Cooking device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9615408-B2
Application number	US-201514834446-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2015
Priority date	Aug 29, 2014
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

A cooking system includes a cooking appliance with a microwave heat source and a cooking container for receiving food. The cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber having a muffle and a support device arranged on the muffle that positions the cooking container in the cooking chamber. The cooking container has a base and four side walls arranged transversely to the base as two opposing longitudinal sides and two opposing broadsides. The cooking container, at transitions from the two opposing broadsides to the two opposing longitudinal sides, has four corners, each of which has a rounded region having an external radius of at least 30 mm to maintain a minimum spacing from the muffle to counteract electrical flashovers between the cooking container and the cooking chamber.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cooking system comprising:
at least one cooking appliance comprising:
at least one microwave heat source;
at least one cooking container configured to receive food;
at least one cooking chamber having at least one muffle; and
at least one support device arranged on the at least one muffle configured to position the at least one cooking container in the at least one cooking chamber, the at least one support device including a horizontally extending rod disposed at a distance greater than a predetermined minimum spacing from the at least one muffle,

wherein the at least one cooking container has at least one base and at least four side walls arranged transversely to the base comprising at least two opposing longitudinal sides and at least two opposing broadsides,
wherein the at least one cooking container, at transitions from the at least two opposing broadsides to the at least two opposing longitudinal sides, has at least four corners, each of which has at least one rounded region having an external radius of at least 30 mm and has a projecting edge configured to rest against the horizontally extending rod so as to maintain the minimum spacing from the at least one muffle so as to counteract electrical flashovers between the at least one cooking container and the at least one cooking chamber.

2. The cooking system of claim 1 , wherein the minimum spacing between the at least one cooking container and the at least one muffle is at least 8 mm.

3. The cooking system of claim 1 , wherein each projecting edge comprises at least one of at least one end edge projecting outwards from at least one of the at least two opposing broadsides or at least one side edge projecting outwards from at least one of the at least two opposing longitudinal sides.

4. The cooking system of claim 3 , wherein the at least one end edge is narrower than 20 mm.

5. The cooking system of claim 3 , wherein a clearance between the horizontally extending rod and the at least two opposing longitudinal sides is a maximum of 4 mm.

6. The cooking system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one support device has at least one stop for the at least one rounded region that is configured to limit an insertion depth of the at least one cooking container in the at least one cooking chamber.

7. The cooking system of claim 1 , wherein the at least four side walls have a height of at least 30 mm.

8. The cooking system of claim 1 , wherein the at least four corners each have at least one rounded region having an internal radius of a maximum of 30 mm.

9. The cooking system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one cooking container has a depth along the at least two opposing longitudinal sides and a width along the at least two opposing broadsides, the width being at most three times the depth.

10. The cooking system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one support device is arranged in an electrically insulated manner on the at least one muffle.

11. The cooking system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one cooking appliance is configured as a combined appliance having a steam cooking function and microwave cooking function.

12. The cooking system of claim 1 , wherein the at least two opposing longitudinal sides are parallel to one another and the at least two opposing broadsides are parallel to one another.

Assignees

• Miele & Cie

Inventors

• Metz Thomas
• Hoehn Ruediger
• Kaudewitz Carolin
• Schulze Christian
• Peters Andre

Classifications

• H05B6/647

  Aspects related to microwave heating combined with other heating techniques · CPC title

• A47J2027/043

  for cooking food in steam · CPC title

• A47J36/027

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

• H05B6/6402

  Aspects relating to the microwave cavity · CPC title

• H05B6/6479

  using steam · CPC title