With Choke Or Seal Patents (Class 219/741)
  • Patent number: 11339973
    Abstract: A household cooking appliance include a housing having an oven chamber accessible through an opening, the opening having a seal surrounding a perimeter of the opening; and a door covering the opening and moveable about a hinge between an open position and a closed position. The door includes a full glass inner panel that abuts the seal when the door is in a closed position. The full glass inner panel includes a surface having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is adjacent to a first area within the perimeter of the seal surrounding the opening and directly exposed to heating of the oven chamber, and the second portion is adjacent to a second area outside of the perimeter of the seal and not being exposed to heating of the oven chamber. The full glass inner panel extends substantially from edge-to-edge of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Ben Braden, Russell Dorsten, James David Green, Rose Marie Parker, Timothy Russell
  • Patent number: 11274833
    Abstract: Provided is an oven capable of preventing hot air inside a cooking chamber from flowing to a camera when a door is opened. The oven includes: a main body; a cooking chamber provided inside the main body, wherein a front side of the cooking chamber opens; a door installed on the main body to open and close the cooking chamber; a camera positioned above the cooking chamber, and configured to photograph an inside of the cooking chamber; and a barrier module positioned inside the camera, and configured to allow or block an inflow of outside air to the camera according to opening or closing of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeong Jin Jang, Sang Jun Park, Han Jun Sung, Sang-jin Jeong, Yu Jeub Ha
  • Patent number: 11252793
    Abstract: A microwave oven is provided herein having a cooking cavity, a dividing shelf for dividing the cooking cavity into at least two sub-cavities, and a door movable between an open and closed position for selectively providing and preventing access to the sub-cavities respectively. The door is provided with a choke frame configured to communicate with the dividing shelf in the closed position so as to attenuate microwave transmission between the sub-cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Luana Spagnoli
  • Patent number: 10986706
    Abstract: A microwave oven includes a housing, which surrounds an oven space and has a flange configured to delimit a loading opening for the oven space. A door closes off the oven space and is disposed movably on the housing. Disposed on the door is a microwave shield, which is disposed at a distance in front of the flange, when the door is closed and is adjusted by an adjustment facility such that a position of the microwave shield can be set in three spatial directions relative to the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Mathias Frey, Robert Pietsch
  • Patent number: 10912166
    Abstract: An RF choke for an oven having a door movable between an open position and a closed position to interface with an opening defined in a cooking chamber of the oven includes a base portion and a plurality of resonant elements formed in rows. The cooking chamber is defined at least in part by a top wall, a bottom wall, a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The RF choke is disposed at a portion of the door facing the cooking chamber when the door is in the closed position. The base portion is a metallic sheet and is disposed in a first plane substantially parallel to a second plane in which the door lies. The resonant elements are folded out of the first plane toward the door to define a top row of resonant elements, a bottom row of resonant elements, a first side row of resonant elements and a second side row of resonant elements, which are proximate to respective ones of the top wall, the bottom wall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall of the cooking chamber when the door is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Marco Carcano, Michele Sclocchi, Michele Gentile
  • Patent number: 10805993
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates a door and a cooking appliance with the same. The door includes a first choke part installed at the inner surface of the door panel, and disposed at a vertical outer side of the open window; a second choke part installed at the inner surface of the door panel and disposed at the lateral outer side of the open window, wherein the second choke part is disposed between the open window and the connection mechanism; and a cover frame installed at the inner surface of the door panel, configured to accommodate the connection mechanism inside the cover frame and form side walls at the vertical outer side of the first choke part and the lateral outer side of the second choke part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jung Hyeong Ha, Sung-Hun Sim, Young Min Lee, Yun Byung Chae
  • Patent number: 10422536
    Abstract: A domestic oven is provided having a hinged door with a handle. The hinged door includes at least one external glass panel coupled to one or more vertical bars defining a structure of the hinged door and an elongated element is coupled to an upper edge of the at least one external glass panel. The elongated element is positioned between the structure and the handle with at least one external glass panel interposed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Stefano Binda, Marco Giuliani, Cristina Mazzetti
  • Patent number: 10403467
    Abstract: To provide a magnetron capable of effectively suppressing a plurality of higher harmonic wave components with a simple configuration. A magnetron 1 is designed so that: a choke part 60 consisting of a first choke 30 and a second choke 32 being a plurality of chokes provided on the inside of a metal sealing body 7 on an output unit 5 are provided to suppress higher harmonic waves; and a plurality of choke grooves 31A, 31B and 31C that correspond to each of higher harmonic wave components larger than the number of the first choke 30 and second choke 32 and different in each frequency are formed by the choke part 60 and the metal sealing body 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Hokuto Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Masatoshi Higashi
