US 2012/0074124 A1Published application

Heating cooking appliance

AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorYasuhiko Kamii

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Abstract

A heating cooking appliance includes a heating chamber for items to be cooked, a circulation duct connecting an inlet port and an outlet port both of which open into the heating chamber, an air blower located in the circulation duct, and a heating device in the upper part of the heating chamber. Gas in the heating chamber is taken into the circulation duct from the inlet port by the blower. The gas temperature is raised by the heating device, and subsequently, the gas is blown into the heating chamber from the inlet port. The circulation duct is provided with first and second paths which branch off upstream of the heating device. The first and second paths guide gas to the area upstream and downstream of the heating device, respectively.

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Dependent claims

A heating cooking appliance comprising:

a heating chamber that houses an ingredient to be cooked;
a circulation duct that connects an inlet port and an outlet port, which are opened through a wall surface of the heating chamber, to each other;
an air blower that is disposed in the circulation duct;
and
a heating device that is disposed in the circulation duct over the heating chamber;
the heating cooking appliance introduces a gas in the heating chamber from the inlet port into the circulation duct thanks to driving of the air blower;
and raises the gas in temperature by means of the heating device;
wherein
the circulation duct includes first and second paths that branch off at an upstream position with respect to the heating device;
the first path guides the gas to an upstream portion of the heating device;
and
the second path guides the gas to a downstream portion of the heating device to allow the gas to join the gas that flows in the first path.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.