Cooking appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10588452-B2
Application number	US-201715610646-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 1, 2017
Priority date	Mar 28, 2017
Publication date	Mar 17, 2020
Grant date	Mar 17, 2020

Abstract

The present invention provides a cooking appliance, having a door and a base. The base has a top plate, a bottom plate, a left outer housing, a right outer housing, a front plate and a rear plate, which form an accommodating space for accommodating electric devices. Some of the electric devices are fixed to the lower surface of the top plate, and the others are fixed to the upper surface of the bottom plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cooking appliance, comprising a base, wherein the base comprises:
a top plate, a bottom plate, a left outer housing, a right outer housing, a front plate and a rear plate, which form an accommodating space for accommodating electric devices, some of the electric devices being fixed to a lower surface of the top plate, and the others being fixed to an upper surface of the bottom plate;
wherein the electric devices include a fan assembly, a microwave generating device, a high-voltage transformer and a high-voltage capacitor, the fan assembly and the microwave generating device being fixedly installed on the lower surface of the top plate, and the high-voltage transformer and the high-voltage capacitor being fixedly installed on the upper surface of the bottom plate.

2. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein
an installation position of the microwave generating device is close to the center of the lower surface of the top plate, and installation positions of the high-voltage transformer and the high-voltage capacitor are close to the center of the upper surface of the bottom plate.

3. The cooking appliance according to claim 2 , wherein
the left outer housing and/or the right outer housing is provided with a window; and the window is opposite the high-voltage transformer, the high-voltage capacitor and the microwave generating device.

4. The cooking appliance according to claim 3 , wherein
a cover plate is detachably installed at the position of the window and used for closing the window.

5. The cooking appliance according to claim 4 , further comprising:
an air director that is fixedly installed on the lower surface of the top plate and located behind the microwave generating device, with the fan assembly being installed in front of the microwave generating device.

6. The cooking appliance according to claim 5 , wherein
two microwave generating devices, two high-voltage transformers, two high-voltage capacitors and two air directors are provided, and the two microwave generating devices and the two air directors are disposed symmetric about a center line of the top plate in a left-and-right direction, respectively, and the two high-voltage transformers and the two high-voltage capacitors are disposed symmetric about a center line of the bottom plate in the left-and-right direction, respectively.

7. The cooking appliance according to claim 6 , wherein
the left outer housing is provided with a first window that is opposite the high-voltage transformer, the high-voltage capacitor and the microwave generating device located on the left, with a first cover plate being detachably installed at the position of the first window; and
the right outer housing is provided with a second window that is opposite the high-voltage transformer, the high-voltage capacitor and the microwave generating device located on the right, with a second cover plate being detachably installed at the position of the second window.

8. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein
one portion of cold air blown from the fan assembly flows past the microwave generating device, and the other portion of the cold air flows past the high-voltage transformer.

9. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a holder, with the high-voltage transformer and the high-voltage capacitor being installed on the holder and the holder being fixedly installed on the bottom plate.

Assignees

• Guangdong Midea Kitchen Appliances Mfg Co Ltd
• Midea Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cho Jae Man

Classifications

• A47J27/002

  Construction of cooking-vessels; Methods or processes of manufacturing specially adapted for cooking-vessels · CPC title

• A47J36/027 Primary

  Cooking- or baking-vessels specially adapted for use in microwave ovens; Accessories therefor · CPC title

• A47J27/004

  with integral electrical heating means (drinking cups with integral heating means A47J36/2466) · CPC title

• H05B6/6414

  Aspects relating to the door of the microwave heating apparatus · CPC title

• H05B6/642

  Cooling of the microwave components and related air circulation systems (H05B6/6473 takes precedence) · CPC title