KR200327745Y1 - Over the range having a ventilation inducing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a hood-use microwave oven equipped with an exhaust induction apparatus capable of guiding and effectively releasing smoke, odors, etc. generated in a gas range located under the hood-use microwave oven. The combined microwave oven is provided with a cavity assembly in which a first fixing hole is formed at one side of the upper edge. The air guider has a second fixing hole formed at one side of the lower edge and is installed in the machine room of the cavity assembly. Base plates are formed in each of the access holes at both ends and is installed on the bottom surface of the cavity assembly. The pair of guide plates are fitted into the entrance and exit holes of the base plate so that they can be lifted and lowered, the handle is extended from the lower end, and a plurality of fitting holes are formed from the upper end to the lower end. Fixing pins are fitted into each fitting hole of the guide plate to fix the guide plate from moving from the base plate. The connecting strap is connected between the fixing pin and the handle. The return spring secures one guide plate to the first fixing hole of the cavity assembly and the other guide plate to the second fixing hole of the air guider to pull each guide plate into the inside of the microwave oven.

Description

Hooded microwave oven with exhaust guidance system {OVER THE RANGE HAVING A VENTILATION INDUCING APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to a microwave oven with hood, more specifically, a hood microwave oven equipped with an exhaust induction device that can effectively discharge by guiding the smoke, smell, etc. generated in the gas range located under the hood microwave oven It is about.

In general, a hood-only microwave oven is installed directly above the gas range, and has an exhaust function to discharge smoke and odor generated from the gas range to the outside in addition to its own microwave function.

Various technologies are being developed by efforts to improve the exhaust function of the microwave oven. Representative dual-use microwave oven will be described schematically with reference to the accompanying FIG.

1 shows a state in which the base plate 42 is separated from the hood-use microwave oven 10 (hereinafter referred to as "microwave oven") according to the prior art.

Referring to FIG. 1, the microwave oven 10 includes a cavity assembly 12 partitioned into a cooking chamber 14 and a machine chamber 16. The machine room 16 is provided with a magnetron 20, a condenser 22, a high voltage transformer 24, and a fan motor assembly 26. The microwave oven 10 includes an air duct 28 installed in the upper space of the cavity assembly 12, a vent motor 30 installed behind the air duct 28, and an air guider 32 installed in the machine room 16. ) Is further included. In this state, the cavity assembly 12 is covered with a protective cover 40 so as to cover the top and side surfaces except the bottom. The base plate 42 is installed on the bottom of the cavity assembly 12. The base plate 42 is provided with a plurality of filters 44.

In the conventional microwave oven 10 having such a configuration, when a food cooking operation is performed in a gas range (not shown) positioned below the microwave oven 10, the smell and smoke of the food are generated. do. They operate the exhaust function of the microwave oven 10 to be discharged to the outside, the discharge process is as follows.

First, the operator operates the control panel (not shown) of the microwave oven to turn on the exhaust function. Then, the vent motor 30 located above the microwave oven 10 starts to rotate to generate a suction force. Owing to this suction force, the smell of food and the smoke is discharged to the outside through the exhaust path formed in the microwave oven 10. To describe this in detail, the smell of food, smoke, and the like pass through the filter 44 installed in the base plate 42 of the microwave oven 10 by the suction force of the exhaust motor 30 and enter the inside of the microwave oven 10. do. This exhaust air is transferred to the machine room 16 and then moved to the top of the microwave oven 10 through the internal path of the air guider 32. Subsequently, the exhaust air flows into the air duct 28 and then passes through the inside of the vent motor 30 to be discharged into the exhaust hole 41 formed on the upper surface of the protective cover 40.

However, the following problem has been raised in performing the exhaust function of the conventional microwave oven 10 described above. There was no configuration for guiding the smell and smoke of food coming from the gas range (not shown) located directly below the microwave oven 10. Accordingly, only a part of the smell and smoke generated during the cooking process of the food is discharged to the outside through the exhaust path of the inside of the microwave oven 10, and the other part is transmitted to the kitchen or other room to dirty the room. Problems such as polluting the air occurred.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the above problems, the object of the present invention is to guide the exhaust induction of the hood combined microwave oven equipped with an exhaust induction apparatus that can effectively guide and discharge the odor and smoke generated when cooking food. To provide a device.

