IP Library Granted Patent US 7,473,872
Granted Patent B2
US 7,473,872 · App. 10/580,216 · Granted Jan 6, 2009

Cooking tool

Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Toshiba Ha Products Co., Ltd.; Toshiba Consumer Marketing Coporation
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Patent No.
US 7,473,872
App. No.
10/580,216
Granted
Jan 6, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat cooking apparatus includes a supporting unit for supporting a cooking tool, a heating unit for heating the cooking tool, a receiving unit capable of receiving temperature data of the cooking tool transmitted in the form of infrared rays from the exterior, and a controlling unit for controlling the heating unit on the basis of temperature data received by the receiving unit.

Claims (13)

1. A cooking tool used with a heat cooking apparatus having a receiving unit capable of receiving data externally transmitted in the form of infrared rays, the cooking tool being heated by a heating unit of the heat cooking apparatus while being supported by a supporting unit of the heat cooking apparatus, the cooking tool comprising:

a temperature detecting unit that generates a signal according to a temperature of an object to be cooked;

a transmitting unit that transmits temperature data corresponding to the output signal from the temperature detecting unit in the form of infrared rays to the heat cooking apparatus; and

a primary coil and a secondary coil, the secondary coil magnetically connected to the primary coil while the heating unit is being driven to produce electric power for operating the transmitting unit,

wherein for the case where a high frequency current is caused to flow through the primary coil so that the heating unit of the heat cooking apparatus performs induction heating, the secondary coil is magnetically coupled to the primary coil by passing a high frequency current through the primary coil, and

wherein the transmitting unit is provided with a rectifying portion to rectify the output voltage from the secondary coil and a stabilizing electric supply portion to stabilize the rectified output voltage from the rectifying portion.

2. The cooking tool according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting unit is provided with a battery that supplies electric power through wire.

3. The cooking tool according to claim 2 , further comprising a switching unit of opening/closing the electric power supply circuit between the battery and the transmitting unit according to the temperature of the object to be cooked.

4. The cooking tool according to claim 2 , wherein the transmitting unit is provided with an output detector that detects output voltage of the battery output voltage of the battery.

5. The cooking tool according to claim 3 , wherein the transmitting unit is provided with an output detector that detects output voltage of the battery.

6. The cooking tool according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary coil is provided at the bottom of the vessel portion in which the object to be cooked is charged.

7. The cooking tool according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting unit is provided with a load connected to the output terminal of the rectifying portion, a rectified output detecting portion that detects the magnitude of the rectified output voltage given to the stabilizing electric supply by the rectifying portion, and a rectified output controlling portion that controls the magnitude of the rectified output voltage given to the stabilizing electric supply by the rectifying portion by adjusting the magnitude of the load based on the detection results of the rectified output detecting portion.

8. The cooking tool according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting unit is composed of an infrared ray transmitting module.

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 May 23, 2006
From: TAKIMOTO, HITOSHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA HA PRODUCTS CO., LTD.; TOSHIBA CONSUMER MARKETING CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017930/0931 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2003-393808 · Nov 25, 2003 · national
Continuity (1)
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