Domestic microwave appliance having a dome-shaped microwave shield
AssigneeBSH Hausgeräte GmbH
InventorsSebastian Sterz, Markus Kuchler, Kerstin Rigorth, Matthias Vogt
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Abstract
A household microwave appliance includes a cooking compartment, a cooking compartment wall surrounding the cooking compartment and including a cooking compartment opening, and a microwave dome arranged remote from the cooking compartment and designed to cover the cooking compartment opening. The microwave dome includes a first sensor opening and a second sensor opening, with a first sensor arranged behind the first sensor opening and oriented directly into the cooking compartment, and with a second sensor arranged behind the second sensor opening and oriented indirectly into the cooking compartment via a reflecting surface of the microwave dome.
Claims10
A household microwave appliance, comprising:
- a cooking compartment;
- a cooking compartment wall surrounding the cooking compartment and including a cooking compartment opening;
- a microwave dome arranged remote from the cooking compartment and designed to cover the cooking compartment opening, said microwave dome including a first sensor opening and a second sensor opening;
- a first sensor arranged behind the first sensor opening and oriented directly into the cooking compartment, the first sensor being an optical camera;
- a second sensor, the second sensor being an IR camera, arranged behind the second sensor opening and oriented indirectly into the cooking compartment via a reflecting surface of the microwave dome, the reflecting surface being a surface that reflects infrared radiation;
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- a mirror element defining the reflecting surface and attached to the microwave dome in a pivotable manner, said mirror element being pivotable to a first end position in which the optical camera is oriented directly in the cooking compartment and the IR camera is oriented indirectly in the cooking compartment via the reflecting surface of the mirror element, and to a second end position in which the mirror element covers at least the IR camera with respect to the cooking compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.