With Choke Or Seal Patents (Class 219/741)
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Patent number: 12171052Abstract: An oven includes: a body part defining an inner space that has an opening in one direction, a front plate disposed along a circumference of the opening of the body part and extending in a direction intersecting with the one direction, and a door part configured to contact the front plate to cover the inner space. The door part includes a door plate configured to overlap with the inner space and the front plate in the one direction and providing a protrusion that protrudes from a central portion thereof toward the inner space, a first choke provided in an annular shape along a circumference of the protrusion, and a second choke disposed outside the first choke, provided in an annular shape along a circumference of the first choke, and configured to overlap with the front plate in the one direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Junghyeong Ha, Sunghun Sim, Yunbyung Chae
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Patent number: 11339973Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 17, 2017Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Ben Braden, Russell Dorsten, James David Green, Rose Marie Parker, Timothy Russell
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Patent number: 11274833Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyeong Jin Jang, Sang Jun Park, Han Jun Sung, Sang-jin Jeong, Yu Jeub Ha
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Patent number: 11252793Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventor: Luana Spagnoli
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Patent number: 10986706Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Mathias Frey, Robert Pietsch
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Patent number: 10912166Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 6, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.Inventors: Marco Carcano, Michele Sclocchi, Michele Gentile
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Patent number: 10805993Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 3, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jung Hyeong Ha, Sung-Hun Sim, Young Min Lee, Yun Byung Chae
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Patent number: 10422536Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Stefano Binda, Marco Giuliani, Cristina Mazzetti
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Patent number: 10403467Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Toshiba Hokuto Electronics CorporationInventor: Masatoshi Higashi
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Patent number: 10151061Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Caleb Farrel, Silvia Prajescu
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Patent number: 9913323Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 13, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Electrolux Appliances AktiebolagInventor: Omar Houbloss
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Patent number: 9845991Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 30, 2013Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventor: Hirofumi Kaneko
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Patent number: 9641734Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 9, 2012Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventor: Klaus-Dieter Meierling
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Patent number: 9179506Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 25, 2011Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Sunghun Sim, Jaekyung Yang, Hyunwook Moon, Heungsik Choi, Wansoo Kim, Rina Hwang
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Publication number: 20150122805Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventor: Scott Richards
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Patent number: 8847133Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 17, 2007Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Byeong-Cheon Lee
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Patent number: 8502125Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 30, 2008Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.Inventors: Norbert Danzer, Abdel-llah Zbat, Martin Gasch, Arnd Hofmann
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Patent number: 8455803Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 30, 2008Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Electrolux Home Products CorporationInventors: Norbert Danzer, Martin Gasch, Abdel-Ilah Zbat, Arnd Hofmann
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Publication number: 20130008894Abstract: 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 intType: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tomotaka Nobue, Yoshiharu Omori, Yuko Fujii
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Patent number: 8288695Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 25, 2006Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahiro Nishijima, Hiroki Kitayama
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Publication number: 20120085755Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2010Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.Inventors: Abdel-Ilah Zbat, Arnd Hofmann
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Patent number: 8101893Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 8, 2008Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Thermex-Thermatron, LPInventor: Zoltan Bogdan
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Publication number: 20110089169Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2008Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: Arnd Hofmann, Abdel-Ilah Zbat
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Patent number: 7855352Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 19, 2006Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignees: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua UniversityInventors: Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanjing Li, Yinong Liu, Haifeng Hu, Wanlong Wu, Yulan Li, Xilei Luo, Li Zhang, Ziran Zhao, Bin Sang, Hailin Wang
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Publication number: 20100301040Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2008Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.Inventors: Norbert Danzer, Martin Gasch, Abdel-Ilah Zbat, Arnd Hofmann
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Patent number: 7592573Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 13, 2006Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sung-Hun Sim, Eung-Su Kim, Jin-Yul Hu
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Publication number: 20090218339Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2008Publication date: September 3, 2009Inventor: Martin Paul Lepselter
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Publication number: 20090173733Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2008Publication date: July 9, 2009Applicant: THERMEX-THERMATRON, LPInventor: Zoltan BOGDAN
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Patent number: 7511251Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2006Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seung-Won Baek, Jong-Soo Lee
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Patent number: 7402784Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 13, 2006Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sung-Hun Sim, Eung-Su Kim, Jin-Yul Hu
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Publication number: 20080149629Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2006Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: PREMARK FEG L.L.C.Inventor: Gerard Beausse
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Patent number: 7126097Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 28, 2004Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yang Kyeong Kim, Wan Soo Kim, Jong Sik Kim, Young Min Lee
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Patent number: 7078661Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 30, 2004Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Eung Su Kim, Jin Yul Hu
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Patent number: 7022957Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 6, 2003Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Stephen Michael Bakanowski, David Laurence Kinny, Ronald Scott Tarr, Lawrence Michael Portaro, Sukumar Dhanpal Bargale
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Patent number: 7002124Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 22, 2003Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Eung-Su Kim, Yang-Kyeong Kim, Young-Min Lee
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Patent number: 6940057Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 5, 2004Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kyoung Ho Kim
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Patent number: 6927374Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 24, 2004Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jin-Yul Hu, Eung-Su Kim, Yang-Kyeong Kim
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Patent number: 6867404Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 31, 2002Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Young-Min Lee, Yang-Kyeong Kim, Jong-Kwan Ryu
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Publication number: 20040245246Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2003Publication date: December 9, 2004Inventors: Stephen Michael Bakanowski, David Laurence Kinny, Ronald Scott Tarr, Lawrence Michael Portaro, Sukumar Dhanpal Bargale
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Patent number: 6822208Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 19, 2004Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: Schott GlasInventors: Inka Henze, Stefan Bauer, Oliver Gros, Bernd Schultheis
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Patent number: 6791268Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 23, 2003Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sung-Chol Yang
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Patent number: 6753517Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 31, 2001Date of Patent: June 22, 2004Assignee: CEM CorporationInventor: William Edward Jennings
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Publication number: 20040079751Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2003Publication date: April 29, 2004Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Eung-Soo Kim, Yang-Kyeong Kim, Young-Min Lee
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Publication number: 20030141298Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2002Publication date: July 31, 2003Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Young-Min Lee, Yang-Kyeong Kim, Jong-Kwan Ryu
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Patent number: 6462320Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 11, 1999Date of Patent: October 8, 2002Assignee: Technology Finance Corporation (Proprietary) LimitedInventors: Paul Fritz Fuls, Andre Keith Joubert, Johann Daniel le Roux, Mathys Johannes Rossouw
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Patent number: 6127664Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 28, 1999Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignee: Ferrite Components, Inc.Inventors: E. Eugene Eves, II, Bruce Secovich
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Patent number: 5958278Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 8, 1997Date of Patent: September 28, 1999Assignee: Amana Company, L.P.Inventors: Larry M. Engebritson, Thomas L. Miller, Richard H. Edgar
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Patent number: 5958276Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 13, 1998Date of Patent: September 28, 1999Assignee: Ferrite Components, Inc.Inventors: E. Eugene Eves, II, Bruce Secovich
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Patent number: 5942144Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 27, 1998Date of Patent: August 24, 1999Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Suk-Hee Lee
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Patent number: 5897808Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 3, 1997Date of Patent: April 27, 1999Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Gong-Su Kim