IP Library Granted Patent US 12,359,822
Granted Patent B2
US 12,359,822 · App. 17/631,110 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Heating cooking apparatus

Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ootani (Sakai, JP); Masahiro Nishijima (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
F24C7/02F24C15/02F24C15/16H05B6/6402H05B6/6414H05B6/72
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Patent No.
US 12,359,822
App. No.
17/631,110
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heating cooking apparatus including a heating cooking chamber and a microwave supply unit is provided. An object to be heated is accommodated in the heating cooking chamber. A microwave supply unit includes a radiation port and supplies microwaves to the heating cooking chamber through the radiation port. The radiation port is positioned below the heating cooking chamber. The heating cooking apparatus further includes a partitioning member that covers the radiation port and a placing portion on which the object to be heated is placed.

Claims (24)

1. A pull-out heating cooking apparatus comprising:

a heating cooking chamber configured to accommodate an object to be heated;

a microwave supply unit including a radiation port and configured to supply microwaves to the heating cooking chamber through the radiation port;

a partitioning member configured to cover the radiation port;

a placing portion on which the object to be heated is placed; and

a pull-out body configured to be freely pulled out of the heating cooking chamber in a predetermined direction,

wherein the radiation port is positioned at a bottom wall of the heating cooking chamber,

the pull-out body includes:

a door portion that is capable of opening and closing the heating cooking chamber, and

a support portion that is fixed to the door portion and that supports the placing portion,

the partitioning member and the placing portion transmit the microwaves,

the support portion has an opening at a position opposite the partitioning member, and

the microwaves supplied through the radiation port are transmitted through the partitioning member and the placing portion covering the opening to heat the object to be heated.

2. The pull-out heating cooking apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the placing portion is transparent or translucent, and

position information indicating a position at which the object to be heated is to be placed is provided on a lower face of the placing portion.

3. The pull-out heating cooking apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a heater positioned in the heating cooking chamber and configured to heat the object to be heated,

wherein the heater is positioned at an upper portion of the heating cooking chamber.

4. The pull-out heating cooking apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pull-out body further includes a support member that is fixed to the door portion and that is supported to be slidable along a rail provided at a lower center on a front face side of the heating cooking chamber.

5. The pull-out heating cooking apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the placing portion is transparent or translucent, and

the support member is configured to be visually recognizable through the placing portion and the opening of the support portion in a state that the placing portion is pulled out of the heating cooking chamber together with the pull-out body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2022
From: OOTANI, TSUYOSHI; NISHIJIMA, MASAHIRO
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 058809/0324 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-141451 · Jul 31, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220205639A1 · Jun 30, 2022
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