Abstract: A bread maker including a main body forming an oven compartment; upper and lower kneading drums spaced from each other in upper and lower parts inside the oven compartment to hold opposite ends of a mixing bag, respectively, and to wind opposite ends of the mixing bag is provided. Further, a pair of tray members is disposed between the upper and lower kneading drums facing each other to form a slit to pass the mixing bag therethrough. The bread maker also includes tray holder members to be combined with opposite ends of a pair of tray members; a pair of guides mounted on inner sidewalls of the oven compartment facing each other to slidably guide the tray holder members by being slidingly combined with the tray holder members; and a shock absorber between the tray holder member and the guide. Accordingly, the shock absorber between the guide and the tray holder member prevents the tray holder member from minute movement while placed in the guide.

Abstract: A bread maker having a main body, an oven accommodated in the main body, a baking tray provided inside the oven, and a door rotatably connected to the main body to open and close the oven, the bread maker including a sealing part on an inside of the door to prevent leakage of heat from the oven, and a rib extending from the baking tray to contact the sealing part. The sealing part of the door contacts a rib formed on the baking tray when the door is closed so that the sealing part does not protrude into the oven, which prevents the sealing part from being damaged or deformed by an external force, and allows the door to be manufactured using a simple assembling process that increases productivity. The bottom of the oven includes a protuberant part that minimizes the effects of an external force.

Abstract: A bread maker having a main body having an oven compartment, a pair of parallel kneading drums spaced apart from each other inside the oven compartment and winding a mixing bag filled with ingredients to make bread thereon, and a drum driver driving the kneading drums to rotate, includes a rotation sensing part to sense rotated position of at least one of the kneading drums; and a controller to control the drum driver to decrease rotation torque of the kneading drum at a predetermined position before approaching a turning position of the kneading drum on the basis of the rotated position sensed by the rotation sensing part so as to approach the kneading drum slowly to the turning position. With this configuration, the present invention provides a bread maker and a method of controlling the same, which prevents a mixing bag from separating from a kneading drum due to excessive rotation of the kneading drums.

Abstract: An oven provided with a main body forming an oven compartment, and a door in contact with the main body to open and close the main body, the door including: an inner cover facing the oven compartment having an opening to show the interior of the oven compartment; a transparent window in the opening of the inner cover; and a supporting member supporting the transparent window against the inner cover, wherein a window accommodating part is extended toward the inside of the oven compartment from the periphery of the opening for accommodating the transparent window. Thus, a fixing means such as a jig and liquid sealant used for providing the transparent window to the door of the conventional oven are not necessary in the oven according to the present invention. Therefore, assembling the oven can be simplified, thereby enhancing productivity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bread maker. The bread maker comprises: a main body having a door opening and forming a bread making space; a door opening/closing the door opening; a baking tray in the bread making space; a tray sensor sensing whether the baking tray is mounted in the bread making space; and a controller controlling a bread making process to be performed on the basis of a sensing signal from the tray sensor when the baking tray is mounted in the bread making space. Thus, operational errors are prevented since the bread maker is operates only when a baking tray is mounted.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bread maker including: a main body divided into an oven compartment and a component compartment; upper and lower kneading drums which are rotatably provided at upper and lower parts inside of the oven compartment and wind opposite ends of a mixing bag filled with raw materials for making bread; and a drum driving part placed in the component compartment to rotate the upper and lower kneading drums, the drum driving part including: a driving motor generating a driving force to rotate the lower kneading drum; a reduction gear which speed-reduces the driving force of the driving motor and has an output shaft thereof transmitting the speed-reduced driving force to the lower kneading drum; a connector connecting the output shaft and the lower kneading drum; upper and lower pulleys rotatably connected to the upper and lower kneading drums, respectively; and a driving belt connected to the upper and lower pulleys to rotate the upper and lower kneading drums; and an engager connecti

Abstract: A bread maker and a control method thereof to perform a plurality of bread making processes in respective processing temperatures during predetermined processing times, includes a plurality of heaters heating ingredients to make bread in different directions from each other; a heater driving part supplying a driving power to each heater and controlling a heating power of each heater; a temperature sensor detecting temperature of an oven compartment; a process condition storing part storing a process condition data including the processing times and the processing temperatures of the plurality of bread making processes; and a controller controlling the heater driving part to maintain temperature of the oven compartment in the processing temperature by controlling the heating power of each heater according to a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor and the process condition data of the process condition storing part.