1 is a perspective view showing a state in which the base plate is separated from the hood microwave oven equipped with an exhaust induction apparatus according to the prior art;

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing an installation example of the exhaust induction apparatus of the microwave oven with a hood according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the exhaust induction apparatus is separated from the microwave oven of Figure 2; And

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of Figure 3 showing the operating state of the exhaust induction apparatus.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

110: microwave

112: cavity assembly 112a: first fixing hole

114: cooking chamber 116: machine room

132: air guider 132a: second fixing hole

142: base plate 142a: entrance gate

142b: hanger 160: exhaust guide device

170: guide plate 172: handle

174: fitting hole 180: fixing pin

190: connection string 200: return spring

In order to achieve the above objects, the present invention is a cavity assembly in which a first fixing hole is formed on one side of the upper edge;

An air guider having a second fixing hole formed at one side of a lower edge and installed in a machine room of the cavity assembly;

A base plate having opening and exit holes formed at both ends thereof and installed at a bottom of the cavity assembly;

A pair of guide plates which are fitted to each entrance hole of the base plate so as to be lifted and lowered, the handle is extended from the lower end, and a plurality of fitting holes are formed from the upper end to the lower end;

A fixing pin inserted in each fitting hole of the guide plate to fix the guide plate without moving from the base plate;

A connection string connected between the fixing pin and the handle; And

A return for fixing one guide plate to the first fixing hole of the cavity assembly and fixing the other guide plate to the second fixing hole of the air guider to pull each guide plate into the microwave oven Characterized in that the spring is included.

The bottom surface of the base plate is characterized in that the hook piece is integrally extended.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings it will be described in detail with a hood for microwave oven equipped with an exhaust induction apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view showing a state in which a microwave oven 110 equipped with an exhaust induction apparatus 160 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is installed in a kitchen. 3 is a view showing a state in which the exhaust induction apparatus 160 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is separated from the microwave oven 110. 4 is a view showing an operating state of the exhaust induction apparatus 160 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a shelf 150 and a gas range 152 are installed in a kitchen. Microwave oven 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed on the shelf 150 to be located in the upper vicinity of the gas range 152. The microwave oven 110 is provided with a cavity assembly 112. The cavity assembly 112 is divided into a cooking chamber 114 and a machine chamber 116. The machine room 116 is provided with a magnetron 120, a condenser 122, a high voltage transformer 124, and a fan motor assembly 126. The microwave oven 110 may include an air duct 128 installed in an upper space of the cavity assembly 112, a vent motor 130 installed behind the air duct 128, and an air guider 132 installed in the machine room 116. ) Is further included.

Cavity assembly 112 is covered with a protective cover 140 to cover the remaining three surfaces except the bottom. The base plate 142 is installed at the bottom of the cavity assembly 112. The base plate 142 is provided with a plurality of filters 114.

Here, the exhaust induction apparatus 160 is installed to be lowered below the microwave oven 110. The first fixing hole 112a penetrates through one side of the upper edge of the cavity assembly 112 to install the exhaust induction apparatus 160. In addition, the second fixing hole 132a penetrates through the lower side of the air guider 132. In addition, the first entrance hole 142a and the second entrance hole 142a are respectively penetrated in both widthwise ends of the base plate 142.

The exhaust guide device 160 has a handle 172 bent outwardly from the lower end and a plurality of fitting holes 174 penetrate from the upper end to the lower end, and the first entrance hole 142a and the second entrance and exit of the base plate 142. A pair of guide plates 170 that are slidably fitted to the long holes 142a, fixing pins 180 for selectively fitting to each fitting hole 174 of the guide plate 170, and one end of a fixing pin ( 180 is connected to the other end and the other end is connected to the handle 172 of the guide plate 170, 190, and one end is connected to the top of one guide plate 170 and the first fixing of the cavity assembly 112 The other end is connected to the ball (112a), one end is connected to the upper end of the other guide plate 170 and the other end of the pair of return spring 200 is connected to the second fixing hole (132a) of the air guider (132) Is done. Here, the guide plate 170 is located between the cavity assembly 112 and the protective cover 140, respectively. The handle 172 of the guide plate 170 is exposed to the bottom of the base plate 142. In addition, the bottom surface of the base plate 142 may be integrally bent downward hook piece (142b) of the fixing pin 180.

