Cooking apparatus having heaters

• US 20040035862A1
• Filed: 10/25/2002
• Published: 02/26/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hwang, Yun-Ic
• Granted Patent: US 7,060,943 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 219/719
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 6/6435 Aspects relating to the user interface of the microwave heating apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 6/6482 combined with radiant heating, e.g. infrared heating

Abstract

A cooking apparatus having heaters and a cooking chamber defined in the cooking apparatus, the heaters are provided in the cooking chamber, and two or more buttons are provided representing different cooking temperatures. A temperature of the cooking chamber is set by pushing one of the two or more buttons. One of a plurality of cooking modes is selected depending on a kind of food, and each of the cooking temperatures is represented by one of the two or more buttons corresponds to each of the cooking modes. Therefore, setting various cooking temperatures depending on the kind of food is possible.

Claims

1. A cooking apparatus comprising:

a cooking chamber defined in the cooking apparatus;

a heater provided in the cooking chamber; and

two or more buttons respectively, representing different cooking temperatures;

wherein a temperature of the cooking chamber is set by pushing one of the two or more buttons.

2. The cooking apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein one of a plurality of cooking modes is selected depending on a kind of food, and each of the cooking temperatures represented by one of the two or more buttons corresponds to each of the cooking modes.

3. The cooking apparatus as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

a keypad including numerical keys allocated with preset numeric characters, each of the numerical keys of the keypad representing a preset cooking temperature.

4. The cooking apparatus as set forth in claim 3, wherein the numerical keys indicate temperature values which increase stepwise.

5. The cooking apparatus as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

mode selection keys to select a cooking mode by manipulation of one or more of the mode selection keys.

6. The cooking apparatus as set forth in claim 5, wherein when a cooking mode is selected, the numerical keys indicate temperature values corresponding to the cooking mode selected.

7. The cooking apparatus as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

a display unit displaying a temperature selected after a cooking mode and desired cooking temperature are selected.

8. The cooking apparatus as set forth in claim 6, wherein after the display unit displays a temperature selected, a set cooking time is displayed.

9. A cooking apparatus having a cooking chamber therein to heat food, comprising:

one or more heaters provided in the cooking chamber to heat the cooking chamber to different cooking temperatures; and

two or more selectors, respectively, representing the different cooking temperatures, a temperature of the cooking chamber is set by manipulating one of the two or more selectors.

10. A cooking apparatus having a cooking chamber therein, comprising:

one or more heaters provided in the cooking chamber to heat the cooking chamber to different cooking temperatures; and

two or more dual mode buttons, respectively, representing one of the different cooking temperatures depending on a cooking mode and numerical keys to numerically select a cooking temperature by consecutively manipulating two or more numerical keys.

11. A method of controlling a cooking apparatus having a cooking chamber therein to heat food using one or more heaters, comprising:

representing different cooking temperatures of the cooking chamber by two or more selectors;

manipulating one of the two or more selectors to set the cooking chamber to a desired temperature of the different cooking temperatures; and

heating the cooking chamber using the one or more heaters to heat the food.

12. A method of controlling a cooking apparatus having a cooking chamber therein, comprising:

selecting a cooking mode;

setting a temperature of the cooking chamber to a basic temperature;

setting a desired cooking temperature by manipulating numerical keys corresponding to the desired cooking temperature if a preset period has not elapsed after the cooking mode is selected or alternatively retaining the basis temperature as a final set temperature, if a preset period has elapsed after the cooking mode is selected;

determining if the desired cooking temperature of the cooking chamber is different from the set temperature of the cooking chamber; and

displaying on the display unit the set cooking temperature of the cooking chamber if the desired temperature of the cooking chamber is different from the set temperature of the cooking chamber.

13. The method of controlling a cooking apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising:

setting a cooking time for the food to cook in the cooking chamber to a basic cooking time;

setting a desired cooking time by manipulating numerical keys corresponding to the desired cooking time;

determining if the desired cooking time of the cooking chamber is different from the set time for the food to cook in the cooking chamber; and

displaying on the display unit the set cooking time for the food to cook in the cooking chamber.

14. A method of controlling a cooking apparatus having a cooking chamber therein, comprising:

setting a temperature in the cooking chamber by a set of dual mode buttons either representing different cooking temperatures depending on a cooking mode or representing numerical keys to numerically select a cooking temperature by consecutively manipulating two or more of the dual mode buttons.