  • Patent number: 10151061
    Abstract: A dryer appliance, including methods of operation, is generally provided herein. At least one method may include measuring an ambient temperature of air unheated by the heater; comparing the measured ambient to a baseline ambient temperature; setting an airflow temperature threshold based on the comparison; and directing the heater based on the airflow temperature threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Caleb Farrel, Silvia Prajescu
  • Patent number: 9913323
    Abstract: A door for a microwave appliance. The door includes an outer glass panel ranging over a complete outer side of the door and an inner glass panel ranging over at least a central portion of an inner side of the door. The door includes a door frame covering at least the circumferential sides of the oven door and a wave choke system. The outer glass panel, the inner glass panel and the door frame form a casing of the door, wherein the wave choke system is arranged inside the casing of the door. The wave choke system is arranged in an outer portion of the interior of the door and circumferentially enclosed by the door frame. The wave choke system is arranged adjacent to an outer side of the inner glass panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
    Inventor: Omar Houbloss
  • Patent number: 9845991
    Abstract: Provided is a heat treatment apparatus, which includes: a cylindrical quartz reaction tube having a furnace opening and a bottom flange at a lower portion thereof; a flange holding part configured to hold the bottom flange of the reaction tube; and a lid including a metal lid and a quartz lid supported by the metal lid, the quartz lid being configured to close the furnace opening of the reaction tube. The quartz lid is fixed onto the metal lid by a support ring. The support ring is brought into contact with a bottom surface of the flange holding part so that a gap is defined between the quartz lid and the bottom flange. A sealing member is arranged outward from the gap in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventor: Hirofumi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 9641734
    Abstract: Described is a lens for a camera, the camera having a flash and an image sensor, the lens comprising a flash portion for covering the flash; an image sensor portion for covering the image sensor; and a barrier between the image sensor portion and the flash portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Klaus-Dieter Meierling
  • Patent number: 9179506
    Abstract: Provided herein are a door choke and a cooking apparatus including the same. The cooking apparatus includes a front plate forming the front surface of a cavity, a door to open and close the cavity, and a door choke including a first attachment member attached to the door and including at least two bent parts and a second attachment member attached to the door and including at least two bent parts so as to be separated from the first attachment member to form a space, and a bending direction of the first attachment member and a bending direction of the second attachment member are opposite to each other. Thereby, effective electromagnetic interference shielding is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sunghun Sim, Jaekyung Yang, Hyunwook Moon, Heungsik Choi, Wansoo Kim, Rina Hwang
  • Publication number: 20150122805
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention microwave oven door seal configurations that are designed to reduce power leakage of microwave ovens. The concepts provided may find particular use on-board aircraft or other passenger transport vehicles that have various types of communication equipment that operate at a similar frequency as microwave ovens, and for which interference should be reduced or eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Scott Richards
  • Patent number: 8847133
    Abstract: A door for a cooking apparatus and a cooling system for the door are provided. A fan for creating flows of air into and out of a cavity assembly is also used to create flows of air in a door cooling passage of the door. Therefore, the door can be cooled in a simple manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Byeong-Cheon Lee
  • Patent number: 8502125
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oven door with a wave chokes system for a microwave oven. The oven door includes at least one transparent door panel made of a dielectric material and a metallization enclosing at least partially the transparent door panel. The oven door includes further a plurality of lamellae arranged uniformly on one side of the metallization and at least one front shielding, which is arranged in the center portion on at least one side of the transparent door panel. The metallization and the lamellae are formed by a coating on the transparent door panel, wherein said coating is made of a conductive material and applied on the transparent door panel. Further, the present invention relates to a corresponding microwave oven. Additionally, the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an oven door with a wave chokes system for a microwave oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventors: Norbert Danzer, Abdel-llah Zbat, Martin Gasch, Arnd Hofmann
  • Patent number: 8455803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wave choke device for an oven door of a microwave oven. The wave choke device includes a front shielding comprising at least one conductive material and a wave trap forming a channel with one at least partially open side, which wave trap is arranged on at least one outer portion of the front shielding and comprises at least one conductive material. The wave choke device includes further a plurality of lamellae arranged uniformly in the at least partially open side of the wave trap, which lamellae comprises at least one conductive material. The wave choke device comprises one single piece made of a perforated material, wherein said one single piece includes at least the front shielding and the wave trap. The present invention relates further to a corresponding oven door and a corresponding microwave oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: Norbert Danzer, Martin Gasch, Abdel-Ilah Zbat, Arnd Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20130008894