Abstract: A bread maker including a main body having an oven compartment; an oven including a rear part and a side part accommodated in the oven compartment; a spacing part provided between the main body and the oven to form a space between the main body and the oven; and an insulation member interposed in the space between the main body and the oven. Accordingly, this configuration provides a bread maker in which an insulation member is interposed between a main body and an oven, thereby preventing not only loss of heat and loss of electricity, but also accidents caused due to a current leakage. Further, an aspect of the present invention provides a bread maker, in which a main body and an oven are securely combined, thereby decreasing unnecessary movement of the bread maker and enhancing durability thereof.

Abstract: A bread maker having a main body divided into an oven compartment and a component compartment; and upper and lower kneading drums which rotate, being spaced from each other at upper and lower parts inside of the oven compartment and wind opposite ends of a mixing bag filled with raw materials to make bread and including a driving motor provided inside of the component compartment to rotate one of the upper and lower kneading drums; a pair of sprockets rotatably combining with the upper and lower kneading drums, respectively; and a chain which rotates the upper and lower kneading drums by engaging with the pair of sprockets. Thus, the upper and lower kneading drums linked through the chain are rotatable with a uniform speed, and the raw materials filling in the mixing bag are uniformly kneadable.

Abstract: A bread maker including a main body forming an oven compartment; upper and lower kneading drums spaced apart from each other inside the oven compartment, each kneading drum having a holding part holding opposite ends of a mixing bag filled with dough; a drum driving part rotating the kneading drums in clockwise and counterclockwise directions to knead the dough contained in the mixing bag; a cancel button for selecting cancel of bread making process; a rotation sensing part sensing rotation positions of the kneading drums; and a controller which controls the drum driving part so that the drum driving part rotates the kneading drums to remove the mixing bag from the holding part of the lower kneading drums on the basis of rotation position signals of the pair of kneading drums detected by the rotation sensing part and canceling information of the bread making process from the cancel button. Thus, a user can easily remove the mixing bag when the bread making is canceled.

Abstract: A bread maker having an oven compartment, an electrical components compartment, and kneading drums spaced apart from each other inside the oven compartment to knead bread ingredients contained in a mixing bag, each kneading drum including a drum body on which an end of the mixing bag is wound; a first supporter detachably engaging a first end of the drum body having a non-cylindrical cross-section, and engaging a first sidewall of the oven compartment and being rotatably supported by the first sidewall of the oven compartment; and a second supporter detachably engaging a second end of the drum body having a non-cylindrical cross-section, and engaging a second sidewall of the oven compartment and being rotatably supported by the second sidewall of the oven compartment.

Abstract: A bread maker including: upper and lower kneading drums holding upper and lower parts of a mixing bag whose side edges have upper opening parts and lower sealed parts, respectively; a driver rotating the kneading drums in clockwise and counterclockwise directions; a baking tray having a slit, is placed between the upper and lower kneading drums; an oven compartment between the baking tray and the upper kneading drum; and a controller which controls the driver, so that exposure of the opening parts of the mixing bag to the inside of the oven compartment is prevented. Hence, leaking granules of the raw materials contained in the mixing bag and malfunction of the bread maker can be prevented and the inside of the oven compartment can be kept clean.

Abstract: A bread maker comprising: a main body; an oven having a surface coated with a ceramic material, and being accommodated in the main body; a door provided in a front of the main body to open and close the oven; and upper heaters and lower heaters respectively disposed in upper and lower parts of the oven and the door. The oven is coated with a ceramic material so that an inner surface of the oven does not become deformed due to a high temperatures, and so that an inner surface of the oven that is stained or coated with bread ingredients can be easily cleaned. The upper heaters are inclined downward, thereby enhancing heating efficiency. Further, the oven components are detachable so that a damaged part of the oven can be separately replaced.

