Convection cooking apparatus

{
  "publication_number": "US9629499B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Convection cooking apparatus",
  "abstract": "A cooking apparatus includes a cavity unit having therein a cooking chamber and a rear wall plate with an introduction hole section and a discharge hole section; a door on or over the cavity unit, configured to open and close an opening of the cavity unit; and a convection heater unit on or behind the rear wall plate, heating air from the cavity unit through the discharge hole section, and supplying hot air to the cooking chamber through the introduction hole section, wherein the introduction hole section is in a lower part of the rear wall plate, and the discharge hole section is in an upper part of the rear wall plate, separate from the introduction hole section.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A convection cooking apparatus comprising: a cavity unit having a cooking chamber and having a rear wall plate with an introduction hole section and a first discharge hole section; a door unit on or over the cavity unit, configured to open and close an opening of the cavity unit; a convection heater unit on or behind the rear wall plate, heating air from the cavity unit through the first discharge hole section, and supplying hot air to the cooking chamber through the introduction hole section; and a circulation duct unit connected to a second discharge hole section in a side wall plate of the cavity unit, configured to guide air discharged from the cooking chamber through the first discharge hole section back to the cooking chamber, wherein the introduction hole section is in a lower part of the rear wall plate, and the first discharge hole section is in an upper part of the rear wall plate separate from the introduction hole section, wherein the circulation duct unit comprises: a circulation duct having one end connected to the second discharge hole section and another end connected to a suction hole section in the side wall plate, configured to guide air discharged through the first discharge hole section to the suction hole section; and a duct opening and closing section in the circulation duct, configured to open and close an internal flow path of the circulation duct, wherein the circulation duct includes a discharge opening for discharging air entering through the first discharge hole section out of the circulation duct, wherein the duct opening and closing section closes the first discharge opening when opening the internal flow path of the circulation duct, and opens the discharge opening when closing the internal flow path of the circulation duct.",
    "2. The convection cooking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the convection heater unit comprises: a convection heater behind the rear wall plate, configured to generate heat; a convection fan behind the rear wall plate, having a rotation shaft; a convection motor configured to rotate the convection fan; and a convection heater cover on the rear wall plate, covering the convection heater and the convection fan, wherein the introduction hole section is below the rotation shaft of the convection fan, and the first discharge hole section is above the rotation shaft of the convection fan.",
    "3. The convection cooking apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the convection heater unit further comprises: a convection insulating cover covering the convection heater cover, in front of the convection motor; and a convection cooling fan coupled to the convection motor.",
    "4. The convection cooking apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the convection cooling fan rotates when the convection motor operates.",
    "5. The convection cooking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one of the first discharge hole section and the suction hole section is in an upper part of the side wall plate, and the other one of the first discharge hole section and the suction hole section is in a lower part of the side wall plate.",
    "6. The convection cooking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one of the first discharge hole section and the suction hole section is in a front part of the side wall plate, and the other one of the first discharge hole section and the suction hole section is in a rear part of the side wall plate.",
    "7. A convection cooking apparatus comprising: a cavity unit having a cooking chamber and a rear wall plate with an introduction hole section and a first discharge hole section; a door on or over the cavity unit, configured to open and close an opening of the cavity unit; a convection heater unit on the rear wall plate, heating air from the cavity unit through the first discharge hole section, and supplying hot air to the cooking chamber through the introduction hole section; a circulation duct unit connected to a second discharge hole in a side wall plate of the cavity unit, configured to guide air discharged from the cooking chamber through the first discharge hole section back to the cooking chamber, a cooking container including a housing unit having an entrance through which hot air enters, and a support unit on the housing unit and on which one or more cooking objects are placed, wherein the introduction hole section is in a lower part of the rear wall plate, and the first discharge hole section is in an upper part of the rear wall plate separate from the introduction hole section, wherein the circulation duct unit comprises: a circulation duct having one end connected to the second discharge hole section and another end connected to a suction hole section in the side wall plate, configured to guide air discharged through the first discharge hole section to the suction hole section; and a duct opening and closing section in the circulation duct, configured to open and close an internal flow path of the circulation duct, wherein the circulation duct includes a discharge opening for discharging air entering through the discharge hole section out of the circulation duct, wherein the duct opening and closing section closes the discharge opening when opening the internal flow path of the circulation duct, and opens the discharge opening when closing the internal flow path of the circulation duct.",
    "8. The convection cooking apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the cooking container is in the cooking chamber.",
    "9. The convection cooking apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the cooking container further includes a cover unit that covers the support unit.",
    "10. The convection cooking apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the cover unit is configured to block movement of hot air."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a cooking apparatus, and more particularly, to a cooking apparatus which can carry out not only general cooking but also frying using hot air.\n\nIn general, fried food is prepared by coating various foods such as fish, meat and vegetables with flour or frying powder and then frying the coated materials in oil.\n\nSince oil used in frying may easily oxidize, it should be frequently exchanged with new oil. In this regard, since difficulties exist in keeping and reusing the oil once used in frying, the cooking cost may be likely to increase.\n\nThe background art of the present disclosure is disclosed in Korean Unexamined Utility Model Publication No. 1998-0044155 (published on Sep. 25, 1998 and entitled “Continuous Automatic Food Fryer”).\n\nIn the case of frying a cooking object using oil, since the oil is heated to a high temperature, the probability of a safety-related accident such as a burn increases. Also, in the case where it is necessary to defrost and fry a cooking object, defrosting and frying should be carried out in separate cooking containers, which may be cumbersome or inconvenient. Further, in frying, because heat is applied more to the outside than to the inside of the cooking object, the inside and the outside of the cooking object may not be evenly cooked. Therefore, a solution to these problems is desired.\n\nOne or more embodiments of the present invention relate to a cooking apparatus that can fry foods using the fat in the food (e.g., the cooking object), thereby preventing the occurrence of a safety-related accident due to oil having a high temperature.",
  "cpc": [
    "A47J 37/00",
    "F24C 15/18",
    "F24C 15/322",
    "F24C 7/00"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "A47J 37/00",
    "F24C 15/32"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corp"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Han Ju KIM"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2013-11-20",
  "publication_date": "2017-04-25",
  "grant_date": "2017-04-25",
  "priority_date": "2013-04-30",
  "application_number": "US-201314085077-A",
  "family_id": "49683463",
  "cited_by_count": 83,
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