    Abstract: A drawer type heating apparatus includes a heating case forming a heating space, and an openable door adapted to be moved in a drawing manner relative to the heating case for opening and closing an opening portion, and includes a radio-wave transmission suppression portion which is faced to inner wall surfaces of the opening portion of the heating case, and placed such that there is a predetermined gap between the radio-wave transmission suppression portion and the entire periphery of the inner wall surfaces of the opening portion in the heating case, in a state where the openable door is closed, the radio-wave transmission suppression portion including a first radio-wave-propagation-direction suppression-area constituted by a surface with a plurality of steps, and a second radio-wave-propagation-direction suppression-area having suppression protruding portions which are periodically formed and placed in such a way as to face the first radio-wave-propagation-direction suppression-area with a predetermined int
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomotaka Nobue, Yoshiharu Omori, Yuko Fujii
  • Patent number: 8288695
    Abstract: A cooking device for performing cooking using a microwave and steam, in which a door of a heating chamber includes, as constituting components, an inner frame, a choke cover, and a gasket. The inner frame is made of metal and has at its periphery a choke structure constructed from a large number of comb teeth. The gasket is installed in the door with a base section of the gasket held between the inner frame and the choke cover. A lip section of the gasket has a bag-like cross-section whose side that faces the inside of the heating chamber is an entrance. The forward end of the lip section is bent to the door side. The comb teeth, except those positioned at the corners of the door, are bent at a larger angle than in a case in which the gasket is not installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Nishijima, Hiroki Kitayama
  • Publication number: 20120085755
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wave choke system for an oven door of a microwave oven. The wave choke system comprises an elongated channel (10) provided for an outer portion of the oven door and an elongated cover sheet (12) covering partially the width of an open longitudinal side of said channel (10). The cover sheet (12) includes a plurality of slots (14) extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cover sheet (12). The slot (14) includes an open end at a longitudinal edge of the cover sheet (12) and a closed end on the opposite side of said open end, a broadening (20) in a central portion of the slot (14), a first small portion (16) between the open end and the broadening (20) and a second small portion (18) between the broadening (20) and the closed end. The slots (14) are reciprocal intersected, so that the contours of the slots (14) and intermediate pieces (40) between the slots (14) are formed complementarily to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.
    Inventors: Abdel-Ilah Zbat, Arnd Hofmann
  • Patent number: 8101893
    Abstract: A vestibule for use with a microwave oven having a conveyor mechanism passing there-through is designed to prevent microwave radiation from escaping to the surrounding atmosphere. The vestibule includes a choke region and a paddlewheel region with a trap region located directly there-between. The choke region includes a series of quarter wave choke networks or devices and the trap region includes a body having quarter wave chokes with microwave absorbent materials disposed therein which absorb microwave radiation that has passed through the choke region. The paddlewheel region includes at least two pairs of paddlewheels that are synchronized with the conveyor mechanism and each other to permit individual products to enter an open end of the vestibule while preventing microwave radiation from escaping therefrom. The paddlewheels are synchronized such that while one pair of paddlewheels is in an open state, the other pair is in the closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Thermex-Thermatron, LP
    Inventor: Zoltan Bogdan
  • Publication number: 20110089169
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wave choke system for an oven door of a microwave oven. The wave choke system comprises a wave trap (10) on at least one circumferential side of the oven door. The wave trap (10) is provided as an open channel made of conductive material and extends along the circumferential side of the oven door or on a portion of said circumferential side. According to the present invention the wave trap (10) is subdivided into a plurality of open cells (24) on at least one circumferential side of the oven door by separating elements (22), so that the open cells (24) are arranged serially along the longitudinal axis of the wave trap (10), wherein said separating elements (22) are formed as a sheet made of a conductive material. Further, the present invention relates to a corresponding oven door and a corresponding microwave oven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Arnd Hofmann, Abdel-Ilah Zbat
  • Patent number: 7855352
    Abstract: A radiation inspection system includes a shielding door device for a radiation inspection system, comprising a door body, two guides located on two opposite sides of the door body, a rack, a gear and a motor. The two guides are fixed on an upper surface of a frame and the door body is movably connected to the two guides via bearings. The rack is fixed on a bottom of the door body and meshed with the gear. The gear is coupled with a shaft of the motor fixed on a lower surface of the frame. This configuration is advantageous in automatic and complete shielding of the radiation inspection system without interference. In addition the shielding door can be controlled intelligently, so that accidental radiation leakage can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignees: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanjing Li, Yinong Liu, Haifeng Hu, Wanlong Wu, Yulan Li, Xilei Luo, Li Zhang, Ziran Zhao, Bin Sang, Hailin Wang
