KR20100112419A

KR20100112419A - Toaster, method and apparatus for controlling toast cook by using it

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Publication number: KR20100112419A
Application number: KR1020090030923A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김태우
Original assignee: 김태우
Priority date: 2009-04-09
Filing date: 2009-04-09
Publication date: 2010-10-19

Abstract

The present invention relates to a toaster for baking bread using electricity and a cooking control technique thereof, and for this purpose, the present invention, unlike the conventional method requiring a manual operation and operation of the user for cooking bread using the toaster, The toasted breads arranged on the top of the toaster are slid to the side of the slot for feeding into the cooking space, thereby automatically loading the bread to be cooked in the cooking space, and the cooked bread when the cooking of the bread to be cooked is completed by performing the cooking mode. Automatic discharge from the cooking space to the outside, greatly improving the user's ease of use for toast bread, as well as restraining the user's hand holding the bread to cook bread Can also increase the amount of Since there is no need for sintering it is capable of effectively suppressing an unnecessary waste of time due to cooking bread.

Description

TOASTER, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TOAST COOK BY USING IT}

The present invention relates to a toaster for baking bread using electricity, and more particularly, a toaster suitable for automatically discharging cooked bread to an outside after cooking by automatically loading the bread for toast into a cooking space, and a cooking control method using the same; Relates to a device.

As is well known, in modern society, it is common to use not only rice and wheat as stocks, but also processed breads for meals, because it helps not only the convenience of meals but also save time.

In this regard, toasters have been developed and widely spread. These toasters are appliances that cook (ie, bake) bread by generating high heat by driving a heater through powering.

That is, users can cook bread by directly inserting the bread to be baked into the cooking space (1 or N cooking spaces) of the toaster equipped with heaters (heat wires) on the left and right sides, and turning on the toaster operation switch. You can make your diet easier.

As is well known, conventional toasters are inconvenient to use because they require the user to put the bread directly into the cooking space with a heater when the bread is to be cooked (baked) and to manually operate the operation switch after the bread is added. There is a problem that is caused, and also undesirable hygiene problems can be caused because the user must touch the bread directly by hand for the input of the toaster into the cooking space.

In particular, in the case of office workers who commute to work, the morning time (pre-work time) is very busy, the conventional method of cooking bread by the manual operation and operation of the user may prepare different preparations of the morning time. There is a problem of consuming unnecessary time. Moreover, if a large number of households require cooking a large number of breads, this problem will be more marked.

Therefore, in view of the problems described above, there is an urgent need for a technique for automatically cooking a desired number of breads using a toaster without the need for manual operation and manipulation of the user. At present, there are no suggestions or suggestions for these techniques.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of cooking toasted breads arranged on a top plate of a toaster, wherein the toasted breads are slid in response to a cooking control signal and a bread to be cooked is inserted into a cooking space through an insertion opening. A second process of cooking the bread to be cooked by performing a first process of automatically loading, a cooking mode of heating a heater provided in the cooking space for a preset cooking time, and when cooking of the bread to be cooked is completed It provides a cooking control method of the toaster comprising a third process of automatically discharging the cooked bread from the cooking space to the outside.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of cooking toasted breads arranged on a top plate of a toaster, wherein the toasted breads are slid in response to a cooking control signal, thereby making N to-be-cooked breads to be inserted into each insertion hole. A second process of automatically loading the N cooking spaces through the first process and a multi cooking mode for heating the heaters respectively provided in the N cooking spaces for a preset cooking time to cook the N cooking breads; And a third process of automatically discharging the cooked breads from the N cooking spaces to the outside when the cooking of the N cooking target breads is completed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for cooking toasted bread arranged on a top plate of a toaster, and selectively generating a heater control signal, a sliding control signal, a discharge control signal for performing a cooking mode, and the cooking mode. A control block for generating a display control signal for indicating a progress state according to the execution of the step; and in response to the sliding control signal in the cooking mode, the bread to be cooked is inserted into the cooking space through an insertion hole by sliding the toast bread. A sliding drive block for generating a sliding drive signal to be automatically loaded, and a heater provided in the cooking space so that the bread to be cooked loaded in the cooking space can be cooked in response to the heater control signal in the cooking mode. A heater drive block for generating a heater drive signal for heating and cooking of the bread to be cooked A discharge drive block for generating a discharge drive signal for discharging bread cooked from the cooking space to the outside in response to the discharge control signal generated when it is completed, and for performing the cooking mode in response to the display control signal; According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooking control apparatus of a toaster, which includes a display panel displaying the progress state information.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sliding member for automatically sliding a cooking target bread mounted on a top plate of a toaster in a cooking mode to an insertion opening side of a cooking space, and the cooking target bread introduced through the insertion opening. The cooking space for loading, the heater for cooking the bread to be installed and loaded in the cooking space, and the cooked bread is automatically discharged to the outside through the outlet of the cooking space when the cooking of the cooking bread is completed Provided is a toaster comprising a discharge member.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in the cooking mode, a sliding member for automatically sliding the cooking target breads mounted on the top plate of the toaster to each inserting side of the N cooking spaces, respectively, through the respective inserting openings N cooking spaces for respectively loading the bread to be cooked, N heaters for cooking each of the cooking breads respectively installed and loaded in the N cooking spaces, and cooking when the cooking of the bread for each cooking is completed. Provided is a toaster comprising N discharge members for automatically discharging the breads to the outside through each discharge port of the N cooking spaces.

