Cooking Cavity Door Layout for Wider Viewing and More Oven Space
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cooking apparatuses face limitations in expanding the cooking cavity in height and width due to the placement of major components and control panels, which also restrict the visual field for users.
Innovation Solution
The cooking apparatus relocates major components like the magnetron, high voltage transformer, and high voltage capacitor to the rear space, and positions the control panel on the door, allowing for an expanded cooking cavity and visual field by integrating the operating and control panels with the door as a single unit, featuring a glass touch input sensing unit and a relay substrate for effective component arrangement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If major components and control panels are installed at one side of the cooking cavity, then the device structure is simplified, but the cooking cavity cannot be expanded in height and width
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the device into distinct functional zones: the cooking cavity is separated from the control panel area, and major components are relocated to the rear space. This segmentation allows the cooking cavity to be expanded in height and width independently without being constrained by the placement of control panels and major components, thereby resolving the contradiction between cavity volume and structural simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The control panel is relocated from the side wall to the door surface, utilizing the vertical dimension of the door. This dimensional shift frees up side space, enabling the cooking cavity to be expanded in height and width while maintaining all necessary control functions, thus resolving the space constraint contradiction.
2Area of stationary object
If major components are installed at the side wall, then space utilization is efficient, but the visual field for the cooking cavity is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The control panel is moved from the side wall to the door surface, utilizing the vertical dimension. This relocation expands the visual field area by removing obstructions from the side view of the cooking cavity, while the control panel finds new space on the door, resolving the contradiction between visual field area and component installation space.
3Volume of moving object
If the control panel is installed on the door, then the cooking cavity can be expanded, but the control panel is exposed to heat
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary cooling mechanism where air flow is directed across the control panel surface to dissipate heat. This intermediary cooling system allows the control panel to be positioned on the door for maximum visual access and cavity expansion, while the air flow acts as a mediator to protect the control panel from excessive heat exposure.
4Shape
If components are arranged at one side, then manufacturing is simplified, but the appearance size is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the device into distinct functional areas: cooking cavity, rear space for major components, and door surface for control panels. This segmentation creates a larger, more balanced appearance by distributing components across different surfaces, while each segment maintains relatively simple manufacturing requirements, thus resolving the contradiction between appearance size and manufacturing simplicity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration enhances the cooking cavity's dimensions and visual accessibility while protecting the control panel from heat using air flow, creating a larger appearance and efficient component distribution.
Implementation Method 1
the operating panel is provided with a glass-touch keyboard using static electricity
Implementation Method 2
protecting the control panel from heat using air flow
Data Source
AI summary
In order to provide a cooking apparatus having an expanded cooking cavity with an increase in height and width and providing an expanded visual field for the cooking cavity, the present invention discloses a cooking apparatus, comprising: a cooking cavity; an upper space located over the cooking cavity; a door covering the cooking cavity and the upper space, opening the cooking cavity from the upper space side and provide with a door panel; an operating panel installed at an upper portion of the door to be positioned to the upper space, the operating panel being located in front of the door panel; and a control panel installed at an upper portion of the door to be positioned to the upper space, the control panel being located at the door panel and rear the operating panel and cooperating with the operating panel.