  • Publication number: 20100301040
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wave choke device for an oven door of a microwave oven. The wave choke device includes a front shielding comprising at least one conductive material and a wave trap forming a channel with one at least partially open side, which wave trap is arranged on at least one outer portion of the front shielding and comprises at least one conductive material. The wave choke device includes further a plurality of lamellae arranged uniformly in the at least partially open side of the wave trap, which lamellae comprises at least one conductive material. The wave choke device comprises one single piece made of a perforated material, wherein said one single piece includes at least the front shielding and the wave trap. The present invention relates further to a corresponding oven door and a corresponding microwave oven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.
    Inventors: Norbert Danzer, Martin Gasch, Abdel-Ilah Zbat, Arnd Hofmann
  • Patent number: 7592573
    Abstract: A microwave cooker comprises a body having a cooking chamber therein, the cooking chamber having one opened side, a microwave source disposed at the body for supplying microwave to the cooking chamber, a door coupled to the body for opening and closing the cooking chamber, and a multi-stage choke seal formed at the door and having different resonant frequencies and different LC resonant circuits for preventing the microwave from being leaked between the body and the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sung-Hun Sim, Eung-Su Kim, Jin-Yul Hu
  • Publication number: 20090218339
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for producing a low-cost solution to the problem of radiation leakage that escapes from modern microwave ovens due to the door cracks that form in the under-size bezels used in today's microwave oven market. The appliqué structure of the Patent includes a ? inch diameter copper wire that is used to terminate the field lines of any escaping radiation thus preventing leakage beyond the oven itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventor: Martin Paul Lepselter
  • Publication number: 20090173733
    Abstract: A vestibule for use with a microwave oven having a conveyor mechanism passing there-through is designed to prevent microwave radiation from escaping to the surrounding atmosphere. The vestibule includes a choke region and a paddlewheel region with a trap region located directly there-between. The choke region includes a series of quarter wave choke networks or devices and the trap region includes a body having quarter wave chokes with microwave absorbent materials disposed therein which absorb microwave radiation that has passed through the choke region. The paddlewheel region includes at least two pairs of paddlewheels that are synchronized with the conveyor mechanism and each other to permit individual products to enter an open end of the vestibule while preventing microwave radiation from escaping therefrom. The paddlewheels are synchronized such that while one pair of paddlewheels is in an open state, the other pair is in the closed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: THERMEX-THERMATRON, LP
    Inventor: Zoltan BOGDAN
  • Patent number: 7511251
    Abstract: A magnetron is provided including a yoke having an internal space, a first magnet provided at one end of the internal space, a second magnet provided at a second end of the internal space, the second magnet being axially spaced from the first magnet. Further, an anode cylinder that generates radio frequency energy may be provided axially between the first and second magnets, a first pole piece and a second pole piece may be provided proximate first and second openings of the anode cylinder, respectively. Additionally, the magnetron may also include a seal that intercepts external leakage, the seal may have an inward protrusion extending axially towards the anode cylinder; and a choke filter that intercepts external leakage provided proximate the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seung-Won Baek, Jong-Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 7402784
    Abstract: A microwave cooker comprises a body having a cooking chamber therein, the cooking chamber having one opened side, a microwave source disposed at the body for supplying microwave to the cooking chamber, a door coupled to the body for opening and closing the cooking chamber, and a multi-stage choke seal formed at the door, having different resonant frequencies at a frequency region higher than a central frequency of microwave, and having different LC resonant circuits for preventing the microwave from being leaked between the body and the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sung-Hun Sim, Eung-Su Kim, Jin-Yul Hu
  • Publication number: 20080149629
    Abstract: The invention relates to a microwave oven comprising a cooking cavity (3) for foods, closed by a pivoting door (10) coming into contact with the framing (21) of the cavity. The door includes a wave trap (160) formed of a metal frame the sides of which are hollow and of rectangular section with a side in the form of a strip (163) arranged, in the closed position of the door, parallel with the lateral wall (20) of the cavity and with a free edge parallel with the edge of the door and at a distance from a frame (147) of this. The invention is characterised by the fact that a mask (180) made of flexible material covers the said strip (163) so as to mask the said sides of the frame (160).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: PREMARK FEG L.L.C.
