EP1714083B1 - Method for operating a cooking appliance and device for carrying out said method - Google Patents

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EP1714083B1
EP1714083B1 EP05706976A EP05706976A EP1714083B1 EP 1714083 B1 EP1714083 B1 EP 1714083B1 EP 05706976 A EP05706976 A EP 05706976A EP 05706976 A EP05706976 A EP 05706976A EP 1714083 B1 EP1714083 B1 EP 1714083B1
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Hartmut Dittrich
Rüdiger Höhn
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  • the invention relates to a method for operating a cooking appliance and to an apparatus for carrying out the method.
  • the cooking appliance has a cooking chamber, which is delimited by a housing and a door in its closed position, and a cooking appliance control, wherein the door can be opened automatically by means of the cooking appliance control by a door opening device.
  • the known door opening device consists of an electromagnetic closure arranged on the housing with a piston return spring, an adjusting piston arranged on the door and a door seal. The door seal is biased with the door closed, so when the door is in its closed position, and the adjusting piston is locked by the electromagnetic lock.
  • the known method provides that the door is automatically opened by the known door opening device after the expiry of a pre-selection timer arranged in the appliance control.
  • the electromagnetic closure is actuated such that the adjusting piston is released again.
  • the door opens automatically by the bias of the door seal and by the piston return spring.
  • a similar cooking appliance is from the DE 100 27 774 C2 known.
  • the rod by means of the device control by the servo motor is so automatically moved back and forth that the door is automatically transferred from its closed position into a predetermined opening position and vice versa.
  • a sensor designed as a temperature sensor is used.
  • the door After completion of a cooking process designed as a baking process, the door is automatically moved in the known cooking appliance from the closed position to the open position. Through the gap between the door and the housing, the heat and the vapor can gradually escape from the oven.
  • the shows WO 00/52392 a cooking appliance, in which for faster cooling of the cooking chamber after completion of a cooking process additionally a fan is turned on. This happens as a function of the output signal of a moisture sensor arranged in the cooking chamber. On the other hand, this also unlocks the door so that it can be opened.
  • the invention thus raises the problem of further improving the ease of use for the user and at the same time preventing undesired cooling and / or dehydration of the food after the end of the cooking process.
  • the achievable with the present invention consist in addition to the improved ease of use for the user by automatically transferring the door at the end of the cooking process from the closed position to the open position and the automatic return of the door in the closed position, after a predetermined and stored in the memory of Garella tenuung has fallen below stored threshold of a physical size, in particular in the fact that the door does not remain undesirable in the open position after the escape of the excess heat and / or excess steam.
  • This is in addition to the beneficial effect that is prevented by the automatic opening of the door an undesirable and detrimental to the cooking result techergaren after the actual end of the cooking process, ensures that no adverse for the cooking result also cooling and / or dehydration of the food by remaining the door is in the open position.
  • the invention also poses the problem of specifying a device for carrying out the method according to the invention.
  • the teaching according to the invention provides that the cooking appliance control actuates the servomotor as a function of the output signal of a sensor arranged in the cooking space. In this way, the automatic transfer of the door from the closed position to the open position and vice versa even better adaptable to the actual conditions in the cooking chamber.
  • a particularly advantageous embodiment of the teaching according to the invention provides that the servomotor is designed as an electrically heatable expansion element. In this way, the teaching of the invention is to realize a particularly simple and therefore cost-effective manner.
  • a further advantageous embodiment provides that on the rod, a spring means or a damping means is arranged such that the transfer of the door from the closed position to the open position or vice versa is delayed.
  • a spring means or a damping means is arranged such that the transfer of the door from the closed position to the open position or vice versa is delayed.
  • the cooking appliance has a cooking chamber 2, which is bounded by a housing 4 and a door 6 in its closed position, wherein the door 6 is shown in the Fig. In its open position.
  • the door 6 is held on the housing 4 in a conventional manner by means of a hinge arranged in the operating position of the cooking appliance in the lower region of the housing 4 on the housing 4 and not shown in the figure.
  • the door 6 is pivotable by means of the hinge to a position approximately horizontal position with respect to the operating position.
  • the hinge has a restoring element designed as a return spring and standing in force-transmitting connection with the housing 4 and the door 6, which is not shown in the figure.
  • the cooking appliance according to the invention has a fan, not shown in the figure, which sucks vapor from the cooking chamber 2 and substantially via a flow channel and at the Front of the cooking appliance, in the operating position of the cooking appliance above the door 6, arranged outlet opening 7 blows into the free environment.
  • the cooking appliance has a cooking appliance control not shown in detail in the figure, wherein the door 6 can be opened automatically by means of the cooking appliance control by a door opening device 8.
  • the cooking appliance control has a temperature sensor arranged in the cooking chamber 2, which is likewise not shown in the FIGURE.
  • the cooking chamber temperature detected by the temperature sensor is converted into an output signal and forwarded to a processing unit of the cooking appliance control.
  • a threshold for the oven temperature is stored in a memory of the cooking appliance control.
  • the door opening device 8 has a servomotor 8.1 designed as an electrically heatable expansion element, a rod 8.2 and a guide 8.3 for the rod 8.2.
  • the rod 8.2 is by means of the cooking appliance control by the servomotor 8.1 in the guide 8.3 back and forth automatically movable so that the door 6 is automatically transferred from its closed position in the predetermined opening position and vice versa.
  • the opening position shown in the figure is set such that the door 6 is opened in the open position by about 1 degree.
  • the rod 8.2 is made in two parts, wherein between the two parts of the rod 8.2 designed as a coil spring spring means 8.4 is arranged.
  • the spring means 8.4 is inserted into a sleeve-like receptacle on a part of the rod 8.2.
  • the other part of the rod 8.2 engages with its one end in the sleeve-like receptacle and is movably guided in the sleeve-like receptacle. At the same time thereby the spring means 8.4 is fixed. Otherwise, the above-mentioned components of the door opening device 8 are connected to one another in a manner known to those skilled in the art in a force-transmitting manner.
  • the fan after the completion of the cooking process by the cooking appliance control to be turned on or turn on, so that a above the door 6 from the outlet opening 7 exiting air or Wrasenstrom the air exchange in the Cooking chamber 2 promotes.
  • the cooking chamber temperature is detected during the entire process explained above and temporally thereafter, converted into an output signal and forwarded to the processing unit of Garella horrung.
  • the electrical heating of the servomotor 8.1 designed as expansion element is again de-energized, the wax contracts again and the plunger of the Servomotor 8.1 is again moved substantially along the longitudinal axis of the rod 8.2 and in the opposite direction, ie away from the door 6.
  • the automatic return transfer of the door 6 from the open position to the closed position analogous to the above-described transfer from the closed position to the open position, only in the opposite direction.
  • the movement of the door 6 is conveyed from the open position back into the closed position by the return element.
  • the servomotor is designed as an electric motor or a solenoid or that other expandants are used. It is also conceivable that the threshold value of the oven temperature, for example, depending on the food and / or the nature of the cooking process is previously determined. Further, it is possible to use a damping means instead of the spring means.

