KR20160072484A - Cooking device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cooking tool having an improved performance of sucking polluted air. The cooking tool according to an aspect of the present invention, comprises: a main body having a cooking space for cooking materials to be cooked; and a hood provided below the main body and sucking polluted air, wherein the hood includes a hood casing with a front surface plate, and the front surface plate has a front surface suction port for sucking the polluted air.

Description

{Cooking device}

The present specification relates to a cooking apparatus.

Generally, a cooking appliance is a household appliance that cooks a food using a heating source. Among such cooking devices, a cooking device equipped with a hood function is referred to as a hood-purpose cooking device.

The hood combined cooking device is installed on one side of the kitchen. More specifically, the cooking apparatus is installed above another cooking apparatus, for example, a gas oven range or the like.

A wall-mounted microwave oven is disclosed in Korean Patent Publication No. 0624676 (registered on September 2006, 2006), which is a prior art document.

The wall-mounted type microwave oven of the prior art is provided with an exhaust duct at a lower portion of the main body, and the guide member is drawn out from the main body, and is bent downward in a process of being drawn out by a plurality of guide pieces.

According to the prior art, since the exhaust duct for sucking the contaminated air is located only on the lower surface of the main body, even if the guide member is provided, the contaminated air generated in the course of cooking the food in the cooking apparatus located below the wall- There is a problem in that a part of the contaminated air can not flow toward the exhaust duct side.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a cooking apparatus in which the suction performance of contaminated air is improved.

A cooking device according to one aspect includes a main body having a cooking cavity for cooking food; And a hood which is provided on the lower side of the main body and in which contaminated air is sucked. The hood includes a hood casing having a front plate, and the front plate is provided with a front suction port for sucking contaminated air.

Further, the hood casing may further include a lower surface plate, and the lower surface plate may be provided with a lower surface suction port for sucking contaminated air.

The air conditioner further includes a guide member slidably connected to the hood casing and guiding the contaminated air toward the front suction port.

The guide member may include a sliding member that slides and an extension extending downward from a front end of the sliding member. When the sliding member is drawn into the hood casing, can do.

The front plate may have an opening for allowing the sliding member to slide.

Also, the opening may be formed by cutting the upper end of the front plate.

The hood further includes a rail assembly for sliding the guide member. The hood casing includes a lower plate and a rail support portion provided on the lower plate. The rail assembly is fixed to the rail support portion And a movable rail connected to the fixed rail and connected to the sliding member.

The apparatus may further include a restricting mechanism for restricting the withdrawal position of the guide member. The restricting mechanism may include a stopper provided on the hood casing and a protrusion provided on the guide member and contacting the stopper in a sliding process of the guide member.

According to the present invention, since the front suction port is provided on the front plate of the hood casing, the contaminated air generated in the cooking process of other cooking devices located below the cooking device can be sucked through the front suction port There is an advantage that the suction performance is improved.

In addition, since the guide member covers the front suction port in a state that the guide member is drawn into the hood casing, the front suction port is not exposed to the outside, thereby preventing the foreign matter from being sucked through the front suction port, .

1 is a view showing a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a view showing a state in which a guide member is drawn out from a hood of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figures 3 and 4 are perspective views showing the hood of the present invention.
5 is a view showing a state in which contaminated air is sucked from the hood of the cooking apparatus of the present invention.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings. It should be noted that, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the drawings, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals whenever possible, even if they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the difference that the embodiments of the present invention are not conclusive.

In describing the components of the embodiment of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) may be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements. When a component is described as being "connected", "coupled", or "connected" to another component, the component may be directly connected or connected to the other component, Quot; may be "connected," "coupled," or "connected. &Quot;

FIG. 1 is a view showing a cooking device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view illustrating a state in which a guide member is drawn out from a hood of a cooking device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, the cooking appliance 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention can be installed on a wall W of a kitchen, for example. That is, in the present embodiment, the cooking appliance 1 may be a wall-mounted microwave oven. Of course, there is no limitation in the kind of the cooking appliance 1 as long as the cooking appliance 1 can be installed on the wall W. [

The cooking apparatus 1 may include a main body 10 having a cooking cavity 11 and a door 12 connected to the main body 10 to open and close the cooking cavity 11.