The present invention, by sliding the toast breads arranged on the top plate of the toaster toward the insertion opening side to automatically load the bread to be cooked in the cooking space, and when the cooking of the bread to be cooked is automatically discharged cooked bread from the cooking space to the outside By cooking toasted bread in such a way, not only can the user's convenience for cooking bread be greatly improved, but also the hygiene safety can be enhanced by suppressing the user's hand holding the bread to cook the bread as much as possible. .

In addition, the present invention can effectively suppress unnecessary time waste due to bread cooking because the user does not need to monitor visually while staying around the toaster for cooking bread.

The technical gist of the present invention, unlike the above-described conventional method that requires the manual operation and operation of the user for cooking bread using a toaster, the insertion hole for inputting the toast breads arranged on the top plate of the toaster into the cooking space Sliding to the side to automatically load the bread to be cooked in the cooking space, and when the cooking of the bread to be cooked is completed by performing the cooking mode, the cooked bread is automatically discharged from the cooking space to the outside. This can effectively improve the problems in the conventional manner.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Example 1

1 is a perspective view of a toaster equipped with a cooking control device according to a first embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a top plan view of the toaster according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, a support 102 is slidably installed at one side of the upper end of the toaster body 100, and an insertion hole 106 for injecting bread to be cooked into the cooking space is formed at the other side of the upper end. It is. This insertion hole 106 penetrates the same size and shape as the upper side of the cooking space (not shown) for cooking (baking) the loaded (or stored) bread through heating of heaters (heating wires) provided at both sides. It may have a form.

Here, the support 102 is, as an example, as shown in Figure 2, the forward direction sliding (A + direction) and the backward direction sliding along the guide grooves (114a, 114b) provided on both sides of the longitudinal direction of the top of the toaster (A-direction) is provided as possible, the forward or backward sliding operation of the support 102 is made according to the power transmitted from a motor or the like not shown. At this time, the support table 102, the mounting plate 112, the guide grooves 114a, 114b, and the motor may be collectively referred to as a sliding member. In addition, the bread plate to be cooked is mounted on the mounting plate 112 in a vertically aligned form.

Moreover, although the sensor 116a, 116b is provided in the both sides of the longitudinal side of the insertion hole 106, such a sensor 116a, 116b can be comprised, for example with a light emitting element, etc. It detects this input when it is input and provides a function such as transferring to the control block 404 of FIG. 3 to be described later.

And, the side of the toaster main body 100 is provided with a discharge space 108 of the form and penetrating the cooking space, the bread cooked in the cooking space is discharged through the discharge hole 108 to the outside. To this end, a discharge plate 118 or the like for pushing out the cooked bread is provided inside the cooking space facing the discharge port 108, for example, a bread (cooked bread) stored in the cooking space by operating by a solenoid valve or the like. A discharge plate 118 for pushing toward the discharge hole 108 may be provided. Here, the solenoid valve, the discharge plate 118, and the like can be collectively referred to as a discharge member.

In addition, the display panel 110 is provided at one side of the side of the toaster main body 100 provided with the discharge hole 108, and the display panel 110 includes progress state information (eg, bread selected to be cooked) according to the cooking mode. Number, reference cooking time, reserved cooking start time, etc.) are optionally displayed.

That is, in the toaster of the present embodiment having the structure as described above, when the cooking mode is started, the supporter 102 moves forward along the guide grooves 114a and 114b (A + direction) according to the driving of a motor, etc., not shown. The first bread (bread to be cooked) among the bread vertically aligned with the mounting plate 112 is slid by a certain distance (a predetermined distance so that one bread is inserted into the insertion hole 106). It is fed through 106 and loaded into the cooking space. Here, the cooking space may be already preheated to the cooking reference temperature through heating of the heater before the cooking object bread is input.

At this time, the sensors 116a and 116b provided at both sides of the insertion hole 106 in the longitudinal direction sense the input of bread and transfer the same to the control block 404 of FIG. 4, and as a result, the cooking time in the control block 404. Will count.

