KR19990014444U - Multifunctional Microwave Tray Unit - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a tray apparatus of a multifunctional microwave oven.

The present invention is a multi-function microwave oven, having a heating chamber formed on the inside of the cabinet with guides constituting the upper and lower sides parallel to the bottom surface on both side walls, and a sliding slot of one opening shape at the rear center. And a guide slot extending from the outer circumferential surface to the center on one side thereof, and a means that combines rotation and support functions on the lower side thereof so that the slide slot and the guide slot coincide with each other on the upper side of the cashier table. Lost tray, a tray motor installed between the cabinet and the bottom of the heating chamber to drive the rotating tray, power transmission means for transmitting the rotational force of the tray motor to the rotating tray, and the tray motor so that the rotating tray stops at the initial position at the end of cooking. It is characterized in that consisting of a control means for controlling this connected with.

Therefore, the advantages of the turntable method of heating food evenly by the rotation of the tray and the full table method of pulling the cashier table together to move the rotary table together to place the container or to take out the heated container at the same time By applying, the cooking function of the microwave is enhanced, it is easy to check the cooking progress, and there is an effect of providing convenience and safety to the user by preventing a safety accident during use.

Description

Multifunctional Microwave Tray Unit

The present invention relates to a multi-function microwave oven, and more specifically to the multi-function oven, the grill function, or the steam function is added by a heater or steam device installed therein It is related with the tray apparatus of a microwave oven.

A microwave oven is a cooking apparatus in which food is cooked by frictional heat caused by water molecule movement inside the microwave by irradiating the microwave with microwaves generated from the magnetron. Such microwave ovens are classified into single-function types and multi-function types according to differences in functions, output switching, and operation methods. In general, single-function types are used to produce food by microwaves generated from magnetrons as described above. There is only a cooking range (range) function, the multi-function type refers to the addition of a heater (Heater) or steam (Steam) generator to add an oven function, grill function and steam function.

As shown in FIG. 1, the general structure of the short-function type microwave oven includes a heating chamber 2 for cooking food in the cabinet 1, and a container in which food is contained at the bottom of the heating chamber 2. 3) The rotary tray (4) is provided is supported by a guide roller (Guide roller) (5), the tray motor 6 is installed in the lower portion of the heating chamber (2) between the cabinet 1 and the tray motor The rotating shaft 7 and the rotating tray 4 of the 6 are comprised by the coupler 8, the form couple | bonded.

In addition, between the cabinet 1 and the side wall of the heating chamber 2, a magnetron 9 for oscillating high frequency, and a transformer for generating a heater voltage and a direct current high voltage necessary for the operation of the magnetron 9 (Transformer: 10) ) And a wave guide (11) for dispersing the high frequency oscillated from the magnetron (9) into the heating chamber (2), and a cooling fan assembly (Cooling) for cooling them or blowing air into the heating chamber (2). fan ass'y: 12) is installed.

By operating a function button on the key input portion formed on the front of the microwave, they are oscillated from the magnetron 9 to be distributed to the heating chamber 2, and at the same time, the rotary tray 4 by the tray motor 6 ) Is uniformly heated by the turn table (Turn table) method is rotated along the guide roller (5).

The multifunctional type microwave oven adopts a method in which the heaters 13 and 14 are attached thereto to energize the heaters 13 and 14 to heat the food. In Fig. 2, the structure of the multi-function type microwave oven is shown. In the heating chamber 2 ', heaters 13 and 14 of about 500W to 1,200W are mounted up and down, and oven tables are provided on both walls of the heating chamber 2'. A pedestal 15 is provided to allow both sides of the oven table to be placed thereon. In addition, most multifunctional microwave ovens have a special coating (Coating) on the wall inside the heating chamber (2 ') to self-decompose and remove the oil dirt generated in the cooking process to some extent. In addition, although not shown, a steam generator is attached between the cabinet 1 'and the wall of the heating chamber 2' to send steam generated therein into the heating chamber 2 'so that food is properly humidified and cooked. There are also things to do.

The oven table 16 is generally provided with a rectangular shape, and both sides are placed on the pedestal 15 inside the heating chamber 2 ′ when the oven or the grill function is shown in FIG. 3. Therefore, in the case of using the oven function, as shown above, after fixing the oven table 16 inside the heating chamber 2 ', the container 3' containing the food is placed thereon, and a full table for cooking food (Pull) table).

By the way, in the conventional microwave oven operating in the above-described configuration and function, when cooking the food using the microwave function or the oven function, the containers (3, 3 ') together with the food is easy to heat, so that the movement after cooking is easy. There is a discomfort in use, especially when the oven function has a problem that the food is not evenly cooked by the tray 16 is cooked in a fixed state.

