Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a cooking cavity, a microwave module, and a turntable rotatably mounted in the cooking cavity. An upper pan is mounted above the turntable. The cooking appliance also includes a motor operatively coupled to the turntable to rotate the turntable and the upper pan within the cooking cavity.

Abstract: A rotating antenna (105a) includes: a ceiling surface (109) and a side-wall surface (110) that constitute a waveguide structure (108); and a horn (113) that radiates a microwave into a heating chamber. The rotating antenna (105a) further includes a flange (112) that is formed on a periphery of the side-wall surface (110) so as to face a bottom surface (111), which is an inner wall surface of the heating chamber, and so as to surround the side-wall surface (110). The flange (112) has choke sections (117) that reduce a leakage of the microwave. This configuration can generate a relatively low impedance region so as to surround the side-wall surface (110), thereby enhancing a leakage reducing performance of the rotating antenna (105a) and increasing directivity of the microwave radiated from the rotating antenna (105a).

Abstract: A cooking heater (1) of the present invention includes a cooking heater body (2) which includes a heating chamber; a drawing body (3) which is configured to be allowed to be pulled out of the cooking heater body (2) and pushed into the cooking heater body (2); a rotating tray (22) which is arranged inside the drawing body (3) and which is configured to be allowed to be mounted to the drawing body and removed from the drawing body; a rotating tray drive motor (25) which is provided in the cooking heater body (2); and a rotation transmission mechanism (29) which, with the drawing body (3) being pushed into the cooking heater body (2), transmits rotational force from the rotating tray drive motor (25) to the rotating tray (22) and, with the drawing body (3) being pulled out of the cooking heater body (2), blocks the transmission of the rotational force to the rotating tray (22).

Abstract: A field director assembly includes electrically conductive vanes configured to prevent arcing in an unloaded microwave oven.

Abstract: A cooker capable of fixing a rail assembly to the inside of a cooking compartment by a fixing device includes a cooking compartment in which food is placed for cooking, a fixing bracket mounted at an inner wall of the cooking compartment, a rack provided so as to be withdrawn from the cooking compartment, a rail assembly mounted on the rack and enabling the rack to be inserted and withdrawn from the cooking compartment, and a locking device mounted on the rail assembly, and having one side locked with the fixing bracket such that the rail assembly is fixed without being moved inside the cooking compartment.

Abstract: A susceptor assembly includes electrically conductive vanes positioned with respect to each other and to an planar susceptor member having an electrically lossy layer thereon to prevent overheating of the susceptor in an unloaded microwave oven.

Abstract: A susceptor assembly includes electrically conductive vanes configured to prevent arcing in an unloaded microwave oven.

Abstract: A heating cooker includes a cooking chamber accommodating an object to be cooked, a hot air generator and a blower. Hot air generated by the generator impinges as a high-speed impinging jet on the object from a nozzle hole located in a ceiling plate. The hot air having impinged on the object is drawn our through hot-air suction openings located in lower parts of right and left sidewalls of the chamber by the blower. A shelf plate is located in the chamber so that the object is placed on it. The shelf plate has openings on right and left sides. Hot air is caused to impinge on the object through the nozzle hole. The shelf has a convex portion formed on a face on which the object is to be placed which supports the object from below.

Abstract: A field director assembly includes electrically conductive vanes positioned with respect to each other and to a planar support member to prevent overheating of the susceptor in an unloaded microwave oven.

Abstract: The invention provides a drawer type cooking device having an operation unit disposed on an upper portion of a drawer body so as to increase the height of the drawer body within a cooking device body as much as possible, capable of facilitating power supply and signal transmission between the control unit within the cooking device body and the operation unit when the drawer body is opened and closed. Slide mechanisms 4 disposed on left, right and bottom portions enabling the drawer body 2 to be moved into and out of the cooking device body 1 are composed of conductive materials, so as to provide a slidable state with constant conduction. By transmitting data via serial communication and supplying power to the operation unit from the cooking device body 1 to the drawer body 2, it becomes possible to dispose the operation unit on a door 2a being opened and closed.

