Drawer Oven Cooling Layout for Flush Cabinet Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing drawer type cooking devices face challenges in reducing the depth size of the farthest portion while maintaining the opening size of the heating chamber, leading to design inefficiencies and protrusions that hinder integration with kitchen cabinets and interior design expectations.
Innovation Solution
The solution involves rearranging and orienting the high pressure transformer and cooling fan at the farthest portion of the cooking device to reduce depth, positioning the cooling fan laterally and the high pressure transformer below it, and optimizing the air flow path to enhance cooling efficiency and eliminate the need for external power cord storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of stationary object
If the high pressure transformer and cooling fan are arranged in conventional positions, then the heating chamber can be adequately cooled, but the depth size of the farthest portion increases causing protrusions that hinder integration with kitchen cabinets
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling fan is reoriented from a conventional horizontal arrangement to a lateral arrangement, changing the spatial dimension of cooling air flow. This dimensional change allows the cooling path to be optimized within the available space, improving cooling efficiency while reducing the depth of the farthest portion to enable flush integration with kitchen cabinets.
Solution Approach 2:
The high pressure transformer is repositioned from its conventional location to below the cooling fan, inverting the typical arrangement hierarchy. This inversion optimizes the spatial relationship between components, allowing the cooling fan to be laterally positioned for better air flow while the transformer occupies the space below, thereby reducing overall depth and eliminating protrusions.
2Ease of operation
If the drawer body is made movable to enable independent opening, then accessibility to the heating chamber is improved, but the structural complexity of the device increases
Solution Approach 1:
The door assembly is segmented into two independent parts: the door body and the drawer body. This segmentation allows the drawer body to move independently on slide rails while the door body remains fixed or moves separately. The segmentation enables improved accessibility to the heating chamber through the movable drawer while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure by using standard slide rail mechanisms rather than complex integrated systems.
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 allows for a more compact design, enabling the cooking device to be fully embedded in cabinets with a flush front panel, improved air blow efficiency, and reduced material and construction costs, aligning with modern interior design trends and user expectations.
Implementation Method 1
a cooling fan disposed on a farthest portion of the cooking device body... optimizing the air flow path to enhance cooling efficiency
Implementation Method 2
electric components which include a high pressure transformer and a high frequency generation device... working to heat an object to be cooked within the heating chamber
Data Source
AI summary
The invention provides a drawer type cooking device having a cooling fan 56a disposed laterally, so that a space 70 is formed below the cooling fan 56a, enabling a high pressure transformer 55 to be disposed efficiently using this space 70. By the combination of the arrangement, position and orientation of the cooling fan, it becomes possible to reduce the set depth size at the farthest portion of the cooking device body 1. By reducing the depth size, the front surface of a cabinet and the front surface of a door 2 can be disposed flush with each other, without having to sacrifice the depth of the heating chamber 6.