Grill unit, method of manufacturing the grill unit and cooking apparatus with the grill unit
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDae-Sung Han, Chul Kim, Yong-Woon Han, Seong-Deog Jang, Kyung-Hee Hahm, Joo-Yeong Yeo, Han-Seong Kang
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Abstract
A grill unit, including a plurality of grill pipes made of a metallic material and spaced apart from each other; and water tanks made of a resin material and connected to both ends of the grill pipes to supply water into the grill pipes.
Claims18
A grill unit, comprising:
- a plurality of grill pipes made of a metallic material and spaced apart from each other;
- and
- water tanks made of a resin material and connected to both ends of the grill pipes, to supply water into the grill pipes.
A method of manufacturing a grill unit using metallic molds, the grill unit having a plurality of grill pipes and a water tank, the method comprising:
- fixing ends of a plurality of grill pipes into at least one of the metallic molds used to mold the water tank, while maintaining the ends of the grill pipes in the at least one of the metallic molds;
- and
- molding the water tank by injecting molten resin into the at least one of the metallic molds.
A cooking apparatus, comprising:
- a cabinet having at least one heater;
- and
- a grill unit mounted on a top surface of the cabinet to support food, the grill unit comprising
- a plurality of grill pipes made of a metallic material and spaced apart from each other, and
- water tanks made of a resin material and connected to both ends of the grill pipes to supply water into the grill pipes.
A method of manufacturing a grill unit having a plurality of grill pipes and a water tank formed using detachable molds, the method comprising:
- cutting a pipe at predetermined intervals to form the plurality of grill pipes;
- bending and shaping an end of each of the grill pipes to form an upwardly extended part to contact water in the water tank, a laterally extended part extending from the upwardly extended part, a sloped part sloping downward from the laterally extended part, and a horizontally extended part extending from the inclined part;
- setting the upwardly extended part and the laterally extended part of each of the grill pipes within a cavity formed between the molds;
- molding the water tank by injecting molten resin into the cavity to integrally form the grill pipes with the water tank;
- and
- removing the molds from the water tank after the resin has solidified, with the horizontally extended part being lower than the water tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.