KR20090071251A - Multi-function microwave oven - Google Patents

Abstract

A multi-functional microwave oven is provided to cook a dried cuttlefish or a jerk filefish easily because the dried cuttlefish or jerk filefish is cooked in the internal space which is divided with the partition member. A multi-functional microwave oven comprises a main body wherein a cavity is formed; a rotary shaft which is prepared in the cavity; a grill(140) which is coupled with the rotary shaft; and a partition member(150) which is placed on the grill and partitions the grill. The partition member is attached to and detached from the grill. The grill comprises a housing(142) which houses the food in the inside thereof and a lid unit(144) which opens and closes the housing.

Description

Multifunctional microwave oven {MULTI-FUNCTION MICROWAVE OVEN}

The present invention relates to a microwave oven, and more particularly, to a multifunctional microwave oven having a grill function.

Various kinds of apparatuses have been proposed to date as heating apparatuses for heating foods. The most basic heating device is a container that is in direct contact with the heat source, the contents to be cooked in such a container can be cooked by applying heat to heat.

In addition, many types of cooking apparatuses that use electric energy directly or indirectly have been developed. As an example, a microwave oven using microwaves as a heating source may be mentioned. A microwave oven is a cooking apparatus that generates microwaves using electricity to infiltrate a cooking object and heats the cooking object by causing molecular motion therein.

A common microwave oven is a kitchen appliance that heats the inside and outside of the microwave by irradiating the high frequency of the magnetron to the food at the same time, significantly reducing the cooking time of the food due to high thermal efficiency, and losing the nutritional value during cooking, thawing and warming of the food. It is also widely used because of the advantages such as cooking directly while the food is stored in the container.

In addition, recently, there is a single-function microwave oven that cooks food using a microwave of 2450 MHz, which is only fired from a magnetron. In addition to microwaves, a grill heater is provided above or below the cooking chamber to serve as a grill. There is a multifunctional microwave oven, such as a microwave oven having a grill, or a microwave oven having a convection heater and a convection fan at the rear of the cooking chamber in addition to the microwave and having an oven function to convection hot air.

1 is a view schematically showing a multifunctional microwave oven equipped with a conventional grill heater.

As shown, the cooking chamber 11 for cooking food is formed in the case 10 having a front surface opened.

The open portion of the cooking chamber 11 is opened and closed by the door 15.

On the other hand, a separate grill 13 is provided for cooking food with the grill heater 12, the grill 13 is stored separately in the usual, and inserted into the cooking chamber 11 as needed.

According to the conventional multifunctional microwave oven, when only one grill heater is provided in the upper or lower portion of the cooking chamber, when cooking the food using the grill heater and the grill (hereinafter referred to as 'cooking cooking'), Since only one side of the bottom is heated, in order to cook the food evenly, there is an inconvenience in that the food placed on the grill needs to be turned upside down at any time.

In addition, when cooking a thin food, such as dried squid or jujipo, there is a problem that the shape is changed, such as dried up while cooking, there is a problem that the grill cooking is not made smoothly. Therefore, there is a need for improvement.

The present invention has been made to improve the problems of the prior art as described above, there is no inconvenience to turn the food upside down when cooking the grill often, so that you can efficiently grill cooking thin foods such as dried squid or ratfish. The purpose is to provide a multifunctional microwave oven with an improved structure.

Multifunctional microwave oven according to the present invention includes a main body is formed cooking chamber; A rotating shaft rotatably provided in the cooking chamber; A grill coupled to the rotating shaft; And a partition member disposed on the grill to divide the grill.

Here, the partition member is preferably detachably coupled to the grill.

In addition, the grill, the receiving portion for receiving food therein; And it is preferable to have a cover part for opening and closing the receiving part.

In addition, it is preferable that the grill is provided with a plurality of fitting parts to which the partition member is coupled.

In addition, the rotating shaft, the first rotating shaft coupled to one side of the grill; A second rotating shaft coupled to the other side of the grill; And a third rotating shaft disposed between the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft and detachably coupled to the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft.

In addition, the grill is preferably further provided with a coupling portion for fixing the grill to the rotating shaft.

In addition, the rotation shaft, it is preferable that the coupling groove for fitting the coupling portion is formed.

In addition, it is preferable to further include a fastening member for fixing the coupling portion to the rotating shaft.