Thereafter, when the counted cooking time reaches the preset reference cooking time, the control block 404 generates a discharge control signal and transmits it to the solenoid valve side. As a result, the solenoid valve is operated so that the discharge plate 118 bounces forward once. By operating in the outgoing form, the cooking of one bread is completed in such a manner that the cooked bread in the cooking space is discharged to the outside through the discharge port 108.

Meanwhile, in the toaster of the present embodiment, the cooking space and the discharge port 108 are described as being vertically arranged. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto, and as shown in FIG. Of course, the discharge port 108 may be arranged in an inclined form by an angle θ (for example, in the range of 10 to 40 degrees). As such, when the cooking space and the discharge port 108 are disposed to be inclined, when the bread is introduced into the cooking space, a smoother and more natural effect may be obtained.

Next, a cooking control apparatus for performing cooking mode control based on the toaster of the present embodiment having the above-described structure will be described.

4 is a block diagram of the toaster cooking control device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the operation signal generation block 402, control block 404, memory block 406, heater drive block 408, sliding drive The block 410, the sensor 412, the discharge driving block 414, the display panel 416, the buzzer 418, and the like are included.

Referring to Figure 4, the operation signal generation block 402 is a user operation signal (e.g., cooking) corresponding to each of the various operation inputs are provided from a user interface input means such as an operation panel (or touch pad) or a remote control of the toaster. The number of breads, a reference cooking time selection signal, a cooking start signal, a cooking reservation signal, a reservation cooking start time signal, etc.), which are to be generated, are transmitted to the control block 404.

Next, the control block 404 includes, for example, a microprocessor for performing overall operation control of the toaster, and the number signal of the bread to be cooked from the operation signal generation block 402, the reference cooking time selection signal, and the like. When it is selectively input it is stored in the memory block 406, and also controls the number signal of the bread to be displayed via the display panel 416, corresponding to when the cooking start signal is input from the operation signal generation block 402 Cooking control signals required for the execution of the cooking mode, for example, heater control signal, sliding control signal, discharge control signal, display control signal, audio-visual guidance control signal and the like selectively generated and delivered to the corresponding component member, etc. Provide the function.

In addition, the present invention may be set (setting of the reservation mode) so that cooking of bread is performed at a desired time by using the cooking reservation information. , When the reservation cooking start time, the number of breads to be cooked, the reference cooking time for each bread, etc.) is input, the control block 404 stores this in the memory block 406 and stores the reservation cooking start time included in the stored cooking reservation information. The monitoring function may provide a reservation function such as selectively generating a cooking control signal when the current time becomes the reservation cooking start time and transmitting the signal to each corresponding component.

Next, the heater driving block 408 includes a heater driving circuit for driving a heater (not shown) provided in the cooking space when the heater control signal is transmitted from the control block 404 to perform the cooking mode. The heater driving signal generated here is transmitted to the heater side.

In addition, the sliding drive block 410 is a sliding drive signal for allowing the support 102 to slide in the forward or backward direction along the guide grooves 114a, 114, b when the sliding control signal is transmitted from the control block 404. (That is, a motor drive circuit for generating a forward or reverse rotation drive signal of the motor) and the like, wherein the sliding drive signal generated here is transmitted to the motor side (not shown).

The sensor 412 means, for example, sensors 116a and 116b provided at both sides of the insertion hole 106 illustrated in FIG. 2, and the bread to be cooked into the cooking space is inserted into the cooking space through the insertion hole 106. Detects and forwards the result to the control block 404.

Next, the discharge drive block 414 generates a discharge drive signal for driving a solenoid valve (not shown) for the operation of the discharge plate 118 when the discharge control signal is transmitted from the control block 404, The discharge drive signal generated here is transmitted to the solenoid valve side.

In addition, the display panel 416 refers to, for example, the display panel 110 illustrated in FIG. 1, and the toaster is in a cooking mode, a cooking preparation mode, or a reservation mode based on a display control signal transmitted from the control block 404. Or the like, and display progress information (e.g., the number of breads selected for cooking, a reference cooking time, a scheduled cooking start time, etc.) required for performing the operation, or information for visual guidance when the cooking mode is terminated (e.g., " Display the end of cooking "message. The display panel 416 may be configured of, for example, an LCD panel, an OLED panel, or the like.

Then, the buzzer 418 generates a buzzer sound (eg, a continuous buzzer sound or an intermittent buzzer sound) in response to the auditory control signal provided from the control block 404 when the cooking mode is terminated. And so on.

Next, a series of processes for cooking bread for toast using the cooking control device of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of automatically cooking toast bread according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, while performing the standby mode, the control block 404 checks whether a cooking start signal is generated (steps 502 and 504), and this cooking start signal is a user operation (touch pad operation or remote control operation). Etc.) or when the current time becomes the reserved cooking start time in the cooking reservation information in a situation in which the reservation mode is set.