Abstract: A susceptor assembly includes a generally planar susceptor having an electric field director structure mechanically connected thereto. The field director structure includes at least one, but more preferably, a plurality of two or more vanes mechanically connected to the susceptor. Each vane has a surface at least a portion of which is electrically conductive. The vane(s) are most preferably disposed substantially orthogonal to the planar susceptor. The connection may be either a fixed or a flexible articulating connection. In use, such as in the presence of a standing electromagnetic wave generated within a microwave oven, only an attenuated electric field component of the electromagnetic wave exists in a plane tangent to the surface of the vane in the vicinity of the conductive portion of the vane.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing chamber configured to process a substrate, a substrate support member provided within the processing chamber to support the substrate, a microwave generator provided outside the processing chamber, a waveguide launch port configured to supply a microwave generated by the microwave generator into the processing chamber, wherein the central position of the waveguide launch port is deviated from the central position of the substrate supported on the substrate support member and the waveguide launch port faces a portion of a front surface of the substrate supported on the substrate support member, and a control unit configured to change a relative position of the substrate support member in a horizontal direction with respect to the waveguide launch port.

Abstract: A method of making a self-supporting field director structure for use in heating an article in a microwave oven comprises in any operative order, the steps of folding a first and a second elongated vane blank along a central fold line to form at least two V-shaped vane doublets; inserting each of the vane doublets into a slotted annular support member so that each vane in each vane doublet extends through an adjacent slot in the annular support member; and attaching the vane doublets at their vertices to define a vane array.

Abstract: A cooking device with a heating chamber therein. A drawer with a body portion having a heating container and a door that closes the heating chamber when the heating container is inserted into the heating chamber. A moving mechanism operable to engage the door in a manner to support the drawer while moving it from a closed position in which the door closes the heating chamber with the heating container inserted into the heating chamber to an open position with the heating container outside of the open heating chamber to permit objects to be placed in and removed from the exposed heating container. In order to facilitate easy access to the heating container when the drawer is in the open position, the moving mechanism is positioned below the heating container.

Abstract: According to at least one embodiment, a slidable tray assembly for a microwave oven is disclosed. The slidable tray assembly includes a base portion having a size configured to fit within the interior cavity of a microwave oven, a sliding portion configured for slidable cooperation with the base portion, a plurality of side walls coupled to and extending vertically from the sliding portion, a handle, and at least one slide stopper.

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.

Abstract: A stackable cooking vessel arrangement for microwave ovens wherein the arrangement comprises a plurality of plate members suspended at multiple tiers by leg support members within the cooking cavity of microwave ovens.

Abstract: A heating cooker having a box-like cooking chamber for receiving an object to be cooked, and a hot air generator having an electric heater heat source and a blower. Hot air produced by the hot air generator is caused to impinge on the object as a high-speed jet flow from nozzle holes formed in a ceiling plate of the cooking chamber. The hot air after the impingement is sucked by the blower from hot-air suction openings formed in left and right sidewall lower sections of the cooking chamber and is returned for recirculation to the hot-air generator.

Abstract: A method of making a self-supporting field director structure for use in heating an article in a microwave oven comprises in any operative order, the steps of: folding a first and a second elongated vane blank along a central fold line to form at least two V-shaped vane doublets, wherein each vane doublet itself comprises a first and a second vane attached together at a vertex, a portion of each vane being electrically conductive, inserting each of the vane doublets into a slotted annular support member so that each vane in each vane doublet extends through an adjacent slot in the annular support member, and attaching the vane doublets at their vertices thereby to define a vane array.

Abstract: An electric appliance comprises in particular an interior space which is separable from an outside environment and at least one radiation-emitting device arranged in the interior space for emitting electromagnetic radiation into the interior space.

