A microwave oven is provided including a cooking cavity for receiving food to be cooked, at least one microwave source for generating microwave energy inside the cooking cavity, and a supplemental heating system positioned to heat the food. The supplemental heating system includes at least one IR radiation source for generating IR radiation and a metallic mesh screen placed between the at least one IR radiation source and the cooking cavity for spatially distributing the IR radiation to uniformly project into the cooking cavity and minimizing microwave energy field losses. The metallic mesh screen includes a plurality of hexagonal apertures arranged in a honeycomb pattern. The distance between parallel sides of each one of the hexagonal apertures is Ax and the distance between each hexagonal aperture and each adjacent hexagonal aperture is Bx where Ax is less than or equal to about 3 times Bx.

An oven includes a housing that defines a cooking space and that includes an upper frame defining an upper wall facing the cooking space, a heating unit disposed at the upper frame and configured to transfer heat to the cooking space, an antenna disposed at the upper frame and configured to emit, toward the cooking space, radio waves transmitted from a radio wave generator that is electrically connected to an external power source, and a forming part that protrudes upward from the upper frame and accommodates the antenna therein. The forming part covers the antenna from the cooking space.

An oven includes a housing that defines a cooking space and that includes an upper frame defining an upper wall that faces the cooking space, a heating unit that is disposed adjacent to the upper frame and configured to transfer heat to the cooking space and that extends along a predetermined pattern to define a closed area, a support member in contact with a plurality of points of the heating unit, and a plurality of antennas disposed at the upper frame and configured to emit, toward the cooking space, radio waves transmitted from a radio wave generator that is electrically connected to an external power source.

An improved inside of can curing technology is provided. One implementation uses narrowband, semiconductor produced infrared energy which is focused into the inside of the can to affect a very high-speed curing result and will directly impact the coating covering the inside walls of the can to rapidly cure the coating. Detempering and annealing of the aluminum can body does not have time to occur, thus leaving a stronger can with the same amount of aluminum or a can of the same strength but with less aluminum. It is also possible to eliminate the natural gas fueled oven that is the current standard and replace it with a completely hydrocarbon-free curing alternative that has superior performance. This high powered radiant, narrowband energy will be digitally controlled to introduce only the needed heat and to not overheat the can.

A cooking appliance having a casing with a cavity formed therein, a first heat source module arranged at a side surface of the casing to emit microwaves to the cavity, a second heat source module arranged at a bottom surface of the casing to emit magnetic fields to the cavity, and a third heat source module is arranged at an upper portion of the casing to emit radiant heat to the cavity, whereby the second heat source module in an induction heating manner rapidly heats a bottom surface of a bowl thereby improving cooking speed of the cooking appliance together with other heat sources.

A cooking appliance is proposed. A casing (100, 200) may have a cavity (S) therein, and of which a front surface may have an air inlet part (242) and an air outlet part (243) at different heights. A plurality of heat sources modules may be arranged at different surfaces of the casing (100,200). A this point, a cooling fan module (810, 850) may be arranged in a first electric chamber (ES1) provided behind the air inlet part (242), and transfer suctioned air into a second electric chamber (ES2) provided behind the air outlet part (243). Accordingly, the air suctioned by the cooling fan module (810, 850) may be discharged after circulating to through the first electric chamber (ES1) and the second electric chamber (ES2), and in this process, the plurality of heat sources may be cooled.

A cooking appliance including a heater that is vertically movable in a cooking chamber is proposed. The cooking appliance includes a casing having a cooking chamber therein, a door rotatably provided at one portion of the casing and opening and closing the cooking chamber, a heater provided at one portion of the casing and generating heat, a movable heater system provided at one portion of the casing and allowing the heater to be movable in the cooking chamber, and a detection function detecting whether or not the heater is brought into contact with food in the cooking chamber or is spaced apart from the food at a predetermined distance and a function of detecting recovery of the heater to the original position. With the cooking appliance, there is an advantage in that cooking efficiency is improved and malfunction or damage to parts is prevented.

A cooling appliance is proposed. A casing (100, 200) may include a cavity (S) therein, and a heat source module may be arranged inside the casing (100, 200). Furthermore, a camera module (730) may be arranged at a rear surface of the casing (100, 200) and capture the inside space of the cavity (S). Accordingly, in the casing (100, 200), heat sources and the camera module (730) may be arranged without interference therebetween, and the camera module (730) can secure a wide view angle at a rear portion of the casing (100, 200).

A cooling appliance is proposed. A cavity (S) may be provided inside a casing (100, 200). A first heat source module (400) may be arranged in the casing (100, 200) and emit microwaves. A second heat source module (500) may be arranged at a bottom surface of the casing (100, 200) and emit magnetic fields. In addition, the second heat source module (500) may include a base plate (510) having a base hole (512) that is open at a center portion thereof, and a supporter (520) arranged below the base plate (510). A coil assembly (550) may be arranged between base plate (510) and the supporter (520). At this point, a shield filter (540) of the second heat source module (500) covers a working coil (570) of the coil assembly (550), and an outer end of the shield filter (540) may be arranged between the base plate (510) and a coil base (560).

A microwave appliance includes a microwave facility which generates microwaves and introduces the microwaves into a cooking compartment and which is operable with at least two configurations to generate different field distributions of the microwaves in the cooking compartment. A temperature acquisition facility contactlessly acquires a heat distribution in the cooking compartment, and a data processing facility identifies a non-food to be cooked region in the cooking compartment from the acquired heat distribution. A control facility sets a current configuration of the microwave facility and operates the microwave facility The control facility selects or sets at least one of the configurations of the microwave facility with regard to reducing a power of the microwaves in the identified non-food to be cooked region.