In addition, it is preferable to further include a bolt member for fixing the fastening member to the rotating shaft.

It is preferable that the said main body further includes the support part for supporting the said rotating shaft.

According to the multi-functional microwave oven according to the present invention, unlike the conventional invention, by providing a rotatable grill inside the cooking chamber, not only can be cooked evenly without flipping the food, but also the space inside the grill by using a partition member By taking a structure that can be divided into spaces, it is possible not only to cook various kinds of foods at the same time, but also to minimize variations such as drying up of foods even when grilling thin foods such as dried squids and rodents. Since it can be suppressed, there is an effect that can effectively cook a variety of food.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the multifunction microwave oven according to the present invention. In this process, the thickness of the lines or the size of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of description. In addition, terms to be described below are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to the intention or convention of a user or an operator. Therefore, the definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of a multi-function microwave oven according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a perspective view showing an example of the use of the rotating shaft shown in Figure 2, Figure 4 is a grill and partition member shown in Figure 2 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an example of use of the grill and the partition member illustrated in FIG. 4.

First, referring to FIG. 2, the multifunction microwave oven 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 110, a rotation shaft 120, a driving unit 130, a grill 140, and a partition member ( 150).

The main body 110 includes a cavity 111 and an outer case 112. In the cavity 111, a cooking chamber 113 is formed, and a grill heater 114 for heating the inside of the cooking chamber 113 is provided. In the present embodiment, the grill heater 114 is illustrated as being provided in two parts, the upper and lower portions of the cooking chamber 113, but is not limited thereto.

The rotating shaft 120 is provided rotatably in the cooking chamber 113. The rotating shaft 120 is disposed in the horizontal direction in the cooking chamber 113, and one side thereof is axially connected to the driving unit 130. Such a rotation shaft 120 may be divided into a plurality of parts, as shown in FIG. The rotary shaft 120 includes a first rotary shaft 122, a second rotary shaft 124, and a third rotary shaft 126.

One side of the first rotation shaft 122 is coupled to one side of the grill 140, and the other side thereof is rotatably supported by the support 115. And, the second rotation shaft 124, one side thereof is coupled to the other side of the grill 140, the other side is rotatably fitted by the support portion 115. In addition, the third rotary shaft 126 is disposed between the first rotary shaft 122 and the second rotary shaft 124, one side of which is detachably coupled to the first rotary shaft 122, and the other side of the second rotary shaft ( 124 is detachably coupled.

In this embodiment, the third rotary shaft 126 is fitted to the first rotary shaft 122 and the second rotary shaft 124, respectively, to be detachably coupled to the first rotary shaft 122 and the second rotary shaft 124. Although illustrated, any configuration may be applied to the third rotary shaft 126 to be detachably coupled to the first rotary shaft 122 and the second rotary shaft 124.

According to the rotary shaft 120, when the user wants to use the rotary shaft 120 as a grill bar, the first rotary shaft 122, the second rotary shaft 124 and the third rotary shaft 126 are used in combination If the rotary shaft 120 is to be used for the purpose of rotating the grill 140, the third rotary shaft 126 is separated and the grill 140 is disposed on the first and second rotary shafts 122 and 124. ) Will be used in combination.

Multifunction microwave oven 100 of the present embodiment having such a rotary shaft 120, the grill cooking using the grill bar and the grill cooking using the grill 140 according to the use can be implemented by using a single rotary shaft 120. To provide.

On the other hand, both sides of the rotation shaft 120 are supported by the support part 115 provided in the cooking chamber 113 of the main body 110. The support part 115 provided on the first rotation shaft 122 side of the support part 115 may be formed in a hook shape to support the first rotation shaft 122, and may be provided on the second rotation shaft 124 side. Support portion 115 is provided may be provided so that the second rotary shaft 124 can be rotatably fitted.

When the support part 115 is provided in this form, the rotation shaft 120 may be detachably provided on the main body 110, which is illustrated as an example of the support part 115, and the rotation shaft 120 may be used as the main body. Any structure can be applied as the support 115 as long as it is a structure that can be rotatably supported on the 110.

