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• US 20180058702A1
• Filed: 08/31/2017
• Published: 03/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JANG, Hyeong Jin, LEE, Sang-Jin, LEE, Jung Hak, KWON, Myoung Keun, PARK, Sang Jun, SEO, Eung Ryeol, SUNG, Han Jun
• Granted Patent: US 10,794,599 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/006 Arrangements for circulation of cooling air
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/008 Illumination for oven cavities
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/322 with forced circulation
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 7/046 Ranges
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 7/081 on stoves
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 7/085 on baking ovens
• CPC Class Codes: F27D 2021/026 using a video installation
• CPC Class Codes: F27D 21/02 Observation or illuminating devices

Abstract

An oven including a camera disposed above a cooking compartment to clearly capture an inside of the cooking compartment, and having a structure which cools the camera to prevent a temperature of the camera from being increased due to heat generated in the cooking compartment. The oven includes the camera provided above the cooking compartment and configured to capture the inside of the cooking compartment, a camera cooling fan disposed above the camera and configured to cool the camera by suctioning external air, a first glass provided at a ceiling of the cooking compartment so that the camera captures the inside of the cooking compartment and configured to block transmission of heat in the cooking compartment to the camera, and a second glass provided between the camera and the first glass and configured to block transmission of heat to the camera.

Claims

1. An oven comprising:

a main body;

a cooking compartment provided in the main body and having a front surface thereof is opened, the cooking compartment having an opening;

a camera provided above the cooking compartment and configured to capture an inside of the cooking compartment through the opening;

a camera cooling fan disposed above the camera and configured to cool the camera by suctioning external air;

a first glass provided at the opening of the cooking compartment so that the camera captures the inside of the cooking compartment and configured to block transmission of heat in the cooking compartment to the camera; and

a second glass provided between the camera and the first glass and configured to additionally block the transmission of heat to the camera.

2. The oven according to claim 1, wherein:

an inlet is provided at an upper portion of the main body and configured to suction the external air to cool the camera; and

a rib is provided around the inlet and configured to prevent water from passing through the inlet.

3. The oven according to claim 2, wherein:

the main body includes an electrical component chamber provided above the cooking compartment and configured to accommodate electrical components; and

the electrical component chamber includes an electrical component chamber cooling fan and configured to suction the external air into the electrical component chamber to cool an inside of the electrical component chamber and discharge the air suctioned into the electrical component chamber to an outside of the electrical component chamber, and an exhaust duct configured to guide the air suctioned into the electrical component chamber discharged to the outside of the electrical component chamber.

4. The oven according to claim 3, wherein a fan holder on which the camera cooling fan is mounted is provided in the electrical component chamber, the fan holder including a suction flow path communicating with the inlet to guide the external air to the camera.

5. The oven according to claim 4, wherein a camera holder on which the camera is mounted is provided under the fan holder, the camera holder including a mounting part on which the camera cooling fan is mounted, an outlet through which the air suctioned into the suction flow path is discharged, and a coupler coupled the camera holder to the exhaust duct.

6. The oven according to claim 5, wherein the camera includes a mounting part on which the camera holder is mounted, a body tube extending downward from the mounting part and having a cylindrical shape, and a lens disposed at an end of the body tube to capture the inside of the cooking compartment.

7. The oven according to claim 6, wherein a blocking member configured to block a part of the exhaust duct is provided between the camera and the electrical component chamber cooling fan to prevent the air discharged into the exhaust duct from contacting with the camera.

8. The oven according to claim 7, wherein the blocking member supports the exhaust duct to prevent sagging of the exhaust duct.

9. The oven according to claim 7, wherein the blocking member is provided to be integrated with the camera holder.

10. The oven according to claim 7, wherein a plurality of second glasses are provided;

and a glass holder is provided under the camera so that the plurality of second glasses are fixed to the glass holder.

11. The oven according to claim 10, wherein the blocking member is provided to be integrated with the glass holder.

12. The oven according to claim 10, wherein:

the glass holder includes a plurality of glass fixers to which the plurality of second glasses are fixed, and a sealer having an insertion hole into which the end of the body tube at which the lens is disposed is inserted; and

a space into which the end of the body tube is inserted is sealed by the sealer and the plurality of second glasses.

13. The oven according to claim 10, wherein:

the glass holder includes a plurality of glass fixers to which the plurality of second glasses are fixed, an opening configured to be open to accommodate the end of the body tube, and a gasket attachable to and detachable from the opening of the glass holder and having an insertion hole into which the end of the body tube at which the lens is disposed is inserted; and

a space into which the end of the body tube is inserted is sealed by the gasket and the second glasses.

14. The oven according to claim 1, wherein the opening is provided on a ceiling of the cooking compartment and a glass bracket on which the first glass is mounted is attachable to and detachable from the opening.

15. The oven according to claim 7, wherein the air suctioned from the outside by the camera cooling fan cools the camera and is then discharged to the outside of the electrical component chamber through the outlet along with the air discharged to the exhaust duct.

16. An oven comprising:

a main body;

a cooking compartment provided in the main body and having a front surface thereof is opened, the cooking compartment having an opening at a ceiling thereof;

an electrical component chamber provided above the cooking compartment and configured to accommodate electrical components;

an electrical component chamber cooling fan provided in the electrical component chamber and configured to cool an inside of the electrical component chamber by suctioning external air;

an exhaust duct configured to discharge the air suctioned into the electrical component chamber to an outside of the electrical component chamber; and

a camera module provided above the cooking compartment and configured to capture an inside of the cooking compartment through the opening at the ceiling,

wherein the camera module includes;

a camera configured to capture the inside of the cooking compartment through the opening at the ceiling;

a camera cooling fan disposed above the camera and configured to cool the camera by suctioning the external air;

a blocking member provided between the camera and the electrical component chamber cooling fan to block a part of the exhaust duct and configured to prevent the air discharged into the exhaust duct from contacting with the camera; and

a plurality of glasses provided under the camera such that the camera captures the inside of the cooking compartment and configured to block transmission of heat in the cooking compartment to the camera.