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A method for operating a cooking appliance having a cooking appliance control system and a door. The method includes automatically opening the door using the cooking appliance control system when a cooking process is complete, and automatically closing the door when a physical quantity falls below a predetermined threshold value stored in a memory of the cooking appliance control system. In addition, a cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber, a door, a cooking appliance control system having a memory, a sensor disposed in the cooking chamber, a guide device, and a door opening device including a positioning motor and a rod. The cooking appliance control system is configured to actuate the positioning motor as a function of the output signal so as to automatically open the door when a cooking process is complete and automatically close the door when a physical quantity falls below a predetermined threshold value.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum Betreiben eines Gargeräts und eine Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des Verfahrens.The invention relates to a method for operating a cooking appliance and to an apparatus for carrying out the method.

Ein derartiges Verfahren und eine Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des Verfahrens sind beispielsweise aus der DE 40 19 411 A1 bekannt. Zur Durchführung des bekannten Verfahrens weist das Gargerät einen Garraum, der von einem Gehäuse und einer Tür in deren Schließlage begrenzt ist, und eine Gargerätesteuerung auf, wobei die Tür mittels der Gargerätesteuerung durch eine Türöffnungsvorrichtung automatisch öffenbar ist. Die bekannte Türöffnungsvorrichtung besteht dabei aus einem an dem Gehäuse angeordneten elektromagnetischen Verschluss mit einer Kolbenrückstellfeder, einem an der Tür angeordneten Verstellkolben und einer Türdichtung. Die Türdichtung ist bei geschlossener Tür, also wenn sich die Tür in deren Schließlage befindet, vorgespannt und der Verstellkolben wird von dem elektromagnetischen Verschluss arretiert. Das bekannte Verfahren sieht vor, dass die Tür nach dem Ablaufen einer in der Gerätesteuerung angeordneten Vorwählzeitschaltuhr durch die bekannte Türöffnungsvorrichtung automatisch geöffnet wird. Hierzu wird der elektromagnetische Verschluss derart betätigt, dass der Verstellkolben wieder freigegeben wird. Die Tür öffnet sich automatisch durch die Vorspannung der Türdichtung und durch die Kolbenrückstellfeder.Such a method and an apparatus for carrying out the method are known for example from DE 40 19 411 A1 known. To carry out the known method, the cooking appliance has a cooking chamber, which is delimited by a housing and a door in its closed position, and a cooking appliance control, wherein the door can be opened automatically by means of the cooking appliance control by a door opening device. The known door opening device consists of an electromagnetic closure arranged on the housing with a piston return spring, an adjusting piston arranged on the door and a door seal. The door seal is biased with the door closed, so when the door is in its closed position, and the adjusting piston is locked by the electromagnetic lock. The known method provides that the door is automatically opened by the known door opening device after the expiry of a pre-selection timer arranged in the appliance control. For this purpose, the electromagnetic closure is actuated such that the adjusting piston is released again. The door opens automatically by the bias of the door seal and by the piston return spring.