The present invention has been devised to solve the above-described problems, the advantage of the turntable method of heating the food evenly by rotating the tray and the detachable tray is easy to move after cooking of the full table method It is an object of the present invention to provide a tray apparatus of a multi-functional microwave oven which improves cooking performance and ease of use.

The present invention for achieving the above object, in the configuration of the tray device of the multi-function microwave oven, the heating chamber formed on the inside of the cabinet and the rear center having a guide to form a pair of up and down parallel to the bottom surface on each side wall surface, respectively It has a slide slot of one opening shape, and both sides are fitted to the guide, and a cashier table positioned in the heating chamber and a guide slot extending from the outer circumferential surface to the center are formed on one side, and the lower side is provided with a combination of rotation and support functions. A circular rotary tray placed at the upper side of the cashier table so that the slide slot and the guide slot coincide with each other; a tray motor installed between the cabinet and the bottom of the heating chamber to drive the rotary tray; Power transmission means for transmitting to the rotary tray to stop at the initial position at the end of cooking Connected to the vector comprises a motor control means for controlling them.

Therefore, according to the present invention, a cashier table for easy storage is placed at the lower side of the heating chamber, and a rotary tray rotated by a tray motor is positioned above the upper side of the heating chamber. By operating in the boomerang method to stop at the position, the advantage of the turntable method of heating the food evenly by the rotation of the tray during cooking, and the heated container placed on the rotating tray by pulling the cashier table after the end of cooking Since it combines the advantages of the full table method to take out conveniently, it provides the effect of convenience and safety of the user side with the improvement of product reliability through the improvement of cooking performance.

1 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the structure of a typical microwave oven,

2 is a perspective view schematically showing the structure of a multifunctional microwave oven,

3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an oven cooking process using an oven function in a conventional multifunctional microwave oven;

4 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a tray apparatus according to the present invention;

5 is a plan view showing each tray provided in the tray apparatus according to the present invention,

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of the tray guide provided on the wall inside the heating chamber in the tray device according to the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

20: Cabinet 21: Heating Room

22: (Table) Guide 23: Tray motor

24: Shaft 25: Coupler

30: cashier table 40: rotary tray

50: container (food) 60: control means

Such a characteristic configuration and the resulting effects of the present invention will become more apparent from the detailed description of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings to be described later.

4 shows a multifunctional microwave oven to which a tray device according to the present invention is applied, and FIG. 5 shows a cashier and a rotary tray installed in a heating chamber. In FIG. 6, a combination and an operation of a guide and a cashier table configured in the heating chamber are shown. The partial structure related to is shown in more detail. Here, the same parts as in the conventional configuration are omitted by referring to the description of the prior art.

As shown in the drawing, both side wall surfaces of the heating chamber 21 configured inside the cabinet 20 are provided with guides 22 which form a vertical circle in parallel with the bottom surface, and the heating chamber 21 is provided in the guide 22. By inserting both sides of the cashier table 30 is installed in the inside to support it simultaneously in the vertical direction, and also serves as a sliding rail function of the cashier table 30.

Here, in the structure of the cashier table 30, the main body is formed of a substantially rectangular flat plate, and both sides thereof are fitted to the guide 22 on the wall of the heating chamber 21, and a sliding slot having a single opening shape is located at the rear center. A 31 is provided so that the coupler 25 protruding from the bottom surface when inserted into the heating chamber 21 is located in the center, and slides in and out of the heating chamber 21. In addition, the opposite side of the slide slot 31, that is, the front side is configured to the handle 32 by placing a step on the lower end so that the user can easily grab it, and withdraw the cashier table 30, the cashier table 30 is a heating chamber ( In order to prevent it from being momentarily separated from the guide 22 of the 21, it is formed between the locking projection 33 formed in the side rear side of the cashier table 30, and the upper and lower guides 22 of the heating chamber 21. The separation prevention means comprised of the stopper 22a is provided.

In addition, a circular rotary tray 40 is positioned on an upper surface of the cashier table 30, and on one side thereof, a guide slot 41 extending from the outer circumferential surface to the center is formed to slide the slot 31 on the upper side of the cashier table 30. And the guide slot 41 are placed to coincide with each other, and the roller device 42 which serves as the rotation and support function of the rotary tray 40 is provided on the lower surface of the five places, so that any one of them is provided in the cashier table 30. Even if it is located on the slide slot 31, the rotating tray 40 is not inclined. At the same time, the guide rail 34 is formed on the upper surface of the cashier table 30 along the path of the roller device 42 of the rotary tray 40 so as to assist the seating and smooth rotation of the rotary table 40. Doing.

