Electric composite heat oven with sight window for transparent planar heating element

Abstract

An electric composite heat oven provided with a sight window of a transparent planar heating element is provided. Since the electric composite heat oven has a structure in which a heater heating element is installed, being lower than the upper end of a cooking container, on the front and rear sidewalls of a cooking chamber of an enclosure and a transparent planar heating element is installed over an opening of the cooking chamber of the enclosure, radiant heat may actively control various disturbances that occur during cooking depending on a place where the oven is installed and a change in temperature, whereby there is an effect of providing the optimum heat power depending on a cooking material and also shortening cooking time.

Claims

1. An electric heat oven comprising: an enclosure having inner sidewalls defined a cooking chamber; a door for opening or closing an opening of the enclosure; a cooking-material fixing means for fixing cooking material inside the enclosure; a heater formed in a U-shape and horizontally installed on the inner sidewalls of the enclosure to generate heat; a transparent planar heating element installed in the door for forming a sight window, wherein the transparent planar heating element is configured to generate radiant heat; and a control box connected to a front outer surface of the enclosure to control the heater and the transparent planar heating element, wherein the cooking-material fixing means includes a cooking container formed lower than a height of the cooking chamber so that the heat generated by the heater passes through an upper opening of the cooking container, wherein at least one heat circulation hole is arranged in a lower part of sidewalls of the cooking container so that the generated heat is naturally circulated through the at least one heat circulation hole to be heated again while passing by the heater thereby forming convective heat, wherein the convective heat passing through the at least one heat circulation hole is heated again while passing by the heater and flowing upward through a gap between the enclosure and the cooking container before passing through the upper opening of the cooking container, and wherein the convective heat is used to supplement a heat lost of at least the radiant heat generated by the transparent planar heating element, thereby controlling various disturbances generated during cooking.

2. The electric composite heat oven of claim 1, wherein the transparent planar heating element is combined in an inner space of the door, and an exterior of the door is supported by a door support to open or close an upper opening of the cooking chamber, the door support being pivotably hinged on a side of an upper end of the enclosure.

3. The electric composite heat oven of claim 1, wherein the cooking-material fixing means is configured to include: a grill mounted on the cooking container.

4. The electric composite heat oven of claim 3, wherein the cooking container is configured to include: bent pieces protruding inward so that the grill is mounted at a predetermined height of sidewalls of the cooking container.

5. The electric composite heat oven of claim 3, wherein the heater is respectively installed to be horizontal with respect to a front sidewall and a rear sidewall of the cooking chamber at a predetermined height lower than a height of an upper end of the cooking container.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a closed state of a door of an electric composite heat oven according to the present invention.

(2) FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an opened state of the door of the electric composite heat oven according to the present invention.

(3) FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a cooking container used in the electric composite heat oven according to the present invention.

(4) FIG. 4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing the electric composite heat oven according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(5) In order to fully understand the present invention, a preferred exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be changed to a variety of embodiments and the scope and spirit of the present invention are not limited to the exemplary embodiment described hereinafter. The present exemplary embodiment is provided to more completely explain the present invention to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the shapes of elements in the drawings may be exaggerated to emphasize a clearer description. It should be noted that the same configuration in each drawing may be indicated by the same reference numeral. Detailed descriptions of known functions and configurations herein that are determined to unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

(6) Hereinafter, an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(7) FIGS. 1 and 2 are perspective views showing a closed state and an opened state of a door of an electric composite heat oven according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a cooking container used in the electric composite heat oven according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing the electric composite heat oven according to the present invention.

(8) Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4, in the electric composite heat oven provided with the sight window of the transparent planar heating element of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the electric composite heat oven includes: an enclosure 10 having a cooking chamber 11 with an open upper part thereof; a door 20 for opening and closing an opening of the enclosure 10; a cooking-material fixing means 30 for fixing a cooking material C inside the enclosure 10; a pair of heater heating elements 40 installed opposite each other on inner sidewalls of the enclosure 10 to generate convective heat at the same time; and a transparent planar heating element 50 installed in the door 20 to generate radiant heat.

(9) That is, the enclosure 10 has a rectangular cylindrical shape, wherein the inner enclosure 14 and the outer enclosure 13 are coupled to face each other with an insulating material 12 interposed therebetween so as to form the cooking chamber 11 having the open upper opening thereof, wherein a bottom plate 15 is coupled to an outer bottom of the enclosure 10 where the inner enclosure 14 and the outer enclosure 13 contact each other, so as to close a lower opening of the enclosure 10, and a control box 16 is coupled to a front surface of the outer enclosure 13 to control the heater heating elements 40 and the transparent planar heating element 50.

(10) The door 20 has a rectangular frame shape having an area thereof larger than an area of the upper opening of the cooking chamber 11, and the transparent planar heating element 50 is combined in an inner space of the door 20. In addition, an exterior of the door 20 is supported by a door support means 22 to open or close the upper opening of the cooking chamber 11, the door support means 22 being pivotably hinged on each side of an upper end of the enclosure 10.

