Packaging structure for cooking device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9932163-B2
Application number	US-201515118938-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2015
Priority date	Sep 1, 2014
Publication date	Apr 3, 2018
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018

Abstract

A packaging structure for a cooking device is so configured that a packaging material ( 101 ) with trays ( 91, 92 ) packaged therewith is disposed in a heating chamber ( 2 ) with such an inclination that a one-side portion of the packaging material ( 101 ) becomes higher than the other-side portion of the packaging material ( 101 ). Also, the one-side portion of the packaging material ( 101 ) is placed on a one-side-portion side tray holder ( 16 A). Further, a cushioning material ( 201 ) is inserted between an upper portion ( 2 e ) of the heating chamber ( 2 ) and the one-side portion of the packaging material ( 101 ), so that the one-side portion of the packaging material ( 101 ) is pressed against the one-side-portion side tray holder ( 16 A) while the other-side portion of the packaging material ( 101 ) is pressed against the other-side-portion side inner side surface ( 2 c ) of the chamber.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cooking-device packaging structure comprising:
a cooking device including a heating chamber having on a front side an opening in which a heating object to be heated is accommodated; a tray for mounting the heating object thereon; and a tray holder provided on an inner side surface of the heating chamber to hold the tray, the cooking-device packaging structure;
a box-shaped packaging material for packaging the tray; and
a cushioning material, wherein
the packaging material with the tray packaged therewith is disposed in the heating chamber with such an inclination that a one-side portion of the packaging material becomes higher than the other-side portion of the packaging material,
the one-side portion of the packaging material is placed on a one-side portion side tray holder, and
the cushioning material is inserted between an upper portion of the heating chamber and the one-side portion of the packaging material so that the one-side portion of the packaging material is pressed against the one-side-portion side tray holder while an other-side portion of the packaging material is pressed against an other-side-portion side inner side surface of the heating chamber.

2. The cooking-device packaging structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
a chamfered surface with which part of the cushioning material is to be put into contact is provided at an upper-side corner portion of the one-side portion of the packaging material.

3. The cooking-device packaging structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein
the tray has a bottom portion, a wall portion erectly provided at peripheral edge portion of the bottom portion, and a flange portion that stretches outward in adjacency to an end portion of the wall portion on one side opposite to a bottom portion side, the bottom portion being packaged with the packaging material so that the bottom portion is opposed to an upper portion of the heating chamber, and
the chamfered surface is positioned near a plane which is in contact with a one-side-portion side end of the bottom portion of the tray as well as in contact with a one-side-portion side end of the flange portion of the tray.

4. The cooking-device packaging structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein
the cushioning material has such a generally triangular-shaped cross section that its top portion is in contact with an upper portion of the heating chamber while its bottom portion is in contact with the chamfered surface.

5. The cooking-device packaging structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the cushioning material has an engagement portion which is placed between the one-side portion of the packaging material and a one-side-portion side inner side surface of the heating chamber and which is to be engaged with at least one of the one-side portion of the packaging material and the one-side-portion side inner side surface of the heating chamber.

6. The cooking-device packaging structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the packaging material has a positioning portion which is provided rearward of a front-rear center of the packaging material and which is to be put into contact with a rear end portion of the cushioning material.

7. The cooking-device packaging structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the other-side portion of the packaging material is placed between the other-side-portion side tray holder and the bottom portion of the heating chamber.

8. The cooking-device packaging structure as claimed in claim 7 , wherein
a chamfered surface with which the other-side-portion side tray holder is to be put into contact is provided at an upper-side corner portion of the other-side portion of the packaging material.

9. The cooking-device packaging structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
a pair of first cut-and-raises pivotable along a plane parallel to an insertional direction of the packaging material into the heating chamber as well as a pair of mutually engageable second cut-and-raises are provided in a top surface of the packaging material, and
a water supply tank to be used for the cooking device is sandwiched by the first cut-and-raises while the water supply tank is held by the mutually engaged second cut-and-raises.

10. The cooking-device packaging structure as claimed in claim 9 , wherein
the water supply tank is sandwiched by the first cut-and-raises and moreover held by the mutually engaged second cut-and-raises so as to be positioned on a deeper side in the heating chamber when the packaging material is inserted into the heating chamber.

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Nishijima Masahiro

Classifications

• B65D5/5052

  and provided with slits or recesses in which at least a part of the contents are located (B65D5/504 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65D81/05

  maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents ({B65D81/022, B65D81/025, } B65D81/03 take precedence) · CPC title

• H05B6/6402 Primary

  Aspects relating to the microwave cavity · CPC title

• B65D85/68

  for machines, engines or vehicles in assembled or dismantled form · CPC title

• F24C15/16

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