Cooking apparatus having heaters
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYun-Ic Hwang
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Abstract
A cooking apparatus having heaters having a cooking chamber to be closed by a door. The cooking chamber has heaters which are extended to a first position to heat food. When the door is opened in a state of the heaters being extended to the first position, the heaters are moved to a second position, so that a user can safely take the food out of the microwave oven without risk of a burn injury.
Claims21
A cooking apparatus comprising:
- a cooking chamber defined in the cooking apparatus;
- a door provided at a front face of the cooking chamber;
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- a heater provided in the cooking chamber, which is extended to a first position when food received in the cooking chamber is cooked, and is moved to a second position when the door is opened.
A control device for a cooking apparatus including a cooking chamber defined in the cooking apparatus, a door provided at a front face of the cooking chamber, and a heater provided in the cooking chamber and extendable to a first position to heat food received in the cooking chamber, the control device comprising:
- a sensor unit detecting an opening of the door;
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- a control unit controlling the heater to move to a second position when the sensor unit detects the opening of the door.
A cooking apparatus having a cooking chamber therein and a door at a front face thereof, comprising:
- a heater provided in the cooking chamber, which is moved to a first position when the cooking apparatus is in a cooking mode, and is moved to a second position when the door is opened to ensure a sufficient space to safely remove food from the cooking chamber.
A control device for a cooking apparatus, the cooking apparatus including a cooking chamber therein and a door provided at a front face thereof, and a heater provided inside of the cooking chamber, the control device comprising:
- a sensor unit detecting an opening of the door;
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- a control unit controlling the heater to move the heater away from a center of the cooking chamber when the sensor unit detects the opening of the door.
A control device for a cooking apparatus including a cooking chamber therein, a door provided at a front face thereof and a rotatable heater in a cooking chamber of the cooking apparatus, comprising:
- a sensor unit detecting an opening of the door;
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- a control unit controlling the heater to be rotated away from a center of the cooking chamber when the sensor unit detects the opening of the door.
A method of controlling a cooking apparatus having a cooking chamber therein, a door provided at a front face thereof and a heater in a cooking chamber of the cooking apparatus, comprising:
- detecting an opening of the door;
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- controlling the heater by moving the heater away from a center of the cooking chamber when the opening of the door is detected.
A method of controlling a cooking apparatus having a cooking chamber therein, comprising:
- detecting an opening of the door;
- after said detecting moving the heater to a first position when the door is opened to ensure a sufficient space to safely remove food from the cooking chamber;
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- when the door is closed and the cooking apparatus is in a cooking mode, moving the heater to a second position, which is closer toward a center of the cooking chamber than the first position.
A cooking apparatus with a cooking chamber therein, comprising:
- at least two heaters movably provided in the cooking chamber and when a cooking mode is initiated, the at least two heaters are rotated in directions away from walls of the cooking chamber.
A cooking apparatus with a cooking chamber therein, comprising:
- a door provided at a front face of the cooking apparatus;
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- at least two heaters movably provided in the cooking chamber and when the door is opened, the at least two heaters are rotated in respective directions from respective first positions to respective second positions so as to ensure sufficient space to safely remove food from inside of the cooking chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.