Cooking accessory including a sensor for use in a microwave oven
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorBagawathkumar Chellappan
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Abstract
A cooking accessory for a microwave oven appliance includes a container including an outer tank and defining a receiving cavity for storing a quantity of liquid, the outer tank including an inner surface facing the receiving cavity and an outer surface opposite the inner surface; and a sensor coupled to the container and provided within the receiving cavity, wherein the sensor is positioned within the stored liquid and at least fifteen millimeters away from the inner surface of the outer tank.
Claims20
A microwave oven appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining a cooking chamber;
- a door mounted to the cabinet for providing selective access to the cooking chamber;
- a microwave heating assembly for generating microwave energy within the cooking chamber;
- a cooking accessory configured for receipt within the cooking chamber for heating one or more items, the cooking accessory comprising an outer tank forming a receiving cavity for containing a microwavable material, wherein the receiving cavity defines a microwave energy impact zone;
- a first sensor positioned within the cooking accessory and spaced apart from the outer tank outside of the microwave energy impact zone, the first sensor configured for monitoring a temperature of the microwavable material;
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- a controller in operative communication with the microwave heating assembly and the first sensor, the controller being configured to perform an operation, the operation comprising:
- obtaining a temperature set point for the microwavable material;
- directing the microwave heating assembly at a predetermined power level in response to obtaining the temperature set point;
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- obtaining a signal from the first sensor after directing the microwave heating assembly at the predetermined power level.
A method of operating a microwave oven appliance, the microwave oven appliance comprising a microwave heating assembly for generating microwave energy, a cooking accessory configured for receipt within the microwave oven appliance for heating one or more items, the cooking accessory comprising an outer tank forming a receiving cavity for containing a volume of liquid, and a temperature sensor positioned within the cooking accessory, the method comprising:
- obtaining a temperature set point for the volume of liquid;
- directing the microwave heating assembly at a predetermined power level in response to obtaining the temperature set point;
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- obtaining a temperature signal from the temperature sensor after directing the microwave heating assembly at the predetermined power level.
A cooking accessory for a microwave oven appliance, the cooking accessory comprising:
- a container comprising an outer tank and defining a receiving cavity for storing a quantity of liquid, the outer tank comprising an inner surface facing the receiving cavity and an outer surface opposite the inner surface;
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- a sensor coupled to the container and provided within the receiving cavity, wherein the sensor is positioned within the stored quantity of liquid and at least fifteen millimeters away from the inner surface of the outer tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.