In this case, the user may select one of the number of breads for toast to be cooked and one of preset cooking times (for example, 1 minute, 1 minute 10 seconds, 1 minute 20 seconds, etc.) as the reference cooking time. Of course, assuming that the toaster performs the reservation mode, the number of breads and the reference cooking time information are already set as the cooking reservation information. Here, the number of bread and the reference cooking time information may be displayed through the display panel 416.

If it is determined in the step 504 that the cooking start signal is generated, the control block 404 generates a heater control signal and transmits it to the heater driving block 408, and in response, the heater driving block 408. The heater driving signal for operating the heater is generated and transmitted to the heater side provided in the cooking space, whereby the cooking space is preheated to the cooking reference temperature through the heating of the heater (step 506).

At the same time, the control block 404 generates a sliding control signal and transmits the sliding control signal to the sliding drive block 410. In response, the sliding drive block 410 slides to slide (move) the support 102 in the forward direction. By generating a driving signal (motor driving signal) and transmitting it to the motor side (not shown), the support table 102 slides along the guide grooves 114a and 114b in the forward direction (A + direction), and as a result, on the mounting plate 112. As the toast bread mounted in the vertically aligned form is moved in the forward direction, the bread to be cooked at the tip of the toast bread is introduced through the insertion hole 106 and automatically loaded into the cooking space (step 508). The cooking of the bread loaded in the cooking space is performed (step 510).

At this time, the sensor 412 provided on both sides of the longitudinal direction on the insertion opening 106 side detects the input of the bread to be cooked and transmits it to the control block 404. The control block 404 counts the count of cooking progress time. In this case, the cooking is performed during the preset reference cooking time.

Next, in step 512, it is checked whether the cooking of the bread loaded in the cooking space is completed, that is, whether the counted cooking progress time reaches a preset reference cooking time. If it is determined that, the control block 404 generates a discharge control signal and delivers it to the discharge drive block 414, in response to the discharge drive block 414 generates a discharge drive signal and delivers it to the solenoid valve side, and as a result When the discharge plate 118 is operated by driving the solenoid valve, the cooked bread stored in the cooking space is automatically discharged to the outside through the discharge port 108 (step 514).

At this time, the display panel 416 is displayed by subtracting the number of bread selected for cooking according to the display control from the control block 404 by one. For example, assuming that the number of breads to be cooked is five, in the control block 404, the cooking count value is increased by one and stored in the memory block 406, and then one is reduced to four (to be cooked). The display of the display panel is switched to the remaining number of breads (step 516).

Subsequently, the control block 404 checks whether the cooking count value has reached the preset number of cooking breads N (step 518), where the check result cooking count value reaches the predetermined number of cooking breads N. If not determined, the process returns to step 508 described above and repeats the subsequent process, that is, loading the bread into the cooking space by sliding the sliding member → cooking → cooking completion → discharging cooked bread → cooking The process of increasing the count value and displaying the deduction is repeated (N times).

As an example, assuming that the user selects five pieces of bread to be cooked, in the present embodiment, five steps of steps 508 to 518 will be repeated.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 518 that the cooking count value reaches the preset number N of bread, the control block 404 generates a heater control signal for cutting off the power supply to the heater and The toaster is switched from cooking mode to standby mode in response to the drive block 408, whereby the heater drive block 408 shuts off the power supply to the heater (step 520).

At the same time, the control block 404 generates an audiovisual guidance control signal and transmits it to the display panel 416 and the buzzer 418, respectively. As a result, the control block 404 visually announces that all the selected or reserved dishes are completed. Flickering of the guidance message, generation of an intermittent buzzer sound, etc. (step 522).

[Example 2]

6 is a top plan view of a toaster according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Unlike the first embodiment, in which the toaster of the present embodiment has only one cooking space, the toast bread to be cooked is cooked one by one. We aim for a model of cooking toast bread at the same time.

That is, the support 606 is slidably installed at one upper end of the toaster body, and two insertion holes for injecting bread to be cooked into each cooking space on the other side of the upper end with the mounting plate 602 interposed therebetween ( 604a and 604b are formed. Each of these two inserts 604, a 604b is the same size as the top side of each cooking space (not shown) for cooking (baking) the bread loaded (or housed) through the heating of a heater (heating wire) on both sides and It may have a structure penetrating in the form.

Here, the support 606 is installed in the form capable of forward sliding (A + direction) and backward sliding (A- direction) along the guide grooves 608a, 608b installed on both sides of the longitudinal direction of the top of the toaster, The forward or backward sliding operation of the support 606 is performed according to the power transmitted from a motor or the like not shown. In this case, the support 606, the mounting plate 602, the guide grooves 608a and 608b and the motor may be collectively referred to as sliding members.