Das aus der US 2,944,540 bekannte Gargerät weist ebenfalls eine Zeitschaltuhr zur automatischen Betätigung einer Türöffnungsvorrichtung auf, die zusätzlich die Tür automatisch schließt, wenn ein Garvorgang gestartet wird.That from the US 2,944,540 Known cooking appliance also has a timer for automatic operation of a door opening device, which automatically closes the door automatically when a cooking process is started.

Eine ähnliches Gargerät ist aus der DE 100 27 774 C2 bekannt. Bei diesem Gargerät ist die Stange mittels der Gerätesteuerung durch den Stellmotor derart automatisch hin und her bewegbar, dass die Tür automatisch von deren Schließlage in eine vorher festgelegte Öffnungslage überführbar ist und umgekehrt. Hierzu wird ein als Temperatursensor ausgebildeter Sensor verwendet. Nach Abschluss eines als Backprozess ausgebildeten Garvorgangs wird die Tür bei dem bekannten Gargerät automatisch von der Schließlage in die Öffnungslage bewegt. Durch den Spalt zwischen der Tür und dem Gehäuse kann die Hitze und der Dampfschwaden allmählich aus dem Garraum entweichen.A similar cooking appliance is from the DE 100 27 774 C2 known. In this cooking appliance, the rod by means of the device control by the servo motor is so automatically moved back and forth that the door is automatically transferred from its closed position into a predetermined opening position and vice versa. For this purpose, a sensor designed as a temperature sensor is used. After completion of a cooking process designed as a baking process, the door is automatically moved in the known cooking appliance from the closed position to the open position. Through the gap between the door and the housing, the heat and the vapor can gradually escape from the oven.

Aus der DE 295 14 690 U1 ist ferner der Einsatz eines Dehnstoffelements bei einem Lüftautomaten zum automatischen Öffnen eines Fensters bekannt.From the DE 295 14 690 U1 Furthermore, the use of a Dehnstoffelements in a Lüftautomaten for automatically opening a window is known.

Der Einsatz eines Dehnstoffelements zur Öffnung der Tür eines Gargeräts ist aus der US 2,907,859 bekannt.The use of a Dehnstoffelements for opening the door of a cooking appliance is from the US 2,907,859 known.

Darüber hinaus ist es aus der DE 43 38 584 A1 bekannt, bei einer Vorrichtung zur Wärmebehandlung von Materialien ein als Feder ausgebildetes Rückstellelement zum dichten Abschließen einer durch eine Tür verschließbaren Heizkammer zu verwenden. Die Feder ist dabei an einer Gelenkstange einer Gelenkhalterung der Tür angeordnet.In addition, it is from the DE 43 38 584 A1 known to use in a device for heat treatment of materials designed as a spring return element for sealing a closable by a door heating chamber. The spring is arranged on a joint rod of a hinge bracket of the door.

Ferner zeigt die WO 00/52392 ein Gargerät, bei dem zur schnelleren Abkühlung des Garraums nach Beendigung eines Garvorgangs zusätzlich ein Gebläse eingeschaltet wird. Dies geschieht in Abhängigkeit des Ausgangssignals eines in dem Garraum angeordneten Feuchtigkeitssensors. Zum anderen wird dadurch auch die Tür entriegelt, so dass diese geöffnet werden kann.Furthermore, the shows WO 00/52392 a cooking appliance, in which for faster cooling of the cooking chamber after completion of a cooking process additionally a fan is turned on. This happens as a function of the output signal of a moisture sensor arranged in the cooking chamber. On the other hand, this also unlocks the door so that it can be opened.

Der Erfindung stellt sich somit das Problem den Bedienkomfort für den Benutzer weiter zu verbessern und gleichzeitig eine ungewünschte Abkühlung und/oder Austrocknung des Garguts nach der Beendigung des Garvorgangs zu verhindern.The invention thus raises the problem of further improving the ease of use for the user and at the same time preventing undesired cooling and / or dehydration of the food after the end of the cooking process.