Abstract: A bread maker, having: a main body defining an oven compartment; a pair of kneading drums rotatably provided inside the oven compartment, spaced apart from each other, each kneading drum holding opposite ends of a mixing bag and being rotated; a pair of kneading members oppositely provided between the pair of kneading drums, spaced apart and defining a slit therebetween to allow the mixing bag to pass therethrough; and a slit adjusting part adjusting the pair kneading members to adjust the slit.

Abstract: A bread maker according to the present invention including: a main body forming an oven compartment; upper and lower kneading drums spaced apart from each other inside the oven compartment, each kneading drum having a holder holding opposite ends of a mixing bag filled with raw materials; a drum driving part rotating the upper and lower kneading drums; a rotation sensing part sensing rotation positions of the holder of the upper kneading drums; and a controller which controls the drum driving part so that when an initial power is supplied, the upper kneading drum is rotated by a predetermined angle to make the holder of the upper kneading drum stop within a predetermined angle range in which the holder of the upper kneading drum faces frontward on the basis of a position sensing signal of the rotation sensing part.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a baking tray for bread maker, and more particularly to a baking tray for a bread maker formed with a non-sticky ceramic layer. Thus, the baking tray in which impact given by the mixing bag moved up and down can be absorbed and which is more sanitary is offered.

Abstract: A bread maker including a main body, an oven accommodated in the main body, a baking tray placed inside the oven and formed with a profile groove, and a profile combined in the profile groove of the baking tray, the profile groove of the baking tray having a plurality of breakaway-prevention protrusions formed at edges thereof, to prevent the profile from from breaking away from the profile groove. With this configuration, the bread maker including a molded baking tray with the profile groove is provided, so that work efficiency and productivity are increased.

Abstract: A bread maker including a main body forming an oven compartment; kneading drums spaced apart from each other in an upper part and a lower part of the oven compartment that hold opposite ends of a mixing bag containing bread ingredients, respectively; a stationary tray disposed between the kneading drums; a movable tray facing the stationary tray to form a slit through which the mixing bag passes; tray holders respectively attached to ends of the stationary tray to support the movable tray; pivot pins respectively mounted on ends of the movable tray and accommodated by the tray holders, the movable tray alternately rotating between an open state, in which the movable tray is spaced apart from the stationary tray, and a closed state, in which the movable tray is adjacent to the stationary tray; and stopping pins respectively mounted on the ends of the movable tray and accommodated by the tray holders to maintain a predetermined gap between the stationary tray and the movable tray when the movable tray closes.

Abstract: A bread maker including a main body having an oven compartment with a front opening, a door to open and close the front opening of the oven compartment, a pair of kneading drums spaced apart from each other inside the oven compartment and winding a mixing bag filled with ingredients for bread thereon, a drum driver driving the kneading drums to rotate, a heater heating the inside of the oven compartment, and a heater driver driving the heater to operate. The bread maker includes a door sensor sensing whether the door is open or closed; and a controller controlling the drum driver and the heater driver to suspend the kneading drum and the heater, respectively, when the door sensor senses that the door is open. With this configuration, the bread maker and a method of controlling the same, suspends heaters and kneading drums when a door is open while the bread maker operates, thereby increasing safety and decreasing loss of heat and electrical energy.

Abstract: A bread maker including a main body forming an oven compartment; a pair of kneading drums which are spaced apart from each other in the upper and lower parts of the oven compartment and hold opposite ends of a mixing bag, respectively; a baking tray including stationary and movable tray members which are disposed between the pair of kneading drums facing each other and forming slit to pass the mixing bag therethrough, the movable tray member being formed with combining projections on opposite sidewalls thereof; and a pair of tray holder members which supports the stationary tray member and is formed with guide grooves to accommodate the combining projections for rotatably supporting the movable tray member, being combined with opposite ends of the baking tray, wherein a screw hole communicating with the guide groove is formed at one end of each of the tray holder members and an adjusting member moving the movable tray member is connected with the screw hole, so that the width of the slit can be adjusted.