Induction heater for cooking
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsKatsuyuki Aihara, Hirofumi Nakakura, Kazuichi Okada, Kouichi Hosoi, Shigezou Oonishi
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Abstract
An induction-heating cooking device includes a light-transmissive cooking board on which a cooking container to be heated is to be placed; a heating coil for heating the cooking container; light emission means for emitting a light beam; and light-transmissive light conducting means for allowing the light beam emitted by the light emission means to be propagated therethrough. The light beam lights up an outer peripheral portion of the light conducting means.
Claims10
An induction-heating cooking device, comprising:
- a light-transmissive cooking board on which a cooking container to be heated is to be placed;
- a heating coil for heating the cooking container;
- light emission means for emitting a light beam;
- and
- light-transmissive light conducting means for allowing the light beam emitted by the light emission means to be propagated therethrough,
- wherein:
- the light conducting means is plate-like and guides the light beam from the light emission means toward an outer peripheral portion of the light conducting means,
- the light beam lights up an outer peripheral portion of the light conducting means,
- the light conducting means includes a wall extending vertically toward the cooking board from an outer peripheral end thereof, and
- the light beam is directed from the top surface of the wall toward the cooking board.
An induction-heating cooking device, comprising:
- a light-transmissive cooking board provided on a top surface of a main body case;
- a heating section provided on the cooking board for heating a cooking container placed thereon by induction heating;
- a heating coil provided oppositely to the cooking container with respect to the cooking board, the heating coil being provided in correspondence with the heating section;
- a plurality of first light sources and a plurality of second light sources for emitting light beams;
- and
- a light conducting body for guiding the light beams emitted by the plurality of first light sources and the plurality of second light sources and outputting the light beam in an annular form at a position corresponding to an outer peripheral portion of the heating coil,
- wherein the plurality of first light sources and the plurality of second light sources are connected parallel to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.