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US 8,939,067 B2Granted
Cooker
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsYoung Jun Lee, Yang Kyeong Kim
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a cooker. In the present invention, a carbon heater is used to cook foods in a cooking chamber and electric current applied to the carbon heater is controlled by a switching element, such that an effective wavelength range and an available temperature range of energy generated from the carbon heater is adjusted. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible more efficiently cook foods, using the carbon heater.
Claims16
A cooker comprising:
- a cavity;
- a cooking chamber that is positioned in the cavity, that is defined by at least one inner wall of the cooker, configured to cook foods;
- a heater configured to supply radiation energy to the cooking chamber for cooking the foods inside the cooking chamber;
- a covering member positioned between the heater and the cooking chamber and configured to transmit the radiation energy to the inside of the cooking chamber;
- and
- a support member coupled to the cavity and configured to support the heater and the covering member,
- wherein the support member comprises a plurality of heater support parts configured to support both ends of the heater, and a glass support part connecting the plurality of heater support parts and configured to support the covering member,
- wherein the plurality of heater support parts are connected by the glass support part and extend upward from an upper portion of the glass support part.
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A cooker comprising:
- a cavity;
- a cooking chamber that is positioned in the cavity, that is defined by at least one inner wall of the cooker, configured to cook foods;
- a heater configured to supply radiation energy to the cooking chamber for cooking the foods inside the cooking chamber;
- a covering member positioned between the heater and the cooking chamber and configured to transmit the radiation energy to the inside of the cooking chamber;
- and
- a support member coupled to the cavity and configured to support the heater and the covering member,
- wherein the support member comprises:
- a first glass support part configured to support one end of the covering member;
- a second glass support part configured to support the other end of the covering member;
- a first heater support part extended upward from an upper portion of the first glass support part and configured to support one end of the heater, and
- a second heater support part extended upward from an upper portion of the second glass support part and configured to support the other end of the heater.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.