JPH0719496A - Microwave oven and container for microwave oven - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a large amount of pop corns to be manufactured at once in one microwave oven, no scorching of pop corns occurs without over-heating the pop corns and they can be finished in superior states. CONSTITUTION:There is provided a magnetron 7 for radiating microwave and heating foods. There is provided a metallic plate 12 which is removably arranged to separate a heating chamber 4 into two segments. The plate 12 is provided with a plurality of holes through which microwave oven l containers 13 having dried corns before heating and cooking. The microwave oven containers 13 are inserted into the plate and heated to perform a heating of a large amount of pop corns at once.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a microwave oven and a microwave oven container for producing popcorn.

[0002]

2. Description of the Prior Art A conventional microwave oven will be described with reference to FIG.
And a cabinet that protects the outer shell. A microwave irradiation port 23 is provided on the bottom surface, top surface, or side surface of the heating chamber 22 provided in the main body 21 (bottom surface in the illustrated example), and the magnetron 25 located on the side surface via the waveguide 24 is provided. A lamp (not shown) for illuminating the inside of the storage is disposed above the heating storage 22. Also,
An antenna 26 (or a stirrer fan) for stirring microwaves is provided at the microwave irradiation port 23.

A tray 28 is placed on the bottom of the heating chamber 22, and microwaves are radiated from under the tray 28.
In the illustrated example, an antenna motor 27 for driving the antenna 26 is provided.

When the food to be heated is placed on the tray 28 located at the bottom of the heating chamber 22 and the door is closed and the start key is pressed, the magnetron 25, the interior lighting lamp, the magnetron cooling fan 29, and the antenna motor. 26 is driven to uniformly heat the food on the tray 28 by microwave.

In recent years, many popcorns, snacks and range cakes that can be heated only by microwaves are commercially available. Especially for popcorn, it can be done in a short heating time, so it is often used in electric appliance retailers for sales promotion. Popcorn contains dried corn meat in a container through which microwaves pass. By heating it, the dried corn pops and grows. There are things such as jumping and popping out the container when popping, so it is designed to be heated with the lid.

[0006]

When it is necessary to produce a large amount of popcorn, in the conventional case, a container containing a plurality of dry corns is put in a heating chamber separately, and microwave heating is performed to find a suitable time. I took them out individually. For this reason, the work efficiency was very poor, and the finished state was uneven. The drying cones are located at the bottom of the microwave oven container at the start of heating, and by microwave dielectric heating, individual drying cones pop out and become larger, and the microwave oven containers are filled. At that time, the timing of popping out differs depending on the heating state of the dry cone, so the dry cone that popped after a delay and the dry cone that popped off quickly differed greatly in the finishing state after that, and the one that popped quickly was irradiated with microwaves for a long time. It was like being received, and when it was terrible, it sometimes burned.

In the conventional microwave oven container, only microwave irradiation was used as a heating source. Therefore, due to uneven heating and the dry condition of the drying cone, the microwave oven container does not pop off even after the heating is completed and the microwave oven container is in the initial state. Sometimes unbroken corn remained. A conventional microwave container has a drop lid as described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. Hei 2-63690 to prevent popcorn from popping out of the microwave container when the dry corn pops. In this case, the drop lid cannot maintain the horizontal state due to popping popcorn, and it is feared that the drop lid may be tilted, and eventually the drop lid will pop out of the microwave oven container. Also, if the microwave container has a lid on the top, the outer dimensions of the microwave container will be the effective dimensions when stored before heating.
There was a problem that an unnecessary space was present in the microwave oven container compared to the amount containing the dry corn, and a large storage space was required.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a microwave oven of the present invention is provided with a magnetron for irradiating a microwave to heat food, and is made of a detachable metal which divides the heating chamber into two parts. Is provided with a plurality of holes into which the container containing the dried corn before cooking is inserted. The microwave oven container of the present invention used in a microwave oven having a magnetron for heating food by irradiating microwaves has a microwave absorber coated or formed on the bottom of the container body. It is arranged. Further, the heat-resistant bag accommodating the dry cone before heating and cooking is folded to the bottom of the container body, and the bottom of the heat-resistant bag is fixed.

[0009]

[Function] By inserting a microwave oven container into a plate having a plurality of holes formed of a substance that blocks microwaves and heating the plate, a large amount of popcorn can be heated at once and put in and out at once. In addition, since the microwave is radiated from the bottom, the drying cone at the bottom of the microwave oven container can be reliably heated, and the heating residue of the drying cone is eliminated. Also,
Make sure that the microwave heating element is used to heat the drying cone to the bottom of the microwave oven container to eliminate any heating residue. Then, the microwave containers can be stacked and stored.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A microwave oven of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. A door 2 for blocking microwaves is provided on the front surface of a main body 1.
And an operating section 3 for operating the equipment and a cabinet for protecting the outer shell. The microwave irradiation port 5 (bottom surface in the illustrated example) is provided on the bottom surface, top surface, or side surface of the heating chamber 4 provided in the main body 1, and the magnetron 7 located on the side surface via the waveguide 6 is provided. A lamp (not shown) for illuminating the inside of the heating cabinet 4 which is arranged.
Are arranged. In addition, an antenna 8 (or a stirrer fan) for stirring microwaves is provided at the microwave irradiation port 5.