Abstract: A supporting rack includes arranged rods arranged to form a planar grid pattern and connection device to allow for modification in the overall space occupied by the rack. In a preferred embodiment, a rack for use in a conventional domestic cooking oven is formed of perpendicularly disposed rods of material such as stainless steel suitable for withstanding the temperatures to which such an oven may be subjected and has an outer frame capable of interfacing with support inside oven walls, and generally centrally disposed hinged mechanism to allow folding of the portions of the rack to reduce its size and facilitate handling when performing tasks such as cleaning the rack.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high-frequency heating apparatus which can heat the inside of the subject to be heated by high-frequency heating, and can apply scorch onto the surface of the subject to be heated. The high-frequency heating apparatus comprises a heating room for storing therein a subject to be heated, a heating unit that is provided at the upper portion of the heating room and performs heater heating, a high-frequency generating unit that is provided at the bottom of the heating room and generates a high-frequency wave to perform high-frequency heating, a high-frequency heating element having a high-frequency heat generating film on its rear surface, and a saucer for placing thereon the subject to be heated, in which a gap is provided between the high-frequency heating element and the saucer. Hereby, scorch can be applied onto a surface of the subject to be heated.

Abstract: A container (10) for preparing a comestible article in a microwave oven includes a storage chamber (18) into which a comestible article (c) cooked by exposure to microwave energy is displaced, the storage chamber (18) being characterized by the presence of a microwave shielding material (28) disposed therearound.

Abstract: A heating and cooking apparatus includes a cooking apparatus main body having a heating chamber, a drawer body including a base for carrying a heated target and formed such that the base moves from inside of the heating chamber to outside, a door drive motor moving the drawer body, and a control unit controlling the door drive motor for varying a moving speed of the door. The control unit is formed to control the door drive motor such that a moving speed of the drawer body at at least one stage selected from a group consisting of a draw-out initial stage, a draw-out final stage, a push-in initial stage, and a push-in final stage is relatively slower than a moving speed of the drawer body in an intermediate stage of a draw-out and push-in operation.

Abstract: A high frequency heating apparatus 100 having a high frequency generating portion 13 and a steam generating portion 15 for generating steam into a heating chamber 11 for accommodating a thing to be heated and serving to supply at least one of a high frequency and steam into the heating chamber 11, thereby heating the thing to heated, includes a pan 21 which serves to mount the thing to be heated thereon and is provided to be upward removable apart from a bottom face of the heating chamber 11 at a predetermined interval, thereby dividing a space in the heating chamber 11, steam delivery means 29 for supplying the steam generated by the steam generating portion 15 into an upper space positioned above the pan 21, and preheating means 17 for raising an atmospheric temperature in the heating chamber.

Abstract: An electric oven capable of cooking food in a cook-top way. The electric oven according to the present invention includes a cabinet which forms an appearance of the electric oven, a cooking cavity defined inside the cabinet and having an opening front part to contain food therein, and a heater movably mounted in the cooking cavity and moves forward from the cooking cavity through the opening front part so as to cook food in cook-top way. The heater may heat the inner part of the cooking cavity also so as to cook food in a conventional oven-cooking manner.

Abstract: An oven, is provided that includes multiple heat transfer means, including convection and microwave heat transfer means. The oven includes a cooking chamber, a blower and at least a shelf disposed within the cooking chamber. The shelf is designed to act as a food support as well as a conduit through which heated air passes into the cooking chamber. The microwave heating means comprises a microwave source and wave guide through which microwaves travel. The wave guide includes a plurality of openings through which microwaves can pass into said cooking chamber. In the preferred embodiment, the openings in the wave guide are positioned to correspond with the predetermined minima or maxima for the microwave wavelength propagating within the wave guide. An electric heating element may also be disposed within the cooking chamber to provide an alternative heating source.