Further, sensors 610a and 610a1 and 610b and 610b1 are provided at both sides of the longitudinal side of each of the insertion holes 604a and 604b, respectively, and the sensors 610a and 610a1 and 610b and 610b1 are, for example, light-emitting elements It can be configured as, it provides a function such as detecting when each of the bread is inserted into each of the insertion port (604a, 604b) and delivered to the control block (not shown).

Furthermore, the toaster of the present embodiment has a component for allowing the bread to be cooked into each of the two insertion holes 604a and 604b at the same time, which slides the inlet side of each insertion hole 604a and 604b. It may be a respective insertion lid, possibly each on / off (closed / opened).

Of course, although not illustrated in FIG. 6, the toaster of the present embodiment has two discharge ports, discharge plates, and display panels respectively formed on the side portions of the toaster main body corresponding to the two cooking spaces, and these components are also implemented. The same function as the corresponding structural member of Example 1 is provided.

That is, the toaster of the present embodiment is different from the above-described first embodiment in terms of the structure of cooking two toast breads, and the other structures and operations are almost the same or similar, and the apparatus for controlling the toaster of such a structure is also The configuration of the cooking control device shown in FIG. 4 may be configured in almost the same to similar manner.

However, the cooking control device of the present embodiment is configured to further include a cover drive block and a motor for simultaneously turning on / off (closed / opened) each insert cover provided in each of the insertion holes 604a and 604b in a sliding structure. There is a difference in points, and in the other configurations, it is substantially the same as the configuration shown in FIG. Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary overlapping materials for the sake of brevity of the specification, a configuration and detailed description of the cooking control apparatus are omitted here.

That is, when the cooking mode is started, the toaster of the present embodiment having the structure as described above supports the support 606 according to the driving of a motor, etc. not shown in the state in which the insertion covers of the respective insertion holes 604a and 604b are turned on (closed). ) Slides along the guide grooves 608a and 608b in a forward direction (A + direction) by a predetermined distance (a predetermined distance so that two breads are inserted into the respective insertion openings 604a and 604b), thereby mounting plate 602. The breadth two breads (cooked bread) of the breads vertically aligned with) are aligned at the bread insertion position (top of each insertion cover) of each insertion hole 604a, 604b.

Thereafter, the insertion lids of the respective insertion openings 604a and 604b are turned off (opening) at the same time according to the lid off (opening) control signal from the control block, so that each cooking object bread aligned to the bread insertion position is the two insertion holes 604a, 604b) is put into each cooking space for automatic loading (storage). Here, each cooking space may be already preheated to a cooking reference temperature through heating of the heater before the bread to be cooked is added.

At this time, the sensors 610a and 610a1 and 610b and 610b1 provided on both side surfaces of the insertion holes 604a and 604b in the longitudinal direction, respectively, sense the input of bread and transfer the bread to the control block. Will count.

Thereafter, when the counted cooking time reaches the preset reference cooking time, each of the discharge plates protrudes once through the operation of each solenoid valve according to the discharge control of the control block, thereby operating in the two cooking spaces. The cooking of the two breads is completed in such a manner that the cooked bread is automatically discharged to each of the corresponding discharge ports.

On the other hand, in the toaster of the present embodiment, it has been described that each cooking space and each discharge port are arranged in a vertical shape. However, as in the above-described embodiment 1, each cooking space and each discharge port are disposed at an angle θ (for example, 10 to 40 degrees). Of course, it can be arranged in parallel with each other in a form inclined by a range).

Next, a series of processes of cooking the toast bread according to the present embodiment using the toaster and the control apparatus having the above-described configuration will be described in detail.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of automatically cooking a bread for toast according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, each process in steps 702 to 706 is substantially the same as each process in corresponding steps 502 to 506 shown in FIG. Therefore, detailed description of these steps will be omitted here in order to avoid unnecessary duplication for the sake of brevity of the specification.

First, in the control block, the support 606 is moved along the guide grooves 608a and 608b in a forward direction (A + direction) by driving a motor or the like not shown in the state where the insertion covers of the respective insertion holes 604a and 604b are turned on (closed). By sliding a predetermined distance (predetermined distance so that two breads are inserted into the respective insertion openings 604a and 604b), the two breads to be cooked are inserted into the bread insertion position of each insertion opening (604a and 604b) Top) (step 708).

