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 having an oven and a main body accommodating the oven therein, which comprises a base frame in the main body, a main frame disposed above the base frame and forming an oven compartment with a front opening, and a reinforcing member mounted to the main frame to reinforce the main frame. Accordingly, the present invention provides a bread maker in which a main body is securely and stably reinforced and noise is suppressed.

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; 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 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.

Abstract: A bread maker including a main body divided into an oven compartment and an electric component compartment; a pair of parallel 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 containing ingredients for bread, and reversing rotary direction periodically; a drum driving part in the electric component compartment rotating the kneading drums in clockwise and counterclockwise directions; a kneading drum control part allowing a user to control rotation of the kneading drums as desired; and a controller controlling the drum driving part to rotate the kneading drums according to user control of the kneading drum control part.

Abstract: A bread maker including a pair of kneading drums inside an oven compartment, to which are attached opposite ends of a mixing bag containing bread ingredients, the kneading drums reversing rotary direction periodically; a drum driving part in an electric component compartment rotating the kneading drums; a rotation sensing part sensing a rotation rate of one of the kneading drums; and a controller storing the rotation rate sensed by the rotation sensing part while the one of the kneading drums rotates during a first predetermined period of time, comparing the stored rotation rate with a rotation rate sensed by the rotation sensing part while the one of the kneading drums rotates during a next predetermined period of time, and stopping the drum driving part when a difference between the stored rotation rate and the sensed rotation rate for the next period of time exceeds an allowable limit.

Abstract: A bread maker including a main body forming an oven compartment; a pair of 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 containing ingredients for bread; a bar code reader reading a bar code printed on, or applied to, the mixing bag to obtain bar code information; a timer recording a present time; and a controller determining whether the mixing bag has expired by comparing an expiration date of the mixing bag obtained from the bar code information with the present time transmitted from the timer, and warning a user when the mixing bag expires.

Abstract: A bread maker including a pair of kneading drums inside an oven compartment, to which are attached opposite ends of a mixing bag containing bread ingredients, the kneading drums reversing rotary direction periodically; a bar code scanner to read a bar code on the mixing bag; a drum driving part rotating the kneading drums in clockwise and counterclockwise directions; a bar code reading checking part sensing whether the bar code scanner is reading the bar code; and a controller determining whether the bar code scanner is reading the bar code based upon a sensed signal output from the bar code reading checking part, and controlling the drum driving part to rotate the kneading drums at a bar code reading speed while the bar code scanner reads the bar code, and at a faster dough kneading speed when the bar code scanner has completely read the bar code.

Abstract: A bread maker having an oven compartment and an electric component compartment, a pair of parallel kneading drums inside the oven compartment that reverse rotary direction periodically and to which are attached opposite ends of a mixing bag containing bread ingredients, and a drum driving part in the electric component compartment rotating the kneading drums. A rotation sensing part senses a rotation rate of one of the kneading drums. A controller stops the drum driving part when the sensed rotation rate is greater than a predetermined rotation rate.

Abstract: A bread maker including a main body forming an oven compartment; a pair of kneading drums inside the oven compartment, each kneading drum having a holding part holding opposite ends of a mixing bag filled with bread ingredients; a drum driving part rotating the kneading drums in clockwise and counterclockwise directions to knead dough contained in the mixing bag; and a controller controlling the drum driving part to separate the mixing bag from the holding part of a first one of the kneading drums and wind the mixing bag on a second one of the kneading drums after kneading the dough, and to rotate the second one of the kneading drums in a releasing direction opposite the winding direction after the mixing bag is wound on the second one of the kneading drums to unwind the mixing bag from the second one of the kneading drums.