Method for the Safe Operation of a Combination Cooking Appliance and Combination Cooking Appliance
AssigneeRational AG
InventorsChristian KOENEN, Eugen ENGELMANN, Peter MÜLLER, Peter SELIG
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Abstract
A combination cooking appliance has a cooking chamber and a microwave source with a microwave power. In a method for the safe operation of the combination cooking appliance, a cooking chamber temperature prevailing in the cooking chamber is detected, and a convection-relevant parameter is determined. The detected cooking chamber temperature and the convection-relevant parameter are evaluated to determine a maximum permissible microwave power. The microwave power of the microwave source is limited to the maximum permissible microwave power.
Claims10
A method for the safe operation of a combination cooking appliance having a cooking chamber and a microwave source with a microwave power, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting a cooking chamber temperature prevailing in the cooking chamber,
- determining a convection-relevant parameter,
- evaluating the detected cooking chamber temperature and the convection-relevant parameter to determine a maximum permissible microwave power, and
- limiting the microwave power of the microwave source to the maximum permissible microwave power.
A combination cooking appliance for cooking a cooking product, the combination cooking appliance having a cooking chamber, a microwave source associated with the cooking chamber for feeding microwaves with a specific microwave power into the cooking chamber, a temperature sensor for detecting a cooking chamber temperature, and at least one sensor for detecting a convection-relevant parameter,
- the combination cooking appliance having an evaluation unit which is connected in a signal-transmitting manner to the temperature sensor and to the at least one sensor,
- the evaluation unit being set up to determine a maximum permissible microwave power for the microwave source based on the cooking chamber temperature detected by the temperature sensor and the convection-relevant parameter determined by the sensor,
- and the combination cooking appliance having a control unit which is connected in a signal-transmitting manner to the evaluation unit and to the microwave source, the control unit being set up to receive the maximum permissible microwave power determined by the evaluation unit and to limit the microwave power of the microwave source on the basis thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.