Gas oven
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeong Cheol MOON, Sung Kwang Kim
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Abstract
A gas oven having a gas supplying passage to supply gas to a burner is provided. The gas oven includes an ON/OFF valve to open/close the gas supplying passage, and a flow rate modulating valve connected to the ON/OFF valve in series so as to change the cross-sectional area of a passage, thereby supplying a proper amount of gas to a cooking cavity in response to the change of a cooking area. When a cooking cavity is divided into individual cooking cavities while a divider is mounted, the flow rate modulating valve is open/closed at a smaller opening degree than the maximum operating degree, and thus may be able to prevent a cooking substance from being carbonized in the individual cooking cavities.
Claims18
A gas oven, comprising:
- a body;
- a cooking cavity formed inside the body;
- a divider detachably mounted at the cooking cavity to divide the cooking cavity into a first individual cooking cavity at an upper portion of the body and a second individual cooking cavity at a lower portion of the body;
- a first burner provided at the first individual cooking cavity;
- a second burner provided at the second individual cooking cavity;
- a supply passage configured to supply gas to the first burner and the second burner from an outside gas supply source, the supply passage comprising a common passage connected to the outside gas supply source, and a first passage and a second passage that are diverged from the common passage to be connected to the first burner and to the second burner, respectively;
- an ON/OFF valve provided at the common passage;
- a first flow rate modulating valve provided at the first passage and capable of modulating an opening degree thereof;
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- a second flow rate modulating valve provided at the second passage and capable of modulating an opening degree thereof.
A gas oven, comprising:
- a body;
- a cooking cavity inside the body;
- a divider detachably mounted at the cooking cavity to divide the cooking cavity into a first individual cooking cavity at an upper portion of the body and a second individual cooking cavity at a lower portion of the body;
- a first burner provided at the first individual cooking cavity;
- a second burner provided at the second individual cooking cavity;
- a supply passage configured to supply gas from an outside gas supply source to the first burner and the second burner, the supply passage comprising a common passage connected to the outside gas supply source, and a first passage and a second passage that are diverged from the common passage to be connected to the first burner and the second burner, respectively;
- a first ON/OFF valve provided at the first passage;
- a first flow rate modulating valve provided at the first passage and capable of modulating an opening degree thereof;
- a second ON/OFF valve provided at the second passage;
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- a second flow rate modulating valve provided at the second passage and capable of modulating an opening degree thereof.
A gas oven, comprising:
- a body;
- a cooking cavity formed inside the body;
- a burner provided at the cooking cavity;
- a supply passage configured to supply gas from an outside gas supply source to the burner;
- a ON/OFF valve provided at the supply passage and configured to open/shut off the supply passage;
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- a flow rate modulating valve provided at the supply valve so as to be connected in series with the ON/OFF valve and capable of modulating an opening degree thereof.
A flow rate modulating valve, comprising:
- a coil wound in a form of a cylinder and configured to generate a magnetic field when applied with a current;
- a plunger configured to move downward by the magnetic field;
- a valve body configured to move downward while being pressed by the plunger and configured to modulate an opening degree of a connecting hole that connects an inlet to an outlet according to an amount of movement thereof;
- a restoring spring configured to elastically support the valve body to restore a position of the valve body when the current applied to the coil is removed;
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- an adjustment unit capable of adjusting a change of the opening degree according to a moving distance of the plunger by adjusting an initial position of the plunger.
A flow rate modulating valve, comprising:
- a coil configured to generate a magnetic field when applied with a current;
- a plunger configured to be moved by the magnetic field;
- a valve body configured to move while being pressed by the plunger and to modulate an opening amount of a connecting hole that connects an inlet to an outlet according to an amount of movement thereof;
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- a restorer part configured to elastically support the valve body to restore a position of the valve body when the current applied to the coil is removed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.