Erfindungsgemäß wird dieses Problem durch ein Verfahren mit den Merkmalen des Patentanspruchs 1 gelöst.According to the invention, this problem is solved by a method having the features of patent claim 1.

Die mit der Erfindung erreichbaren Vorteile bestehen neben dem verbesserten Bedienkomfort für den Benutzer durch eine automatische Überführung der Tür bei Beendigung des Garvorgangs von der Schließlage in die Öffnungslage und der automatischen Rücküberführung der Tür in die Schließlage, nachdem ein vorher festgelegter und in dem Speicher der Gargerätesteuerung abgespeicherter Schwellenwert einer physikalischen Größe unterschritten worden ist, insbesondere darin, dass die Tür nach dem Entweichen der überschüssigen Wärme und/oder des überschüssigen Dampfes nicht in ungewünschter Weise in der Öffnungslage verbleibt. Hierdurch ist neben der vorteilhaften Wirkung, dass durch die automatische Öffnung der Tür ein ungewünschtes und für das Garergebnis nachteiliges Weitergaren nach dem eigentlichen Ende des Garvorgangs verhindert ist, gewährleistet, dass keine für das Garergebnis ebenfalls nachteilige Abkühlung und/oder Austrocknung des Garguts durch ein Verbleiben der Tür in der Öffnungslage erfolgt.The achievable with the present invention consist in addition to the improved ease of use for the user by automatically transferring the door at the end of the cooking process from the closed position to the open position and the automatic return of the door in the closed position, after a predetermined and stored in the memory of Gargerätesteuerung has fallen below stored threshold of a physical size, in particular in the fact that the door does not remain undesirable in the open position after the escape of the excess heat and / or excess steam. This is in addition to the beneficial effect that is prevented by the automatic opening of the door an undesirable and detrimental to the cooking result weiterergaren after the actual end of the cooking process, ensures that no adverse for the cooking result also cooling and / or dehydration of the food by remaining the door is in the open position.

Der Erfindung stellt sich ferner das Problem eine Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens anzugeben.The invention also poses the problem of specifying a device for carrying out the method according to the invention.

Erfindungsgemäß wird dieses Problem durch ein Gargerät mit den Merkmalen des Patentanspruchs 2 gelöst. Vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen und Weiterbildungen der Erfindung ergeben sich aus den nachfolgenden Unteransprüchen.According to the invention this problem is solved by a cooking appliance with the features of claim 2. Advantageous embodiments and further developments of the invention will become apparent from the following subclaims.

Die mit der Erfindung erreichbaren Vorteile bestehen insbesondere in der konstruktiv einfachen und damit robusten Realisierung eines erfindungsgemäßen Gargeräts. Ein weiterer Vorteil der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung besteht darin, dass neben der Türöffnungsvorrichtung keine weiteren Bauteile, wie beispielsweise Lüftungskanäle und -klappen, erforderlich sind.The achievable with the present invention consist in particular in the structurally simple and therefore robust realization of a cooking appliance according to the invention. Another advantage of the device according to the invention is that in addition to the door opening device no other components, such as ventilation ducts and flaps, are required.

Die erfindungsgemäße Lehre sieht vor, dass die Gargerätesteuerung den Stellmotor in Abhängigkeit des Ausgangssignals eines in dem Garraum angeordneten Sensors betätigt. Auf diese Weise ist die automatische Überführung der Tür von der Schließlage in die Öffnungslage und umgekehrt noch besser an die tatsächlichen Bedingungen in dem Garraum anpassbar.The teaching according to the invention provides that the cooking appliance control actuates the servomotor as a function of the output signal of a sensor arranged in the cooking space. In this way, the automatic transfer of the door from the closed position to the open position and vice versa even better adaptable to the actual conditions in the cooking chamber.

Ferner ist hierdurch die automatische Überführung der Tür von der Schließlage in die Öffnungslage und umgekehrt auf einfache Weise verwirklicht.Furthermore, thereby the automatic transfer of the door from the closed position to the open position and vice versa realized in a simple manner.

Eine besonders vorteilhafte Weiterbildung der erfindungsgemäßen Lehre sieht vor, dass der Stellmotor als ein elektrisch beheizbares Dehnstoffelement ausgebildet ist. Auf diese Weise ist die erfindungsgemäße Lehre auf besonders einfache und damit kostengünstige Weise zu realisieren.A particularly advantageous embodiment of the teaching according to the invention provides that the servomotor is designed as an electrically heatable expansion element. In this way, the teaching of the invention is to realize a particularly simple and therefore cost-effective manner.

