JPH08159483A - Micro-wave oven - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a micro-wave oven in which the thawing of a food can be carried out without using any thawing net and without dew stayed on a turn-table while being produced through this thawing operation or without food being immersed in dew or moisture. CONSTITUTION: A turn-table 3 is formed into a pan-type and when a food X to be thawed is placed on the turn-table 3, a clearance 11 where moisture dripped from the food X as the thawing operation is performed is formed between the food X and the upper surface of the turn-table and a proper number of projections 10 are integrally formed on the upper surface of the turn-table.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a microwave oven having a turntable for placing food to be cooked inside a cooking cabinet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, a microwave oven is provided with a turntable made of a material such as glass or ceramic in a cooking cabinet, and the turntable is rotated with the food to be cooked on the turntable. It is said that food is irradiated with microwaves while cooking. In that case, when the above cooking is intended to thaw the food, if the food is in direct surface contact with the turntable, the food is soaked in the water, broth, etc. accumulated on the turntable caused by the thaw. , May lose the taste as food. For example, food such as frozen sashimi tends to lose its flavor when it is thawed while immersed in water.

Therefore, conventionally, as shown in FIG. 6, a plastic defrosting net A is placed on the turntable B, a food product X is placed on it, and the product is thawed. Was dropped on the turntable through the thawing net A to prevent the thawed food from being soaked in water or the like.

[0004]

However, since the above-mentioned defrosting net A is used after being set on the turntable only when defrosting, it is troublesome to use and the microwave oven is attached by this accessory. There was a drawback that pushed up the overall cost of.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a microwave oven capable of preventing food from being thawed in a state of being immersed in water without using the above-mentioned thaw net.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems That is, the present invention is a microwave oven provided with a turntable for placing food to be cooked inside a cooking cabinet, wherein the turntable is dish-shaped, When the food to be cooked to be thawed is placed on the turntable, a gap is formed between the food to be cooked and the upper surface of the turntable so that the water that drips from the food to be cooked as the food is thawed is accumulated. It is characterized in that an appropriate number of convex portions are integrally formed on the upper surface of the turntable.

[0007]

According to the above invention, when the food is placed on the turntable for thawing, the food is supported by the convex portions integrally provided on the turntable in a state of floating from the turntable. Since surface contact with the food is avoided, the broth, water, etc. generated from the food by thawing will be dripped and accumulated in the voids, and the food will not be thawed by being dipped in the broth or water.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the front of the microwave oven. A turntable 3 for placing food to be cooked is provided inside a cooking cabinet 2 which is opened and closed by a door 1, and side portions of the door 1 on the front of the microwave oven. An operation panel 4 is provided on the operation panel 4, and various switches 5 are attached to the operation panel portion. Further, on the back side of the operation panel 4, the side space of the cooking cabinet 2 is made into a machine room 6, and various machines such as a magnetron and a transformer (not shown) are housed in the machine room 6, and the microwave irradiation by the magnetron is performed. The food on the turntable is cooked.

On the other hand, in the cooking cabinet 2 as shown in FIG. 2, the coupling member 9 connected to the motor shaft 8 is connected to the frame 7 at the bottom of the cooking cabinet in a state of vertically penetrating the frame 7. It is attached. In this case, the coupling member 9 is adapted to rotate while slightly floating from the frame 7, and the turntable 3 described above is detachably attached to the coupling member 9,
The turntable 3 is configured to rotate at a predetermined rotation speed during cooking.

The above-mentioned turntable 3 is made of glass or ceramic, and boiling water, water, etc., which are generated from food and fall on the turntable 3 by cooking, are cooked in the cooking chamber 2.
In order not to spill into the inside, the table edge portion 3A has a dish-like shape that is erected upward, and the turntable 3
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a plurality of ridges 10 to 10 are integrally formed concentrically on the upper surface of the ridge. Therefore, when the food X (see FIG. 4) is placed on the turntable 3 due to the protrusions 10 to 10,
The food product X is supported by the ridges 10 to 10, and the gaps 11 to 1 are provided between the food product X and the turntable 3.
1 is formed, and the food X does not come into surface contact with the turntable 3.

When such a turntable 3 is used, when the food X is thawed, the food is thawed in a state of floating from the turntable 3 as shown in FIG. , Moisture is the ridge 1 above
It will be dripped and accumulated in the voids 11 to 11 formed between 0, and the thawed food product X will not be immersed in this boiling water or water. For this reason, the flavor of the thawed food X is not impaired, and, for example, thawed sashimi or the like can be eaten deliciously.

Since the above-mentioned defrosting can be performed without using a conventional defrosting net, the defrosting operation is simple, and one accessory of the microwave oven can be reduced, so that the total cost can be reduced. It becomes possible to eliminate the original packing work of the defrosting net as an accessory at the time of packing for shipping the microwave oven, and the packing work efficiency is increased.

The ridge portion 11 for supporting the food product X is not limited to the shape of the ridge portion, and is constituted by an assembly of individual protrusions 12 to 12 as shown in FIG. Good. However, the shapes and the arrangement intervals of the protrusions 11 and the protrusions 12 stably support the food X placed on the turntable 3. For example, when thawing frozen meat, care should be taken so that the meat softened by thawing does not drip into the void 11 and soak in the water accumulated in the void 11.

[0015]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, when the food is placed on the turntable for thawing, the food is turned by the convex portion integrally provided on the turntable. Since it is supported in a floating state and avoids surface contact with the turntable, simmered water, water, etc. generated from the food by thawing can be dripped into the voids and collected, and the food can be thawed by immersing it in water or water. Disappear. Therefore, without using the defrosting net as an accessory, food can be thawed without losing the flavor,
It is possible to reduce costs and improve packing work efficiency.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a microwave oven to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a turntable according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a top view of the turntable.

FIG. 4 is a usage diagram of the turntable.

FIG. 5 is a top view showing another embodiment of the turntable.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Cookroom 3 Turntable 10 Ridges 11 Voids 12 Protrusions X Food

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A microwave oven having a turntable for placing food to be cooked inside a cooking cabinet, wherein the turntable has a dish shape, and the cooktable to be thawed on the turntable. An appropriate number of protrusions on the upper surface of the turntable so that when the food is placed, a space is formed between the food to be cooked and the upper surface of the turntable to collect the water dripping from the food to be cooked upon thawing. A microwave oven characterized by being integrally formed.