Hereinafter, the operation and effect of the hood-only microwave oven equipped with the exhaust induction apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described as follows with reference to the accompanying drawings.

That is, when cooking food using the gas range 152 of the kitchen, the worker grips the handle 172 exposed to the lower portion of the base plate 142 of the microwave oven 110 to the direction of the gas range 152. Lower as needed. Subsequently, the fixing pin 180 inserted into the hook piece 142b of the base plate 142 is removed. The fixing pin 180 is fitted to the uppermost fitting hole 174 of the fitting holes 174 of the guide plate 170 protruding downward of the base plate 142. Then, the guide plate 170 is prevented by the fixing pin 180 under the base plate 142 to raise the upward direction by the return force of the return spring 200 guide plate 170 Is fixed in place without moving. The guide plate 170 on the opposite side also protrudes in the direction of the gas range 152 by the above-described process. Accordingly, each guide plate 170 can effectively guide the smell and smoke of the food coming up from the direction of the gas range 152.

The process of discharging the smell and smoke of food in detail as follows. First, the operator operates the control panel (not shown) of the microwave oven 110 to turn on the exhaust function. Then, the vent motor 130 located above the microwave oven 110 starts to rotate to generate a suction force. By the suction force, the smell and the smoke of the food guided by each of the guide plates 170 are discharged to the outside through the exhaust path formed in the microwave oven 110 from the direction of the gas range 110. That is, the smell and smoke of the food is introduced into the microwave oven 110 through the filter 114 installed on the base plate 142 of the microwave oven 110 by the suction force of the van motor 130. The exhaust air is transferred to the machine room 116 and then moved to the top of the microwave oven 110 through the internal path of the air guider 132. Subsequently, the exhaust air flows into the air duct 128 and then passes through the vent motor 130 to be discharged to the exhaust hole 140a formed on the upper surface of the protective cover 140. Thereafter, even if the cooking process of the food is completed, the exhaust operation as described above is continued for several minutes.

Next, when the cooking process of the food is completed and the exhaust operation of the microwave oven 110 is stopped, the worker pulls out the fixing pin 180 which is fitted into the fitting hole 174 of the guide plate 170. Instantly, the guide plate 170 enters the inside of the microwave oven 110 through the entrance hole 142a of the base plate 142 by the return force of the return spring 200. At this time, the fixing pin 180 taken out may be inserted into the hook piece 142b formed on the bottom surface of the base plate 142.

As described above, according to the hood-use microwave oven equipped with the exhaust induction apparatus according to the present invention, the cooking process of the food in the state of lowering the guide plate of the exhaust induction apparatus installed in the lower portion of the microwave oven in the direction of the gas range By guiding the smells and smoke generated during cooking of food and effectively discharging them through the exhaust path of the microwave oven, the odor and smoke of food are prevented from moving to the kitchen or other places as much as possible. It is effective to prevent air pollution as much as possible.

In the above, the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the embodiments described above, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and those skilled in the art may be modified or improved within the scope of ordinary knowledge.

Claims (2)

A cavity assembly 112 having a first fixing hole 112 a formed at one side of an upper edge thereof; A second fixing hole (132a) is formed at one side of the lower edge and is installed in the machine room (116) of the cavity assembly (112); Base holes 142a are formed at both ends, respectively, and the base plate 142 is installed on the bottom surface of the cavity assembly 112; A pair of seating holes 142a of the base plate 142 that can be lifted and lowered, a pair of handles 172 extending from the lower end, and a plurality of fitting holes 174 are formed from the upper end to the lower end. Induction plate 170; Fixing pins 180 inserted into respective fitting holes 174 of the guide plate 170 to fix the guide plate 170 without moving from the base plate 142; A connection string 190 connected between the fixing pin 180 and the handle 172; And The one guide plate 170 is fixed to the first fixing hole 112a of the cavity assembly 112, and the other guide plate 170 is fixed to the second fixing hole 132a of the air guider 132. Return spring 200 for pulling each guide plate 170 to the inside of the microwave oven 110 by fixing Combined hood microwave oven equipped with an exhaust induction apparatus, characterized in that included. The microwave oven according to claim 1, wherein a hook piece (142b) is bent and extended in one piece on the bottom surface of the base plate (142).