Cooking apparatus
First Claim
1. A cooking apparatus comprising:
- a cooking cavity;
at least one pair of support rails respectively included at both side walls of the cooking cavity;
a tray on which food is placed;
a heater to directly heat the tray to cook the food by activation of the heater, having a pair of electricity providing terminals, first and second electrodes to provide a circuit along which the electricity may flow, and a conductive film, on a lower surface of the tray, to heat the tray as electricity flows along paths through the conductive film that are as short as possible; and
at least one socket included at a rear wall of the cooking cavity to allow the electricity to be supplied to the heater when the terminals are connected to the sockets.
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Abstract
A cooking apparatus to improve heating efficiency and to quickly cook food. The cooking apparatus includes a heater provided at a tray receiving food to be cooked and having a pair of terminals to supply power to the heater, and a plurality of sockets provided at a rear wall of a cooking cavity. When the tray is placed on a pair of support rails of the cooking cavity and the terminals of the heater are inserted into one of the sockets, the tray is directly heated by the heater to cook the food. The heater includes a conductive film coated on a lower surface of the tray, and first and second electrodes connected to the conductive film to be opposed to each other and connected to the terminals. The conductive film and the tray are heated by current flowing through the conductive film between the first and second electrodes.
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1. A cooking apparatus comprising:
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a cooking cavity;
at least one pair of support rails respectively included at both side walls of the cooking cavity;
a tray on which food is placed;
a heater to directly heat the tray to cook the food by activation of the heater, having a pair of electricity providing terminals, first and second electrodes to provide a circuit along which the electricity may flow, and a conductive film, on a lower surface of the tray, to heat the tray as electricity flows along paths through the conductive film that are as short as possible; and
at least one socket included at a rear wall of the cooking cavity to allow the electricity to be supplied to the heater when the terminals are connected to the sockets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A cooking apparatus, comprising:
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a substantially rectangular cooking space;
a heating element having a pair of electricity providing terminals, first and second electrodes to provide a circuit along which the electricity may flow, and a conductive film through which the electricity flows along oaths that are as short as possible, the conductive film to generate heat as a result to heat the heating element;
a heating system including a socket at a certain position within the cooking space corresponding to a desired cooking position, the socket cooperable with the pair of terminals to provide electricity to the heating element via the pair of terminals; and
a support system which supports the heating element in a position corresponding to the position of the socket. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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