Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
  • F24C15/00—Details
  • F24C15/32—Arrangements of ducts for hot gases, e.g. in or around baking ovens
  • F24C15/322—Arrangements of ducts for hot gases, e.g. in or around baking ovens with forced circulation

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• the present embodiment relates to a convection apparatus and a cooking appliance.
• a cooking appliance is an appliance cooking foods using a heating source such as a gas heater or an electronic heater.
• a convection apparatus for cooking foods received in a cooking room by convecting high temperature air in the cooking room can be provided in such a cooking appliance.
• the convection apparatus may include a convection heater installed in an inside of a convection chamber to generate heat, a convection fan circulating the high temperature air heated by the convection heater through the cooking room and the convection chamber, and a convection motor driving the convection fan.
• high temperature air heated by heat generated from the convection heater circulates the cooking room and the convection chamber by one convection fan. Therefore, a problem arises in that high temperature air is not efficiently supplied to the cooking room.
• An object of the present embodiment is to provide a convection apparatus and a cooking appliance in which high temperature air can evenly circulate inside a cooking room.
• Another object of the present embodiment is to provide a convection apparatus and a cooking appliance in which a plurality of fans can be rotated by one motor.
• a convection apparatus comprising: a convection heater; at least two convection fans blowing air heated by the convection heater; and one convection motor driving the at least two convection fans.
• a convection apparatus comprising: a convection heater; first and second convection fans blowing air heated by the convection heater; one convection motor driving the first and second convection fans; and a power transmission unit transmitting power of the convection motor simultaneously to the first and second convection fans.
• a convection apparatus comprising: a convection heater; first and second convection fans blowing air heated by the convection heater; one convection motor driving the first and second convection fans; a first power transmission part transmitting power of the convection motor to the first convection fan; and a second power transmission part transmitting power of the convection motor to the second convection fan.
• a convection apparatus comprising: a convection heater; first and second convection fans blowing air heated by the convection heater; one convection motor driving the first and second convection fans; a first power transmission part transmitting power of the convection motor to the first convection fan; and a second power transmission part receiving the power of the convection motor transmitted from the first power transmission part to transmit the power to the second convection fan.
• a cooking appliance comprising: a cavity defining a cooking room; a convection chamber communicated with the cooking room; a convection heater heating air moved to the convection chamber; at least one convection fan blowing the heated air; a convection motor driving the convection fan; and a power transmission unit transmitting power of the convection motor to the convection fan.
• high temperature air is discharged into the cooking room by the plurality of convection fans so that the amount of high temperature air circulating the inside of the cooking room is relatively increased, making it possible to more efficiently cook foods.
• the air is circulated by the plurality of convection fans, having an effect that air can be evenly distributed inside the cooking room.
• the plurality of convection fans are rotated by one convection motor, having an advantage that costs is reduced.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state where a door of a cooking appliance according to a first embodiment is opened;
• FIG. 2 is a front view showing a constitution where the convection apparatus according to a first embodiment is installed;
• FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines A-A of FIG. 2;
• FIG. 4 is a front view showing a constitution where the convection apparatus according to a second embodiment is installed;
• FIG. 5 is a front view showing a constitution where the convection apparatus according to a third embodiment is installed;
• FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines B-B of FIG. 6;
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state where a door of a cooking appliance according to a first embodiment is opened.
• the cooking appliance 1 according to the present embodiment includes an external case 10 forming an external appearance, a cavity provided in the inside of the external case 10 and defining a cooking room 12, a door 14 selectively opening and closing the cooking room, a food supporting part 20 installed in the inside of the cavity 11 to allow food to be put, a heating source heating food put on the food supporting part 20, and a control panel 30 provided on one side of the external case 10 to enable a person to operate it.
• the heat source includes a upper heater 16 provided on the upper side of the cavity 11 and a lower heater 18 provided on the lower side of the cavity.
