Electric combination oven with humidity conditioner
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsNoriyuki Yoneno, Naoyoshi Maehara, Yoshitomo Fujitani, Miki Moriguchi, Yoshifumi Moriya, Naoko Yanagida
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Abstract
An oven with a humidity conditioner is capable of cooking food by appropriately humidifying or dehumidifying it while the amount of steam contained in an oven cavity is being regulated. The oven includes a heater or magnetron for heating the food accommodated in the oven cavity, a humidity regulator for regulating the humidity inside the oven cavity, a cooking method selector for selecting a cooking method, and a controller for controlling the humidity regulator in response to a signal from the cooking method selector to selectively humidify and dehumidify the interior of the oven cavity.
Claims14
An oven having an oven cavity defined therein in which food to be cooked is to be accommodated, said oven comprising:
- a food heating means for heating the food accommodated in the oven cavity;
- a humidity regulating means for regulating humidity inside the oven cavity, said humidity regulating means comprising a steam adsorption means for adsorbing steam;
- a cooking method selecting means for selecting a cooking method;
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- a control means for controlling said humidity regulating means in response to a signal from said cooking method selecting means to regulate an amount of moisture contained in the oven cavity.
An oven comprising:
- a casing defining therein an oven cavity;
- a food heater operably communicating with said oven cavity;
- a humidity regulating arrangement operably connected to said oven cavity;
- a cooking method selector operably connected to said humidity regulating arrangement;
- control means operably connected with said cooking method selector and said humidity regulating arrangement for controlling said humidity regulating arrangement to selectively humidify and dehumidify air in said oven cavity depending on a signal from said cooking method selector;
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- wherein said humidity regulating arrangement includes an internal suction port opening into said oven cavity, an internal discharge port opening into said oven cavity, a circulation duct communicating said internal suction port with said internal discharge port and being provided externally of said oven cavity, a water adsorption element mounted in said circulation duct, an external suction port communicating with said internal suction port and opening to an outside of said oven cavity, a suction port switching member accommodated between said internal suction port and said external suction port, an external discharge port communicating with said internal discharge port and opening to an outside of said oven cavity, and a discharge port switching member accommodated between said internal discharge port and said external discharge port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.