Cooking appliance and fastening system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9839076-B2
Application number	US-201514788822-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2015
Priority date	Jul 11, 2014
Publication date	Dec 5, 2017
Grant date	Dec 5, 2017

Abstract

A cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber with cooking chamber wall, a microwave heat source configured to heat food, and a support device configured to hold a food-supporting member. The cooking chamber wall includes an opening and a lead-through device, and the lead-through device includes a through-hole configured to receive a fastening element of the support device. A tubular guide portion is formed at the through-hole of the lead-through device, and the tubular guide portion includes a safety portion configured to shield against microwave radiation and such that no part of the fastening element is located within the safety portion when the fastening element is in an installed condition in the lead-through device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cooking appliance, comprising:
at least one cooking chamber, comprising:
at least one cooking chamber wall;
at least one microwave heat source configured to heat food; and
at least one support device configured to hold at least one food-supporting member,

wherein the at least one cooking chamber wall includes at least one opening and at least one lead-through device, the at least one lead-through device including at least one through-hole configured to receive at least one fastening element of the at least one support device,
wherein at least one tubular guide portion is formed at the at least one through-hole of the at least one lead-through device, the at least one tubular guide portion extending beyond the at least one fastening element in an installed condition of the at least one lead-through device so as to form at least one safety portion configured to shield against microwave radiation and configured such that no part of the at least one fastening element is located within the at least one safety portion; and
an isolation device at least partially disposed between the at least one tubular guide portion and the at least one fastening element to provide electrical isolation, the isolation device including a spacing device disposed between the at least one cooking chamber wall and the at least one support device to provide a steam seal, the isolation device comprised of at least one of a flexible material or an elastic material and configured to stretch so as to grippingly engage with an end of the at least one tubular guide portion so as to provide a steam-tight engagement at the at least one cooking chamber wall.

2. The cooking appliance of claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the at least one through-hole is smaller than half of a wavelength of the microwave radiation produced by the at least one microwave heat source.

3. The cooking appliance of claim 1 , wherein a length of the at least one tubular guide portion is greater than a thickness of the at least one cooking chamber wall in a region of the at least one opening.

4. The cooking appliance of claim 1 , wherein the at least one lead-through device is at least partially configured as a hollow rivet.

5. The cooking appliance of claim 1 , wherein the at least one isolation device is configured to electrically isolate the at least one support device from the at least one cooking chamber wall.

6. The cooking appliance of claim 5 , wherein the at least one spacing device is configured to prevent the at least one fastening element from being inserted into the at least one safety portion.

7. The cooking appliance of claim 5 , further comprising at least one steam generator device configured to heat and evaporate water using a heating device, and wherein the at least one isolation device includes at least one blind hole configured to receive at least a portion of the at least one fastening element.

8. The cooking appliance of claim 5 , wherein the at least one isolation device includes at least one mounting aid.

9. The cooking appliance of claim 5 , wherein at least a portion of the spacing device overlaps at least a portion of the at least one lead-through device and at least a portion of the at least one cooking chamber wall.

10. The cooking appliance of claim 5 , wherein the at least one isolation device has an oversized diameter with respect to the at least one through-hole.

11. The cooking appliance of claim 5 , wherein the at least one isolation device includes at least one fastening device configured to be attached to the at least one lead-through device.

12. The cooking appliance of claim 1 , wherein the isolation device is oversized with respect to a diameter of the at least one through-hole.

13. A fastening system for a cooking appliance that includes at least one cooking chamber having at least one cooking chamber wall with at least one opening therein, at least one microwave heat source configured to heat food, and at least one support device configured to hold at least one food-supporting member, the fastening system comprising:
at least one lead-through device configured to be provided on the at least one cooking chamber wall of the cooking appliance, the at least one lead-through device including at least one through-hole configured to receive at least one fastening element of the at least one support device,
wherein at least one tubular guide portion is formed at the at least one through-hole of the lead-through device, the at least one tubular guide portion extending beyond the at least one fastening element in an installed condition of the at least one lead-through device so as to form at least one safety portion configured to shield against microwave radiation and configured such that no part of the at least one fastening element is located within the at least one safety portion; and
an isolation device at least partially disposed between the at least one tubular guide portion and the at least one fastening element to provide electrical isolation, the isolation device including a spacing device disposed between the at least one cooking chamber wall and the at least one support device to provide a steam seal, the isolation device comprised of at least one of a flexible material or an elastic material and configured to stretch so as to grippingly engage with an end of the at least one tubular guide portion so as to provide a steam-tight engagement at the at least one cooking chamber wall.

14. The fastening system of claim 13 , wherein at least a portion of the spacing device overlaps at least a portion of the at least one lead-through device and at least a portion of the at least one cooking chamber wall.

15. The fastening system of claim 13 , wherein the isolation device is oversized with respect to a diameter of the at least one through-hole.

Assignees

• Miele & Cie

Inventors

• Metz Thomas
• Hoehn Ruediger
• Schulze Christian
• Adam Joerg
• Peters Andre

Classifications

• H05B6/6408

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

• H05B6/76

  Prevention of microwave leakage, e.g. door sealings · CPC title

• H05B6/64 Primary

  Heating using microwaves {(containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted to be heated by microwaves B65D81/3446)} · CPC title

• H05B6/6429

  Aspects relating to mounting assemblies of wall-mounted microwave ovens · CPC title

• F24C15/16

  Shelves, racks or trays inside ovens; Supports therefor · CPC title