• a convection apparatus 100 (see FIG. 2) allowing heated air to be circulated through the cooking room 12 and a convection chamber (see 152 of FIG. 3) is provided on external side of the cavity 11.
• a plurality of inlets 31 and 41 allowing air in the cooking room 12 to be inhaled to the convection chamber 152 are formed on a rear wall 1 Ia of the cavity 11.
• a plurality of outlets 32, 33, 42 and 43 allowing air in the convection chamber 152 to be discharged to the cooking room 12 are formed on a rear wall 1 Ia of the cavity 11.
• the plurality of inlets 31 and 41 include a first inlet 31 formed on a left side and a second inlet 41 formed on a right side, seen from FIG. 1.
• the plurality of outlets include a first upper outlet 32 formed on the upper side of the first inlet 31 and a first lower outlet 33 formed on the lower side of the first inlet 31, and a second upper outlet 42 formed on the upper side of the second inlet 41 and a second lower outlet 43 formed on the lower side of the second inlet 41.
• the respective inlets 31 and 41 and the outlets 32, 33, 42 and 43 are formed in a set of a plurality of holes, wherein the number and the formation position of the respective inlets 31 and 41 and the outlets 32, 33, 42 and 43 are not limited to the present embodiment.
• FIG. 2 is a front view showing a constitution where the convection apparatus according to a first embodiment is installed
• FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines A-A of FIG. 2.
• the convection apparatus 100 is provided on an external side of the rear wall 1 Ia of the cavity 11.
• the convection apparatus 100 includes a pair of convection fans 110 and 120, a pair of convection heaters 130 and 140, a convection housing 150, one convection motor 160, a power transmission unit transmitting power of the convection motor 160 to the pair of convection fans 110 and 120.
• the convection housing 150 is formed in a flat hexahedral shape, whose front surface approximately being opened.
• the convection housing 150 is coupled to the external side of the rear wall 1 Ia of the cavity 11.
• a convection chamber 152 is defined between the rear wall 1 Ia of the cavity 10 and the convection housing 150.
• the convection fans 110 and 120 and the convection heaters 130 and 140 are received in the convection chamber 152.
• the convection chamber 152 is communicated with the cooking room 12 by means of the inlets 31 and 41 and the outlets 32, 33, 42 and 43.
• a partitioning member 154 partitioning the convection chamber 152 into two spaces side by side can be formed in the convection housing 150. And, the respective convection fans 110 and 120 are positioned in the partitioned spaces.
• the convection heaters 130 and 140 heat air inhaled into the inside of the convection chamber 152 through the inlets 31 and 41.
• the convection heaters 130 and 140 are arranged to be horizontally long inside the convection chamber 152.
• the pair of convection heaters 130 and 140 include a upper convection heater 130 and a lower convection heater 140. And, both ends of the respective convection heaters 130 and 140 are supported by the convection housing 150.
• a quartz pipe heater is used as the convection heaters 130 and 140.
• any heaters other than the quartz pipe heater for example, a sheath heater, a halogen heater or a carbon heater may also be used.
• the pair of convection heaters 110 and 120 are positioned between the upper convection heater 130 and the lower convection heater 140.
• the convection heaters 110 and 120 form the flow of air circulating through the cooking room 12 and the convection chamber 152.
• the convection fans 110 and 120 include a first convection fan positioned in the rear of the first inlet 31 and a second convection fan 120 positioned in the rear of the second inlet 41. And, the shafts of the respective fans 110 and 120 are spaced at a predetermined interval and are parallel to each other.
• the convection motor 160 is installed on the external side of the rear wall 1 Ia of the cavity 11. And, the convection motor is positioned in the upward of the convection housing 150.
• the power transmission unit includes a motor pulley 172 coupled to a shaft 161 of the convection motor 160, fan pulleys 112 and 122 coupled to shafts 111 and 121 of the respective convection fans 110 and 120, and a belt 170 simultaneously surrounded in the respective pulleys 112, 122 and 162.
