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• US 20140097172A1
• Filed: 09/30/2013
• Published: 04/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Hyang Ki, Hong, Seok Weon, Hwang, Yun Ic, KANG, Han Seong, Jung, Sang Yun
• Granted Patent: US 10,364,991 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 219/394
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 11/00 Combinations of two or more stoves or ranges, e.g. each having a different kind of energy supply
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/02 Doors specially adapted for stoves or ranges
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/023 Mounting of doors, e.g. hinges, counterbalancing
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/028 Stoves doors
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 7/002 Stoves F24C7/02 - F24C7/10 take precedence

Abstract

An oven in which a cooking space in a cooking chamber is dividable into a plurality of individual cooking spaces by a partition member. The oven includes a door assembly including a main door rotatably combined with a main body and provided with a plurality of openings corresponding to the respective plurality of individual cooking spaces and a plurality of individual doors rotatably combined with the main body to open and close the respective plurality of openings. The door assembly may selectively open and close the entirety of the cooking space or the respective plurality of individual cooking spaces, and thus a heat loss or danger of burn generated due to opening and closing the main door when only the individual cooking space is used may be prevented.

Claims

1. An oven comprising:

a main body;

a cooking chamber provided within the main body and including a cooking space;

a partition member to divide the cooking space into a first individual cooking space and a second individual cooking space; and

a door assembly including a main door provided with a first opening corresponding to the first individual cooking space and a second opening corresponding to the second individual cooking space and rotatably combined with the main body, a first individual door rotatably combined with the main door so as to open and close the first opening, and a second individual door rotatably combined with the main door so as to open and close the second opening.

2. The oven according to claim 1, wherein the partition member is detachably installed in the cooking space.

3. The oven according to claim 2, wherein:

a first mode in which the entirety of the cooking space is operated when the partition member is separated from the cooking space, a second mode in which the first individual cooking space and the second individual cooking space are operated when the partition member is installed in the cooking space, a third mode in which only the first individual cooking space is operated and the second individual cooking space is not operated when the partition member is installed in the cooking space, and a fourth mode in which the first individual cooking space is not operated and only the second individual cooking space is operated when the partition member is installed in the cooking space are prepared; and

the main door is opened and closed when the first individual door and the second individual door are closed in the first mode, the main door is opened and closed when the first individual door and the second individual door are closed or the first individual door and the second individual door are opened and closed when the main door is closed in the second mode, the first individual door is opened and closed when the main door and the second individual door are closed in the third mode, and the second individual door is opened and closed when the main door and the first individual door are closed in the fourth mode.

4. The oven according to claim 1, further comprising:

a main sealing member closely adhered to the main body and the main door so as to hermetically seal the cooking space;

a first sealing member closely adhered to the main door and the first individual door so as to hermetically seal the first opening; and

a second sealing member closely adhered to the main door and the second individual door so as to hermetically seal the second opening.

5. The oven according to claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of main hinge devices to rotatably combine the main door with the main body;

a plurality of first hinge devices to rotatably combine the first individual door with the main door; and

a plurality of second hinge devices to rotatably combine the second individual door with the main body.

6. The oven according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first locking device to lock the first individual door with the main door; and

a second locking device to lock the second individual door with the main door.

7. The oven according to claim 6, wherein:

a main handle is provided on the main door;

a first handle is provided on the first individual door;

a second handle is provided on the second individual door;

when the main handle is pulled, the main door is opened;

when the first handle is pulled, the first individual door is opened; and

when the second handle is pulled, the second individual door is opened.

8. The oven according to claim 6, wherein:

a main handle is provided on the main door;

when the main handle is pulled, the main door is opened;

when the first individual door is pushed at a first predetermined force, the first individual door is opened; and

when the second individual door is pushed at a second predetermined force, the second individual door is opened.

9. The oven according to claim 6, wherein:

a first handle is provided on the first individual door;

a second handle is provided on the second individual door;

when the first handle is pulled when the first individual door is locked with the main door, the main door is opened;

when the first handle is pulled when the first individual door is unlocked with the main door, the first individual door is opened; and

when the second handle is pulled, the second individual door is opened.