17. The oven according to claim 16, wherein the plurality of glasses include a first glass provided at the opening at the ceiling of the cooking compartment so that the camera captures the inside of the cooking compartment and configured to block the transmission of the heat in the cooking compartment to the camera, and a second glass provided between the camera and the first glass to additionally block the transmission of heat to the camera.

18. The oven according to claim 17, wherein:

the second glass is provided with a plurality of glasses and fixed to a glass holder;

the glass holder includes a glass fixer to which the second glass is fixed and a sealer having an insertion hole into which an end of the camera is inserted; and

a space into which one end of the camera is inserted is sealed by the second glass and the sealer.

19. The oven according to claim 16, wherein an inlet is provided at an upper portion of the main body so that the external air suctioned into the inlet cools the camera and is discharged to the outside of the electrical component chamber along with air discharged into the exhaust duct.

20. An oven comprising:

a main body;

a cooking compartment provided in the main body and having a front surface thereof is open, the cooking compartment having an opening at a ceiling thereof;

an electrical component chamber provided above the cooking compartment and configured to accommodate electrical components;

an electrical component chamber cooling fan provided in the electrical component chamber and configured to cool an inside of the electrical component chamber by suctioning external air;

an exhaust duct configured to discharge the air suctioned into the electrical component chamber to an outside of the electrical component chamber;

a camera provided above the cooking compartment and configured to capture an inside of the cooking compartment through the opening at the ceiling; and

a camera cooling fan disposed above the camera to cool the camera by suctioning the external air,

wherein the air suctioned by the camera cooling fan cools the camera and is discharged to an outside of the electrical component chamber along with air discharged into the exhaust duct.

21. The oven according to claim 20, wherein a blocking member to prevent the camera from contacting with the air discharged into the exhaust duct is provided between the camera and the electrical component chamber cooling fan so that the air discharged into the exhaust duct bypasses the camera and is discharged.

22. The oven according to claim 21, wherein the camera is mounted on a camera holder, and air that cooled the camera is discharged through an outlet of the camera holder communicating with the exhaust duct.

23. The oven according to claim 22, wherein the electrical component chamber cooling fan is provided to have a larger size than a size of the camera cooling fan, and the air discharged into the exhaust duct by the electrical component chamber cooling fan has a higher speed than a speed of the air discharged into the outlet.

24. The oven according to claim 23, wherein the air discharged into the outlet is discharged to the outside of the electrical component chamber through the exhaust duct along with the discharged air while being bypassed by the blocking member.

25. An oven comprising:

a main body including an inlet configured to suction external air;

a cooking compartment provided in the main body and having a front surface thereof is open, the cooking compartment having an opening at a ceiling thereof;

a camera provided above the cooking compartment and configured to capture an inside of the cooking compartment through the opening at the ceiling;

an electrical component chamber provided above the cooking compartment and configured to accommodate electrical components;

an electrical component chamber cooling fan provided in the electrical component chamber to cool an inside of the electrical component chamber and the camera by suctioning the external air; and

a suction duct including a suction flow path communicating with the inlet and an outlet through which the external air suctioned into the suction flow path and cooling the camera is discharged, wherein the outlet is provided to face the inlet of the electrical component chamber cooling fan.

26. The oven according to claim 25, wherein an upper end of the outlet is provided at a higher place than an upper end of the electrical component chamber cooling fan.

27. The oven according to claim 26, wherein:

a camera holder on which the camera is mounted is provided at a lower portion of the inlet; and

the suction flow path and the outlet communicate with the camera holder.

28. The oven according to claim 27, wherein a partition wall is provided between the suction flow path and the outlet to guide the external air suctioned into the suction flow path cools the camera and is discharged into the outlet.

29. The oven according to claim 28, wherein the electrical component chamber includes an exhaust duct configured to guide the external air suctioned by the electrical component chamber cooling fan to cool the electrical component chamber and the camera to be discharged to an outside of the electrical component chamber.

30. The oven according to claim 27, wherein the camera includes a mounting part mounted on the camera holder, a body tube configured to extend downward from the mounting part, and a lens disposed at an end of the body tube and configured to capture the inside of the cooking compartment.

31. The oven according to claim 30, wherein at least one glass is provided under the camera and configured to allow the camera to capture the inside of the cooking compartment and block transmission of heat in the cooking compartment to the camera.

32. The oven according to claim 31, wherein the at least one glass has a thickness of about 4 mm or more.

33. The oven according to claim 31, wherein the at least one glass includes a first glass provided at the opening at the ceiling of the cooking compartment so that the camera captures the inside of the cooking compartment and configured to block the transmission of the heat in the cooking compartment to the camera, and a second glass provided between the camera and the first glass and configured to additionally block the transmission of heat to the camera.

34. The oven according to claim 33, wherein the at least one glass including the first glass and the second glass has a total thickness of 4 mm or more.

35. The oven according to claim 31, wherein a heat reflection coating layer is provided on one surface or both surfaces of the glass.

36. The oven according to claim 31, wherein the glass is a tempered glass or a borosilicate glass.

37. The oven according to claim 33, wherein the first glass adjacent to the cooking compartment among the first and second glasses is a tempered glass or a borosilicate glass.

38. The oven according to claim 33, wherein the expression of “

f≧

g×

w/h”

is satisfied when a width of the opening is f, a distance between the ceiling of the cooking compartment and the lens is g, a width of the cooking compartment is w, and a distance between the lens and the bottom surface of the cooking compartment is h.