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US 8,110,779 · App. 11/947,289 · Granted Feb 7, 2012

Door lock control device in heating cooker

Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 8,110,779
App. No.
11/947,289
Granted
Feb 7, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a door lock control device in a heating cooker that prevents a door from being accidentally unlocked when the door is locked and a temperature inside the heating cooker is a predetermined temperature or more such as during self-cleaning. When the temperature inside the cooker is low and a thermal switch 8 of a lock detection and thermal switch portion 6 is closed, the lock detection and thermal switch portion 6 can be energized, and a power supply line 2 can supply power to a drive motor 5 to lock and unlock the door. In the case of self-cleaning or the like, the door is locked and a detection switch 7 is on a door lock side 7 a , but the temperature inside the cooker is high and thus the thermal switch 8 is opened, and the power supply line 2 is interrupted.

Claims (21)

1. A door lock control device in a heating cooker comprising:

a cooker body having a heating chamber formed therein;

an open/close door that can close an opening of the heating chamber;

a drive motor that drives a lock member for alternately locking and unlocking the open/close door and switches between a lock position and an unlock position; and

a circuit that supplies power to the drive motor, wherein the circuit comprises:

a motor control relay being turned on to lock or unlock the door when the drive motor is driven;

a detection switch that switches between a lock side and an unlock side according to the lock position and the unlock position occupied by the lock member respectively, and

a lock detection and thermal switch portion that is connected in series on the lock side of the detection switch with a thermal switch that is opened when a temperature inside the heating chamber is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature, and on the unlock side of the detection switch directly, and the lock side and the unlock side are joined thereafter,

wherein the motor control relay and the lock detection and thermal switch portion are connected in series with a power supply line to the drive motor, respectively.

2. The door lock control device in a heating cooker according to claim 1 , wherein the supply of power to the drive motor is interrupted when the detection switch is on the lock side, the temperature inside the heating cooker is the predetermined temperature or more, and the thermal switch is opened.

3. A door lock control device in a heating cooker, comprising:

a cooker body having a heating chamber formed therein;

an open/close door that can close an opening of the heating chamber;

a drive motor that drives a lock member for alternately locking and unlocking the open/close door and switches between a lock position and an unlock position; and

a circuit that supplies power to the drive motor,

wherein the circuit comprises:

a motor control relay being turned on to lock or unlock the door when the drive motor is driven;

a detection switch that switches between a lock side and an unlock side according to the lock position and the unlock position occupied by the lock member respectively, and

a lock detection and thermal switch portion that is connected in series on the lock side of the detection switch with a thermal switch that is opened when a temperature inside the heating chamber is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature,

wherein the lock detection and thermal switch portion is provided in a relay power supply line that drives the power supply line to the drive motor via a relay.

4. The door lock control device in a heating cooker according to claim 3 , wherein the supply of power to the drive motor is interrupted when the detection switch is on the lock side, the temperature inside the heating cooker is the predetermined temperature or more, and the thermal switch is opened.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTION TO ASSIGNMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL 020569 FRAME 0636 Recorded Apr 21, 2008
From: KISHIMOTO, MASAMITSU
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 020933/0252 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2008
From: KISHIMOTO, MASAMITSU
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 020569/0636 →
Continuity (1)
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