Heating cooker provided with cooking container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10143324-B2
Application number	US-201515122428-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 2, 2015
Priority date	Apr 9, 2014
Publication date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

The heating cooker includes microwave generation devices that transfer microwaves to a cooking chamber, and a steam generation device that generates steam. The generated steam is guided to a first container, and a second container is provided on the first container. Then, a first foodstuff in the first container is heated by microwaves, and is also directly heated by the steam. A second foodstuff in the second container is heated by the microwaves, and is also indirectly heated by the steam. Accordingly, the heating cooker provided with cooking container capable of quickly heating a plurality of foodstuffs while improving the taste can be realized by using the heat of the microwaves and the steam.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A heating cooker provided with cooking container, comprising:
a cooking chamber provided inside a body of the heating cooker and having a door openably provided in a front opening part;
a microwave generation device that transfer microwaves to the cooking chamber via a wave guide;
a steam generation device installed in the body;
a cooking-container mounting part provided in the cooking chamber;
a steam discharge portion having a first end installed in the steam generation device and having a second end inserted into the cooking-container mounting part;
a first cooking container accommodated in the cooking-container mounting part and accommodating a first foodstuff, and a first container lid covering an upper part of the first cooking container;
a second cooking container provided close to the first cooking container, partitioned from the first cooking container and accommodating a second foodstuff; and
an opening hole provided in the first cooking container and communicating between a space in the first cooking container and a space in the cooking-container mounting part,
wherein the microwave generation device radiates the first cooking container and the second cooking container with the microwaves,
the steam generation device introduces steam into the first cooking container via the opening hole, and
the steam directly heats the first foodstuff accommodated in the first cooking container, and indirectly heats the second foodstuff accommodated in the second cooking container.

2. The heating cooker provided with cooking container according to claim 1 , further comprising a second container lid covering an upper part of the second cooking container.

3. The heating cooker provided with cooking container according to claim 1 , wherein a bottom surface of the second cooking container functions as the first container lid.

4. The heating cooker provided with cooking container according to claim 1 , wherein the second cooking container comprises a concave part and a convex part on a bottom part.

5. The heating cooker provided with cooking container according to claim 4 , wherein a steam vent hole is provided on the convex part of the second cooking container.

6. The heating cooker provided with cooking container according to claim 1 , wherein
the second cooking container is configured in a bag shape and further comprises a steam release section, and
the second cooking container is disposed on the first container lid with the steam release section being an upper side of the second cooking container.

7. The heating cooker provided with cooking container according to claim 1 , further comprising a container cover that encloses the second cooking container.

8. The heating cooker provided with cooking container according to claim 1 , wherein the second cooking container has a side wall on an outer periphery side of an opening of the concave part.

9. The heating cooker provided with cooking container according to claim 1 , wherein the first container lid has a steam through hole.

10. The heating cooker provided with cooking container according to claim 2 , wherein the second container lid further has a steam vent hole.

11. The heating cooker provided with cooking container according to claim 1 , wherein the first cooking container is configured to accommodate the second cooking container, and a flange portion of the second cooking container functions as the first container lid.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kataoka Akira
• Shibuya Masaki

Classifications

• F24C11/00

  Combinations of two or more stoves or ranges, e.g. each having a different kind of energy supply · CPC title

• A47J36/06

  Lids or covers for cooking-vessels (specially adapted for pressure-cookers A47J27/08) · CPC title

• A47J27/00

  Cooking-vessels (A47J29/00 - A47J33/00 take precedence) · CPC title

• A47J2027/043

  for cooking food in steam · CPC title

• H05B6/6473

  combined with convection heating (H05B6/6485 takes precedence) · CPC title