A cooking apparatus including a main body forming a cooking room therein and including a front plate with an opening to the cooking room; a case positioned to one side of the opening and formed to accommodate a circuit board therein; a door opening and closing the opening and covering a front portion of the case, wherein a portion of a rear surface of the door is depressed inward to accommodate the case. The cooking apparatus includes a circulating air outlet formed at a top of the main body, and configured to filter and discharge air received from below the main body; and a suction grill attachable to and detachable from an upper portion of the case and accommodated in one side of the door, wherein a cooling air inlet, which allows cooling air to enter through the suction grill, is positioned in front of the circulating air outlet.

A cooking apparatus has a cooking chamber, a microwave unit to radiate microwaves to the cooking chamber, a convection unit to supply hot air to the cooking chamber, a grill unit to supply radiant heat to the cooking chamber, an input unit to receive a cooking command and a control unit to perform a cooking corresponding to the received cooking command by performing one of a first heating stage and a second heating stage, and after performing the one of the first heating stage and the second heating stage, performing the other one of the first heating stage and the second heating stage. In the first heating stage, the control unit operates the microwave unit and at least one of the convection unit and the grill unit, and in the second heating stage, the control unit operates the grill unit and the convection unit while not operating the microwave unit.

A dielectric welding film capable of achieving a tight welding through a short period of dielectric heating, and a welding method using the dielectric welding film are provided. The dielectric welding film is configured to weld a pair of adherends of the same material or different materials through dielectric heating, the dielectric welding film including a thermoplastic resin as an A component and a dielectric filler as a B component and satisfying the conditions (i) and (ii): (i) a melting point or softening point measured in accordance with JIS K 7121 (1987) is in a range from 80 to 200 degrees C.; and (ii) heat of fusion measured in accordance with JIS K 7121 (1987) is in a range from 1 to 80 J/g.

A dielectric welding film capable of achieving a tight welding through a short period of dielectric heating, and a welding method using the dielectric welding film are provided. The dielectric welding film is configured to weld a pair of adherends of the same material or different materials through dielectric heating, the dielectric welding film including a thermoplastic resin as an A component and a dielectric filler as a B component and satisfying the conditions (i) and (ii): (i) a melting point or softening point measured in accordance with JIS K 7121 (1987) is in a range from 80 to 200 degrees C.; and (ii) heat of fusion measured in accordance with JIS K 7121 (1987) is in a range from 1 to 80 J/g.

A microwave whisk assembly for mixing food while in the microwave includes a whisk body having a top end and a bottom end. The bottom end has a receiving cavity extending towards the top end. A suction cup is coupled to the top end and is configured to selectively engage a roof of a microwave. Each of a plurality of whisk attachments includes an engagement shaft and a mixer extension. The engagement shaft has an upper end and a lower end. The engagement shall conforms to, and is selectively engageable with, the receiving cavity of the whisk body. The mixer extension is coupled to the lower end of the engagement shaft and is configured to mix the contents of a bowl rotating within the microwave.

A system for automated oven configuration. The system includes a meal card comprising a radio-frequency identification, RFID, tag that is configured to identify a type of meal, cooking/heating time and a temperature setting. The system further includes an oven comprising an RFID reader that is configured to read the RFID tag to determine the type of meal, cooking/heating time and the temperature setting. The system also includes a central programming unit configured to automatically set the temperature and cooking/heating time in the oven based on the information received by the RFID tag and RFID reader.

A heating cooker includes a heating chamber, an imaging device, a heating device, and control device (300). Control device (300) includes captured image acquisition unit (302), heating information acquisition unit (303), heating controller (307), and state detector (304). Captured image acquisition unit (302) acquires an image captured by the imaging device. Heating information acquisition unit (303) acquires heating information by referring to the image of a heating target acquired. Heating controller (307) controls the heating device according to the heating information. State detector (304) detects presence or absence of the heating target in the heating chamber or removal of the heating target from the heating chamber by referring to the image captured. Heating information acquisition unit (303) acquires the heating information when state detector (304) detects absence of the heating target in the heating chamber or removal of the heating target from the heating chamber.

A wafer processing apparatus includes a pressure applying element, a rotatable element, a control element, and a heat source. The pressure applying element includes a first pressure applying head having a first working surface and a second pressure applying head having a second working surface. The rotatable element and the pressure applying element are connected. The control element is electrically connected to the rotatable element. The heat source is disposed beside the pressure applying element.

A cooking appliance includes a cabinet that defines a cooking chamber. A magnetron is mounted within the cabinet and is in communication with the cooking chamber to direct a microwave thereto. An induction heating coil is mounted within the cabinet and is in communication with the cooking chamber to direct a magnetic field thereto. A turntable is rotatably mounted in the cooking chamber above the induction heating coil. A motor is operatively coupled to the turntable and is mounted within the cabinet outside of the cooking chamber below and adjacent to the induction heating coil. The motor is operatively coupled to the turntable by a non-magnetic rotation hub extending through the induction heating coil.

The present invention relates to a thawing-apparatus, in which a substance is preferably heated. The present invention further relates to a method to thaw a substance with radio-frequency waves.