Microwave oven having hood

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9307582-B2
Application number	US-201213684367-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2012
Priority date	Nov 25, 2011
Publication date	Apr 5, 2016
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016

Abstract

Provided is a microwave oven having a hood. The microwave oven having the hood includes a main body having a cooking chamber in which foods are cooked and a passage through which air containing contaminants flows, a hood casing disposed on a lower portion of the main body, a first hood taken out of the hood casing, and a second hood taken out of the hood casing at a position different from that of the first hood.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A microwave oven having a hood, the microwave oven comprising:
a main body having a cooking chamber in which foods are cooked and a passage through which air containing contaminants flows;
a hood casing on a bottom surface of the main body, the hood casing having a main suction hole for suctioning the air containing the contaminants;
a first hood able to be taken out of the hood casing forward from the inside of the hood casing;
a second hood tiltable at a predetermined angle from the inside of the hood casing and able to be taken out of the hood casing;
a guide slot in the second hood; and
a guide protrusion on the guide slot,
wherein, when the guide protrusion is movable along the guide slot, the second hood is tiltable with respect to the hood casing.

2. The microwave oven according to claim 1 , wherein, when the first hood is taken in or out, the second hood is taken in or out by being linked with the first hood.

3. The microwave oven according to claim 1 , wherein the first hood is linearly moved, and
wherein the second hood is linked with the movement of the first hood and taken out of the hood casing by a tilting operation thereof.

4. The microwave oven according to claim 3 , wherein the tilting operation of the second hood starts in a state where the first hood is moved by a predetermined distance.

5. The microwave oven according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a fixed rail fixed to the hood casing; and
a movable rail fixed to the first hood and moved along the fixed rail.

6. The microwave oven according to claim 5 , wherein the guide protrusion is on an extension bar connected to the first hood or the movable rail.

7. The microwave oven according to claim 1 , wherein the guide slot comprises:
a curved section curved with a preset curvature; and
a linear section linearly extending from a rear end of the curved section,
wherein, when the guide protrusion is moved along the curved section, the second hood is tilted with respect to the hood casing and taken in or out of the hood casing, and
when the guide protrusion is moved along the linear section, a state in which the second hood is received into the hood casing is maintained.

8. The microwave oven according to claim 7 , wherein a sum of lengths of the curved section and the linear section is set to a value greater than a sliding distance of the first hood with respect to the hood casing.

9. The microwave oven according to claim 1 , further comprising a stopping member that restricts a tilting range of the second hood with respect to the hood casing.

10. The microwave oven according to claim 9 , wherein the stopping member comprises:
a hook rib on the hood casing;
a first stopper hooked on the hook rib in a state where the second hood is received into the hood casing; and
a second stopper hooked on the hook rib in a state where the second hood is taken out of the hood casing.

11. The microwave oven according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a driving motor that provides a driving force for taking the first hood and the second hood in or out; and
a driving force transmission member that transmits the driving force of the driving motor into the first hood and the second hood.

12. The microwave oven according to claim 11 , wherein the driving force transmission member comprises:
a driving gear coupled to the driving motor;
a rack fixed to the first hood, the rack being gear-coupled to the driving gear; and
at least one driven gear gear-coupled to the driving gear, the at least one driven gear being coupled to a tilting pin of the second hood.

13. The microwave oven according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a guide plate on the second hood; and
an extension bar slid together with the first hood,
wherein the guide slot is defined by cutting a portion of the guide plate,
wherein the guide protrusion is provided on a side of the extension bar and the guide protrusion is on the guide slot.

14. The microwave oven according to claim 1 , wherein a hook protrusion is on the hood casing,
wherein a first stopper and a second stopper are on the second hood, and
when the second hood is tilted with respect to the hood casing, one of the first and the second stoppers is hooked on the hook protrusion to restrict a tilted angle of the second hood with respect to the hood casing.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Yu Seonil
• Han songyi
• Lee Kyoungha
• Kim Young Woo
• Kim Sooyeon
• Cho Najung

Classifications

• F24C15/2092 Primary

  extendable or pivotable · CPC title

• H05B6/80

  Apparatus for specific applications (stoves or ranges F24C7/02) · CPC title

• H05B6/6408 Primary

  Supports or covers specially adapted for use in microwave heating apparatus · CPC title

• F24C15/20

  Removing cooking fumes (parts, details or accessories of cooking-vessels for withdrawing or condensing cooking vapours from such vessels A47J36/38) · CPC title

• F24C7/02 Primary

  using microwaves · CPC title