JPS6132241Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an operating device for a microwave oven.

Some modern microwave ovens have a menu card for each food item with information about the amount of a certain food on a scale on one side. A card support part capable of removably supporting a menu card is provided, and an operation part for setting a heating time is provided on one side of the card support part, so that a heating time setting operation part is provided on one side of the card support part. Some devices are designed to set the heating time according to the amount of a specific food by adjusting the knob on the heating time setting operation section.

However, since this device only allows the heating time to be set, it cannot be used with microwave ovens that can adjust the output of the heating source.

The present invention has been devised in view of the problems in the conventional ones, and one embodiment thereof will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a microwave oven equipped with an embodiment of the device according to the present invention, and Fig. 2 shows a state in which a menu card applied to the present invention is set in the card support portion of the same microwave oven. FIG.

In these figures, reference numeral 1 denotes a microwave oven body, which is equipped with a magnetron (not shown) as a heating source inside, so that food placed in the oven can be heated and cooked. 2 is a door, and 3 is an operation panel, which is provided with a cooking start button 4 and a door opening button 5.

The operation panel 3 also includes a card support portion (frame) 6 into which a menu card C can be inserted and removed from above.
A heating time setting operation section 7 and an output adjustment operation section 8 are provided along one side edge of the card support section 6 in the vertical and horizontal directions, respectively.

The heating time setting operation section 7 has a time scale 7.
A, and a pointer 8B that can be moved along this point and also serves as a knob.

The menu card C corresponds to a specific type of food, such as gratin, and the front and back sides are divided into two sections, ``and'', by a dividing line C1, forming a total of 4 sections. . A heating time index M and an output index N suitable for the corresponding amount of food are provided on the vertical and horizontal sides of each section.

For example, in the category of menu card C in FIG.
An output index N is attached at a position corresponding to 35% of the output level scale 8A of the output adjustment operation section.

The present invention is based on the premise that a large number of such menu cards are prepared in advance for each type of food.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, when cooking food, the menu card C corresponding to the food is changed to correspond to the amount of food to be put in the oven before and after the food is put into the oven. Insert the pointers 7B and 8B into the card support 6 so that the section is at the lower right of the front (for example, like the section in FIG. 2), and then set the pointers 7B and 8B to the corresponding heating time index M and output index N, respectively. match.

By doing this, the setting of the heating time (13 minutes in FIG. 2) and output level (35% in FIG. 2) is completed.

Therefore, after that, turn on the cooking start button 4.
By magnetron output 35% for 13 minutes
It is driven by a heating system to heat and cook food.

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, at least two menu cards can be used with one menu card.
You can set the output and heating time to suit the amount of two types of food, and one menu card can be used effectively. This is an excellent idea that allows the output and heating time to be adjusted to suit the quantity of food, which can be reduced compared to those that provide a microwave oven that is convenient.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a microwave oven equipped with an operating device according to the present invention, and FIG.
It is a figure which shows the state when a menu card is supported by the card support part. 3: Operation panel, 6: Card support section, 7: Heating time setting operation section, 8: Output adjustment operation section, C:
menu card.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] At least one side of the menu card is divided into two sections, and a heating time index and output index suitable for the amount of food corresponding to the vertical and horizontal sides of each section are provided,
A card support section for removably supporting the menu card is provided on the operation panel, and the operation panel has an operation section for setting a heating time and an operation section for adjusting the output along one side edge of the menu card in the vertical and horizontal directions. A microwave oven operating device characterized by: