KR20120020769A - A cooking appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A cooking appliance is provided to efficiently cool a heating unit by guiding first and second air flow paths to the heating unit using a cooling fan. CONSTITUTION: A cooking appliance comprises a main body, a door, an electric part chamber, a cooling fan(620), and first, second, and third flow paths. The main body has a cooking chamber. The door selectively opens and closes the cooking chamber. The electric part chamber is formed on the main body and accepts parts for the temperature control of the cooking chamber. The cooling fan is formed inside the electric part chamber and forcefully flows air. External air flows from the outside the main body into the electric part chamber through the first and second flow paths. The third flow path guides the air flowing into the electric part chamber to the rear of the main body using a blower.

Description

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The present invention relates to a cooking appliance associated with a cooling passage.

The cooking appliance is configured to heat food using at least one of electricity and fuel as one of the kitchen appliances for cooking food.

To this end, the cooking apparatus includes a cooking space in which food is placed and heating means for dissipating heat toward the food.

In detail, the cooking space may be provided to be exposed to the outside in the form of a grill, a heating plate, or the like, or may be provided in the form of a sealed space inside the cavity. The heating means may be provided in the form of a heater for generating heat, a magnetron for generating microwaves, and a burner for generating heat using combustion of fuel.

In addition, the sealed cooking space is configured such that the front face is opened for the in / out of food, and the open front face is provided with a door. The door rotates or slides to selectively open and close the cooking space.

Meanwhile, recently, built-in cooking appliances have been developed and widely used in order to improve the utility of interiors and kitchen spaces of kitchens.

However, such a cooking apparatus has a problem in that the cooling of the electric component and the heating means is not easy due to the characteristics of the built-in installation structure.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a cooking appliance that enables cooling of the heating means more effectively.

The present invention provides a main body provided with a cooking chamber, a door rotatably provided on the main body to selectively open and close the cooking chamber and to provide an air flow path therein, and to be provided above the main body to control the temperature of the cooking chamber. A first flow path through which the outside of the main body flows into the electrical equipment chamber through an electrical equipment chamber accommodating a configuration, a cooling fan provided inside the electrical equipment chamber to force the flow of air, and an electrical equipment chamber suction port provided at one side of the electrical equipment chamber; And a second flow path through which air outside the main body is introduced into the electrical equipment room through an air flow path inside the door, and air introduced into the electrical equipment room through the first and second flow paths using the blower fan. A third flow path is guided to the lower rear side of the air flow path, and the third flow path includes at least a portion of the guided air to heat the cooking chamber. And a main guide part supplied to a heating means for cooling the heating means, and an auxiliary guide part for allowing at least a portion of the air guided to the heating means to be guided to the encapsulation part of the heating means. It is done.

According to the present invention, one air passage into which the outside air flows into the battlefield chamber from the lower side of the control panel and the other air passage flowing into the battlefield chamber via the inside of the door are all guided to the heating means by one cooling fan. Some of the air guided to the heating means is guided to the sealing portion of the heating means through the auxiliary guide, there is an advantage that the cooling of the heating means can be made more effectively.

1 is a view showing the appearance of a cooking appliance according to the present invention.
2 is a view showing a part of the inflow path of air for cooling the cooking appliance according to the present invention.
Figure 3 is a view showing the interior of the electric room of the cooking appliance according to the invention.
Figure 4 schematically shows an air flow path for cooling in the first cooking unit of the cooking appliance according to the invention.
5 is a view showing a plurality of guides for guiding the air flow of the cooking appliance according to the invention.
6 is a view showing the entire flow path of air for cooling of the cooking appliance according to the invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings will be described a specific embodiment of the present invention. However, the spirit of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments presented, and those skilled in the art who understand the spirit of the present invention can easily suggest other embodiments within the scope of the same idea.

1 is a view showing the appearance of a cooking appliance according to the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, the main body of the cooking appliance 1 according to the present invention is formed in a substantially rectangular shape and has a cooking space divided up and down, respectively, the front of the cooking space is provided with a door that can be opened and closed individually.

In detail, the cooking space is divided into a first cooking unit 200 located in a relatively upper side and a second cooking unit 400 located in a lower side of the first cooking unit 200, respectively, by a separate heating means. It is configured to cook.

The first door 220 is rotatably provided at the front side of the first cooking unit 200, and the second door 420 is rotatably provided at the front side of the second cooking unit 400.