Abstract: A drawer-type heat cooker is provided in which a sliding mechanism for drawing out and pushing in a drawer body in a cooker body and a drive mechanism for driving the sliding mechanism are arranged separately from the heat chamber. As a result, these mechanisms can be prevented from being exposed to microwave in the heat chamber and leavings of food. The drawer body can be moved on the outside of the heat chamber with respect to the cooker body via left and right slide rails as a sliding mechanism and a slide rail at a center provided with the drive mechanism. The respective slide rails and the drive mechanism are prevented from being affected by high temperature, microwave, or leavings of food which may cause breakdown.

Abstract: A microwave oven provided with a cooking container arranged in a cooking compartment for both steaming and grilling food. The cooking container includes a main body and a lid heated by high-frequency waves, a supporting member for selectively supporting the lid so as to rest on the upper surface of the main body, a rack selectively arrangable in the main body for supporting food so as to be steamed, and first and second heating members respectively covered on an outer surface of the bottom of the main body and an upper surface of the lid for generating heat by using the high-frequency waves. An inner surface of the bottom of the main body forms a first grill plane and a lower surface of the lid forms a second grill plane so that the food is grilled by the first and second grill planes when disposed so as to contact food.

Abstract: A retrospectively-fitted multi-configurable microwave oven accessory the purpose of which is to provide an automated stirring capability of foodstuffs by use of the internal rotary plate of a microwave oven to provide a relative motion of the foodstuff and which is configured from a roof rail, a series of roof fittings and a series of stirring implements and where necessary may employ a food receptacle securing method. The device is shown at FIG. 7 of the attached drawings.

Abstract: A rack for a microwave oven capable of appropriately cooking food without burning the food, and a microwave oven set equipped with the rack includes a rack section to support the food thereon, and support sections to support the rack section. The rack section includes a plurality of hollow tubes and a hollow net tube. A liquid may be received in the hollow tubes and the hollow net tube. Accordingly, food is cooked without being burnt even when cooking is performed in a microwave oven using heat radiated from a heater.

Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to provide a cooker for high-frequency heating apparatus which can heat the inside of the subject to be heated by high-frequency heating, and can apply the scorch onto the surface of the subject to be heated. In the present invention, the cooker for high-frequency heating apparatus includes a high-frequency heating element and a saucer made of metal. In the cooker, the saucer is made of metal and is placed on the high-frequency heating element. Furthermore, a gap is provided between the high-frequency heating element and the saucer. Hereby, the inside of a subject to be heated is heated by high-frequency heating, and scorch can be applied onto a surface of the subject to be heated.

Abstract: A cooking shelf for a microwave oven allows food placed thereon to be equally close to its upper and lower heaters to evenly cook the food. The cooking shelf includes an upper shelf part having a certain area on which food is placed, a column part, which is downwardly extended from the upper shelf part by a certain length to support the upper shelf part, and a lower support part which is connected to a lower end of the column part and radially extended to support the column part.

Abstract: An electric oven capable of cooking food in a cook-top way. The electric oven according to the present invention includes a cabinet which forms an appearance of the electric oven, a cooking cavity defined inside the cabinet and having an opening front part to contain food therein, and a heater movably mounted in the cooking cavity and moves forward from the cooking cavity through the opening front part so as to cook food in cook-top way. The heater may heat the inner part of the cooking cavity also so as to cook food in a conventional oven-cooking manner.

Abstract: A microwave oven includes a cooking cavity defined by a rear wall, sidewalls, an upper wall and a bottom wall, and a cooking tray installed on the bottom wall of the cooking cavity. An upper heater is installed at a position adjacent to the upper wall of the cooking cavity, and one or more middle heaters are rotatably installed on the rear wall at positions between the upper heater and the cooking tray. Upper supports are provided between the upper heater and the one or more middle heaters so as to horizontally protrude from each of the sidewalls, and lower supports are provided between the one or more middle heaters and the cooking tray so as to horizontally protrude from each of the sidewalls, so that food holding members are removably seated on the upper and lower supports.