In this way, by aligning the respective bread inserting positions, the cover-off (opening) control is executed to turn off (opening) the insertion lids of the respective insertion openings 604a and 604b, so that the breads to be cooked aligned at each bread inserting position Simultaneously input through each of the insertion openings (604a, 604b) is automatically loaded into each cooking space (step 710), through which the cooking of the bread loaded in the cooking space proceeds (step 714). At the same time, the control block generates an on control signal to turn on (close) the insertion covers of the respective insertion ports 604a and 604b. That is, in the toaster of the present embodiment, while the bread to be cooked is loaded into the cooking space, the insertion cover of each insertion hole is kept on while the actual cooking is in progress (step 712).

Next, in the present embodiment, each process of steps 716 to 722 is performed, and the process of each of these steps is performed in the corresponding steps 512 to 518 shown in FIG. Since they are substantially the same, detailed descriptions of these steps are omitted here in order to avoid unnecessary duplication for the sake of brevity of the specification.

That is, if it is determined in step 722 that the cooking count value has not reached the preset number M of cooking bread, the process returns to step 708 described above and repeats the subsequent process, that is, Aligning the bread insertion position by sliding → Opening the insertion cover, loading the cooking space → Closing the insertion cover, cooking → cooking completion → discharging the cooked bread → increasing the cooking count value and displaying the deduction (repeat M / 2 times) Execution).

As an example, assuming that the user selects eight pieces of bread to be cooked, in this embodiment, the processing of steps 708 to 722 will be repeated four times.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the cooking count value reaches the predetermined number M of bread as a result of the check in step 722, the process of step 724 and step 726 is then proceeded, each of these steps It is substantially the same as the processing in the corresponding steps 520 and 522 shown in FIG. Therefore, detailed description of these steps will be omitted here in order to avoid unnecessary duplication for the sake of brevity of the specification.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment has been described as cooking two toast breads by placing two cooking spaces at the same time, the present invention is not necessarily limited to this, N insertion holes, cooking spaces, respectively, depending on the need or use Of course, it can be designed to be able to cook N (two or more) bread at the same time by changing the form having a discharge port respectively.

[Example 3]

8 is a top plan view of a toaster according to a third embodiment of the present invention, wherein the toaster of the present embodiment is the same in terms of a model for simultaneously cooking two toasted breads as in the toaster of the second embodiment described above. As can be seen, there is a difference in the structure and process of loading the bread to be cooked into each cooking space arranged vertically on the mounting plate. Therefore, the following description mainly focuses on these differences.

Referring to FIG. 8, the toaster of the present embodiment has a structure in which the support 806 slides forward or backward along the first guide grooves 810a and 810b and the mounting plate 802 is the second guide groove 808a and 808b. ) Has a structure that slides in the forward or backward direction, and the insertion cover is not provided on the side of the two insertion openings (804a, 804b) is different from the structure of the above-described embodiment 2, the other structure is the above-described embodiment 2 It is almost the same as the structure of.

Accordingly, in the structure of the present embodiment, the mounting plate 802 is slid in the forward direction (B + direction) along the second guide grooves 808a and 808b so that the toast breads to be cooked are vertically aligned. ) Is aligned in position so that the front end is positioned over the two insertion holes 804a and 804b, and then the support 806 is slid along the first guide grooves 810a and 810b in the forward direction (A + direction) to mount the mounting plate 802. The bread to be cooked is aligned at the tip of the breadboard, that is, at the bread insertion position of the upper entrance side of the two insertion holes 804a and 804b.

Again, by sliding the mounting plate 802 in the reverse direction (B-direction) to return to the original position, each cooking object bread aligned at the bread insertion position is introduced through the respective insertion openings 804a and 804b, respectively, to each cooking space. It has a structural mechanism that automatically loads into it.

To this end, the cooking control device for controlling the toaster of the present embodiment has a difference in that it further comprises a drive block and a motor for sliding the mounting plate 802 in the forward or backward direction, other configuration Is substantially the same as the configuration shown in FIG. Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary overlapping materials for the sake of brevity of the specification, a configuration and detailed description of the cooking control apparatus are omitted here.

In FIG. 8, reference numerals 812a, 812a1, and 812b and 812b1 represent two sensors corresponding to 610a, 610a1, 610b, and 610b1 respectively provided on both side surfaces in the longitudinal direction of each insertion hole shown in FIG. .

On the other hand, in the toaster of the present embodiment, it has been described that the cooking spaces and the discharge ports are arranged in a vertical form. However, as in the above-described Embodiments 1 and 2, the cooking spaces and the discharge ports are each set at an angle θ (for example, 10 to 10). Of course, it can be arranged parallel to each other in a form inclined by 40 degrees).

9 is a flowchart illustrating a process of automatically cooking the bread for toast according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, each process in steps 902 through 906 is substantially the same as each process in the corresponding steps 502 through 506 shown in FIG. 5. Therefore, detailed description of these steps will be omitted here in order to avoid unnecessary duplication for the sake of brevity of the specification.