Eine andere vorteilhafte Weiterbildung sieht vor, dass die Rücküberführung der Tür von der Öffnungslage in die Schließlage durch ein zwischen der Tür und dem Gehäuse angeordnetes und mit der Tür und dem Gehäuse in Kraftübertragungsverbindung stehendes Rückstellelement gefördert ist. Hierdurch ist der konstruktive Aufbau weiter vereinfacht, da derartige Rückstellelemente, wie beispielsweise Federn oder dergleichen, in der Regel Bestandteile herkömmlicher Gargeräte sind.Another advantageous development provides that the return transfer of the door from the open position into the closed position is promoted by a return element arranged between the door and the housing and standing in force-transmitting connection with the door and the housing. As a result, the structural design is further simplified because such return elements, such as springs or the like, are usually components of conventional cooking appliances.

Eine weitere vorteilhafte Weiterbildung sieht vor, dass an der Stange ein Federmittel oder ein Dämpfungsmittel derart angeordnet ist, dass die Überführung der Tür von der Schließlage in die Öffnungslage oder umgekehrt zeitlich verzögert wird. Auf diese Weise ist ein Ausgleich für bei der Herstellung von Gargeräten auftretende Fertigungs- und Montagetoleranzen konstruktiv einfach verwirklicht. Ferner ist dadurch eine materialschonende Überführung der Tür von der Schließlage in die Öffnungslage und umgekehrt ermöglicht. Darüber hinaus ist es dadurch möglich, ungewünschte Geräusche bei der Überführung der Tür in die Öffnungslage bzw. die Schließlage deutlich zu reduzieren.A further advantageous embodiment provides that on the rod, a spring means or a damping means is arranged such that the transfer of the door from the closed position to the open position or vice versa is delayed. In this way, compensation for manufacturing and assembly tolerances occurring in the production of cooking appliances is realized in a constructively simple manner. Furthermore, a material-friendly transfer of the door from the closed position to the open position and vice versa is thereby made possible. In addition, it is thereby possible to significantly reduce unwanted noise in the transfer of the door in the open position and the closed position.

Ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung ist in der einzigen Figur der Zeichnung rein schematisch dargestellt und wird nachfolgend näher beschrieben. Es zeigt
Figur eine geschnittene Seitenansicht eines erfindungsgemäßen Gargeräts.An embodiment of the invention is shown purely schematically in the single figure of the drawing and will be described in more detail below. It shows
Figure a sectional side view of a cooking appliance according to the invention.

In der Fig. ist ein als Dampfgargerät ausgebildetes efindungsgemäßes Gargerät zur Durchführung des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens gezeigt. Das Gargerät weist einen Garraum 2 auf, der von einem Gehäuse 4 und einer Tür 6 in deren Schließlage begrenzt ist, wobei die Tür 6 in der Fig. in deren Öffnungslage dargestellt ist. Die Tür 6 ist auf herkömmliche Weise mittels eines in der Betriebslage des Gargeräts im unteren Bereich des Gehäuses 4 an dem Gehäuse 4 angeordneten und in der Fig. nicht dargestellten Scharniers an dem Gehäuse 4 gehalten. Die Tür 6 ist mittels des Scharniers bis in eine bezüglich der Betriebslage etwa horizontale Lage verschwenkbar. Das Scharnier weist ein als Rückstellfeder ausgebildetes und mit dem Gehäuse 4 und der Tür 6 in Kraftübertragungsverbindung stehendes Rückstellelement auf, welches in der Fig. nicht dargestellt ist. Durch das Rückstellelement wird die Bewegung der Tür 6 in Richtung der Schließlage gefördert. Bei dem vorliegenden Ausführungsbeispiel weist das erfindungsgemäße Gargerät ein in der Fig. nicht dargestelltes Gebläse auf, das Wrasen aus dem Garraum 2 ansaugt und im Wesentlichen über einen Strömungskanal und eine an der Vorderseite des Gargeräts, in der Betriebslage des Gargeräts oberhalb der Tür 6, angeordnete Austrittsöffnung 7 in die freie Umgebung ausbläst.In the Fig. A trained as Dampfgargerät efindungsgemes cooking appliance for performing the method according to the invention is shown. The cooking appliance has a cooking chamber 2, which is bounded by a housing 4 and a door 6 in its closed position, wherein the door 6 is shown in the Fig. In its open position. The door 6 is held on the housing 4 in a conventional manner by means of a hinge arranged in the operating position of the cooking appliance in the lower region of the housing 4 on the housing 4 and not shown in the figure. The door 6 is pivotable by means of the hinge to a position approximately horizontal position with respect to the operating position. The hinge has a restoring element designed as a return spring and standing in force-transmitting connection with the housing 4 and the door 6, which is not shown in the figure. By the restoring element, the movement of the door 6 is conveyed in the direction of the closed position. In the present embodiment, the cooking appliance according to the invention has a fan, not shown in the figure, which sucks vapor from the cooking chamber 2 and substantially via a flow channel and at the Front of the cooking appliance, in the operating position of the cooking appliance above the door 6, arranged outlet opening 7 blows into the free environment.

