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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1997
Koki Sasaki, Shiga, JP;
Kuniaki Iguchi, Kyoto, JP;
Hidec Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An electric cooker is provided, which can grill foods by heat rays from a metal heating member using induction heating and is hardly affected by drops from the foods. This electric cooker comprises a work coil wound in a substantially pipe-like shape for generating an alternating magnetic flux, a metal heating member having a substantially pipe-like shape disposed inside and coaxially with the work coil for being heated by the alternating magnetic flux generated by the work coil so as to generate heat rays, and an insulator having a substantially pipe-like shape disposed between the work coil and the metal heating member. A wire mesh for supporting the foods is disposed adjacent to the upper opening of the insulator. A receiving pan is disposed adjacent to the lower opening of the insulator for receiving drops from the foods. The metal heating member preferably has a shape suitable for collecting the heat rays to the upper opening. The cooker also can be applied for heating a metal pot or pan by means of a second work coil and an induction coil.