First, the control block drives a motor driving circuit and a motor for a mounting plate (not shown), and moves the mounting plate 802 along the second guide grooves 808a and 808b along the second guide grooves 808a and 808b. Sliding in the direction B +) to align the tip of the mounting plate 802 with the two insertion holes 804a and 804b in position (step 908).

Subsequently, in the control block, the motor driving circuit and the motor for the support are driven to slide the support 806 along the first guide grooves 810a and 810b in the forward direction (A + direction), so that the front end of the mounting plate 802, That is, the bread to be cooked is aligned at the bread insertion position on the upper entrance side of the two insertion ports 804a and 804b (step 910).

Thereafter, the motor driving circuit and the motor for the mounting plate are driven to slide the mounting plate 802 in the backward direction (B-direction) to return to the original position, whereby the bread to be cooked aligned at each bread insertion position is inserted into each insertion hole ( 804a and 804b, respectively, are automatically loaded into each cooking space (step 912), through which cooking of breads loaded into the cooking space is performed (step 914).

Next, in the present embodiment, each process of steps 916 to 922 is performed, and the process of each of these steps is performed in the corresponding steps 716 to 722 shown in FIG. Since they are substantially the same, detailed descriptions of these steps are omitted here in order to avoid unnecessary duplication for the sake of brevity of the specification.

That is, if it is determined in step 922 that the cooking count value has not reached the preset number M of cooking bread, the process returns to step 908 described above and repeats the subsequent process, that is, Aligning the bread insertion position by sliding the loading plate and the support forward → Loading the cooking space by sliding the loading plate backward → Cooking → Cooking completion → Discharging the cooked bread → Increasing the cooking count value and displaying the deduction (M) / 2 iterations).

As an example, assuming that the user selects eight pieces of bread to be cooked, in this embodiment, the processing of steps 908 to 922 will be repeated four times.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the cooking count value reaches the preset number M of bread as a result of the check in step 922, the process of steps 924 and 926 is then performed, and each of these steps It is substantially the same as the processing in the corresponding step 724 and step 726 shown in FIG. Therefore, detailed description of these steps will be omitted here in order to avoid unnecessary duplication for the sake of brevity of the specification.

On the other hand, the present embodiment has been described as cooking two toast breads by placing two cooking spaces at the same time, the present invention is not necessarily limited to this, as in the above-described embodiment 2, necessary or intended According to the present invention, it is possible to design N breads (two or more) to be cooked at the same time by changing the shape to have N insertion holes, a cooking space, and a discharge hole, respectively.

In the above description has been described by presenting a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to this, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains within a range without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention It will be readily appreciated that branch substitutions, modifications and variations are possible.

1 is a perspective view of a toaster equipped with a cooking control device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

2 is a top plan view of a toaster according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

Figure 3 is a modified side view of the toaster according to the first embodiment of the present invention,

Figure 4 is a block diagram of a toaster cooking control device according to a first embodiment of the present invention,

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of automatically cooking bread for toast according to Example 1 of the present invention;

6 is a top plan view of a toaster according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of automatically cooking bread for toast according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

8 is a top plan view of a toaster according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention;

9 is a flowchart illustrating a process of automatically cooking bread for toast according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the Related Art

100: toaster body

102, 606, 806

106, 604a / b, 804a / b: insertion hole

108: discharge port

110, 416: display panel

112, 602, 802: mounting plate

114a / b, 608a / b, 808a / b, 810a / b

116a / b, 412, 610a / a1, 610b / b1, 812a / a1, 812b / b1: sensor

402: operation signal generation block

404: control block

406: Memory Brock

408: heater drive block

410: sliding drive block

414: discharge drive block

418: buzzer

Claims

A method of cooking toast breads arranged on the top of the toaster,

A first process of sliding the toasted breads in response to a cooking control signal to automatically load the bread to be cooked into the cooking space through an insertion hole;

A second process of cooking the bread to be cooked by performing a cooking mode for heating a heater provided in the cooking space for a preset cooking time;

A third process of automatically discharging the cooked bread from the cooking space to the outside when the cooking of the bread to be cooked is completed;

Cooking control method of the toaster comprising a.

The method of claim 1,

The method,

The method may further include selecting the number N of toast breads to be cooked, and automatically repeating the first and third processes N times while continuing the cooking mode when the number N is selected. To control the cooking of the toaster.

The method of claim 2,

The method,

Displaying the number N on the display panel when the number N is selected;

A process of subtracting and displaying the number N on the display panel by "1" each time the first to third processes are performed once

Cooking control method of the toaster further comprising a.