The tray motor 23 driving the rotary tray 40 is mounted between the cabinet 20 and the bottom surface of the heating chamber 21, and the coupler 25 coupled to the rotary shaft 24 of the tray motor 23. By this, the rotational force is transmitted to the rotary tray 40. In detail, the lower end of the coupler 40 is coupled to the rotary shaft 24 of the tray motor 23, and the tip of the coupler 40 penetrates the cashier table 30 in a state in which the upper end of the coupler 40 protrudes upward. It is inserted into the guide slot 41 of the rotary tray 40 and positioned at the center thereof, and the outer peripheral surface thereof is formed into a quadrangular shape in order to efficiently transmit the driving force of the tray motor 23.

According to the present invention constituted as described above, it is possible to position the cashier table 30 for easy storage under the heating chamber 21 and the rotary tray 40 which is rotated by the tray motor 23 on the upper side thereof to cook. Before and after the cashier table 30 by pulling the rotary tray 40 together to put the cooking appliance 50 on or out of it. Therefore, the stop position of the rotary tray 40 at the end of cooking is stopped at the first position before the start of cooking, so that the guide slot 41 of the rotary tray 40 is removed when the rotary tray 40 is removed from the heating chamber 21. The fitted coupler 25 can be easily separated. This is possible by controlling the tray motor 23 in the boomerang method already disclosed in Korean Patent 95-5282, in the present invention to include it in the control means 60 connected to the tray motor 23.

Therefore, in the tray device according to the present invention, the user pulls the handle 32 of the cashier table 30 by hand, pulls out the rotary tray 40 from the heating chamber 21 together, and then puts a container 50 on it. If you put it up and push it again and operate the microwave oven, the rotary tray 40 is rotated by the tray motor 23 to heat the food in the container 50, and after the end of cooking, the rotary tray ( By removing the container 40 and lifting the container 50, the food can be properly cooked, and it provides convenience in use.

Although the present invention has been described in connection with a preferred embodiment, those skilled in the art will understand that various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention and the appended claims.

As described above, according to the tray apparatus of the multifunctional microwave oven according to the present invention, there is an advantage of the turntable method of uniformly heating food by rotating the tray, and a container containing food by moving the turntable together by pulling the cashier table. At the same time, by applying the advantages of the full table method that can be placed or take out the heated container easily, the cooking function of the microwave is enhanced, and the cooking progress can be easily confirmed, and the heated container is incorrectly touched after the cooking is finished. It prevents safety accidents from happening and provides convenience and safety to users.

Claims (5)

In the multifunctional microwave oven, Heating chambers 21 formed on the inside of the cabinet 20, each having a guide 22 forming a pair of upper and lower parallel to the bottom surface on both side walls, A cashier table (30) having a sliding slot (31) of one opening shape in the center of the rear side, and both sides of which are inserted into the guide (22) of the heating chamber (21); A guide slot 41 extending from the outer circumferential surface to the center is formed on one side, and a lower side is provided with a means that combines rotation and support functions, and the slide slot 31 and the guide slot 41 above the cashier table 30. A circular rotary tray 40 which is placed to coincide with, A tray motor 23 installed between the cabinet 20 and the bottom surface of the heating chamber 21 to drive the rotary tray 40; Power transmission means for transmitting the rotational force of the tray motor 23 to the rotary tray 40; It is connected to the tray motor 23, the tray device of the multi-functional microwave oven, characterized in that the control means for controlling the tray motor (23) so that the rotary tray 40 stops at the initial position at the end of cooking. 2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the means that combine the rotation and support functions of the rotary tray (40) comprise a plurality of roller devices (42) mounted on the lower surface of the rotary tray (40), one of which slides. The tray apparatus of the multifunctional microwave oven characterized by being provided in five or more places so that the rotation tray 40 may not incline even if it is located on the slot 31. According to claim 1, wherein the power transmission means, the lower end is coupled to the rotary shaft 24 of the tray motor 23 and the front end is fitted to the center of the guide slot 41 of the rotary tray 40, the tray motor 23 The tray device of the multi-functional microwave oven, characterized in that the coupler 25 is made of a quadrilateral shape of the outer peripheral surface in order to efficiently transmit the driving force. The locking projection 33 is formed on the side rear side of the cashier table 30 in order to prevent the cashier table 30 from being separated from the guide 22 of the heating chamber 21 instantaneously. And a separation prevention means composed of stoppers (22a) formed between the upper and lower guides (22) of the heating chamber (21). The roller device 42 of the rotary tray 40 is provided on the upper surface of the cashier table 30 for mounting and smooth rotation of the rotary tray 40 placed on the upper surface of the cashier table 30. The tray device of the multifunctional microwave oven, characterized in that the guide rails 34 are formed along a moving path.