The drive unit 130 is provided to rotate the rotation shaft 120. The driving unit 130 may include a motor (not shown) and a power transmission means (not shown) for transmitting the rotational force of the motor to the rotating shaft 120. Here, the motor can be operated as a corresponding switch operation of the control panel (not shown), and the power transmission means can be implemented by a combination of a plurality of gears and the like. The detailed structure and operation of the motor and the power transmission means is a matter that can be easily applied to those skilled in the art, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The grill 140 is axially coupled to the rotating shaft 120 so as to rotate in the cooking chamber 113, and as illustrated in FIG. 4, includes a receiving part 142 and a cover part 144.

The receiving portion 142 is preferably formed in a rectangular shape with one surface opened, thereby forming a space for accommodating food therein, and the lid portion 144 is opened by the receiving portion 142. It is provided to cover one surface. The lid 144 is hinged to one side of the housing 142 to open and close the housing 142.

In the present embodiment, the grill 140 is illustrated to have a hexahedral shape as a whole, but is not limited thereto, and the grill 140 may be formed to have a polyhedron shape or a cylindrical shape other than the hexahedron as a whole. Of course.

The partition member 150 is disposed on the grill 140. The partition member 150 is disposed inside the grill 140 to divide the space formed in the receiving portion 142 of the grill 140. The partition member 150 is provided separately from the grill 140 and detachably coupled to the inside of the grill 140. To this end, the grill 140, the fitting portion 145 is provided.

The fitting part 145 is provided in the side wall of the accommodating part 142. The fitting part 145 is provided to be fitted to the partition member 150, and is fitted to the partition member 150 so that the partition member 150 is detachably coupled to the inside of the grill 140.

The fitting part 145 may be disposed along a sidewall of the receiving part 142. If a plurality of partition members 150 are provided according to the number of fitting portions 145, the space inside the receiving portion 142 may be divided into several parts. In this case, as shown in FIG. 5, when the spaces of the fitting portions 145 are different from each other (a <b <c <d), the size of the space divided by the partition member 150 may be variously implemented. Will be.

That is, when cooking a thin food requiring a space having a height of a, the partition member 150 is coupled to the fitting portion 145a corresponding thereto, whereby the food is placed in the divided space and grilled. The cooking may be performed, and when the cooking of a food requiring a larger space is to be grilled, the partition member 150 may be coupled to other fitting portions 145b and 145c corresponding thereto.

In addition, in order to grill and cook different kinds of food separately, a plurality of partition members 150 may be provided to each of the fitting parts 145a, 145b, and 145c, respectively, if necessary, and then divided. Put food in each space and perform grill cooking.

According to the multi-functional microwave oven 100 of the present embodiment, as shown in Figure 2, by having the grill 140 rotatably inside the cooking chamber 113, even without flipping the food can be cooked evenly. In addition, by taking a structure that can divide the space inside the grill 140 by the required space by using the partition member 150, it is possible to cook various kinds of food at the same time, as well as dry squid or rodent Even when cooking a thin food, such as grill, it is possible to minimize the deformation of the food, such as curled up, there is an effect that can effectively cook a variety of food.

In this case, the heater 114 may be operated by being provided at both the upper and lower portions of the cooking chamber 113, but according to the present embodiment, the heater 114 is provided only at one of the upper and lower portions of the cooking chamber 113. Even if operated, since the food can be heated evenly by the rotation of the grill 140, a sufficiently efficient cooking is possible.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the grill 140 may further include a coupling part 146 to be fixed to the rotation shaft 120. For example, when the grill 140 has a hexahedral shape as a whole, the coupling part 146 may be provided to extend toward the rotation shaft 120 at each vertex portion of the grill 140. At this time, each coupling portion 146, the first coupling portion 146a provided on one side of the grill 140 and the second coupling portion 146b provided on the other side of the grill 140 will be provided in different forms. Can be. Here, each coupling portion 146 may be provided in a form extending from the corner portion, not the vertex portion of the grill 140, of course.

6 and 7 are views showing a coupling relationship between the rotating shaft and the grill unit shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, the coupling relationship between the rotating shaft and the grill of the multifunctional microwave oven according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

First, referring to FIG. 6, the first coupling part 146a provided at one side of the grill 140 may include the first rotation shaft 122 of the rotation shaft 120 at each vertex portion located at one side of the grill 140. It is provided in a form extending in a straight line toward. The first coupling part 146a is fitted onto the rotation shaft 120 to fix one side of the grill 140 on the first rotation shaft 122. To this end, the coupling groove 123 is formed in the circumferential direction along the outer circumferential surface of the first rotation shaft 122, and the first coupling portion 146a is fitted into the coupling groove 123.

