A microwave oven is provided having a cabinet defining a cooking chamber, a door pivotably attached to the cabinet and a button for opening the door. The door may be configured to selectively allow entry to the cooking chamber. The button may include an outer panel and a primary body. The outer panel may be moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The primary body may be located below the outer panel. The primary body may be accessible in the unlocked position. The button may further include a spring, the spring in biased engagement with the outer panel. The spring may motivate the outer panel to the locked position.

An appliance, such as an oven, includes a housing having an internal compartment and an RF antenna. At least a portion of the housing comprises an electrically conductive portion. The antenna includes an active component and a connection to the electrically conductive portion, which serves as a ground plane of the antenna. The housing may include a door assembly having a window that includes the electrically conductive portion in the form of a transparent conductive layer. The door assembly may be detachable and the connection to the antenna may be made by way of capacitive coupling. In an alternative arrangement, the housing includes a light fixture for illuminating the internal compartment, wherein the active component of the antenna is disposed in the light fixture.

A heating cooking apparatus includes a heating cooking chamber (100A) and a first air sending unit (14). The heating cooking chamber (100A) includes an accommodation space (120) that accommodates an object to be heated, and a first space (130) that communicates with the accommodation space (120). The first air sending unit (14) includes a first partitioning member (14B) positioned between the first space (130) and a first air sending chamber (14A), a first suction hole portion (14D) disposed in the first partitioning member (14B) and configured to suction air inside the heating cooking chamber (100A), and a first blow-out hole portion (14C) disposed in the first partitioning member (14B) and configured to blow air into the heating cooking chamber (100A). The accommodation space (120) is a space that can accommodate the object to be heated and has a predetermined capacity. The first space (130) indicates a space into which the object to be heated is prohibited from entering.

An appliance includes a hinge module between a main body and a pull-down door. The hinge module includes a housing, a rotational axis member disposed in the housing serving as a center of rotation between the pull-down door and the main body, an inner link housing movably disposed in the housing that moves with the opening of the pull-down door in a direction of the rotational axis member, and a damper installed in the inner link housing, the damper including a piston and a cylinder and providing damping force according to a relative movement of the piston and the cylinder. Any one of the piston and the cylinder of the damper moves with the inner link housing and the other of the piston and the cylinder of the damper moves by a predetermined distance as the inner link housing moves and then is interfered by the housing so as not to move further, and the piston and the cylinder of the damper starts damping, wherein the predetermined distance corresponds to an opening angle of the pull-down door in which the damping is started.

A cooking appliance is provided that may include a main body having a cavity, and a door that opens and closes the cavity. The door may include a display module including a display unit disposed in front of the door, a cooling flow path unit disposed behind the display module and having formed therein a flow path through which air for cooling flows, a shielding unit disposed behind the cooling flow path unit and configured to shield electromagnetic waves generated in the main body, and a microphone mounted on a top of the display module.

A cooking appliance is provided that may include a main body having a cavity, and a door that opens and closes the cavity. The door may include a first panel assembly disposed on a front of the door, a front assembly disposed behind the first panel assembly, and having formed herein a flow path through which air for cooling flows, and a rear assembly disposed behind the front assembly and configured to shield electromagnetic waves generated in the main body. The rear assembly may include an expansion portion formed by recessing at an edge and configured to expand a space in which the air flowing into the front assembly flows.

A cooking appliance having a main body formed with a cavity, and a door opening and closing the cavity, wherein the door includes a display module disposed on the front of the door, a cooling flow path unit disposed behind the display module and having a flow path through which air for cooling flows formed therein, a shielding unit disposed behind the cooling flow path unit and configured to shield electromagnetic waves generated in the main body, and a camera configured to capture at least one place among the front or a lower portion of the door, or the cavity.

A cooking appliance is provided that may include a main body having a cavity, and a door that opens and closes the cavity. The door may include a display module including a display unit disposed in a front of the door, a cooling flow path disposed behind the display module, and having a flow path formed therein through which air for cooling flows, and a shielding unit disposed behind the cooling flow path, and configured to shield electromagnetic waves generated in the main body. The display module may include the display unit on which videos or images are displayed, and an outer panel disposed behind the display unit, and on which the display unit is mounted. The cooling flow path may include an inner panel disposed behind the outer panel and mounted on the outer panel, and an air guide disposed between the outer panel and the inner panel and coupled to the inner panel.

A cooking appliance is provided that may include a main body formed with a cavity, and a door that opens and closes the cavity. The door may include a display module including a display disposed in front of the door, a cooling flow path unit disposed behind the display module and having formed therein a flow path through which air for cooling flows, and a shield that is disposed behind the cooling flow path unit and configured to shield electromagnetic waves generated from the main body. The cooling flow path unit may be disposed between the shielding unit and the display module. The door may include a first outlet disposed at an upper portion of the door and through which the air flowing inside of the display module is discharged to the outside, and a second outlet disposed at a lower portion of the door.

A cooking appliance is provided that may include a main body having a cavity, and a door that opens and closes the cavity. The door may include a display module including a display unit disposed in front of the door, and a cooling flow path unit disposed behind the display module, and having a flow path formed therein through which air for cooling flows. The cooling flow path unit may include an air guide configured to guide a flow of the air introduced into the door, and a blower mounted on the air guide. The air guide may include at least one inlet disposed on an upper portion, and through which external air is introduced, and a mounting hole formed under the inlet, and in which the blower mounted.