In addition, a first electric field chamber 600 having various control structures for cooking food is provided on the upper side of the first cooking unit 200, and controlling the control structure to the front side of the first electric chamber 600. The control unit 800 is provided. Although not shown, a second electric chamber is also provided between the first cooking unit 200 and the second cooking unit 400.

The control unit 800 is electrically connected to the first electric room 600 and the second electric room so that control commands can be input to both the first cooking unit 200 and the second cooking unit 400, and the display 820. Through to check the control status and input information of the control command of each cooking unit.

On the other hand, the main body of the cooking appliance 1 according to the present invention, as well as the electric chamber and the control unit 800 provided as described above, the first cooking unit 200 and the second cooking unit 400 after cooling the second A plurality of air flow paths for discharging air through the discharge port 110 provided below the cooking unit 400 is provided.

Hereinafter, the air flow path of the cooking appliance 1 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

2 is a view showing a part of the inflow path of the air for cooling the cooking appliance according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a view showing the inside of the electrical equipment room of the cooking appliance according to the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, first, referring to a flow path of air for cooling an electric room, the rear of the control unit 800 has a first electric room inlet 610 so that outside air can flow into the first electric room 600. Prepared.

As shown in FIG. 2, the first electric chamber suction port 610 is configured of a plurality of long holes formed in the transverse direction on the front side of the first electric chamber 600.

Meanwhile, the first cooking chamber 260, which is a cooking space provided in the first cooking unit 200 for cooking food, is formed by the first cavity 240, and the food is cooked on the upper surface of the first cavity 240. A first upper heater 270 that is one of the heating means for the purpose is provided.

In addition, an upper surface of the first cavity 240 is provided above the first upper heater 270 and includes a first exhaust port 262 (see FIG. 4) for discharging air inside the first cooking chamber 260. do.

In addition, a first cooking unit suction port 210 may be provided on the front surface of the first cooking unit 200 to allow air to flow into the first electric chamber 600.

Air flowing through the first cooking unit suction port 210 is transferred along an upper side of the first cavity 240 and a lower side of the first electric chamber 600 to pass through the first exhaust port 262 (see FIG. 4). The air is discharged together with the discharged air to the first electric chamber 600.

On the other hand, the bottom of the first electrical chamber 600 is formed by an insulator of a heat insulating material to prevent the electrical components and control components provided therein from being damaged from the heat of cooking of the first cooking chamber 260.

In addition, a rear side of the first electric chamber 600 is provided with a first cooling fan 620 for forcing the flow of air.

The first cooling fan 620 is provided with a suction port and a discharge port in different directions to generate a flow of air inside the first electrical chamber 600, and transfer the sucked air through the discharge port, thereby the first cooking unit ( The heating means of 200 is cooled.

Of course, the first cooking chamber 260 may be smoothly exhausted through the first exhaust port 262 (see FIG. 4) according to the flow of air.

Hereinafter, for convenience of description, a flow path of air flowing into the first electric chamber 600 through the first electric chamber suction port 610 is referred to as a first flow path, and the first door 220 will be described below. A flow path of air flowing into the first electric chamber 600 through the door flow path 222 (see FIG. 4) and the first cooking unit suction port 210 provided therein is referred to as a second flow path.

As described above, the outside air introduced through the first flow path and the second flow path is discharged from the inside of the first electric chamber 600 by the first cooling fan 620 to cool the heating means. The flow path of is called the third flow path.

That is, the third flow path cools the heating means for heating the first cooking chamber 260 by forcing the flow of air to the rear side of the first cavity 240.

4 is a view schematically showing an air flow path for cooling in the first cooking unit of the cooking appliance according to the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, when the first cooling fan 620 is operated, a first flow path through which the outside air flows through the first electrical chamber suction port 610, the first door 220, and the first cooking unit suction port Outside air flows into the first electric field chamber 600 by a second flow path through which outside air flows through 210.

Then, the electric components constituting the control unit 800 are cooled by the outside air introduced as described above.

Meanwhile, the outside air introduced through the first flow path and the second flow path is transferred along the third flow path by the first cooling fan 620.

The third flow path includes a first upper heater 270 that is a heating means for heating the first cooking unit 200, a first lower heater 230, and the first lower heater provided below the first cavity 240. A first convection device is provided to supply hot air from the rear side of the first cavity 240 to allow food to be cooked.

The first convection device includes a first circular convex heater 250 provided at a rear side of the first cavity 260 and a first circular convex heater 250 and provided inside the first convection heater 250. A first convection fan 254 for forcing a flow and a first convection motor 256 for rotating the first convection fan 254 are included.