Ferner weist das Gargerät eine in der Fig. nicht näher dargestellte Gargerätesteuerung auf, wobei die Tür 6 mittels der Gargerätesteuerung durch eine Türöffnungsvorrichtung 8 automatisch öffenbar ist. Die Gargerätesteuerung weist einen in dem Garraum 2 angeordneten Temperaturfühler auf, der in der Fig. ebenfalls nicht dargestellt ist. Die mit dem Temperaturfühler erfasste Garraumtemperatur wird in ein Ausgangssignal umgewandelt und an eine Verarbeitungseinheit der Gargerätesteuerung weitergeleitet. In einem Speicher der Gargerätesteuerung ist ein Schwellenwert für die Garraumtemperatur abgespeichert.Furthermore, the cooking appliance has a cooking appliance control not shown in detail in the figure, wherein the door 6 can be opened automatically by means of the cooking appliance control by a door opening device 8. The cooking appliance control has a temperature sensor arranged in the cooking chamber 2, which is likewise not shown in the FIGURE. The cooking chamber temperature detected by the temperature sensor is converted into an output signal and forwarded to a processing unit of the cooking appliance control. In a memory of the cooking appliance control, a threshold for the oven temperature is stored.

Die Türöffnungsvorrichtung 8 weist einen als elektrisch beheizbares Dehnstoffelement ausgebildeten Stellmotor 8.1, eine Stange 8.2 und eine Führung 8.3 für die Stange 8.2 auf. Die Stange 8.2 ist mittels der Gargerätesteuerung durch den Stellmotor 8.1 in der Führung 8.3 derart automatisch hin und her bewegbar, dass die Tür 6 automatisch von deren Schließlage in die vorher festgelegte Öffnungslage überführbar ist und umgekehrt. Bei dem vorliegenden Ausführungsbeispiel ist die in der Fig. dargestellte Öffnungslage derart festgelegt, dass die Tür 6 in der Öffnungslage um etwa 1 Grad geöffnet ist. Die Stange 8.2 ist zweiteilig ausgeführt, wobei zwischen den beiden Teilen der Stange 8.2 ein als Spiralfeder ausgebildetes Federmittel 8.4 angeordnet ist. Das Federmittel 8.4 ist in eine hülsenartige Aufnahme an einem Teil der Stange 8.2 eingesetzt. Das andere Teil der Stange 8.2 greift mit dessen einem Ende in die hülsenartige Aufnahme ein und ist in der hülsenartigen Aufnahme beweglich geführt. Gleichzeitig ist hierdurch das Federmittel 8.4 fixiert. Ansonsten sind die oben genannten Bestandteile der Türöffnungsvorrichtung 8 auf dem Fachmann bekannte Weise miteinander kraftübertragend verbunden.The door opening device 8 has a servomotor 8.1 designed as an electrically heatable expansion element, a rod 8.2 and a guide 8.3 for the rod 8.2. The rod 8.2 is by means of the cooking appliance control by the servomotor 8.1 in the guide 8.3 back and forth automatically movable so that the door 6 is automatically transferred from its closed position in the predetermined opening position and vice versa. In the present embodiment, the opening position shown in the figure is set such that the door 6 is opened in the open position by about 1 degree. The rod 8.2 is made in two parts, wherein between the two parts of the rod 8.2 designed as a coil spring spring means 8.4 is arranged. The spring means 8.4 is inserted into a sleeve-like receptacle on a part of the rod 8.2. The other part of the rod 8.2 engages with its one end in the sleeve-like receptacle and is movably guided in the sleeve-like receptacle. At the same time thereby the spring means 8.4 is fixed. Otherwise, the above-mentioned components of the door opening device 8 are connected to one another in a manner known to those skilled in the art in a force-transmitting manner.