Therefore, the cooking appliance 1 can perform cooking of the food stored in the cooking cavity 11. [

The cooking apparatus 1 may further include a hood 20 for sucking contaminated air from the outside.

The hood 20 may be disposed on the lower side of the main body 10, although not limited thereto. The main body 10 may further include a suction fan 14 that operates to suck polluted air and an air flow path 13 through which polluted air flows. Although not shown, the front and / or top surface of the main body 10 may have a discharge port through which the contaminated air flowing in the air flow path 13 is discharged.

As another example, the suction fan 14 may be provided on the hood 20.

The cooking device 1 may be located above another cooking device 2 in the kitchen, for example. The hood (20) can suck the contaminated air generated in the process of cooking food by the other cooking appliance (2). The other cooking appliance 2 may include, but is not limited to, a front heating portion 2a and a rear heating portion 2b. The front heating portion 2a and the rear heating portion 2b are spaced apart in the front-rear direction.

The hood 20 includes a guide member 220 for guiding contaminated air, and the guide member 220 can be provided to the hood 20 to be able to enter and exit the hood 20.

The hood 20 is heated by the front heating unit 2a and / or the rear heating unit 2b while the guide member 220 is drawn out from the hood 20, The polluted air can be effectively sucked.

Hereinafter, the hood of the present invention will be described in detail.

3 and 4 are perspective views showing the hood of the present invention.

3 and 4, the hood 20 of the present invention may include a hood casing 200 that can be connected to the lower side of the main body 10. [

The hood casing 200 may include a bottom plate 210. The lower plate 210 of the hood casing 200 may be provided with a lower suction port 211 for sucking contaminated air.

The hood casing 200 may further include a front plate 212. The front plate 212 may include a front suction port 213 for sucking contaminated air. The front suction port 212 may include a plurality of holes. The plurality of holes may be horizontally spaced apart, vertically spaced apart, horizontally and vertically spaced apart.

The hood 20 may further include a guide member 220 for guiding polluted air toward the front suction port 213.

The guide member 220 may be slidably connected to the hood casing 200.

For example, the guide member 220 may be slidably pulled out of the hood casing 200 in the front-rear direction by the rail assembly 216 or may be pulled out of the hood casing 210.

The rail assembly 216 may include a fixed rail 217 and a movable rail 218 coupled to the fixed rail 217. The movable rail 218 may be connected to the guide member 220.

The hood casing 200 may include a rail support portion 219 for supporting the fixed rail 217 so that the guide member 220 slides at a position spaced apart from the lower plate 210 by a predetermined height have. The fixed rail 217 may be fixed to the rail supporting portion 219.

The guide member 220 may include a sliding member 221 to which the moving rail 218 is connected and an extending portion 223 extending downward from the front end of the sliding member 221.

The extension portion 223 may serve as a handle that the user can grasp. That is, the user can push or pull the guide member 220 by holding the extension portion 223.

The movable rail 218 may be connected to a lower surface of the sliding member 221. The front plate 212 may be provided with an opening 214 to allow the sliding member 221 to be drawn out of the hood casing 200 and drawn into the hood casing 200.

The sliding member 221 and the movable rail 218 can be moved by the opening 214 without interference with the front plate 212.

The opening 214 may be formed, for example, by cutting a part of the upper end of the front plate 212. Alternatively, the opening 214 may be formed by a part of the upper end of the front plate 212 being downwardly recessed. Or the opening 214 may be a space formed by forming the height of the front plate 212 lower than the height of the side plate 210a.

The extension portion 223 may cover the front suction port 213 of the front plate 212 in a state where the sliding member 221 is drawn into the hood casing 200.

The extension portion 223 covers the front suction port 213 in a state in which the hood 20 is not used, that is, in a state in which the sliding member 221 is drawn into the hood casing 200, The suction port 213 is not exposed to the outside, so that the foreign matter is prevented from being sucked through the front suction port 213 and the appearance is clean.

The width of the extended portion 223 may be greater than the width of the sliding member 221. Therefore, the extension portion 223 can cover the front plate 212 in a state that the sliding member 221 is drawn into the hood casing 200.