Next, referring to FIG. 7, the second coupling part 146b provided on the other side of the grill 140 has a second rotation shaft 124 of the rotation shaft 120 at each vertex portion located on the other side of the grill 140. After extending in a straight line toward the portion thereof is provided in a form bent to be in surface contact with the second rotary shaft 124.

In order to fix the second coupling part 146b on the second rotation shaft 124, a fastening member 160 is further provided on the second rotation shaft 124. The fastening member 160 is formed in a ring shape and is provided to be fitted to the second rotation shaft 124. The fitting groove 162 is formed inside the fastening member 160. In the fitting groove 162, the bent portion of the second coupling portion 146b is fitted, thereby allowing the second coupling portion 146b to be supported from the outside by the fastening member 160.

In addition, the fastening member 160 is fixed on the second rotation shaft 124 by the bolt member 164, whereby the second coupling portion 142b is connected to the second rotation shaft 124 by the fastening member 160. By fixing to), the other side of the grill 140 is fixed on the second rotation shaft 124.

An example of a process of fixing the grill 140 to the rotation shaft 120 using the coupling part 146 and the fastening member 160 will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 6, the first coupling part ( 146a is fitted into the coupling groove 123 of the first rotation shaft 122. Then, as illustrated in FIG. 7, the second coupling part 146b is disposed to be in surface contact with the rotation shaft 120, and the fastening member 160 is inserted into the second rotation shaft 124 to form the second coupling part ( 146b) is inserted into the fastening member 160. Then, the fastening member 160 is pushed to one side to press the second coupling part 146b, and then the fastening member 160 is fixed to the rotating shaft 120 by the bolt member 164, thereby to draw the grill 140. The process of fixing on the rotary shaft 120 is completed.

Accordingly, the grill 140 does not move along the longitudinal direction of the rotation shaft 120 on the rotation shaft 120 and is fixed so as not to drift on the rotation shaft 120.

On the other hand, although not shown, the fitting groove 162 formed in the fastening member 160 may be formed on the rotating shaft 120 instead of the fastening member 160, both the fastening member 160 and the rotating shaft 120 Of course it can be formed in.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art to which the art belongs can make various modifications and other equivalent embodiments therefrom. Will understand. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the claims below.

1 is a view schematically showing a multifunctional microwave oven equipped with a conventional grill heater.

2 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of a multi-functional microwave oven according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a perspective view showing an example of use of the rotating shaft shown in FIG.

4 is a perspective view showing the grill and the partition member shown in FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an example of use of the grill and the partition member illustrated in FIG. 4.

6 and 7 are views showing a coupling relationship between the rotating shaft and the grill unit shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: multi-function microwave oven 110: main body

113: cooking chamber 114: heater

115: support portion 120: rotation axis

122: first rotating shaft 124: second rotating shaft

126: third rotating shaft 130: drive unit

140: grill 146: coupling portion

150: partition member 160: fastening member

Claims (10)

A main body in which a cooking chamber is formed; A rotating shaft rotatably provided in the cooking chamber; A grill coupled to the rotating shaft; And And a partition member disposed on the grill to divide the grill. The method of claim 1, The partition member, the multifunctional microwave, characterized in that detachably coupled to the grill. The method of claim 1, wherein the grill, Receiving unit for receiving food therein; And Multifunctional microwave oven characterized in that it comprises a cover portion for opening and closing the receiving portion. The method of claim 1, The grill, a multi-function microwave oven, characterized in that a plurality of fitting portion is provided to which the partition member is coupled. The method of claim 1, wherein the rotation axis, A first rotating shaft coupled to one side of the grill; A second rotating shaft coupled to the other side of the grill; And And a third rotary shaft disposed between the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft, the third rotary shaft being detachably coupled to the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft. The method of claim 1, The grill, the multi-function microwave oven, characterized in that it further comprises a coupling for fixing the grill to the rotating shaft. The method of claim 6, The rotary shaft, the multifunction microwave oven, characterized in that the coupling groove is formed to engage the coupling portion. The method of claim 6, Multifunction microwave oven characterized in that it further comprises a fastening member for fixing the coupling portion to the rotating shaft. The method of claim 8, And a bolt member for fixing the fastening member to the rotating shaft. The method of claim 1, The main body further comprises a support for supporting the rotating shaft.

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