Automatic heating appliance with food identifying function
US4833304A · kind A · utility
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14Claims
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 16, 1987 |
| Grant date | May 23, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05B6/687
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A heating appliance for heating an object within a heating chamber. In the heating chamber are formed rack rails on which a table is located and a heater. The rack rails are stepwise arranged so as to allow the table to take a desired position corresponding to the kind of an object to be heated. The heating applicance includes a distance-measuring sensor for measuring a distance to the table means or the object. A control unit, may comprising a known microcomputer, controls the heater on the basis of the distance measured by the sensor so as to appropriately heat the object in accordance with its kind.
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