Abstract: A microwave oven which has a simple structure, and steams food placed in a cooking cavity without having a separate steaming container. The microwave oven includes the cooking cavity provided in a cabinet, a magnetron provided outside the cooking cavity to irradiate microwaves into the cooking cavity, and a microwave inlet hole formed on a predetermined portion of the cooking cavity to irradiate the microwaves from the magnetron into the cooking cavity. A steaming plate is provided in the cooking cavity so as to partition the cooking cavity into upper and lower sections, and blocks the microwaves and allows water vapor to pass therethrough. The microwave inlet hole communicates with a bottom of the steaming plate provided in the cooking cavity.

Abstract: A rack for a microwave oven capable of appropriately cooking food without burning the food, and a microwave oven set equipped with the rack includes a rack section to support the food thereon, and support sections to support the rack section. The rack section includes a plurality of hollow tubes and a hollow net tube. A liquid may be received in the hollow tubes and the hollow net tube. Accordingly, food is cooked without being burnt even when cooking is performed in a microwave oven using heat radiated from a heater.

Abstract: A microwave oven includes a cooking cavity defined by a rear wall, sidewalls, an upper wall and a bottom wall, and a cooking tray installed on the bottom wall of the cooking cavity. An upper heater is installed at a position adjacent to the upper wall of the cooking cavity, and one or more middle heaters are rotatably installed on the rear wall at positions between the upper heater and the cooking tray. Upper supports are provided between the upper heater and the one or more middle heaters so as to horizontally protrude from each of the sidewalls, and lower supports are provided between the one or more middle heaters and the cooking tray so as to horizontally protrude from each of the sidewalls, so that food holding members are removably seated on the upper and lower supports.

Abstract: A cooking shelf for a microwave oven allows food placed thereon to be equally close to its upper and lower heaters to evenly cook the food. The cooking shelf includes an upper shelf part having a certain area on which food is placed, a column part, which is downwardly extended from the upper shelf part by a certain length to support the upper shelf part, and a lower support part which is connected to a lower end of the column part and radially extended to support the column part.

Abstract: A combination convection/microwave oven in which a food product is cooked by microwave energy from a source thereof and by a heated airflow provided by a thermal energy source and a blower. The food product is located in the near field of the microwave energy. The oven includes a controller that operates the thermal energy source and/or the blower according to temperature and or time to improve cooking results. The cooking procedure includes a soak interval during which the thermal energy source, the blower and/or the microwave energy source is turned off, whereby the temperature of the food product is permitted to equilibrate and thereby provide more uniform cooking. The food product may be located directly on the rack or in a microwave transparent or reflective container.

Abstract: Microwave and far infrared heating under reduced pressure is carried out on objects to be dried, concentrated, defrosted, roasted or sterilized by placing the objects in plate-shaped or tray-shaped object-holding jigs arranged on a shelf-type jig which is held motionless in a pressure reducing chamber during heating, wherein the provision of reflector plates, reflective frames, specific object-holding jigs and cutting methods are employed to achieve uniform heating.

Abstract: A cooking rack including a series of support members moveably coupled together for supporting a food product, the support members capable of moving relative to each other during cooking to accommodate shrinkage of the food product.

Abstract: A stacking arrangement for simultaneously stacking plural food filled plates and beverage containers together for use in microwaves and refrigerators. Hollow rings with outwardly sloping sides each having side oval through-holes and upper edge grooves are placed on food filled plates so that the plates can be stacked on top of each hollow ring. A cover with outwardly sloping sides has a handle with a lid and through-hole adjacent to the handle covers the top food filled plate in the stack. The stack can be placed in a microwave, heating oven, refrigerator or freezer. The through-holes in the rings and the cover act as vents to allow heat to be evenly dispersed about the food and to allow the food to be more evenly cooked when being microwaved. The cover and rings can be made of microwaveable plastic such as polypropylene. When not being used the rings can together be inserted into the cover for storage.

Abstract: A microwave oven capable of selectively adjusting capacity of a cooking chamber of a microwave oven, including a case; a body formed by front and rear panels which are arranged in front/back of the case, the body having a cooking chamber having a first cavity concaved from an upper side of the cooking chamber and a second cavity; and an adjustable section for selectively adjusting the capacity of the cooking chamber by selectively blocking the first and second cavities by being selectively coupled in the body.

