IP Library Granted Patent US 11,067,289
Granted Patent B2
US 11,067,289 · App. 16/078,236 · Granted Jul 20, 2021

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Inventors: Hiroki Kitayama (Sakai, JP); Kazuya Kitatani (Sakai, JP); Masayuki Uno (Sakai, JP); Shinya Ueda (Sakai, JP); Masayuki Iwamoto (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
F24C15/02A21B1/36F24C1/00F24C9/00F24C15/003F24C15/14A47J2027/043
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Patent No.
US 11,067,289
App. No.
16/078,236
Granted
Jul 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A water receiving member is reduced in size and is therefore made difficult to visually recognize. A cooking device ( 1 ) includes a main body ( 11 ), a front door ( 12 ), and a waste receiving member ( 41 ). The front door ( 12 ) has a water droplet restraining part ( 33 ) provided on a lower portion of an inner surface of the front door ( 12 ) which inner surface faces the heating room ( 13 ). While the front door ( 12 ) is closed, the water droplet restraining part ( 33 ) protrudes diagonally downwardly or horizontally from the inner surface of the front door ( 12 ) toward a rear side of the main body ( 11 ).

Claims (28)

1. A cooking device, comprising:

a main body having a heating room therein;

a front door, provided in front of the main body, which covers an opening of the heating room so as to be openable and closable; and

a water receiving member provided below the main body,

the front door having a water droplet restraining part provided on a lower portion of an inner surface of the front door which inner surface faces the main body, the water droplet restraining part being configured to (i) restrain a water droplet, which runs along the inner surface of the front door and then falls, from moving to a bottom surface of the front door, and (ii) cause the water droplet to fall into the water receiving member while the front door is opened, and

while the front door is closed, the water droplet restraining part protruding diagonally downwardly from the inner surface of the front door toward a rear side of the main body.

2. The cooking device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:

the main body has a front wall which (i) surrounds the opening of the heating room and (ii) has a front door contact surface that is, while the front door is closed, in contact with the inner surface of the front door; and

the water droplet restraining part has a lower end which is located closer to the rear side of the main body than is the front door contact surface of the front wall.

3. The cooking device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:

the main body has a front wall which (i) surrounds the opening of the heating room and (ii) has a front door contact surface that is, while the front door is closed, in contact with the inner surface of the front door;

a portion of the front wall, which portion is located at a lower portion of the main body, has a recessed surface that is (i) located below the front door contact surface and (ii) recessed from the front door contact surface toward the rear side of the main body; and

the water droplet restraining part protrudes toward a space in front of the recessed surface.

4. The cooking device as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising:

a superheated steam generating section which supplies superheated steam to the heating room; and

a food crumb receiving member provided below a bottom wall of the heating room,

the bottom wall of the heating room having a bottom wall opening, and

the food crumb receiving member having a projection which (i) is located so as to face the bottom wall opening of the bottom wall and (ii) causes a space between the bottom wall opening of the bottom wall and the food crumb receiving member to be narrow.

5. The cooking device as set forth in claim 4 , wherein:

the bottom wall has a heater placement portion having a recessed shape;

a heater is provided in the heater placement portion; and

the bottom wall opening is made in a bottom part of the heater placement portion having the recessed shape.

6. The cooking device as set forth in claim 4 , wherein a single waste receiving member is provided so as to serve as the water receiving member and as the food crumb receiving member.

7. The cooking device as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising:

a superheated steam generating section which supplies superheated steam to the heating room;

a water feed tank in which water to be supplied to the superheated steam generating section is stored;

a tank housing part in which the water feed tank is mounted, the tank housing part having a shape of a container and having a drain outlet in a bottom part of the tank housing part; and

a drain pipe which is connected to the drain outlet and through which water stored in the tank housing part is transferred to the water receiving member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2018
From: KITAYAMA, HIROKI; KITATANI, KAZUYA; UNO, MASAYUKI; UEDA, SHINYA; IWAMOTO, MASAYUKI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 046643/0738 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-158160 · Aug 10, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210088222A1 · Mar 25, 2021
Cited By (1)
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