Microwave cooking appliance with user interface display
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsDaniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Pierce Woodling
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Abstract
A microwave cooking appliance for increasing visibility into the cooking cavity. The microwave cooking appliance may include a door. The door may include a conductive mesh layer. The door may include a frame supporting the conductive mesh layer. The door may include a conductive and/or sealing engagement between the conductive mesh layer and the frame. The door may include a leak detection device. The leak detection device may be adjacent the conductive and/or sealing engagement. The door may include a user interface display and/or a touch screen.
Claims21
A microwave cooking appliance comprising:
- a housing having a door to form a cooking cavity, wherein the door includes an interior face arranged to face towards the cooking cavity and an exterior face arranged to face away from the cooking cavity;
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- the door comprising
- a conductive mesh layer and one or more glass layers;
- a frame having an outer periphery and a choke groove extending along the outer periphery, wherein the frame supports the conductive mesh layer and the one or more glass layers, and wherein the conductive mesh layer is electrically grounded to the frame;
- a user interface panel;
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- wherein in a direction from the interior face of the door towards the exterior face of the door, the frame is positioned followed by the conductive mesh layer, and then followed by the user interface panel.
A microwave cooking appliance comprising:
- a housing having a door to form a cooking cavity, wherein the door includes an interior face arranged to face towards the cooking cavity and an exterior face arranged to face away from the cooking cavity;
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- the door comprising
- a conductive mesh layer and one or more glass layers;
- a frame having an inner periphery defining a through opening, an outer periphery, and a choke groove extending along the outer periphery, wherein the frame supports the conductive mesh layer and the one or more glass layers across the through opening, and wherein the conductive mesh layer is electrically grounded to the frame;
- a transparent user interface display disposed over the through opening and towards the exterior face of the door away from the frame, the conductive mesh layer, and the one or more glass layers;
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- wherein in a direction from the interior face of the door towards the exterior face of the door, the frame is positioned followed by the conductive mesh layer, and then followed by the transparent user interface display.
A door for a microwave cooking appliance comprising:
- a multi-layered shielding panel having a conductive mesh layer and one or more glass layers;
- a frame having an inner periphery defining a through opening, an outer periphery, and a choke groove extending along the outer periphery, wherein the frame supports the multi-layered shielding panel across the through opening, and wherein the conductive mesh layer is electrically grounded to the frame;
- one or more conductive engagements between the frame and the conductive mesh layer;
- a transparent user interface display disposed over the through opening and exterior to the conductive mesh layer and one or more glass layers;
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- wherein in a direction from an interior face of the door towards an exterior face of the door, the frame is positioned followed by the conductive mesh layer and one or more conductive engagements, and then followed by the transparent user interface display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.