Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Masamitsu Kishimoto

Masayuki Iwamoto

Yoshihiro Aramaki

Tetsuichi Arita

Yasuo Shin

Sakae Kondou

Susumu Hamada

The invention provides a drawer type cooking device having an operation unit disposed on an upper portion of a drawer body so as to increase the height of the drawer body within a cooking device body as much as possible, capable of facilitating power supply and signal transmission between the control unit within the cooking device body and the operation unit when the drawer body is opened and closed. Slide mechanismsdisposed on left, right and bottom portions enabling the drawer bodyto be moved into and out of the cooking device bodyare composed of conductive materials, so as to provide a slidable state with constant conduction. By transmitting data via serial communication and supplying power to the operation unit from the cooking device bodyto the drawer body, it becomes possible to dispose the operation unit on a doorbeing opened and closed. By forming the operation unit including a microcomputer for communication on the drawer body, it becomes possible to increase the ceiling height of the drawer body, increase the ceiling height and capacity of the heating chamber, and enlarge the height limitation of an object to be cooked. An illuminating light sourcedisposed on the doorof the drawer bodycan also receive power supply via the arrangement described above to illuminate food loaded in the drawer body

Drawer type cooking device

There is provided a door lock control device in a heating cooker that prevents a door from being accidentally unlocked when the door is locked and a temperature inside the heating cooker is a predetermined temperature or more such as during self-cleaning. When the temperature inside the cooker is low and a thermal switchof a lock detection and thermal switch portionis closed, the lock detection and thermal switch portioncan be energized, and a power supply linecan supply power to a drive motorto lock and unlock the door. In the case of self-cleaning or the like, the door is locked and a detection switchis on a door lock side, but the temperature inside the cooker is high and thus the thermal switchis opened, and the power supply lineis interrupted.

Door lock control device in heating cooker

An electric appliance has a timer for calculating the remaining time, an operation member operated by being rotated, an adjuster for adjusting the remaining time, and a display for displaying the remaining time. When the operation member is operated while the timer is counting time, the adjuster adjusts the remaining time, and the display displays the adjusted remaining time.

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Osaka, Japan

Masamitsu Kishimoto