# US 2014/0190961 A1 · Cooking apparatus

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- Number: US 2014/0190961 A1
- Document ID: US20140190961A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/239,678
- Filed: 2012-10-12
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2011-10-13
- Assignees: Panasonic Corporation
- Applicants: Panasonic Corporation
- Inventors: Kouji Kanzaki; Hisahiro Nishitani; Shinichi Yamane
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190961A1

## CPC

- H05B 6/6444: {Aspects relating to lighting devices in the microwave cavity}
- F24C 7/085: {on baking ovens}
- F24C 15/008: {Illumination for oven cavities}
- H05B 6/6402: {Aspects relating to the microwave cavity}
- H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- F24C: DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES (exclusively for solid fuels F24B); DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION

## Abstract

A cooking apparatus 1 includes: a heating chamber which accommodates an object to be heated; an interior lamp illuminates the heating chamber; a control unit which supplies power to the interior lamp; and an operation unit which operates the control unit. The interior lamp is formed with an LED board on which a plurality of LED elements are mounted, and the control unit supplies power to only a part of the plurality of LED elements during cooking.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A cooking apparatus comprising:
a heating chamber which accommodates an object to be heated;
an interior lamp which illuminates the heating chamber;
a control unit which controls the interior lamp; and
an operation unit which operates the control unit,
wherein the interior lamp is formed by a board on which a plurality of LED elements are mounted, and
wherein the control unit supplies power to only a part of the plurality of LED elements in a middle of the cooking.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The cooking apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the control unit sets a number of the LED elements turning-ON in the interior lamp such that a number of turned-ON LED elements at time of the start and end of the cooking is different from that in the middle of the cooking.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The cooking apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the operation unit comprises a dedicated key for operating the interior lamp, and
wherein brightness of the interior lamp can be freely changed when an interior of the heating chamber is to be checked.