And, some of the air transported along the third flow path is guided to the first convection heater encapsulation unit 252 for supplying power to the first convection heater 250 by a plurality of guides to be described below. Allow for intensive cooling.

That is, the air transported along the third flow path is guided to the first upper heater 270, which is the first heating means of the first cooking unit 200, and the first convection heater 250, which is the second heating means. A portion of this is concentrated to the first convection heater encapsulation 252.

5 is a view showing a plurality of guides for guiding the air flow of the cooking appliance according to the invention, Figure 6 is a view showing the entire flow path of the air for cooling the cooking appliance according to the invention It is.

Referring to these drawings, a plurality of guide parts are provided at the rear sides of the first cooking unit 200 and the second cooking unit 400 to guide the movement of air transported along the third flow path.

In detail, a plate-shaped first main guide part 280 formed at a rear side of the first cooking part 200 in a direction extending from the lower center of the discharge port of the first cooling fan 620 toward the second cooking part 400. Is provided.

And, the left side of the first main guide 280, the plate-shaped first auxiliary guide formed in the direction of the first main guide 280 starting from the left end of the discharge port of the first cooling fan 620 290 is provided.

The first auxiliary guide part 290 guides the conveying direction of a part of the air divided by the first main guide part 280 to concentrate the discharged air, and part of the first convection heater bag is again. The first convection heater encapsulation 252 may be intensively cooled by guiding to the unit 252.

To this end, the first auxiliary guide part 290 has a first branch hole 292 formed by removing a portion thereof, and air introduced into the first branch hole 292 is the first convection heater encapsulation part 252. A first branch rib 294 is included that can be guided to.

That is, the first branch rib 294 extends from the first branch hole 292 toward the first convection heater encapsulation portion 252. Therefore, the air discharged from the first cooling fan 620 is transferred along the first branch rib 294 to intensively cool the first convection heater encapsulation 252.

On the other hand, the second cooking unit 400 is formed with an air flow path for cooling the electric parts and the heating means similar to the first cooking unit 200.

To this end, a second electric room suction port (not shown) is provided in the second electric battle room provided in the first cooking unit 200 and the second cooking unit 400 to allow the outside air to flow in, and the second cooking unit 400 is provided. The second cooking unit suction port 410 is provided on the front upper side.

In addition, a second door flow path (not shown) is provided in the second door 420 similarly to the first door 220.

Accordingly, the second cooking unit 400 also has a fourth flow path through which the air outside the main body flows into the second electric chamber through the second electric chamber suction port (not shown). A fifth flow path through which air outside the main body flows into the second electric chamber is formed along the air flow path.

On the other hand, the second cooling fan 640 provided in the second electrical chamber is forced to transfer the air flowing through the fourth flow path and the fifth flow path to cool the electrical components inside the second electrical chamber.

As described above, the air cooled inside the second electric chamber is transported along the sixth flow path to cool the heating means constituting the second cooking unit 400.

That is, in the sixth flow path, similarly to the third flow path of the first cooking unit 200, the cold air is controlled by the second upper heater, which is the first heating means of the second cooking unit 400, and the second convection heater, which is the second heating means. A plurality of guides is provided for guiding.

In detail, a plate-shaped second main guide part 480 is formed at a rear side of the second cooking unit 400 to extend downward from the center of the discharge port of the second cooling fan 640. In addition, a plate-shaped second auxiliary guide part 490 is formed on the left side of the discharge port of the second cooling fan 640 to extend toward the second main guide part 480. The cold air discharged is concentrated.

On the other hand, a portion of the second auxiliary guide portion 490 is also cut off to form a second branch hole 492, and extending toward the second convection heater encapsulation portion 452 from one side of the second branch hole 492. A plate-shaped second branch rib 494 is provided.

And, a part of the air discharged from the discharge portion of the second cooling fan 640 is guided toward the heating means of the second cooking unit 400 by the second main guide portion 480, the second branch rib 494 intensively cools the second convection heater encapsulation 452 by guiding a part of the discharged air toward the second convection heater encapsulation 452.

Therefore, in the cooking appliance 1 according to the present invention through the flow path divided for each cooking unit as described above, the air outside the main body through the flow path divided to cool the first electric chamber 600 and the second electric chamber, respectively. Inhale. In addition, the air sucked into each electric compartment is discharged to cool the heating means by the cooling fan provided in each electric compartment, so that the air for cooling the heating means can be sufficiently supplied.

In addition, as described above, the air for cooling the heating means is intensively guided to the encapsulation portion of the heating means by the plurality of guide parts, so that the cooling of the heating means provided for each cooking unit can be more effectively performed.

