Steam cooker
First Claim
1. A steam cooker, comprising:
- a steam generator (40) for heating and evaporating water to generate steam;
a heating chamber (20) in which an object (90) to be cooked is heated by steam supplied from the steam generator (40), said steam generator (40), including;
a pot (41) to which water is supplied;
a heater section (42) placed in the pot (41);
a water level sensor (43) placed in vicinity of an upper side of the heater section (42) and comprising a self-heating type temperature sensing device for outputting a temperature signal that represents a detected temperature; and
a water temperature sensor (48) placed in vicinity of the upper side of the heater section (42) and outputting a temperature signal that represents a detected temperature;
a pump (35) for supplying water to the pot (41); and
a water supply control section for controlling the pump (35) to perform water supply to the pot (41) when a water temperature based on the temperature signal from the water temperature sensor (48) exceeds a second predetermined temperature higher than a first predetermined temperature that is a water temperature when a water level in the pot (41) is normally detected according to changes in water temperature based on the detected temperature of the self heating type temperature sensing device (43).
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Abstract
A controller monitors water temperature in a pot (41) through a water temperature thermistor in a temperature sensor (48) while a water level sensor is detecting the water level in the pot. When the water temperature in the pot exceeds 110° C., the controller determines that the water level thermistor in the water level sensor (43) cannot perform normal detection, and drives the pump (35) to supply water. When water supply based on the temperature detected by the water temperature thermistor is carried out more than three times, the controller determines that scale has deposited on the water level sensor (43), and notifies a user of a scale cleaning request. In this manner, in the case of detection failure of the water level thermistor, it is possible to notify a scale cleaning request at an appropriate time by determining whether or not the detection failure is attributable to scale deposits.
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1. A steam cooker, comprising:
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a steam generator (40) for heating and evaporating water to generate steam; a heating chamber (20) in which an object (90) to be cooked is heated by steam supplied from the steam generator (40), said steam generator (40), including; a pot (41) to which water is supplied; a heater section (42) placed in the pot (41); a water level sensor (43) placed in vicinity of an upper side of the heater section (42) and comprising a self-heating type temperature sensing device for outputting a temperature signal that represents a detected temperature; and a water temperature sensor (48) placed in vicinity of the upper side of the heater section (42) and outputting a temperature signal that represents a detected temperature; a pump (35) for supplying water to the pot (41); and a water supply control section for controlling the pump (35) to perform water supply to the pot (41) when a water temperature based on the temperature signal from the water temperature sensor (48) exceeds a second predetermined temperature higher than a first predetermined temperature that is a water temperature when a water level in the pot (41) is normally detected according to changes in water temperature based on the detected temperature of the self heating type temperature sensing device (43). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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