A tray 10 is placed on the bottom of the heating chamber 4, and microwaves are radiated from below. In the illustrated example, an antenna motor 9 for driving the antenna 8
Is provided.

When the food to be heated is placed on the tray 10 located at the bottom of the heating cabinet 4, the door is closed and the start key is pressed, the magnetron 7, the interior lighting lamp, the magnetron cooling fan 6 and the antenna motor are placed. 9 is driven to uniformly heat the food on the tray 10 by microwave.

Inside the heating cabinet 4, a plate 12 having a plurality of holes made of a material that blocks microwaves, for example, a metal, is detachably mounted on a shelf receiver projecting to the side surface of the heating cabinet. You can The plurality of holes provided in the plate 12 are for inserting the microwave oven container 13 for making the popcorn 14b, and the microwave oven container 13 is held at a position below the height of about 1/3. It is supposed to be done. When trying to make popcorn 14b, the microwave oven container 13 is inserted into the hole of the plate 12, and the dry cone 14a arranged in the microwave oven container 13 is microwave-heated. The microwave is radiated from the microwave radiating port 5 located below the tray 10 at the bottom of the heating chamber 4. Therefore, the microwave container 13
It is in the state of being heated from the bottom.

Then, the dried corn 14a becomes popcorn 14b which is burst and becomes large.
4b more and more keeps increasing the space in the microwave oven container 13 and keeps increasing until the dry cone 14a is completely popped and disappears, but the insertion condition of the microwave oven container 13 is about 1/3 of the height of the microwave oven container 13 By doing the following, the upper part of the heating chamber 4 divided into two parts is only the part that has entered through the plurality of holes due to the effect of the plate 12 made of a material that blocks microwaves, The amount becomes extremely small, the dried cone 14a that bursts quickly becomes hard to be heated, and the dried cone 14a remaining on the bottom of the microwave oven container 13 is irradiated with microwaves more and more, so that the same microwave oven is used. Even after the popcorn 14b that has burst out of the container 13 is burst, the popcorn 14b is continuously irradiated and does not burn.

3 to 5 show a first embodiment of the microwave oven container of the present invention, in which a microwave absorber is applied to the bottom of the microwave oven container 13 or a plate 15 formed of the microwave absorber. Is placed and used in a microwave oven, the heating element is located at the bottom of the microwave oven container 13 on the lower side of the heating chamber 4 divided into two parts, so that the drying located at the bottom of the microwave oven container 13 is performed. The cone 14a can be quickly repelled by microwave irradiation and heat generation of the microwave absorber (plate 15).

FIGS. 6 to 8 show a second embodiment of the microwave oven container of the present invention, which is a heat-resistant bag 16 in which a drying cone 14a before being flipped inside the microwave oven container 13 is folded.
Then, when the dry cone 14a is heated and pops up, the bag in the folded state is expanded as shown in FIG. The heat-resistant bag 16 is fixed to the bottom of the microwave oven container 13 so as not to drop before use. Further, since they can be stacked as shown in FIG. 8 when they are stored before use, they can be stored without narrowing the storage space.

[0017]

The microwave oven and the container for a microwave oven according to the present invention have the above-described structure, so that one microwave oven can
A large amount of popcorn can be made each time, and the popcorn can be finished in a good condition without being overheated and burned. Further, a large number of microwave oven containers before heating can be stored in a small space.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a microwave oven of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a first embodiment of the microwave oven container of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of an essential part showing another example of the microwave oven container of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a state before cooking of a second embodiment of the microwave oven container of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a state after cooking of the second embodiment of the microwave oven container of the present invention.

8 is a cross-sectional view showing a state when the microwave oven container of FIG. 6 is stored.

FIG. 9 is a schematic sectional view showing a conventional microwave oven.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Heating Cabinet 7 Magnetron 12 Plate 13 Microwave Oven 14a Dry Corn 14b Popcorn 15 Plate 16 Heat Resistant Bag

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A microwave oven provided with a magnetron for irradiating microwaves to heat food, provided with a detachable metal partition plate that divides a heating chamber into two parts, and the partition plate is dried before heating and cooking. A microwave oven having a plurality of holes for inserting a container containing a cone. 2. A microwave oven container used in a microwave oven having a magnetron for irradiating microwaves to heat food, wherein a microwave absorber is applied or formed on the bottom of the container body. A container for a microwave oven, which is provided with a plate. 3. The microwave oven container according to claim 2, wherein the bottom of the container main body is fixed to the bottom of the heat-resistant bag in a state where the heat-resistant bag containing the dried cone before cooking is folded. And a microwave container.