• the fan pulleys 112 and 122 include a first fan pulley 112 coupled to the first convection fan 110 and a second fan pulley 122 coupled to the second convection fan 120. And, the diameters of the respective pulleys 112, 122 and 162 are identically formed.
• the rotation direction of the shaft 161 of the convection motor 160 becomes identical with that of the convection fans 110 and 120.
• Hooking grooves 113 and 163 for hooking the belt 170 are formed along the circumference of the respective pulleys 112, 122 and 162.
• a timing belt may be used as the belt 170 in order that power of the convection motor 160 can be smoothly transmitted to the respective fan pulleys 112 and 122.
• the respective pulleys 112, 122 and 162 may be made of material having heat-resistivity.
• a user selects a cooking mode where a convection apparatus 100 is used, the convection heaters 130 and 140 and the convection motor 160 operate. If the convection motor 160 operates, the motor pulley 162 rotates in one direction and rotatory power of the motor pulley 162 is transmitted to the fan pulleys 112 and 122 by the belt 170. Then, the convection fans 110 and 120 connected to the fan pulleys 112 and 122 rotate in one direction (a clockwise direction in FIG.. 4).
• the amount of high temperature air circulating through the inside of the cooking room 12 is relatively increased, making it possible to more efficiently cook foods. Also, the air is circulated by the plurality of convection fans, having an effect that the air can be evenly distributed in the inside of the cooking room 12.
• the plurality of convection fans 110 and 120 are rotated by one convection motor 160, having an advantage that the costs are reduced.
• FIG. 5 is a front view showing a constitution where the convection apparatus according to a second embodiment is installed.
• the present embodiment is the same as the first embodiment, except for the features that the rotation speeds of the plurality of convection fans are different. Therefore, only the characteristic features of the present embodiment will be described and the first embodiment will be cited for the same portions as the first embodiment.
• diameters of the fan pulleys 114 and 124 coupled to the shafts of the respective convection fans 110 and 120 are formed to have different sizes.
• a diameter D2 of the second fan pulley 124 coupled to the shaft of the second convection fan 120 is formed to be larger than a diameter Dl of the first fan pulley 114 coupled to the shaft of the first convection fan 110.
• a diameter of a motor pulley 162 coupled to the shaft of the convection motor 160 is formed to be the same as the diameter of the first fan pulley 114.
• the rotation speed of the convection motor 160 becomes the same as that of the first convection fan 110.
• the rotation speed of the second convection fan 120 becomes slower than that of the first convection fan 110.
• the diameter of the motor pulley 162 are the same as that of the first fan pulley 114, the diameter of the motor pulley 162 may be different form that of the first fan pulley 114 so that the rotation speeds of the convection motor 160, the first convection fan 110 and the second convection fan 120 may be different.
• FIG. 6 is a front view showing a constitution where the convection apparatus according to a third embodiment is installed, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines B-B of FIG. 6.
• the present embodiment is the same as the first embodiment, except for a power transmission unit. Therefore, only the characteristic features of the present embodiment will be described and the first embodiment will be cited for the same portions as the first embodiment.
• the power transmission unit includes a first power transmission part transmitting power of the convection motor 160 to the first convection fan 110, and a second power transmission part transmitting power of the convection motor 160 transmitted from the first power transmission part to the second convection fan.
• the first power transmission part includes a first belt 180 surrounded in the motor pulley 162 and a first fan pulley 116.
• the second power transmission part includes a second belt 190 surrounded in the first fan pulley 116 and a second fan pulley 126.
• a first hooking groove 116a for being hooked on the first belt 180 and a second hooking groove 116b for being hooked on the second belt 190 are formed along the circumference of the first fan pulley 116. In other words, the first belt 180 and the second belt 190 are simultaneously surrounded in the first fan pulley 116.
• the first belt 180 are surrounded in the motor pulley 172 and the first fan pulley
• the second belt are surrounded in the first fan pulley 116 and the second fan pulley 126 using an open belt method.
