Heating cooking device

• US 7,294,811 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2005
• Issued: 11/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujikura Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujikura Limited
• Inventors: Tanabe, Nobuo, Kawashima, Takuya, Goto, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): PELHAM, JOSEPH MOORE
• Application Number:
  US11/312,546
• Publication Number:
  US 20060138127A1
• Time in Patent Office: 692 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 219/405
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 6/6402 Aspects relating to the microwave cavity
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 6/766 Microwave radiation screens for windows

Abstract

A heating cooking device includes a housing having a wall portion; a first base material provided in at least a portion of the wall portion; and optionally a second base material formed on the first base material; a heat ray reflector formed on the conductive base material, including a first transparent conductive film formed on the first base material and a second transparent conductive film that is provided on the first transparent conductive film, where the second transparent conductive film has a higher heat resistance than that of the first transparent conductive film.

Claims

1. A heating cooking device comprising a housing comprising a wall portion;

where the wall portion comprises a conductive base material comprising a first base material, and a first heat ray reflector comprising a first transparent conductive film provided on the first transparent conductive film, where the second transparent conductive film has a higher heat resistance than that of the first transparent conductive film, wherein the first transparent conductive film comprises indium tin oxide (ITO) having a thickness of between 100 nm and 1000 nm, inclusive.

3. The heating cooking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the second transparent conductive film comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of fluorine-doped tin oxide, antimony-doped tin oxide, tin oxide, fluorine-doped zinc oxide, aluminum-doped zinc oxide, gallium-doped zinc oxide, boron-doped zinc oxide, and zinc oxide.

4. The heating cooking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the conductive base material is transparent and provides for a window portion through which an inside of the housing can be observed.

5. The heating cooking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the conductive base material further comprises a second base material which forms a space separating the second base material from the first base material, and wherein the first heat ray reflector is provided on an inner side of the first base material.

6. The heating cooking device according to claim 5, wherein the second base material is provided closer to the inside of the housing than the first base material.

7. The heating cooking device according to claim 5, wherein the space comprises a cooling medium.

8. The heating cooking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the wall portion comprises a frame portion.

9. The heating cooking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the second transparent conductive film prevents oxidation of the first transparent conductive film.

10. The heating cooking device according to claim 5, wherein the first and second base materials are disposed parallel to each other.

11. The heating cooking device according to claim 5, wherein the first and second base materials comprise a transparent material.

12. The heating cooking device according to claim 5, wherein the first and second base materials are made of glass.

13. The heating cooking device according to claim 5, wherein the space has a thickness between 1 mm and 20 mm, inclusive.

14. The heating cooking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the second transparent conductive film is made of a material having a heat resistance measured by a rate of increase in the electrical resistance when the material is heated to a temperature between 300.degree. C. and 700.degree. C., inclusive, and the measured electrical resistance is higher than the electrical resistance measured at normal temperature (25.degree. C.) by a factor of two or less.

15. The heating cooking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the second transparent conductive film comprises fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO).

16. The heating cooking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first and second transparent conductive films are formed by spray pyrolysis (SPD) method, sputtering methods, or CVD methods.

17. The heating cooking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the second transparent conductive film is formed within one minute after the first transparent conductive film is formed.

18. The heating cooking device according to claim 5, wherein the space functions as a heat insulating layer.

19. The heating cooling device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first heat ray reflector comprises at least one more transparent conductive film.

20. The heating cooking device according to claim 5, further comprising a second heat ray reflector located on an outer side of the second base material.

21. The heating cooking device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising at least one additional base material.

22. The heating cooking device according to claim 7, wherein the cooling medium is gas or liquid and may be sealed or circulated within the space.

23. The heating cooking device according to claim 7, further comprising a cooling medium circulation mechanism.

2. A healing cooking device comprising a housing comprising a wall portion;

where the wall portion comprises a conductive base material comprising a first base material, and a first heat ray reflector comprising a first transparent conductive film formed on the first page material and a second transparent conductive film provided on the first transparent conductive, where the second transparent conductive film has a higher heat resistance than that of the first transparent conductive film, wherein the first transparent conductive film comprises indium tin oxide, and the second transparent conductive film has a thickness between 50 and 300 nm, inclusive.