Cooking apparatus equipped with audio player
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSei Jeon III
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Abstract
A cooking apparatus including an audio player; a body with a player seat to which the audio player is attached and from which the audio player is detached; and at least one speaker to output sound signals reproduced by the audio player. The cooking apparatus of the present invention improves installation/removal and operation of the audio player, and expands the range of use thereof.
Claims29
A cooking apparatus, comprising:
- an audio player;
- a body with a player seat to which the audio player is attached and from which the audio player is detached;
- and
- at least one speaker to output sound signals reproduced by the audio player.
A microwave oven, comprising:
- an electrical component area comprising a magnetron and a power supply unit;
- an audio player;
- a body with a player seat to which the audio player is attached and from which the audio player is detached;
- and
- at least one speaker to output sound signals reproduced by the audio player.
An audio player attachable to, and detachable from, a cooking apparatus having a body with a player seat detachably receiving the audio player and a player seat connector, the audio player comprising:
- an audio player connector to electrically connect the audio player to the player seat, the audio player connector receiving power through the player seat connector and transmitting sound signals;
- and
- a control panel on an upper surface of the audio player to control operation of the audio player.
A method of attaching and detaching an audio player with an audio player connector to and from a cooking apparatus, the audio player having an audio player connector and a control panel on an upper surface thereof, and the cooking apparatus having a body with a player seat and a player seat connector and an ejection button, the method comprising:
- attaching the audio player by inserting the audio player into the player seat, with the audio player connector interlocking with the player seat connector, and pushing the audio player toward the cooking apparatus, with a top end of the audio player rotating into the body of the cooking apparatus;
- and
- detaching the audio player by pressing the ejection button, the top end of the audio player rotating away from the cooking apparatus, and removing the audio player from the player seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.