(11) In this case, the door support means 22 is configured to include: a pair of left and right rotating bars 24 having each first end thereof is pivotably hinged at the rear upper end of the left and right sides of the enclosure 10, and at the same time having each center of the left and right rotating bars 24 in the longitudinal direction is pivotably hinged with each center of the left and right sides of the door 20; and a handle 26 connecting each second end of the pair of left and right rotating bars 24.

(12) The cooking-material fixing means 30 is configured to include: a cooking container 32 having a rectangular cylindrical shape formed lower than the height of the inner enclosure 14 so that the heat generated by each heater heating element 40 passes through the upper opening of the cooking container 32; and a grill 34 mounted on the cooking container 32.

(13) In this case, the cooking container 32 is configured to include: bent pieces 32b protruding inward by cutting from a pair of left and right handle holes 32a so that the grill 34 is mounted horizontally at a predetermined height of the left and right sidewalls of the cooking container 32; and a plurality of heat circulation holes 32c arranged horizontally at regular intervals in each lower part of the front and rear sidewalls of the cooking container 32 so that the remaining heat after heating the cooking material C seated on the grill 34 inside the cooking container 32 is allowed to pass by the heater heating elements 40 to be circulated by natural convection.

(14) The pair of heater heating elements 40 are formed in a U shape, and the heater heating elements 40 are respectively installed to be horizontally lain with respect to the front side wall and the rear sidewall of the cooking chamber 11 of the enclosure 10 at a predetermined height lower than the height of an upper end of the cooking container 32.

(15) The transparent planar heating element 50 formed of a combination of glass and a planar heating element is combined by a square frame of the door 20, and while the door 20 is closed, the transparent planar heating element 50 provides a heating function for generating radiant heat in the cooking chamber 11 and a sight window function so as to allow a user to see the inside of the cooking chamber 11 at the same time.

(16) In the electric composite heat oven provided with the sight window of the transparent planar heating element of the present invention configured as described above, since the oven has a structure in which the pair of heater heating elements 40 is installed, being lower than the upper end of the cooking container 32, on the front and rear sidewalls of the cooking chamber 11 of the enclosure 10, and the transparent planar heating element 50 is installed over the opening of the cooking chamber 11 of the enclosure 10, when operating the oven after the cooking material C is placed while the grill 34 is mounted on the bent pieces 32b inside the cooking container 32, the heater heating elements 40 and the transparent planar heating element 50 emit high-temperature convective heat and radiant heat respectively toward the cooking container 32 while generating heat at a preset temperature according to the programmed heating power control.

(17) That is, the convective heat emitted from the pair of heater heating elements 40 flows upward by natural convection through a gap between the inner enclosure 14 and the cooking container 32 as shown in the arrow direction shown in FIG. 4, and at the same time, while flowing into the inside of the cooking container 32 through the upper opening of the cooking container 32, the convective heat merges with radiant heat to heat the cooking material C. The remaining heat after heating the cooking material C flows between the inner enclosure 14 and the cooking container 32 after passing through each of the plurality of heat circulation holes 32C formed on the lower part of the sidewall of the cooking container 32, and at the same time, is circulated to be heated again while passing by the heater heating elements 40.

(18) Since such a composite heat oven method using convective heat of the heater heating elements 40 and the radiant heat of the transparent planar heating element 50 enables control of the intensity of convective and radiant heat during cooking, there is an advantage in that disturbances may be actively controlled, so as not to be constrained by a change in temperature depending on a place where the oven is installed.

(19) That is, since the transparent planar heating element 50 has a structure in which glass and the planar heating element are combined with each other so as to simultaneously provide the heating function for generating radiant heat and the sight window function for allowing the user to see the inside of the cooking chamber 11, when the glass is exposed to the outside, much of the radiant heat generated from the inside of the oven may radiate to the outside where the external temperature is lower than the inside of the oven. However, since the heat lost in such a way is supplemented by the radiant heat generated by the transparent planar heating element 50, various disturbances generated during cooking may be actively controlled, whereby it is possible to provide optimal heat power depending on the cooking material and also shorten the cooking time.

(20) Since the cooking container 32 is able to be moved in and out of the cooking chamber 11 through the open upper opening of the cooking chamber, meat juice or food debris flowing down from the cooking material during cooking is able to be received, whereby there is the advantage in that contamination of the interior of the enclosure may be minimized and the cooking container 32 may be cleaned by being separated from the enclosure 10, so as to maintain a clean state.

(21) Meanwhile, the present invention is not limited to the above-described exemplary embodiment, but may be embodied with modifications and variations within the scope of the gist of the present invention. Further, the technical idea to which such modifications and variations are applied should also be regarded as falling within the scope of the following claims.