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.
Claims25
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 frame having a choke groove and a multi-layered shielding panel having one or more conductive mesh layers and one or more glass layers;
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- one or more user interface panels are disposed over at least a portion of the choke groove.
A microwave door comprising:
- an interior face arranged to face towards the cooking cavity and an exterior face arranged to face away from the cooking cavity;
- a frame having a choke groove extending along an outer periphery of the frame and one or more conductive mesh layers and one of more glass layers;
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- one or more user interface panels having an outer periphery, wherein the outer periphery of the one or more user interface panels are disposed over at least a portion of the choke groove of the frame.
A door for a microwave cooking appliance comprising:
- a frame having an outer periphery and a choke groove extending along the outer periphery, wherein the frame includes a multi-layered shielding panel having one or more conductive mesh layers and one or more glass layers, and wherein the one or more conductive mesh layers are electrically grounded by one or more conductive engagements between a remaining portion of the frame and the one or more conductive mesh layers;
- one or more user interface panels are disposed over at least a portion of the frame and disposed over the one or more conductive mesh layers and the 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 one or more conductive mesh layers are at least followed by the one or more conductive engagements, and then followed by the one or more user interface panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.