    Inventor: Gerard Beausse
  • Patent number: 7126097
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electric oven including an outer case, a cavity formed in the outer case to receive food, an operating part formed on the outer case to operate the oven, a heater formed to transmit heat into the cavity, a magnetron for oscillating microwave to heat food loaded in the cavity, a door formed on a front of the outer case to selectively open the cavity, a choking portion disposed on an inner surface of the door to shield microwave; and a step formed on a portion, which contacts the choking portion, of the inner surface of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yang Kyeong Kim, Wan Soo Kim, Jong Sik Kim, Young Min Lee
  • Patent number: 7078661
    Abstract: A microwave oven door, and more particularly, an apparatus for shielding electromagnetic wave that compensates for the length of slots formed in an end of an oven door in order to improve the shielding ability capable of preventing the leakage of electromagnetic wave from the cavity. In the apparatus, a choke structure includes a choke base connected with an inner portion of the oven door, a choke inner side portion bent perpendicularly from the choke base and a choke top bent from the choke inner side portion to contact a front circumferential portion of an oven cavity. Slots are formed in the choke top and the choke inner side portion at a predetermined interval. Each slot is extended from a distal end of the choke top to a predetermined point of the choke inner side portion. The predetermined point is distanced the same as or smaller than the half of the width of the choke inner side portion from a joint between the choke top and the choke inner side portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eung Su Kim, Jin Yul Hu
  • Patent number: 7022957
    Abstract: A microwave choke assembly includes a microwave choke, a glass capture channel coupled to the microwave choke, and a gasket positioned at least partially within the glass capture channel, the glass capture channel and a window separated by a first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Bakanowski, David Laurence Kinny, Ronald Scott Tarr, Lawrence Michael Portaro, Sukumar Dhanpal Bargale
  • Patent number: 7002124
    Abstract: A microwave oven has a casing which forms an appearance and has a front surface backwardly slanted and an adjusting portion formed at the slanted part; a cooking chamber formed inside the casing, for cooking food; and a door rotatably combined, i.e., hinged, at a side of the casing and slanted correspondingly the casing in order to opening and close the front surface of the cooking chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eung-Su Kim, Yang-Kyeong Kim, Young-Min Lee
  • Patent number: 6940057
    Abstract: A microwave oven including a cabinet defining a cooking chamber therein, and a door coupled to the cabinet to open and close the cooking chamber. The door includes a door frame forming an appearance of the door, a shielding plate installed in the door frame to prevent high-frequency electromagnetic waves from radiating from a small gap between the door and the cabinet, a choke member provided at a peripheral edge of the shielding plate and having a high-frequency choke groove, a cover to cover the high-frequency choke groove, and a retaining member provided at the cover to elastically support the choke member. When the cover is attached to the choke member, an end of the choke member is supported on an inner rib section of the cover via the retaining member, thus reducing deformation of the choke member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyoung Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 6927374
    Abstract: A door assembly for a microwave or electric oven in which an optimum microwave-shielding frequency is not changed even though an incident angle of microwaves is changed, to enhance a user's convenience in cleaning a door. The door assembly for a microwave oven includes a door frame to open and close a cooking cavity, a door filter having a filter plate adhered to one side of the door frame, a choke portion bent to an opposite side of the cooking cavity in an edge of the filter plate, a first slot formed in a width direction of the choke portion, and a second slot formed in a length direction of the choke portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin-Yul Hu, Eung-Su Kim, Yang-Kyeong Kim
  • Patent number: 6867404
    Abstract: A microwave sealing structure prevents leakage of microwave to the outside of the cavity in which microwave resonates, in an apparatus using microwave which includes a cavity in which an internal space is formed so that microwave can resonate having an opening, and a door for opening/closing the opening. In the structure, an equivalent impedance circuit, formed with a rim of the opening and a cross-section of the rim of the door to prevent leakage of microwave out of the cavity, is a LC resonant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Young-Min Lee, Yang-Kyeong Kim, Jong-Kwan Ryu
  • Publication number: 20040245246
    Abstract: A microwave choke assembly includes a microwave choke, a glass capture channel coupled to the microwave choke, and a gasket positioned at least partially within the glass capture channel, the glass capture channel and a window separated by a first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Bakanowski, David Laurence Kinny, Ronald Scott Tarr, Lawrence Michael Portaro, Sukumar Dhanpal Bargale
