The present invention is intended to adjust an amount of thermal expansion at a desired position in an axial direction of a roller body of an induction heated roll apparatus, regardless of an amount of load heat extracted from the roller body by a heating target object. The induction heated roll apparatus includes the roller body that is cylindrical and has a hollow space, a plurality of induction coils provided in an inside along the axial direction of the roller body, a power supply circuit that controls power supplied to each of the plurality of induction coils individually, and a cooling mechanism that cools the roller body by supplying a refrigerant to the roller body.

An induction heating device includes: a casing; a cover plate coupled to a top of the casing and configured to seat an object on a top surface of the cover plate; a working coil located within the casing and configured to heat the object on the top surface of the cover plate; a base plate configured to support the working coil; an indicator board that is located vertically below the base plate and that is spaced apart from the base plate to define an air-flow path between the base plate and the indicator board, where the indicator board includes a plurality of light emitting elements; and a blowing fan located at a first side of a bottom surface of the casing and configured to suction air into the casing from an outside of the casing and to discharge air into the air-flow path.

A home appliance includes a case having a first seating portion and a second seating portion, a first coil arranged in the first seating portion and configured to generate induced current to the first seating portion, a second coil arranged in the second seating portion and configured to generate induced current to the second seating portion and having a height lower than a height of the first seating portion, a first inverter arranged in the first seating portion and to supply driving current to the first coil to cause the first coil to generate the induced current, and a second inverter arranged in the first seating portion and to supply driving current to the second coil to cause the second coil to generate the induced current.

The present disclosure comprises: a case; a cover plate coupled to the upper end of the case and provided with an upper plate on which an object to be heated is disposed; a working coil provided inside the case; a thermal insulation material provided between the upper plate and the working coil; a first thin film provided on the lower surface of the upper plate and the inductively heated by the working coil; and a second thin film provided on the upper surface of the upper plate and contacting the object to be heated.

An induction heating device includes a casing, a cover plate coupled to a top of the casing, and a first induction heating module located within the casing and configured to heat an object on the cover plate. The first induction heating module includes: a working coil; an inverter configured to apply a resonant current to the working coil; a light guide located outside of the working coil, where the light guide includes a light-emission surface that is located at a top of the light guide, that is configured to indicate whether the working coil is driven, and that is configured to indicate an intensity of the working coil; a light emitting element vertically located below the light guide and configured to emit light to the light guide; and a control module configured to control the inverter and the light emitting element.

An induction heating type cooktop includes a case, an upper plate coupled to a top of the case and configured to support an object, a working coil disposed inside the case and configured to heat the object, a thin film arranged at a top surface of the upper plate or a bottom surface of the upper plate, at least one temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of at least one of components of the induction heating type cooktop, the components including the thin film, and a microcontroller unit (MCU) configured to drive the working coil and to control an output of the working coil based on whether the temperature satisfies at least one condition that is preset for the at least one of the components.

An induction heating device includes: a casing; a cover plate coupled to a top of the casing, where the cover plate has a surface configured to seat an object; a first induction heating module located within the casing and configured to heat the object; a first wiring substrate that is configured to couple to a bottom of the first induction heating module and that extends in a first direction, where the first wiring substrate includes at least one of a power line or a signal line; and a first connector that is configured to couple the first wiring substrate to the bottom of the first induction heating module, where the first connector includes a pogo pin.

An induction hob comprising a plurality of induction coils (12, 14, 16, 18); drive circuitry (22, 24) for powering the induction coils; a user interface (26) connected with the drive circuitry; and a housing which supports the induction coils, the drive circuitry and the user interface; and characterized in that the housing comprises a bottom part (10) made of molded plastic comprising mounting means for the mounting of the induction coils (14, 16, 18, 20), the drive circuitry (22, 24) and the user interface (26).

An induction heating type cooktop includes a case, a cover plate that is connected to an upper end of the case and that has an upper surface configured to support an object to be heated, a working coil disposed inside the case, a thin layer disposed at the cover plate and configured to be heated by the working coil through induction, and a working coil cooling fan configured to blow air toward the working coil.

An induction heating type cooktop include a case, a cover plate connected to an upper end of the case, the cover plate having an upper surface configured to support thereon an object to be heated, a thin layer disposed at the cover plate, a heat insulator disposed vertically below the thin layer, a working coil disposed inside the case, a cooling fan configured to blow air toward the working coil, and a bracket that defines a cooling passage. The cooling passage is configured to guide the air to pass through the working coil and to discharge the air to an outside of the bracket.