KR200266946Y1 - Microwave oven having toaster - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a microwave oven provided with a toaster portion that can bake sliced bread. In the present invention, the microwave oven 1 includes a cooking chamber 3 for heating food, an electrical equipment chamber 5 in which electrical components for generating microwaves supplied to the cooking chamber 3 are installed therein, and the electrical equipment. It is configured to include a toaster portion 10 which is provided in the interior of the chamber 5 and bread bread outlet is provided on the upper surface of the outer casing (6). In addition, the toaster unit 10 has a toaster casing 11 having a heater 13 therein, and a bread stand 21 is provided at an inner lower end of the toast casing 11, and at one side of the bread stand. The handle lever 23 is connected. In addition, the handle lever 23 is installed to penetrate the control panel part 9 in the front part of the electric compartment 5. According to the configuration as described above, it is possible to utilize the existing space without forming a separate space for installation of the toaster, and also has the advantage that the bread can be easily discharged to the top.

Description

Microwave Oven with Toaster {Microwave oven having toaster}

The present invention relates to a microwave oven, and more particularly, to a microwave oven equipped with a toaster function by providing a toaster part configured to be able to bake bread by a heater in the electrical equipment room of the microwave oven.

A general microwave oven is an apparatus for heating and cooking a heating object using a microwave. Such a microwave oven is inadequate to perform a function as a toaster for baking bread, due to the heating characteristics of the microwave. That is, the heating characteristic by the microwave which penetrates the inside of the food to heat the food has an disadvantage that is inadequate for the heating of the toaster, the surface of which must be heated brown. Therefore, in the microwave oven which is an apparatus for heating food, it is natural that it is more preferable to have a toaster function which can bake bread.

In order to meet such a demand, a microwave oven having a toaster function has been disclosed by Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1991-271630. According to this conventional technique, a toaster that can be baked by putting bread on one side of the outer casing of the microwave oven is provided.

However, in order to configure the bread to be put on one side of the microwave oven in this way, since the space for baking can be added separately to the existing microwave oven structure, the size of the microwave oven as a whole becomes large and therefore, the One conventional technology has a disadvantage in that it is merely a combination of a conventional microwave oven and a toaster.

An object of the present invention is to provide a microwave oven having a function as a toaster to bake bread without increasing the size of the appearance by utilizing the free space of the electrical room in the microwave oven.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a structure that can easily discharge bread in a microwave oven having the toaster.

1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a preferred embodiment of a microwave oven having a toaster according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the toaster portion constituting the embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view when cooking a toaster portion constituting an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view when discharging the toaster portion constituting the embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

1 ..... microwave 3 ..... galley

5 ..... Battlefield 7 ..... Control Panel

9 ..... Bread entrance 10 ..... Toaster

11 ..... toaster casing 13 ..... heater

21 ..... Base 23 ..... Handle Lever

31 ..... Opening 33 ..... Spring

According to a feature of the present invention for achieving the object as described above, the present invention is a cooking chamber for heating food, and an electrical equipment room is installed inside the electrical component for generating a microwave supplied to the cooking chamber, the electrical equipment room It is installed in the interior of the entrance is configured to include a toaster provided on the upper surface of the outer casing.

The toaster part includes a toast casing constituting an external appearance of the toaster part, a heater installed inside the toast casing to heat bread, a bread stand installed between the heaters, and a bread stand placed on the heater, and provided on one side of the bread stand. It is configured to include a handle lever.

In addition, the connection portion of the pedestal and the handle lever further includes a rod which is attached to the handle lever in a vertical direction to serve as a center of rotation, both ends of the rod is configured to span the side wall of the toaster casing.

A control panel portion is installed in the front part of the electric compartment, and the control panel portion is formed with an opening through which the handle lever can pass.

The inside of the opening is configured to include an elastic member having a function of restoring the pedestal horizontally after the bread is pulled out.

According to the present invention, by adding a toaster function in a microwave oven, the usability is improved, and the electrical space of the microwave oven can be efficiently used, and the bread is easily discharged from the toaster part.

Hereinafter, a microwave oven equipped with a toaster unit according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to a preferred embodiment shown in the drawings.

Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view showing the configuration of a preferred embodiment of a microwave oven having a toaster according to the present invention. In general, the interior of the microwave oven 1 can be largely divided into a cooking room and an electrical equipment room. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the interior of the microwave oven 1 has a cooking chamber 3 on the left side and an electrical equipment room on the right side. (5) is located, the outer is provided with an outer casing (6) constituting the appearance. In addition, a control panel unit 7 is provided at the front of the electric compartment 5, and at the rear thereof, a toaster unit 10 having a slice bread A entrance and exit 9 on the upper surface of the outer casing 6 is provided. Is installed. That is, the present invention maintains the control panel 7 located at the front of the electric compartment 5 as it is, while providing the user's operation convenience as before, the electric compartment 5 behind the control panel 7 The toaster part 10 is provided by utilizing the space.

