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Granted Patent B2
US 7,161,125 · App. 11/028,847 · Granted Jan 9, 2007

Cooking appliance

Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 7,161,125
App. No.
11/028,847
Granted
Jan 9, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cooking appliance has a configuration that allows the heating item mounting unit of a heating chamber to be pulled out, and that can prevent generation of discharge failure by microwaves, without having to form a slide mechanism with a component or material that has high heat-resistance and fire-resistance. The cooking appliance includes a main unit with a heating chamber, a drawer unit arranged movable in the main unit so as to be pulled out from the heating chamber of the main unit, and a slide rail for moving the drawer unit in the main unit. The slide rail is provided outside the heating chamber.

Claims (17)

1. A cooking appliance comprising:

a main unit of the cooking appliance including a heating chamber,

a drawer unit, including a box-shaped heating receptacle with an opening at the top in which an item to be heated is held, arranged in a movable manner in said main unit so as to be pulled outside the heating chamber of said main unit, and

a transfer mechanism fully supporting the heating receptacle for moving said drawer unit in said main unit,

wherein said transfer mechanism is formed of a material that does not have high heat-resistance and fire-resistance,

said transfer mechanism is arranged only outside said heating chamber with at least a portion of said transfer mechanism arranged at a lateral side of said heating chamber, and

said transfer mechanism is absent inside the heating chamber.

2. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein

said drawer unit comprises a door, and a heating receptacle in which an item to be heated is held, and

said door of the drawer unit is supported on said main unit outside said heating chamber via said transfer mechanism.

3. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said door of the drawer unit is supported on said main unit by left and right sidewall surfaces and a bottom wall surface outside said heating chamber via said transfer mechanism.

4. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said transfer mechanism comprises a fixed rail attached to said main unit, and a movable rail sliding along said fixed rail, and attached to said door of the drawer unit.

5. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said drawer unit includes a door, and a heating receptacle in which an item to be heated is held, and an inner side of the bottom of said heating receptacle includes a concave.

6. The cooking appliance according to claim 5 , wherein a rear wall of said heating receptacle is lower in height than left and right sidewalls.

7. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said drawer unit comprises a door, a heating receptacle in which an item to be heated is held, and a mounting arranged within said heating receptacle and on which an item to be heated is placed, wherein said mounting can be removed from said heating receptacle.

8. The cooking appliance according to claim 7 , wherein an inner side of the bottom of said heating receptacle has a concave, and said mounting has a configuration fitting the concave at the inner side of the bottom of said heating receptacle.

9. The cooking appliance according to claim 7 , wherein a rear wall of said heating receptacle is lower in height than left and right sidewalls.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2005
From: YOSHIDOME, AKIHIRO; HIROOKA, MITSUO
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 015693/0033 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2004-002830 · Jan 8, 2004 · national
JP 2004-007384 · Jan 14, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050173399A1 · Aug 11, 2005