button 6.

As described above, conventionally, in the case where preparations are being made while looking at the manual, it is necessary to go to the place where the manual is located and confirm each time, and preparations are made without looking at the manual. In that case, the user must open the corresponding page of the manual and check the storage stage, which was very troublesome for the user,
This can be confirmed simply by opening the door 3 and looking at the front plate 9, thereby improving usability.

[0027] From the above, the prior art, if you are under preparation while looking at the manual, it is necessary to make sure I line to the point where there is every time the manual, also carried out under preparation without looking at the manual If you are, it is necessary to check the stage for housing to open the relevant page of the manual, the was troublesome for the very user, can be found in just by looking at the front plate 9 to open the door 3, is freely use It will improve.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a cooker according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a cross-sectional view of a main part.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion A in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a view showing another embodiment of FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Heating room 4 Operation unit 7 Support shelf 9 Front panel 14 Instruction display unit

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Aya Toyooka 2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. 53-73290 (JP, U) JP 6-82005 (JP, B2) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) F24C 15/16 F24C 7/02 511 F24C 7/04

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A heating chamber having a front opening for storing food, a door for opening and closing the front opening of the heating chamber, a front plate disposed around the front opening and facing the door, and A support shelf for supporting a food loading tray, and an instruction display unit for indicating and displaying a cooking method or a cooking name made on the support shelf at a position of the front plate close to the support shelf are provided. Cooking device. 2. A magnetron for supplying microwaves to the heating chamber, and a periphery of the door for preventing microwaves leaking from the heating chamber between the door and the front plate to the outside. With the choke groove provided in the
The cooker according to claim 1, wherein the instruction display unit is engraved on a position of the front plate facing an outer peripheral portion of the door from the choke groove.