US 12,259,142 B2
Cooker
Sooncheol Kweon, Suwon-si (KR); Sanggyun Ye, Suwon-si (KR); and Seungwoo Han, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/497,638.
Application 17/497,638 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2020/004550, filed on Apr. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0041978 (KR), filed on Apr. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0026077 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. F24C 15/32 (2006.01); A21B 3/04 (2006.01); A47J 27/04 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 15/327 (2013.01) [A21B 3/04 (2013.01); A47J 27/04 (2013.01); F24C 15/325 (2013.01); A47J 2027/043 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking apparatus comprising:
a cooker body comprising a cooking compartment and a storage compartment below the cooking compartment;
a drawer comprising a flat-bottomed storage space, wherein sliding the drawer into and out of the storage compartment closes and opens the storage space;
a steam supplier configured to generate steam and supply the generated steam to the cooking compartment; and
a water tank configured to store water for generating the steam, and provided in a portion of the storage compartment outside of the drawer, wherein opening the drawer does not interrupt a flow of water from the water tank to the steam supplier,
wherein the steam supplier comprises: a steam generator configured to heat up water to be turned into steam, and a water supplying pipe provided in the cooker body to supply water between the water tank and the steam generator,
wherein the water tank comprises: a storage main body, and a connector provided at the back of the storage main body,
wherein the connector comprises: a vertical portion extended upward from the bottom of the storage main body, and a horizontal portion horizontally extended backward and arranged to be supported on the storage main body to be stationary,
wherein the connector is configured to removably couple to a water flow path between the water tank and the water supplying pipe, and
wherein the water tank comprises a top cover, and the connector is provided at the back end of the top cover.