US 12,239,257 B2
Heating cooker
Daisuke Niizumi, Musashino (JP)
Assigned to BALMUDA INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by BALMUDA INC., Musashino (JP)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/523,070.
Application 18/523,070 is a continuation of application No. 17/036,640, filed on Sep. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,877,692.
Application 17/036,640 is a continuation of application No. 15/541,219, granted, now 10,874,250, issued on Dec. 29, 2020, previously published as PCT/JP2016/051793, filed on Jan. 22, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-011474 (JP), filed on Jan. 23, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0099510 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. A47J 37/06 (2006.01); A47J 27/04 (2006.01); A47J 37/08 (2006.01); F24C 15/00 (2006.01); F24C 15/32 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/0623 (2013.01) [A47J 37/0664 (2013.01); A47J 37/08 (2013.01); F24C 15/003 (2013.01); F24C 15/327 (2013.01); A47J 2027/043 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating cooker comprising:
a box-shaped housing in which a cooking cavity for accommodating an object to be cooked is disposed,
a heater configured to heat and toast the object to be cooked;
a steam generator configured to generate steam within the cooking cavity; and
a timer configured to control a heating time for the object to be cooked based upon a timer-set time, wherein
the heater is configured to heat the object to be cooked from a start of heating-cooking in response to the setting the timer-set time until the timer-set time has elapsed,
the steam generator supplies steam to the cooking cavity by heating a predetermined amount of water, and
the object to be cooked is heated until the timer-set time has elapsed, even after all of the predetermined amount of water has evaporated.