IP Library Granted Patent US 8,071,919
Granted Patent B2
US 8,071,919 · App. 11/594,796 · Granted Dec 6, 2011

Heating cooker

Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Toshiba HA Products Co., Ltd.; Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,071,919
App. No.
11/594,796
Granted
Dec 6, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a heating cooker, an object to be heated is placed on a top plate and is heated by a heating unit located below the top plate. The top plate is translucent and a fluorescent display tube is located below the top plate. The top plate is configured to have spectral transmission characteristics in a visible light range such that the spectral transmission at a wavelength of approximately 500 nm corresponding to blue or green is substantially one third of a spectral transmission at a wavelength of approximately 700 nm corresponding to red such that the spectral transmission is gradually rendered larger as the wavelength is increased from approximately 500 nm to approximately 700 nm.

Claims (5)

1. A heating cooker in which an object to be heated is placed on a top plate and is heated by a heating unit provided below the top plate, wherein the heating unit comprises an induction heating coil, a permeable substance disposed below the induction heating coil, a fluorescent display tube disposed below the top plate, and a mount on which the heating coil is placed, and

wherein at least part of a metal member constituting the fluorescent display tube is disposed so as to be located lower than a position of an upper side of the permeable substance, and light emitted from the fluorescent display tube travels upward and impinges on the top plate without being blocked by the mount and the permeable substance, then passing through the top plate.

2. The heating cooker of claim 1 , wherein the fluorescent display tube includes a lead pin disposed so as to be located lower than a position of an upper side of the permeable substance.

3. The heating cooker of claim 1 , wherein the fluorescent display tube includes a sealing cover disposed on an underside glass substrate.

4. The heating cooker of claim 1 , wherein the fluorescent display tube includes a display surface spaced away from an underside of the top plate by not less than 2 mm.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2016
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
To: IRISOHYAMA, INC.
Reel/Frame 037774/0350 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 18, 2016
From: TOSHIBA HA PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
To: TOSHIBA HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037767/0570 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 18, 2016
From: TOSHIBA HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION
To: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037768/0016 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 18, 2016
From: TOSHIBA CONSUMER ELECTRONICS HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 037964/0751 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 18, 2016
From: TOSHIBA CONSUMER MARKETING CORPORATION
To: TOSHIBA CONSUMER ELECTRONICS HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037973/0788 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2006
From: IMAMOTO, KAZUNARI; ESAKI, TAKESHI; KONDO, MASAO; MATSUO, KATSUHARU
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA HA PRODUCTS CO., LTD.; TOSHIBA CONSUMER MARKETING CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018594/0754 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2004-139818 · May 10, 2004 · national
JP 2004-179958 · Jun 17, 2004 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2005007080 · Apr 12, 2005
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