Nachfolgend ist die Funktionsweise des erfindungsgemäßen Gargeräts und damit das erfindungsgemäße Verfahren anhand der Fig. näher erläutert:

  • Das Gargerät ist eingeschaltet, ein Gargut ist in den Garraum 2 eingelegt und die Tür 6 ist in der Schließlage, so dass der Garraum 2 im Wesentlichen dicht verschlossen ist. Die Gargerätesteuerung erkennt auf dem Fachmann bekannte Weise automatisch, beispielsweise aufgrund des Signals eines Zeitschaltglieds in der Gargerätesteuerung oder mittels eines in dem Garraum 2 angeordneten Sensors, dass der Garvorgang beendet ist. Sobald die Gargerätesteuerung die Beendigung des Garvorgangs erkannt hat, wird die elektrische Heizung des als Dehnstoffelement ausgebildeten Stellmotors 8.1 mit einer elektrischen Spannung verbunden, so dass sich der bei diesem Ausführungsbeispiel als Wachs ausgebildete Dehnstoff ausdehnt und einen Stößel des Stellmotors 8.1 aus dem Gehäuse des Stellmotors 8.1 im Wesentlichen entlang der Längsachse der Stange 8.2 in Richtung der Tür 6 bewegt. Da der eine Teil der Stange 8.2 mit dem Stößel des Stellmotors 8.1 kraftübertragend verbunden ist, bewegt sich dieser Teil der Stange 8.2 ebenfalls im Wesentlichen entlang der Längsachse der in der Führung 8.3 geführten Stange 8.2 in Richtung der Tür 6, wobei das Federmittel 8.4 zuerst etwas entlang der Längsachse der Stange 8.2 komprimiert wird, bevor es die durch das sich ausdehnende Wachs eingeleitete Kraft an den anderen Teil der Stange 8.2 weiterleitet. Sobald der andere Teil der Stange 8.2 mit der Tür 6 in Kraftübertragungsverbindung steht und die Federkraft des Rückstellelements überwunden ist, wird die Tür 6 durch die Türöffnungsvorrichtung 8 von der Schließlage in die Öffnungslage überführt und in dieser gegen die Federkraft des Rückstellelements gehalten.
The mode of operation of the cooking appliance according to the invention and thus the method according to the invention are explained in greater detail below with reference to the FIGURE.
  • The cooking appliance is switched on, a food is placed in the cooking chamber 2 and the door 6 is in the closed position, so that the cooking chamber 2 is substantially sealed. The cooking appliance control recognizes automatically in a manner known to the person skilled in the art, for example, on the basis of the signal of a time switch in the cooking appliance control or by means of an in the cooking chamber 2 arranged sensor that the cooking process is completed. Once the cooking appliance control has detected the completion of the cooking process, the electrical heating of the expansion element designed as a servomotor 8.1 is connected to an electrical voltage, so that in this embodiment formed as a wax expansion expands and a plunger of the servomotor 8.1 from the housing of the servomotor 8.1 moved substantially along the longitudinal axis of the rod 8.2 in the direction of the door 6. Since one part of the rod 8.2 is force-transmittingly connected to the plunger of the servomotor 8.1, this part of the rod 8.2 also moves substantially along the longitudinal axis of the guided in the guide 8.3 rod 8.2 in the direction of the door 6, wherein the spring means 8.4 first something is compressed along the longitudinal axis of the rod 8.2, before it passes on the introduced by the expanding wax force to the other part of the rod 8.2. As soon as the other part of the rod 8.2 is in force-transmitting connection with the door 6 and the spring force of the restoring element has been overcome, the door 6 is transferred from the closed position to the open position by the door opening device 8 and held against the spring force of the restoring element.

In der Öffnungslage der Tür 6 kann nun die überschüssige Wärme und/oder Dampf aus dem Garraum 2 in die freie Umgebung entweichen, so dass sich der Garraum 2 abkühlt. Um diesen Vorgang zu beschleunigen ist es bei dem vorliegenden Ausführungsbeispiel vorgesehen, das Gebläse nach der Beendigung des Garvorgangs mittels der Gargerätesteuerung eingeschaltet zu lassen oder einzuschalten, so dass ein oberhalb der Tür 6 aus der Austrittsöffnung 7 austretender Luft- bzw. Wrasenstrom den Luftaustausch in dem Garraum 2 fördert.In the open position of the door 6 can now escape the excess heat and / or steam from the cooking chamber 2 in the free environment, so that the cooking chamber 2 cools. To accelerate this process, it is provided in the present embodiment, the fan after the completion of the cooking process by the cooking appliance control to be turned on or turn on, so that a above the door 6 from the outlet opening 7 exiting air or Wrasenstrom the air exchange in the Cooking chamber 2 promotes.

