US 7,067,777 B2 · Combined toaster and microwave oven and control method thereof

Abstract

The present invention relates to a combined toaster and microwave oven that can obtain uniformly toasted slices of bread even when the slices of the bread are toasted successively several times. The combined toaster and microwave oven includes a key input unit for selecting user's favorite kind of the bread and baking level, a memory for storing heating time of the heaters according to the favorite kind of the bread and the favorite baking level, a temperature sensor for sensing internal temperature of the toaster, a controller for counting an elapsed time for the heaters to operate after the heaters stop and adjusting the heating time of the heaters according to the counted time and the internal temperature of the sensor.

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Dependent claims

A combined toaster and microwave oven comprising:

a plurality of heaters for heating food in the toaster;
an input unit for selecting a type of food to be toasted and a desired toasting level;
a memory for storing a heating time corresponding to the selected food and toasting level;
a temperature sensor for sensing internal temperature of the toaster;
and
a controller for determining an amount of time that has elapsed since a previous heater operation and adjusting the heating time as a function of the elapsed time and the internal temperature of the toaster, wherein the controller is configured to compare the elapsed time with a number of reference times and is configured to calculate the heating time based on the comparison, and wherein the reference times include a reference time that reflects a latent heat interval within the toaster after the previous heater operation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Combined toaster and microwave oven and control method thereof

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Abstract

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