Microwave oven equipped with toaster and method of controlling the same
First Claim
1. A microwave oven equipped with a toaster, comprising:
- a plurality of slot openings that contain bread therein;
a plurality of heaters that radiate heat to the bread contained in the corresponding slot openings;
a plurality of switching units that control a power supply to corresponding ones of the heaters;
a key input unit that receives key commands to selectively operate the switching units; and
a control unit that controls corresponding switching units in response to the key commands.
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Abstract
A microwave oven equipped with a toaster and a method of controlling the same. Particularly, the microwave oven equipped with the toaster is provided with a plurality of heaters and a plurality of buttons each corresponding to one or more heaters to selectively operate the heaters provided in the toaster, thereby minimizing a power consumption resulting from an unnecessary operation of the heaters. Further, the microwave oven equipped with the toaster and the method of controlling the same limits a consumption current by preventing the toaster and the magnetron from simultaneously operating, thereby being applicable to, for example, the wall mounted microwave oven having a limited consumption current.
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35 Claims
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1. A microwave oven equipped with a toaster, comprising:
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a plurality of slot openings that contain bread therein;
a plurality of heaters that radiate heat to the bread contained in the corresponding slot openings;
a plurality of switching units that control a power supply to corresponding ones of the heaters;
a key input unit that receives key commands to selectively operate the switching units; and
a control unit that controls corresponding switching units in response to the key commands. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of controlling a microwave oven provided with a toaster, comprising:
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determining whether a key command that allows the toaster to be operated is inputted;
determining whether a magnetron is operating if the key command is inputted;
delaying an operation of the toaster if the magnetron is operating; and
operating the toaster if the magnetron is not operating. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A microwave oven provided with a toaster, comprising:
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a plurality of slot openings for the toaster;
a plurality of heaters that are disposed adjacent to corresponding slot openings and heat the corresponding slot openings;
a plurality of input keys that allow the heaters to be operated;
a plurality of switching units that switches an electric connection of a power supply to corresponding ones of the heaters to selectively operate the corresponding heaters; and
a control unit that controls the switching units in response to input signals of the input keys.
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9. A microwave oven having a toaster to toast food, comprising:
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an input unit;
two or more slots to toast the food therein;
one or more heaters to heat the food provided in corresponding ones of the slots; and
a switching unit to control the one or more heaters to heat the food in one or more selected slots based on instructions received by the input unit. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of controlling a microwave oven provided with a toaster, comprising:
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inputting an instruction to operate the toaster;
determining whether a magnetron is operating if the instruction is inputted;
delaying an operation of the toaster if the magnetron is operating; and
operating the toaster if the magnetron is not operating.
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22. A method of controlling a microwave oven provided with a toaster having slots, comprising:
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inputting an instruction to operate the toaster; and
controlling one or more heaters of the toaster to heat food in one or more selected slots based on the instruction inputted. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A microwave oven provided with a toaster, comprising:
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two or more slots disposed in the toaster;
one or more heaters disposed adjacent to corresponding ones of the slots to heat the corresponding slots;
a plurality of input keys to selectively operate the heaters;
a plurality of switching units to connect or disconnect power to corresponding ones of the heaters to selectively operate the corresponding heaters; and
a control unit to control the switching units based on input signals of the input keys. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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31. A microwave oven having a toaster to toast food, comprising:
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an input unit;
two or more slots to toast the food therein;
one or more heaters to heat the food provided in corresponding ones of the slots; and
a switching unit to control the one or more heaters to selectively heat the food in selected ones of the slots based on instructions received by the input unit.
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32. A microwave oven having a toaster to toast food, comprising:
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a plurality of slots to toast the food therein;
a plurality of heaters to heat the food provided in corresponding ones of the slots;
a switching unit to switch a power supply to one or more of the plurality of heaters;
an input unit to receive instructions to selectively switch the switching unit; and
a control unit to control the switching unit according to the instructions received by the input unit.
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33. A microwave oven having a toaster to toast food, comprising:
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an input unit;
a plurality of slots to toast the food therein;
first, second and third heaters to heat the food provided in corresponding ones of the slots; and
a switching unit to control the first, second and third heaters to selectively heat the food in selected slots based on instructions received by the input unit.
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34. A control unit for a microwave oven having a toaster including one or more heaters to toast food, comprising:
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a switching unit to switch power supplied from a power supply to the one or more heaters;
an input unit to receive instructions to selectively switch the switching unit; and
a control unit to control the switching unit according to the instructions received by the input unit.
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35. A control unit for a microwave oven having a toaster including two or more slots to toast food therein and heaters corresponding thereto, comprising:
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an input unit; and
a switching unit to control the corresponding heaters to selectively heat the food in selected slots based on instructions received by the input unit.
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