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US 2020/0018475 A1Published application
Steam generator and cooking apparatus including steam generator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsHoonseob SIM, Jaekyung YANG, Suyong LEE, Yongsoo LEE
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Abstract
A steam generator and a cooking apparatus including a steam generator are provided. The steam generator may include a heater, an inflow tube, a steam generation tube, and a discharge tube and an adaptor unit connected to the steam generator may be provided. The inflow tube and the discharge tube and the discharge tube may be connected at a predetermined angle to the adaptor unit. Thus, the steam generation tube connecting the inflow tube to the discharge tube may also be inclined.
Claims20
A steam generator, comprising:
- a heater configured to provide heat;
- a heating tube configured to generate steam by receiving the heat from the heater;
- a water supply and drain tube configured to supply water to the heating tube;
- a branch tube branched so that steam and water discharged from the heating tube are divided;
- a collection tube connected to the branch tube to collect the water discharged from the heating tube into the water supply and drain tube;
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- a steam discharge tube connected to the branch tube to provide a passage through which the steam flows out of the steam generator, wherein the heating tube is inclined at a first angle with respect to the water supply and drain tube and be inclined at a second angle with respect to the branch tube.
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A cooking apparatus, comprising:
- a cavity having a cooking chamber;
- a steam generator configured to provide steam to the cooking chamber;
- a water supply tank configured to store water supplied to the steam generator;
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- a drain tank in which residual water of the steam generator is stored, wherein the steam generator comprises:
- a steam generation unit provided with a heater configured to provide heat and a heating tube configured to receive the heat from the heater so as to generate steam;
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- an adaptor unit provided with a water supply and drain tube configured to supply water to the heating tube, a branch tube branched so that steam and water discharged from the heating tube are divided, a collection tube connected to the branch tube to collect the water into the water supply and drain tube, and a steam discharge tube configured to provide a passage through which the steam flows out of the steam generator, wherein the heating tube is inclined at a first angle with respect to the water supply and drain tube and inclined at a second angle with respect to the branch tube.
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A steam generator, comprising:
- a water supply and drain tube configured to supply water to form steam and drain residual steam, the water supply and drain tube having a central longitudinal axis extending in a horizontal direction;
- a steam generation unit in fluid communication with the water supply and drain tube, the steam generation unit comprising:
- a steam generation tube, wherein an inflow tube of the steam generation tube has a central longitudinal axis that extends at an angle with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the water supply and drain tube;
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- a heater that heats the steam generation tube to create steam;
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- a steam discharge tube through which steam is discharged from the steam generator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.