2 is an exploded perspective view of the toaster portion 10 constituting the present invention embodiment. Looking at this in detail, the toaster portion 10 according to the present invention includes a toaster casing 11 having an inlet on the upper surface. A heater 13 for applying heat to the bread is installed inside the toaster casing 11, and the heater 13 having such a configuration is provided at both sidewalls and a central portion of the toaster casing 11 so as to provide two breads. It is configured to heat both sides simultaneously. And a hole 15 through which the rod 25 to be described below is formed on the side of the lower front portion of the casing 11.

And, the lower end of the casing 11 is provided with a bread stand 21. The pedestal 21 is formed in a 'c' shape so as to move up and down between the toaster heaters 13 as shown, and is fixed by the handle lever 23 and the welding method. In addition, a cylindrical rod 25 that is thin in the vertical direction with the handle lever 23 is attached to the connection portion between the pedestal 21 and the handle lever 23, and the rod 25 is the casing 11. It is installed to be hooked to the hole 15 provided on both side walls of the to serve as a rotation center axis to move the pedestal 21 in the opposite direction to the lever 23 when moving the handle lever 23 up and down.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, an opening 31 through which the handle 23 is formed is formed in the control panel 7 installed at the front of the electric compartment 5, and the opening 31 is formed. The inside of the compression spring 33 having a function of returning the pedestal 21 horizontally after discharging bread is installed between the handle 23 and the lower end of the opening 31. Here, when the weight of the stand 21 is heavier than the weight of the handle 23, based on the rod 25 serving as the center of rotation, since the bread itself is automatically returned horizontally by the load of the stand, The compression spring 33 may not be installed. In addition, the same function as described above is possible even when the tension spring is installed between the handle 23 and the upper end of the opening 31 in place of the compression spring 33.

Next, the operation of the toaster part according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

3 is a cross-sectional view showing the state of the toaster portion when cooking the embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the bread discharge state of the toaster portion constituting the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the bread loaf 21 and the handle lever 23 are horizontally placed at the lower end of the toaster first, and the slice bread A is put in the toaster 10 of the present invention. After raising on the base 21, when the toaster switch (not shown) is turned ON, the heater 13 inside the toaster part starts to heat.

Then, when the time set to heat the toaster elapses, the power of the heater 13 is turned off by a time setting timer (not shown), and the toaster heating process is completed. When the operation of the toaster is completed and the user lowers the handle 27, the base 21 is pushed up by the principle of the lever and pushes the bread A as shown in FIG. 4. In addition, in the above process, if you want to know whether the process according to the heating of the bread within the set time, that is, whether the surface of the bread has reached the desired degree of the user at any time, the handle lever 23 is lowered You can easily check the condition of the bread by discharging it.

In addition, the state check of the bread as described above is also possible during the cooking of the bread at any time, so the time setting timer (TIMER) is not attached, it will also be available in the toaster. That is, the state of the bread can be checked during cooking of the bread, so that when the bread is cooked to a degree desired by the user, the user ends the cooking by turning off a switch (not shown).

According to the present invention as described above, the electrical compartment is installed inside the cooking chamber for heating food, the microwave to be supplied to the cooking chamber, and the upper side is opened on one side of the electrical chamber It can be seen that the basic technical concept of the microwave oven including the toaster part installed as a. And within the scope of the basic technical idea according to the present invention, other variations will be possible to those skilled in the art.

According to the present invention as described above, it can be seen that there is a convenience in using the bread can be baked in a microwave oven. Therefore, in addition to the heating by microwave, the bread can be baked most preferably by the heater, it can be expected that the advantage that can actually widen the use of the microwave oven.

And according to the present invention, by installing the toaster portion for baking bread in the upper part of the front of the electric compartment of the microwave oven, the advantage that the existing space can be utilized rather than forming a separate space for the installation of the toaster portion do.

In addition, the bread entrance and exit is provided on the outer casing upper surface of the microwave oven, and by moving the handle lever up and down, the bread can be easily discharged to the upper casing, so the user can check the cooking state of the bread from time to time to appropriate toaster The advantage is easy operation.

Claims (5)

A cooking chamber for heating food, An electrical equipment chamber in which electrical components for generating microwaves supplied to the cooking chamber are installed therein; The microwave oven having a toaster installed in the electrical equipment room and including a toaster provided on the upper surface of the outer casing. According to claim 1, The toaster portion, Toast casing constituting the appearance of the toaster portion, a heater installed in the toast casing to heat the bread, a bread stand installed between the heater and the bread stand, and the Microwave oven with a toaster, characterized in that it comprises a handle lever provided on one side of the bread stand. According to claim 1 or claim 2, The bread cradle and the connection portion of the handle lever further comprises a rod which is attached to the handle lever in the vertical direction and serves as a central axis of rotation, both ends of the rod of the toaster casing And a toaster, configured to span the sidewalls. The microwave oven according to claim 1, wherein a control panel part is installed at a front part of the electric compartment, and an opening through which the handle lever penetrates is formed in the control panel part. The microwave oven according to claim 4, wherein an inside of the opening includes an elastic member having a function of restoring the pedestal horizontally after the bread is taken out.