10. The oven according to claim 9, wherein the first locking device includes:

a plurality of hook members rotatably provided on the first individual door;

a plurality of holes provided on the main door so as to correspond to the plurality of hook members;

a plurality of first elastic members to elastically bias the plurality of hook members to be inserted and locked with the plurality of holes;

a opening member provided on the first handle so as to rotate the plurality of hook members in a releasing direction of the locking of the plurality of hook members to the plurality of holes;

connection members to connect the opening member to the plurality of the plurality of hook members so as to rotate the plurality of hook members when the opening member is pressed; and

a second elastic member provided on the first handle so as to return the opening member to the original position thereof when pressing of the opening member is released,

wherein, when the opening member is not pressed, the first individual door is locked with the main door, and, when the opening member is pressed, the first individual door is unlocked with the main door.

11. The oven according to claim 10, wherein the connection members are wires.

17. The oven according to claim 1, wherein the first and second individual doors are configured to be individually opened and closed when the main door is closed, and the main door is configured to be opened and closed when the first and second individual doors are closed.

12. An oven comprising:

a main body;

a cooking chamber provided within the main body and including a cooking space;

a partition member to divide the cooking space into a plurality of individual cooking spaces;

a main door rotatably combined with the main body so as to open and close an opened front surface of the cooking space;

a plurality of openings formed on the main door so as to respectively approach the plurality of individual cooking spaces without opening of the main door; and

a plurality of individual doors rotatably combined with the main door so as to respectively open and close the plurality of openings.

18. The oven according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of individual doors are configured to be individually opened and closed when the main door is closed, and the main door is configured to be opened and closed when the plurality of individual doors are closed.

13. An oven comprising:

a main body;

a cooking chamber provided within the main body and including a cooking space;

a partition member to divide the cooking space into a first individual cooking space and a second individual cooking space;

a plurality of first doors combined with both side portions of the main body and rotatable in the leftward and rightward directions so as to open and close the first individual cooking space; and

a plurality of second doors combined with both side portions of the main body and rotatable in the leftward and rightward directions so as to open and close the second individual cooking space.

14. The oven according to claim 13, wherein:

at least one of the plurality of first doors is combined with one side portion of the main body and rotatable in the leftward and rightward directions so as to open and close at least a portion of the first individual cooking space;

the other one of the at least one of the plurality of first doors is combined with the other side portion of the main body and rotatable in the leftward and rightward directions so as to open and close the remaining portion of the first individual cooking space;

at least one of the plurality of second doors is combined with one side portion of the main body and rotatable in the leftward and rightward directions so as to open and close at least a portion of the second individual cooking space; and

the other one of the at least one of the plurality of second doors is combined with the other side portion of the main body and rotatable in the leftward and rightward directions so as to open and close the remaining portion of the second individual cooking space.

15. The oven according to claim 13, wherein the partition member is detachably installed in the cooking space.

16. The oven according to claim 13, wherein:

a first mode in which the entirety of the cooking space is operated when the partition member is separated from the cooking space, a second mode in which the first individual cooking space and the second individual cooking space are operated when the partition member is installed in the cooking space, a third mode in which only the first individual cooking space is operated and the second individual cooking space is not operated when the partition member is installed in the cooking space, and a fourth mode in which the first individual cooking space is not operated and only the second individual cooking space is operated when the partition member is installed in the cooking space are prepared; and

the plurality of first doors and the plurality of second doors are opened and closed in the first mode and the second mode, the plurality of first doors is opened and closed when the plurality of second doors is closed in the third mode, and the plurality of second doors is opened and closed when the plurality of first doors is closed in the fourth mode.

19. The oven according to claim 13, wherein the plurality of first and second doors are configured to be individually opened and closed when the main door is closed, and the main door is configured to be opened and closed when the plurality of first and second doors are closed.