• the rotatory power of the first fan pulley 116 is transmitted to the second fan pulley 126 by means of the second belt 190 so that the second fan pulley 126 rotates in one direction.
• power of the convection motor 170 is transmitted directly to the first fan pulley 116 by means of the first belt 180.
• power of the convection motor 160 is transmitted indirectly to the second fan pulley 126 by means of the first belt 180, the first fan pulley 116 and the second belt 190.
• the first belt 180 and the second belt 190 may be surrounded in the second fan pulley 126.
• FIG. 8 is a front view showing a constitution where the convection apparatus according to a fourth embodiment is installed.
• the present embodiment is the same as the third embodiment, except for the features that the respective belts are surrounded in the motor pulley.
• the third embodiment will be cited for the same portions as the third embodiment.
• the power transmission unit includes a first power transmission part transmitting power of the convection motor 160 to the first convection fan 110, and a second power transmission part transmitting power of the convection motor 160 to the second convection fan 120.
• the first power transmission part includes a first belt 210 surrounded in the motor pulley 167 and the first fan pulley 117.
• the second power transmission part includes a second belt 220 surrounded in the motor pulley 167 and a second fan pulley 127.
• a pair of hooking grooves (not shown) for being hooked on the first belt 210 and the second belt 220 are formed along the circumference of the motor pulley 167.
• the power of the convection motor 160 is transmitted directly to the respective fan pulleys 117 and 127 by means of the respective belts 210 and 220.
• the present embodiment describes that the first convection fan 110 and the second convection fan 120 rotate in the same direction
• the first belt 210 may be surrounded in the motor pulley 167 and the first fan pulley 117 in an open belt method and the second belt 220 may surrounded in the motor pulley 167 and the second fan pulley 126 in a cross belt method so that the rotation direction of the second convection fan 120 may be the opposite to that of the first convection fan 110.
• FIG. 9 is a front view showing a constitution where the convection apparatus according to a fifth embodiment is installed.
• the present embodiment is the same as the third embodiment, except for the features that the rotation directions of the plurality of convection fans are different. Therefore, only the characteristic features of the present embodiment will be described and the third embodiment will be cited for the same portions as the third embodiment.
• the power transmission unit includes a first power transmission part transmitting power of the convection motor 160 to the first convection fan 110, and a second power transmission part transmitting power of the convection motor 160 to the second convection fan.
• the first power transmission part includes a first belt 230.
• the first belt 230 is surrounded in the motor pulley 167 and the first fan pulley 118 and allows the first fan pulley 118 to be rotated in the same direction as the rotation direction of the convection motor 160.
• the first belt 230 is surrounded in the motor pulley 162 and the first fan pulley 118 using an open belt method.
• the second power transmission part includes a second belt 240.
• the second belt 240 is surrounded in the first fan pulley 118 and the second fan pulley 128 and allows the second fan pulley 128 to be rotated in the opposite direction to the rotation direction of the first fan pulley 118.
• the second belt 240 is surrounded in the first fan pulley 118 and the second fan pulley 128 using a cross belt method.
• the high temperature air inside the cooking room 12 can be more evenly distributed by means of the convection fans rotating in opposite directions to each other.
• the portioning member 154 is provided in the convection housing 150 as described above, such that vortex of air in the convection chamber 152 is prevented.
• power transmission may be made by coupling gears to the convection motor and the respective fans, respectively, and allowing the gears to be engaged.
• an additional gear for transmitting power in addition to the gears coupled to the motor and the fans may be provided, having no limit in the sort and number of gears.
• the rotation direction of the respective fans may be varied according to the number of gears and the rotation speed of the respective fans may be varied according to the size of the gears.
• the pulley and the gear are coupled to the motor and fans to be rotated, such that the pulley and the gear may be named as rotation members.
• the rotation member coupled to the motor may be named as a first rotation member
• the rotation member coupled to the first convection fan may be named as a second rotation member
• the rotation member coupled to the second convection fan may be named as a third rotation member.

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