Durch den in dem Garraum 2 angeordneten Temperaturfühler wird die Garraumtemperatur während des gesamten oben erläuterten Vorgangs und zeitlich daran anschließend erfasst, in ein Ausgangssignal umgewandelt und an die Verarbeitungseinheit der Gargerätesteuerung weitergeleitet. Sobald die durch den Temperaturfühler erfasste Garraumtemperatur nach dem Öffnen der Tür 6 den vorher festgelegten und in dem Speicher der Gargerätesteuerung abgespeicherten Schwellenwert unterschreitet, wird die elektrische Heizung des als Dehnstoffelement ausgebildeten Stellmotors 8.1 wieder stromlos geschaltet, das Wachs zieht sich wieder zusammen und der Stößel des Stellmotors 8.1 wird wieder im Wesentlichen entlang der Längsachse der Stange 8.2 und in die Gegenrichtung, also von der Tür 6 weg, bewegt. Die automatische Rücküberführung der Tür 6 von der Öffnungslage in die Schließlage erfolgt analog zu der oben erläuterten Überführung von der Schließlage in die Öffnungslage, lediglich in die Gegenrichtung. Im Unterschied zu vorher wird die Bewegung der Tür 6 von der Öffnungslage zurück in die Schließlage durch das Rückstellelement gefördert.By arranged in the cooking chamber 2 temperature sensor, the cooking chamber temperature is detected during the entire process explained above and temporally thereafter, converted into an output signal and forwarded to the processing unit of Gargerätesteuerung. As soon as the cooking chamber temperature detected by the temperature sensor falls below the threshold value previously stored and stored in the memory of the cooking appliance control, the electrical heating of the servomotor 8.1 designed as expansion element is again de-energized, the wax contracts again and the plunger of the Servomotor 8.1 is again moved substantially along the longitudinal axis of the rod 8.2 and in the opposite direction, ie away from the door 6. The automatic return transfer of the door 6 from the open position to the closed position analogous to the above-described transfer from the closed position to the open position, only in the opposite direction. In contrast to previously, the movement of the door 6 is conveyed from the open position back into the closed position by the return element.

Die Erfindung ist nicht auf das oben erläuterte Ausführungsbeispiel beschränkt. Beispielsweise ist es möglich, dass der Stellmotor als ein Elektromotor oder ein Hubmagnet ausgebildet ist oder dass andere Dehnstoffe verwendet werden. Es ist darüber hinaus denkbar, dass der Schwellenwert der Garraumtemperatur beispielsweise in Abhängigkeit von dem Gargut und/oder von der Art des Garvorgangs vorher festgelegt wird. Ferner ist es möglich, anstelle des Federmittels ein Dämpfungsmittel zu verwenden.The invention is not limited to the embodiment explained above. For example, it is possible that the servomotor is designed as an electric motor or a solenoid or that other expandants are used. It is also conceivable that the threshold value of the oven temperature, for example, depending on the food and / or the nature of the cooking process is previously determined. Further, it is possible to use a damping means instead of the spring means.

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  1. Method for operating a cooking appliance comprising a cooking chamber (2), delimited by a housing (4) and a door (6) in the closed position thereof, and comprising a cooking appliance control system, the cooking appliance control system being able to open the door (6) automatically using a door-opening means (8), the door automatically being transferred from the closed position into an open position when the cooking process ends, characterised in that, temporally subsequent to the aforementioned transferral into the open position, the door (6) is automatically transferred back into the closed position again if the cooking chamber temperature falls below a predetermined threshold stored in a memory of the cooking appliance control system.
  2. Cooking appliance, in particular a steam cooking appliance, for carrying out the method according to claim 1, comprising a cooking chamber (2), delimited by a housing (4) and a door (6) in the closed position thereof, and comprising a cooking appliance control system, the cooking appliance control system being able to open the door (6) automatically using a door-opening means (8), the door-opening means (8) comprising a servomotor (8.1) and a rod (8.2), and the cooking appliance control system being able to move the rod (8.2) back and forth automatically using the servomotor (8.1), in such a way that the door (6) can be automatically transferred from the closed position thereof into a predetermined open position and vice versa, the rod (8.2) being movable in a guide (8.3) and the cooking appliance control system actuating the servomotor (8.1) in such a way that the door (6) is automatical transferred from the closed position into an open position when the cooking process ends, characterised in that the cooking appliance control system actuates the servomotor (8.1) as a function of the output signal of a temperature sensor arranged in the cooking chamber (2), in such a way that the door (6) is automatically transferred back into the closed position again by the output signal if the cooking chamber temperature falls below a predetermined threshold stored in the memory.
  3. Cooking appliance according to claim 2, characterised in that the servomotor (8.1) is formed as an electrically heatable expansion member.
  4. Cooking appliance according to either claim 2 or claim 3, characterised in that the door (6) is transferred back from the open position into the closed position by a restoring member, which is arranged between the door (6) and the housing (4) and is in a force-transmitting connection with the door (6) and the housing (4).
  5. Cooking appliance according to any one of claims 2 to 4, characterised in that a spring means (8.4) or a damping means is arranged on the rod (8.2) in such a way that the transferral of the door (6) from the closed position into the open position or vice versa is temporally delayed.
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