Oven

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10364991-B2
Application number	US-201314041634-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2013
Priority date	Oct 8, 2012
Publication date	Jul 30, 2019
Grant date	Jul 30, 2019

Abstract

An oven in which a cooking space in a cooking chamber is dividable into a plurality of individual cooking spaces by a partition member. The oven includes a door assembly including a main door rotatably combined with a main body and provided with a plurality of openings corresponding to the respective plurality of individual cooking spaces and a plurality of individual doors rotatably combined with the main body to open and close the respective plurality of openings. The door assembly may selectively open and close the entirety of the cooking space or the respective plurality of individual cooking spaces, and thus a heat loss or danger of burn generated due to opening and closing the main door when only the individual cooking space is used may be prevented.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An oven comprising:
a main body;
a cooking chamber provided within the main body and including a cooking space;
a partition member to divide the cooking space into a first individual cooking space and a second individual cooking space;
a main door rotatably coupled to the main body to open and close the cooking space, the main door including:
a first main door opening corresponding to the first individual cooking space;
a second main door opening corresponding to the second individual cooking space;
a first individual door rotatably coupled to the main door to individually open and close the first main door opening with respect to the main door; and
a second individual door rotatably coupled to the main door to individually open and close the second main door opening with respect to the main door;

a first locking member to lock the first individual door to the main door; and
a first handle to open or close the main door or to open or close the first individual door, the first handle including an opening member to unlock the first locking member so that when the opening member is pressed, only the first individual door is openable while the main door remained closed, and when the opening member is unpressed, the first locking member remained locked so that the first individual door is not openable but the main door is openable,
wherein when the main door is opened, both the first individual cooking space and the second individual cooking space are accessible, and
wherein when the main door is closed, the first individual door is individually open and close with respect to the main door so that the first individual cooking space is accessible and the second individual door is individually open and close with respect to the main door so that the second individual cooking space is accessible.

2. The oven according to claim 1 , wherein the partition member is attachable to or detachable from the cooking space.

3. The oven according to claim 2 , wherein:
a first mode in which an entire cooking space is operated when the partition member is separated from the cooking space,
a second mode in which the first individual cooking space and the second individual cooking space are operated when the partition member is installed in the cooking space,
a third mode in which only the first individual cooking space is operated and the second individual cooking space is not operated when the partition member is installed in the cooking space, and
a fourth mode in which the first individual cooking space is not operated and only the second individual cooking space is operated when the partition member is installed in the cooking space are prepared; and
the main door is opened and closed when the first individual door and the second individual door are closed in the first mode,
the main door is opened and closed when the first individual door and the second individual door are closed or the first individual door and the second individual door are opened and closed when the main door is closed in the second mode,
the first individual door is opened and closed when the main door and the second individual door are closed in the third mode, and
the second individual door is opened and closed when the main door and the first individual door are closed in the fourth mode.

4. The oven according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a main sealing member closely adhered to the main body and the main door so as to hermetically seal the cooking space;
a first sealing member closely adhered to the main door and the first individual door so as to hermetically seal the first opening; and
a second sealing member closely adhered to the main door and the second individual door so as to hermetically seal the second opening.

5. The oven according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of main hinge members to rotatably couple the main door to the main body;
a plurality of first members to rotatably couple the first individual door to the main door; and
a plurality of second hinge members to rotatably couple the second individual door to the main body.

6. The oven according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second locking member to lock the second individual door with the main door.

7. The oven according to claim 6 , wherein:
the first handle is provided on the first individual door;
a second handle is provided on the second individual door;
when the opening member is unpressed and the first handle is pulled, the main door is opened, and when the opening member is pressed and the first handle is pulled, the first individual door is opened; and
when the second handle is pulled, the second individual door is opened.

8. The oven according to claim 6 , wherein;
when the second individual door is pushed at a second predetermined force, the second individual door is opened.

9. The oven according to claim 6 , wherein;
the first handle is provided on the first individual door;
a second handle is provided on the second individual door;
when the first handle is pulled when the first individual door is locked with the main door, the main door is opened;
when the first handle is pulled when the first individual door is unlocked with the main door, the first individual door is opened; and
when the second handle is pulled, the second individual door is opened.

10. The oven according to claim 9 , wherein the first locking member includes:
a plurality of hook members rotatably provided on the first individual door;
a plurality of holes provided on the main door so as to correspond to the plurality of hook members;
a plurality of first elastic members to elastically bias the plurality of hook members to be inserted and locked with the plurality of holes;
the opening member provided on the first handle so as to rotate the plurality of hook members in a releasing direction of the locking of the plurality of hook members to the plurality of holes;
connection members to connect the opening member to the plurality of the plurality of hook members so as to rotate the plurality of hook members when the opening member is pressed; and
a second elastic member provided on the first handle so as to return the opening member to the original position thereof when pressing of the opening member is released,
wherein, when the opening member is not pressed, the first individual door is locked with the main door, and, when the opening member is pressed, the first individual door is unlocked with the main door.

11. The oven according to claim 10 , wherein the connection members are wires.

12. An oven comprising:
a main body;
a cooking chamber formed in the main body and including a cooking space;
a partition member to divide the cooking space into a plurality of individual cooking spaces;
a main door rotatably coupled to the main body so as to open and close an opened front surface of the cooking space, the main door including:
a plurality of main door openings respectively corresponding to the plurality of individual cooking spaces; and
a plurality of individual doors rotatably coupled to the main door so as to respectively open and close the plurality of main door openings, the plurality of individual doors including a first individual door;

a first locking member to lock the first individual door to the main door; and
a first handle to open or close the main door or to open or close the first individual door, the first handle including an opening member to unlock the first locking member so that when the opening member is pressed, only the first individual door is openable while the main door remained closed, and when the opening member is unpre

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kang Han Seong
• Kim Hyang Ki
• Jung Sang Yun
• Hong Seok Weon
• Hwang Yun Ic

Classifications

• F24C15/028

  Stoves doors · CPC title

• F24C7/002

  Stoves (F24C7/02 - F24C7/10 take precedence) · CPC title

• F24C15/02 Primary

  Doors specially adapted for stoves or ranges · CPC title

• F24C11/00 Primary

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

• F24C15/023

  Mounting of doors, e.g. hinges, counterbalancing · CPC title