Cooking within a refrigeration cavity
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1. A domestic appliance for cooling and heating food items and/or beverage items, the domestic appliance comprising:
- a shell;
a door;
a cooling compartment defined at least in part by the shell and the door, the cooling compartment being configured to store the food items and/or the beverage items in a cooled environment; and
at least one solid state heating element comprising at least one of a diode or a semiconductor diode configured to apply a digital heat injection (DHI) which comprises a high intensity, narrow band, solid state infrared radiation (IR), the at least one solid state heating element being disposed inside of the cooling compartment and exposed to the cooled environment of the cooling compartment, the at least one solid state heating element configured to emit the solid state infrared radiation such that the DHI applies direct thermal transfer of energy via targeted light transfer for direct penetration into at least one of the food items and/or the beverage items to heat the at least one of the food items and/or the beverage items without heating ambient surroundings within the cooling compartment or other contents of the cooling compartment.
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Abstract
A domestic appliance for cooling and heating food items and/or beverage items may include a shell, a door, a cooling compartment defined at least in part by the shell and the door, the compartment being configured store the food items and/or the beverage items in a cooled environment and at least one solid state heating element inside of the cooling compartment, the at least one solid state heating element configured to emit infrared radiation to heat at least one of the food items and/or the beverage items without heating the surroundings or other contents of the cooling compartment.
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1. A domestic appliance for cooling and heating food items and/or beverage items, the domestic appliance comprising:
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a shell; a door; a cooling compartment defined at least in part by the shell and the door, the cooling compartment being configured to store the food items and/or the beverage items in a cooled environment; and at least one solid state heating element comprising at least one of a diode or a semiconductor diode configured to apply a digital heat injection (DHI) which comprises a high intensity, narrow band, solid state infrared radiation (IR), the at least one solid state heating element being disposed inside of the cooling compartment and exposed to the cooled environment of the cooling compartment, the at least one solid state heating element configured to emit the solid state infrared radiation such that the DHI applies direct thermal transfer of energy via targeted light transfer for direct penetration into at least one of the food items and/or the beverage items to heat the at least one of the food items and/or the beverage items without heating ambient surroundings within the cooling compartment or other contents of the cooling compartment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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