200 ..... The first cooking unit 210 ..... The first cooking unit suction port
250 ..... 1st convection heater 252 ..... 1st convection heater encapsulation
280 ..... The first main guide 290 ..... The first auxiliary guide
292 ..... 1st branch hole 294 ..... 1st branch rib
400 ..... second cooking part 410 ..... second cooking part inlet
452 ..... 2nd convection heater encapsulation 480 ..... 2nd main guide
490 ..... Second Auxiliary Guide 492 ..... Second Branch Hole
494 ..... 2nd Quarter Rib 600 ..... Battlefield 1
610 ..... 1st electrical room inlet 620 ..... 1st cooling fan
640 ..... 2nd cooling fan

Claims (7)

A main body provided with a cooking chamber;
A door rotatably provided in the main body to selectively open and close the cooking chamber and to provide a flow path of air therein;
An electrical equipment chamber provided above the main body to accommodate a control configuration for temperature control of the cooking chamber;
A cooling fan provided inside the electric room to force the flow of air;
A first flow path through which the outside of the main body flows into the battlefield chamber through a battlefield suction port provided at one side of the battlefield chamber;
A second flow path through which an air outside the main body flows into the electric compartment through an air flow path inside the door; And
And a third flow path for guiding air introduced into the battlefield chamber through the first flow path and the second flow path to the rear lower end of the main body by using the blowing fan.
At least a portion of the guided air is supplied to the heating means for heating the cooking chamber in the third flow path to allow the heating means to cool;
And an auxiliary guide unit configured to guide at least a portion of the air guided to the heating unit to an encapsulation unit of the heating unit.
The method of claim 1,
The main guide unit is formed to extend from the discharge portion of the cooling fan to the lower side of the main body.
The method of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary guide portion,
Cooking apparatus provided to have an inclination toward the main guide from one end of the discharge portion of the cooling fan.
The method of claim 3, wherein the auxiliary guide portion,
A branch hole formed by removing a part thereof,
And a branch rib to allow air introduced into the branch hole to be guided to the encapsulation part.
The method of claim 1, wherein the heating means,
A carbon heater positioned at a rear side of the cooking chamber to radiate heat into the cooking chamber;
And a convection fan for supplying hot air into the cooking chamber from one side of the carbon heater.
A main body including a first cooking unit provided at a relatively upper side and a second cooking unit provided at a lower side of the first cooking unit;
A first door rotatably provided at one side of the first cooking unit and provided with a flow path of air therein;
A second door rotatably provided at one side of the second cooking unit and provided with a flow path of air therein;
A first electric compartment provided at an upper side of the first cooking part and accommodating a control configuration for temperature control of the first cooking part;
A second electric compartment provided between a lower side of the first cooking unit and the second cooking unit, the control unit configured to control the temperature of the second cooking unit;
A first cooling fan and a second cooling fan provided in the first electric field chamber and the second electric chamber, respectively, to force the flow of air;
A first flow path through which the outside of the main body flows into the first electric chamber through a first electric chamber suction port provided at one side of the first electric chamber;
A second flow path through which air outside the main body flows into the first electrical chamber along the air flow path of the first door;
A third flow path guiding air introduced into the first electric chamber through the first flow path and the second flow path to the rear lower end of the first cooking unit using the first cooling fan;
A fourth flow path through which the air outside the main body flows into the second electric chamber through a second electric chamber suction port provided at one side of the second electric chamber;
A fifth flow path through which air outside the main body flows into the second electrical chamber along the air flow path of the second door;
And a sixth flow path guiding air introduced into the second battlefield chamber through the fourth flow path and the fifth flow path to the rear lower end of the second cooking unit using the second cooling fan.
In the third flow path and the sixth flow path,
At least a portion of the guided air is guided to the first heating means and the second heating means for heating the first cooking portion and the second cooking portion, respectively, so that the first heating means and the second heating means can be cooled. The main guide and the second main guide,
And a first auxiliary guide part and a second auxiliary guide part to guide at least a portion of the air guided to each heating means to the encapsulation part of each heating means.
The method of claim 6, wherein the first auxiliary guide portion and the second auxiliary guide portion,
A first branch hole and a second branch hole are formed, each of which is partially drilled to form a hole;
The cooking apparatus includes a first branching rib and a second branching rib in the first branching hole and the second branching hole, respectively, to allow air introduced into the encapsulation portion of the first heating means and the encapsulation portion of the second heating means. .

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