KR20100058698A

KR20100058698A - Cylindrical microwave oven

Info

Publication number: KR20100058698A
Application number: KR1020080117165A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 최근우
Original assignee: 최근우
Priority date: 2008-11-25
Filing date: 2008-11-25
Publication date: 2010-06-04

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a microwave oven, which uses a sliding door and an elliptic cylinder body to more efficiently change inefficient space occupied by a conventional microwave oven.

Description

Cylindrical Microwave Oven {Cylindrical Microwave Oven}

The present invention relates to a microwave oven for improving the durability and space utilization of the door.

In general, the microwave is in the form of a cuboid. It is divided into an operation unit and a cooking chamber, and when food is placed on a tray in the cooking chamber and the microwave generated by the magnetron is irradiated into the cooking chamber, the food is heated and cooked by the microwave. At this time, the tray inside the microwave oven rotates to distribute the microwave evenly.

In such a microwave oven, the door structure corresponds to a rectangular parallelepiped main body, and is typically pinned at one side of the door to the hinge of the front plate, and then the entire door is rotated and opened on the front plate of the microwave oven around the pin axis of the hinge portion 1. Some adopt a rectangular door structure that opens and closes from top to bottom.

By the way, such a conventional cuboid-type microwave has a disadvantage that does not utilize all the space of the cube. If the food or container is larger than the shortest space inside the microwave oven, i.e., larger than the diameter (3) of the microwave tray, the tray will not rotate and the microwave will not be dispersed, and the food will be buried inside the microwave. In practice, this doesn't happen very well, because in that case cooking is not going well, and in most cases the food or container in the microwave is round. In conclusion, the design of the cuboid will occupy the corners unnecessarily. Although there are inefficient aspects of the cuboid design, most microwave ovens are in a cuboid form because the conventional designs are easy to make and robust.

In addition, the structure in which the door rotates around the pin shaft as described above allows the door to be opened on the front plate of the microwave oven, and when the door is opened, the length of the door protruding from the front plate is considerable and occupies a lot of space (4). It is quite inconvenient to use. In addition, the weight of the microwave door on the hinge portion, the microwave door is very heavy because it is made of thick glass (2) to prevent the outflow of microwaves. As a result, a large load acts on the hinge portion 1, which causes a failure.

In order to overcome these disadvantages, a microwave oven, which is a part of the main body, has come out. However, some microwave ovens still have a conventional problem. In other words, the internal space is not circular, but the tray has to run, so it has unnecessary space inside. In addition, due to the characteristics of the slide door, the maximum opening space when the door is opened is 1/2 of the circular part. In the case of the partial circle, the space for opening the door is narrow, which is inconvenient. However, the problem of loading all the load on the hinge and the inefficiency of the space required to open the door can be solved by this partial microwave oven.

Therefore, the present invention has been invented to solve the above conventional problems. The present invention relates to a microwave oven which makes it possible to use all the interior spaces, utilizes the space 4 which has not been utilized because of the conventional door protrusion, and solves the problem caused by the load of the door.

The present invention also relates to a microwave oven that can contribute to the beautiful aesthetics of the kitchen with a cylindrical design.

This object is achieved by a cylindrical body in which the inner space and the actual use space coincide with the slide door 11 which can be opened up to 180 °.

As described above, the present invention uses the slide as its door in a microwave oven having a cylindrical main body. Therefore, the present invention occupies only as much volume as necessary for cooking and takes up less space, and even when the door is opened, the door is not required at all to open and close the door in a narrow space. will be.

The main body is in the form of a cylinder having a circular cross section. The internal space is also cylindrical, so use only as much as you need for cooking to occupy the space of the microwave oven.

The door is slide-type, which can be opened up to 180 ° along the outer surface of the cylinder, and the operation of the door is carried out by a roller 9 driven by a motor 10 and a rail 8 for the roller. Is achieved.

The sensor 7 for detecting the open / closed state of the door is interlocked with the operation circuit for microwave food cooking so that the food is cooked only when the door is completely closed.

For convenient operation, the operation unit is preferably installed in the upper portion of the microwave oven.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Hereinafter, the technical configuration and operation capable of effectively achieving the object of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings as preferred embodiments.

1 is a conventional microwave oven. The interior space is cuboid, but given the desired microwave dispersion, the practical space available is as much as the volume on the tray. In addition. The protruding doors require a lot of space 4.

Figure 2 is a microwave oven having a main body of a partial circle to improve this step. This microwave solves the problem of inefficiency of the space required to open the door by using the sliding door and the load problem of the door on the hinge part 1, but the maximum area that the door can be opened is half of the circular part. The open area is very small and uncomfortable.

3 is a state in which the door is opened in the microwave oven according to the present invention. As shown in the present invention, in the configuration of the door of the microwave oven, a slide-shaped door 11 is used in a circular body. Moreover, the operation part includes not only the button 6 related to cooking but also the button 5 which controls opening / closing of a door.

Figure 4 is a means for allowing the door to be opened and closed by a slide is equipped with a rail (8) on the door body and the roller 9 is installed inside the microwave oven body. This roller 9 is driven by the motor 10. In addition. Opening and closing detection sensor 7 is installed on the door to detect the opening and closing state of the door.

5 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG. 3, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 3.

1 is a view showing a conventional microwave oven,

2 is a view showing a slightly improved conventional microwave oven,

3 is a view of the microwave oven door of the open state according to the invention,

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the door portion of the microwave oven door closed state according to the invention,

5 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG. 3;

6 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 3.

1: hinge part of conventional microwave oven

4: additional space required for door opening of conventional microwave oven

6: door open / close button

7: open / close detection sensor

8: rail

9: roller

10: motor

11: slide door

Claims

A microwave oven, comprising: a main body having a circular cross section.

The method of claim 1,

In constructing the door of the microwave oven, a door is partially formed along an arc on the side of the body, and the microwave oven is opened and closed by sliding the door.

The method according to claim 1 or 2,

Microwave oven characterized in that the slide using a rail and a roller.

3. The method of claim 2,

Detecting the opening / closing state of the door to detect the opening / closing state of the door by installing a switch at the part where the outer end of the door touches the microwave body.

microwave.