The hood 20 may further include a restricting mechanism for restricting the withdrawal position of the guide member 220. The restricting mechanism may include a stopper 215 provided on the lower plate 210 of the hood casing 200 and a protrusion 222 provided on the sliding member 221.

When the protrusion 222 contacts the stopper 215 in the process of pulling the guide member 220 forward from the hood casing 200, the pulling of the guide member 220 is restricted.

At this time, the stopper 215 may be provided on the side plate 210a of the hood casing 200. [

5 is a view showing a state in which contaminated air is sucked from the hood of the cooking apparatus of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 3 to 5, the suction fan 14 may be operated to suck contaminated air generated in the cooking process in another cooking appliance 2. In addition, the user can pull the guide member 30 toward the front of the hood casing 200.

The front suction port 213 is exposed to the outside and the suction force generated by the operation of the suction fan 14 acts as the front suction port 213 and the bottom suction port 211.

When the food is cooked by the front heating portion 2a and the rear heating portion 2b of the other cooking appliance 2, the contaminated air generated in the cooking process by the rear heating portion 2b May be sucked into the suction port 211 as described above. A part of the contaminated air generated in the process of cooking the food by the rear heating unit 2b may be sucked into the front suction port 213. [

A part or all of the contaminated air generated in the process of cooking the food by the front heating unit 2a may be sucked into the front suction port 213. [

The contaminated air generated in the process of cooking the food by the front heating unit 2a is raised and the flow of polluted air can be guided by the guide member 220 during the rising of the contaminated air.

At this time, a part of the contaminated air can rise toward the extension portion 223 side of the guide member 220. In this case, the suction force acts on the front suction port 213, so that the contaminated air rising toward the extension portion 223 does not flow over the extension portion 223 to flow above the guide member 220 The flow direction may be switched to the front suction port 213 and sucked into the hood casing 200 through the front suction port 213.

Therefore, according to the present invention, since the contaminated air can be sucked through the front suction port 213, the suction performance of the contaminated air is improved.

Further, contaminated air can be sucked through the front suction port 213, so that the length of the guide member can be reduced.

The lower surface of the lower casing of the hood casing is provided with a lower suction port. However, the lower suction port may be omitted.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. That is, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively coupled to one or more of them. Furthermore, the terms "comprises", "comprising", or "having" described above mean that a component can be implanted unless otherwise specifically stated, But should be construed as including other elements. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Commonly used terms, such as predefined terms, should be interpreted to be consistent with the contextual meanings of the related art, and are not to be construed as ideal or overly formal, unless expressly defined to the contrary.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

1: a cooking apparatus 10: a main body
13: air flow passage 14: suction fan
20: hood 200: hood casing
210: lower plate 211: lower inlet
212: front plate 213: front inlet
220: guide member 221: sliding member
223: Extension

Claims (8)

A main body having a cooking cavity for cooking food; And
And a hood disposed under the main body and to which polluted air is sucked,
The hood includes a hood casing having a front plate,
Wherein the front plate is provided with a front suction port for sucking contaminated air. The method according to claim 1,
The hood casing further includes a lower plate,
Wherein the lower surface plate is provided with a lower suction port for sucking contaminated air. The method according to claim 1,
And a guide member slidably connected to the hood casing and guiding the contaminated air to the front suction port side. The method of claim 3,
The guide member includes a sliding member that slides,
And an extension extending downward from a front end of the sliding member,
Wherein the extension portion covers the front suction port when the sliding member is drawn into the hood casing. The method of claim 3,
Wherein an opening for allowing the sliding member to slide is formed on the front plate. 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the opening is formed by cutting an upper end of the front plate. The method of claim 3,
The hood further includes a rail assembly for sliding the guide member,
The hood casing includes a lower surface plate and a rail support portion provided on the lower surface plate,
The rail assembly includes a fixed rail fixed to the rail support portion,
And a moving rail connected to the fixed rail and connected to the sliding member. The method of claim 3,
Further comprising a restricting mechanism for restricting the withdrawn position of the guide member,
The restriction mechanism includes a stopper provided on the hood casing,
And a protrusion provided on the guide member and contacting the stopper in a sliding process of the guide member.

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