  • Patent number: 6822208
    Abstract: The microwave unit door includes a metallic door frame (1) with an interior glass pane (3) and outer glass pane (2) held spaced apart in it. To improve the observability of the interior of the microwave unit without loosing the microwave shielding effect, e.g. previously provided by a metal screen between the glass panes, and to prevent condensate formation, the interior glass pane (3) closest to the processing space (I) has at least one optically transparent electrically conductive first layer (13) with a microwave absorption capability such that it heats up to prevent condensate formation during operation. The outer glass pane (2) has at least one optically transparent electrically conductive second layer (12) reflecting microwaves passing through the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Schott Glas
    Inventors: Inka Henze, Stefan Bauer, Oliver Gros, Bernd Schultheis
  • Patent number: 6791268
    Abstract: A noise filter for a high frequency generator maximizes a frequency band in which noise is attenuated by adjusting a spacing between winding turns of core inductors provided in the noise filter. The noise filter includes a coke coil having a first winding unit having a first spacing between turns thereof, a second winding unit having a second spacing between turns thereof and a third winding unit having a spacing the same as the first spacing between turns thereof. The first, second, and third winding units are connected in series to each other. The noise filter also includes a high-frequency energy absorbing member inserted into the choke coil. The high-frequency energy absorbing member is made of one of iron oxide, tin alloy and ferrite, and includes a sectional area to attenuate noise in a frequency band ranging from 30 MHZ to 1000 MHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Chol Yang
  • Patent number: 6753517
    Abstract: An instrument is disclosed for microwave-assisted chemical processes that avoids tuning discrepancies that otherwise result based upon the materials being heated. The instrument includes a source of microwave radiation, a waveguide in communication with the source, with at least a portion of the waveguide forming a cylindrical arc, a cylindrical cavity immediately surrounded by the cylindrical arc portions of the waveguide, and at least three slotted openings in the circumference of the circular waveguide that provide microwave communication between the waveguide and the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: CEM Corporation
    Inventor: William Edward Jennings
  • Publication number: 20040079751
    Abstract: A door of a microwave oven comprising: a door panel which is installed on a front surface of a casing having a cavity corresponding to a cooking space of food to be opened and closed; a door frame which is combined with the door panel to be located at a front of the cavity; a choke cover which is inserted in the door frame, for covering a choke seal; and a frame subsidiary plate which is positioned to opposed to the choke cover and is combined with the door frame to remove a gap formed between the choke cover and a lateral surface of the door frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eung-Soo Kim, Yang-Kyeong Kim, Young-Min Lee
  • Publication number: 20030141298
    Abstract: A microwave sealing structure prevents leakage of microwave to the outside of the cavity in which microwave resonates, in an apparatus using microwave which includes a cavity in which an internal space is formed so that microwave can resonate having an opening, and a door for opening/closing the opening. In the structure, an equivalent impedance circuit, formed with a rim of the opening and a cross-section of the rim of the door to prevent leakage of microwave out of the cavity, is a LC resonant circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Young-Min Lee, Yang-Kyeong Kim, Jong-Kwan Ryu
  • Patent number: 6462320
    Abstract: This invention relates to a dielectric heating device. More particularly, it relates to a dielectric heating device which employs microwave heating, suitable for heating or cooking foodstuffs and suitable for, but not restricted to, use as a domestic or institutional microwave oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Technology Finance Corporation (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventors: Paul Fritz Fuls, Andre Keith Joubert, Johann Daniel le Roux, Mathys Johannes Rossouw
  • Patent number: 6127664
    Abstract: A door assembly for a microwave oven that includes a deformable thin stainless steel plate which is sandwiched between a compression frame and a choke structure. To open the door, the plate is moved upward and away from the compression plate and the choke. In the closed position, the compression plate is pressed back under tension against the choke by the compression frame to prevent leakage of microwave energy. Tension force may be applied, for example, by the use of angled flanges or pneumatic door clamps. The door assembly is readily adaptable to both batch type and continuous feed processing. Because of the single moving lightweight plate, the assembly achieves a low cycle time access opening, eliminates the need for heavy and cumbersome structures which in turn also reduces the potential for injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Ferrite Components, Inc.
