Microwave oven with door change device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorGong Soo Kim
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Abstract
A microwave oven is capable of preventing a door that can be opened from a left side or a right side thereof from being simultaneously opened from both sides thereof. The microwave oven includes a body, a door, and a change device. The door is coupled with the body. The change device allows the door to be opened from both sides thereof. The change device includes a pair of holders, a pair of sliders, and at least one lever. The holders rotate as the door is opened from both sides thereof. The sliders linearly move in cooperation of the holders. The at least one lever restricts the linear movement of the sliders when the door is opened from one side thereof, thereby preventing the door from being open from a remaining side.
Claims21
A microwave oven, comprising:
- a body defining a cooking compartment to cook foodstuff;
- a door coupled with the body;
- and
- a change device at the door, allowing the door to be opened from two sides thereof, the change device including a pair of holders rotating as the door is opened from either side thereof, a pair of sliders linearly moving in cooperation with the holders, and at least one lever restricting the linear movement of the sliders when the door is opened from one side thereof and preventing the door from being opened from the other side.
A microwave oven, comprising:
- a body defining a cooking compartment to cook foodstuff;
- a door coupled with the body;
- first and second shaft members provided in one of the body and the door;
- first and second insertion grooves provided in the other of the body and the door;
- first and second holders rotating in cooperation with the first and second shaft members as the first and second shaft members are introduced into/withdrawn from the first and second insertion grooves;
- and
- at least one lever fixing the first slider or the second slider when one of the first and second holders is separated from one of the first and second shaft members.
A microwave oven, comprising:
- a body defining a cooking compartment to cook foodstuff;
- a door coupled with the body;
- and
- a change device attached to the door, the change device including a pair of sliders, one of the sliders being locked from moving in a first direction toward a first side when the door is opened from the first side.
A change device used in conjunction with a door of a microwave oven, comprising:
- a pair of sliders;
- and
- at least one lever locking at least one of the sliders from moving in a first direction toward a first side when the door is opened from the first side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.