The method of claim 2,

The method,

Automatically switching to a standby mode that cuts off power supply to the heater after executing the N automatic repetitions

Cooking control method of the toaster further comprising a.

The method of claim 4, wherein

The method,

A process of performing audio-visual guidance for notifying the end of cooking after switching to the standby mode

Cooking control method of the toaster further comprising a.

The method of claim 1,

The method,

Preheating the heater to a cooking reference temperature before automatically loading the object to be cooked into the cooking space;

Cooking control method of the toaster further comprising a.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6,

The cooking control signal, the cooking control method of the toaster, characterized in that generated in response to the user operation signal received from the remote control of the toaster.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6,

And the cooking control signal is generated in response to a cooking start signal generated when a current time becomes a reservation cooking start time of a reservation mode.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6,

The preset cooking time is a cooking control method of the toaster, characterized in that any one selected from the preset M reference cooking time.

A method of cooking toast breads arranged on the top of the toaster,

A first process of sliding the toasted breads in response to a cooking control signal to automatically load the N cooking breads into the N cooking spaces through respective insertion holes;

A second process of cooking the N cooking breads by performing a multi cooking mode for heating heaters provided in the N cooking spaces for a preset cooking time;

A third process of automatically discharging the cooked breads from the N cooking spaces to the outside when the cooking of the N cooking breads is completed

Cooking control method of the toaster comprising a.

The method of claim 10,

The method,

The method may further include selecting a number M of toast breads to be cooked, and automatically repeating the first and third processes M / N times while continuing the multi-cooking mode when the number M is selected. Cooking control method of the toaster, characterized in that.

The method of claim 11,

The method,

Displaying the number M on the display panel when the number M is selected;

Displaying the number M on the display panel by "N" each time the first to third processes are performed once

Cooking control method of the toaster further comprising a.

13. The method of claim 12,

The method,

After the automatic repeat of the N / M times the process of automatically switching to the standby mode to cut off the power supply to the heaters

Cooking control method of the toaster further comprising a.

The method of claim 13,

The method,

Cooking control method of the toaster further comprising a.

The method of claim 10,

The method,

Preheating the heaters to a cooking reference temperature before automatically loading the bread to be cooked into each of the N cooking spaces

Cooking control method of the toaster further comprising a.

The method according to any one of claims 10 to 15,

The preset cooking time is a cooking control method of the toaster, characterized in that any one selected from preset P cooking time.

A device for cooking toast breads arranged on the top of the toaster,

A control block for selectively generating a heater control signal, a sliding control signal, a discharge control signal for performing the cooking mode, and a display control signal for displaying a progress state according to the execution of the cooking mode;

In response to the sliding control signal in the cooking mode, the sliding drive block for generating a sliding drive signal for automatically loading the bread to be cooked in the cooking space through the insertion hole by sliding the toast bread;

A heater driving block configured to generate a heater driving signal for heating a heater provided in the cooking space so that the bread to be cooked loaded in the cooking space can be cooked in response to the heater control signal in the cooking mode;

A discharge drive block for generating a discharge drive signal for discharging the cooked bread from the cooking space to the outside in response to the discharge control signal generated when cooking of the bread to be cooked is completed;

A display panel displaying progress state information according to the execution of the cooking mode in response to the display control signal;

Cooking control device of the toaster comprising a.

The method of claim 19,

The apparatus comprises:

Further comprising a memory block for storing cooking reservation information for performing the reservation mode,

The control block, the cooking control device of the toaster, characterized in that for performing the cooking mode based on the cooking reservation information.

The method of claim 20,

The cooking reservation information, the cooking control device of the toaster, characterized in that the reservation cooking start time, the number of bread to be cooked, the reference cooking time for each bread.

The method of claim 19,

The control block, the cooking control device of the toaster, characterized in that for performing the cooking mode in response to a user operation signal received from the remote control of the toaster.

A sliding member for automatically sliding the bread to be cooked mounted on the top plate of the toaster in the cooking mode to the insertion opening side of the cooking space;

The cooking space for loading the cooking target bread introduced through the insertion hole,

A heater for cooking the cooking object bread installed and loaded in the cooking space;

Discharge member for automatically discharging the cooked bread to the outside through the discharge port of the cooking space when the cooking of the bread to be cooked is completed

Toaster containing.

A sliding member for automatically sliding the breads to be cooked mounted on the top plate of the toaster in the cooking mode to each insertion side of the N cooking spaces,

N cooking spaces for respectively loading cooking target breads respectively introduced through the insertion holes;

N heaters for cooking each cooking target bread respectively installed and loaded in the N cooking spaces,

N discharge members for automatically discharging the cooked breads to the outside through each discharge port of the N cooking spaces when the cooking of each of the cooking breads is completed.

Toaster containing.