Abstract: A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods. A motor vehicle featuring a microwave oven in which food may be heated by a microwave-generating magnetron powered directly or indirectly by the vehicle's battery and/or alternator. The space required for the microwave oven is provided by elimination of the major dashboard storage compartment, i.e., the glove compartment. The microwave oven door opens to a horizontal position to provide a securing and serving surface for hot beverages and food. The microwave oven accommodates a removable storage cassette for glove compartment items. The storage cassette must be removed as one condition, and the door of the microwave oven must be closed as a second condition for the magnetron to receive electrical power.

Abstract: An electric oven includes a microwave energy source (2), a waveguide (3) with an output section that terminates in a cooking enclosure defined by a base wall (4), a top wall (5), a sole wall (6) and two side walls (7, 8), and a rotary device (R) inside the cooking enclosure, for receiving food products to be cooked, and rotated by control elements (23) external to the cooking enclosure. The rotary device (R) has two or more rotary plates (9, 10), an upper (9) and a lower (10) plate, removably mounted in the cooking enclosure, one above the other and spaced from each other by a distance d, and the output section of the waveguide (3) is adapted to allow a suitable distribution of the waves on the two plates (9, 10).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a retractable shelf assembly which may be easily mounted within a microwave oven cooking chamber. A pair of elongated substantially rectangular outer track members having an open end are mounted to the bottom of the microwave oven interior adjacent opposing sides. A pair of inner track members are longitudinally and slidably received within the outer track members and telescopable therefrom. A shelf with a pair of open sided channels on opposing edges is attached at an end to the inner track members and slidably engages the outer track members. The telescoping track and channel assembly allows the shelf to be slid horizontally into or out of a microwave oven as desired. A telescoping brace component vertically extends from the upper surface of the shelf component to engage the interior of the microwave thereby preventing the tray from completely sliding off the telescoping track mechanism.

Abstract: A stacking arrangement for simultaneously microwaving plural food filled plates together. Hollow rings with outwardly sloping sides each having side oval through-holes and upper edge grooves are placed on food filled plates so that the plates can be stacked on top of each hollow ring. A cover with outwardly sloping sides has a handle with a lid and through-hole adjacent to the handle covers the top food filled plate in the stack. The stack can be placed in a microwave, heating oven, refrigerator or freezer. The through-holes in the rings and the cover act as vents to allow heat to be evenly dispersed about the food and to allow the food to be more evenly cooked when being microwaved. The cover and rings can be made of microwaveable plastic such as polypropylene. When not being used the rings can together be inserted into the cover for storage.

Abstract: A microwave oven includes a cooking chamber in which a plurality of removable horizontal partition plates are mounted to divide the cooking chamber into vertically adjacent compartments. A tray is rotatably mounted on each partition plate. A drive shaft carries vertically spaced drive elements, such as friction wheels or gears, which are engageable with respective trays. An electric motor drives the drive shaft to rotate the trays. The trays become disengaged from the drive elements in response to being removed from the cooking chamber. An additional driven tray is mounted on a floor of the cooking chamber.

Abstract: A freestanding shelving unit for supporting a first and second foodstuff within a microwave oven having an internal oven compartment with a support surface. The unit includes a generally planar, lower base member and a generally planar, upper platform member. The base member has a top surface for receiving the first foodstuff, a bottom surface receivable on the support surface of the oven compartment, and an outer periphery defining a proximal and a distal edge. The upper platform member has a top surface for receiving the second foodstuff, a bottom surface, and an outer periphery defining a proximal and a distal edge. A yoking portion is provided to extend from a first end supported at the proximal edge of the base member to a second end supporting the upper platform member at its proximal edge a spaced-apart distance from the base member. The upper platform member extends freely from the yoking portion at least partially over the base member.