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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2009
Seiji Kanbara, Nishinomiya, JP;
Seiichi Hirano, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Kimura, Yao, JP;
Tatsuhiko Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Tohru Fujikawa, Kaizuka, JP;
Seiji Kanbara, Nishinomiya, JP;
Seiichi Hirano, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Kimura, Yao, JP;
Tatsuhiko Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Tohru Fujikawa, Kaizuka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a cooking device for cooking an object to be heated, a first operation section is provided to a lower portion of a door, and a second operation section is provided to an upper portion on a front face of a cooking device body so as to be exposed in spite of the door being opened or closed. Numeric keys for accepting a selection from a plurality of recipes stored in advance and start keys for accepting a start of heating are provided to the first and second operation sections redundantly. Therefore, in a case of when the door closes, the first and second operation sections can be used in parallel, allowing arrangement of many keys to have good operability.