    Inventors: E. Eugene Eves, II, Bruce Secovich
  • Patent number: 5958278
    Abstract: An orthogonal electromagnetic seal for an oven that heats items through the use of microwave energy is set forth. The oven has a cavity in which the items are to be placed, an opening to the cavity, and peripheral surfaces that surround the opening to the cavity. One of the peripheral surfaces is orthogonal to the other peripheral surfaces. The electromagnetic seal includes a choke panel, a plurality of tabs, and a choke ring. The choke panel is aligned with and has generally the same shape as the opening. The plurality of tabs extend from a periphery of the choke panel. A first set of the plurality of tabs is generally parallel to the orthogonal peripheral surface. The remaining tabs are parallel with the other peripheral surfaces. Each of the plurality of tabs is positioned between the associated peripheral surface and the choke ring. A choke cavity adjacent to each peripheral surface is defined by the choke ring, the choke panel, and the adjacent peripheral surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Amana Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Larry M. Engebritson, Thomas L. Miller, Richard H. Edgar
  • Patent number: 5958276
    Abstract: A door assembly for a microwave oven that includes a deformable thin stainless steel plate which is sandwiched between a compression frame and a choke structure. To open the door, the plate is moved upward and away from the compression plate and the choke. In the closed position, the compression plate is pressed back under tension against the choke by the compression frame to prevent leakage of microwave energy. Tension force may be applied, for example, by the use of angled flanges or pneumatic door clamps. The door assembly is readily adaptable to both batch type and continuous feed processing. Because of the single moving lightweight plate, the assembly achieves a low cycle time access opening, eliminates the need for heavy and cumbersome structures which in turn also reduces the potential for injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Ferrite Components, Inc.
    Inventors: E. Eugene Eves, II, Bruce Secovich
  • Patent number: 5942144
    Abstract: A door of a microwave oven includes an outer cover defining an exterior of the door, a door frame coupled to the outer cover and forming a choke recess for preventing microwave leakage, and a bracket including two parallel walls surrounding the choke recess and fixing the door frame to the outer cover. One of the parallel walls of the bracket contacts a wall of the door frame forming a front surface of the choke recess so as to prevent the choke recess from being deformed when the door is being assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Suk-Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 5897808
    Abstract: A microwave oven includes a main body forming a cooking chamber, and a door hinged to the main body. A rear side of the door includes an endless choke groove and a sealing member surrounding the choke groove. The sealing member is biased by a spring into contact with the main body to prevent a leakage of microwaves therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Gong-Su Kim
  • Patent number: 5861612
    Abstract: A multimode electromagnetic wave energy rejection filter arrangement for a slot waveguide includes at least one system of series coupled LC-circuits located, at least partly, within a cavity of the slot waveguide and arranged along a predetermined line intersecting the wave vectors of electromagnetic waves to be rejected, the LC-circuits including lumped elements and the coupling between the LC-circuits being substantially weak. The LC-circuits may be located, at least partly, within grooves formed in a wall of the slot waveguide. As applied to a heating apparatus employing high frequency electromagnetic wave energy or microwave energy for heating dielectric materials, the series coupled LC-circuits are arranged along a closed line which envelopes the access opening in a body of a multimode resonator heating chamber, in which the high frequency electromagnetic wave energy is employed for heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuri Brodsky, Kovalev Nikolai, Eung Su Kim, Kyu Wan Cho