Cooking apparatus and method of controlling the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJung Soo LIM, Kyoung Mok KIM, Kyu Sun LEE, Hyun Sook KIM
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Abstract
A cooking apparatus including a filter which may efficiently collect gas and smoke generated in a pyro-cleaning process, and a method of controlling the same. The cooking apparatus includes a main body having a cooking chamber formed therein, a vent unit configured to discharge gas in the cooking chamber to the outside of the main body, and a filter installed in at least one of the cooking chamber and the vent unit to collect gas or smoke generated in the cooking chamber. The filter includes a metal sheet.
Claims43
A cooking apparatus comprising:
- a main body having a cooking chamber formed therein;
- a vent unit configured to discharge gas in the cooking chamber to the outside of the main body;
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- a filter installed in at least one of the cooking chamber and the vent unit to collect gas or smoke generated in the cooking chamber,
- wherein the filter comprises a metal sheet.
A method of controlling a cooking apparatus, comprising a cleaning process comprising:
- controlling a temperature in a cooking chamber such that the temperature in the cooking chamber is maintained at a preset first temperature for a preset first time;
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- controlling a temperature in a cooking chamber such that the temperature in the cooking chamber is maintained at a preset second temperature higher than the first temperature for a preset second time.
A cooking apparatus comprising:
- a main body having a cooking chamber formed therein;
- a convection flow unit comprising a convection heater to heat air in the cooking chamber and a convection fan to circulate the air in the cooking chamber;
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- a metal foam installed at a periphery of the convection flow unit to collect and decompose cooking gas contained in the air in the cooking chamber.
A cooking apparatus comprising:
- a main body having a cooking chamber formed therein;
- and
- a convection flow unit comprising a convection heater to heat air in the cooking chamber and a convection fan to circulate the air in the cooking chamber,
- wherein the main body is formed as a metal foam configured to collect and decompose cooking gas contained in the air in the cooking chamber.
A cooking apparatus comprising:
- a main body having a cooking chamber formed therein;
- and
- a convection flow unit comprising a convection heater to heat air in the cooking chamber and a convection fan to circulate the air in the cooking chamber,
- wherein the convection fan is formed as a metal foam configured to collect and decompose cooking gas contained in the air in the cooking chamber.
A cooking apparatus comprising:
- a main body having a cooking chamber formed therein;
- a convection flow unit comprising a convection heater to heat air in the cooking chamber and a convection fan to circulate the air in the cooking chamber;
- a filter installed in at least one of the cooking chamber and the vent unit to collect gas or smoke generated in the cooking chamber;
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- an alarm system to detect contaminants in the cooking chamber and to alert a user of the contaminants.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.