Cooking apparatus

Abstract

An invention related to a cooking apparatus is disclosed. The disclosed invention has an air guide disposed in a gap between a door and a control panel, wherein the air guide comprises a first guide part, which vertically partitions the space between the control panel and the door, and a second guide part, which blocks the space between the first guide part and the door.

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         11 . A cooking apparatus, comprising:
 a cavity configured to have a cooking compartment, a front side of which is open, therein;   a door disposed at a front of the cavity and configured to open and close the cooking compartment;   a control panel disposed over the cavity and the door; and   an air guide installed at the door and disposed between the door and the control panel,   wherein the air guide comprises a first guide part configured to partition a space between the control panel and the door in an up-down direction, and   wherein the first guide part partitions the space between the control panel and the door into a first space between the control panel and the first guide part, and a second space between the first guide part and the door.   
     
     
         12 . The cooking apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the air guide further comprises a second guide part configured to connect to the first guide part and to block the second space. 
     
     
         13 . The cooking apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the cooking apparatus further comprises a front panel disposed between the cavity and the door,
 wherein at least a portion of the front panel is disposed between the cavity and the control panel, and   wherein the air guide covers at least a portion of the front panel from forward.   
     
     
         14 . The cooking apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein the air guide is disposed in an anterior space surrounded by the door and the front panel and the control panel. 
     
     
         15 . The cooking apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein a door exhaust opening is provided at an upper end of the door facing the control panel, and opens an inner portion of the door to the anterior space, and
 wherein the door exhaust opening is disposed between the air guide and the front panel with respect to a front-rear direction.   
     
     
         16 . The cooking apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein an electronic component compartment is formed at an upper side of the cavity,
 wherein at least a portion of the front panel is disposed at a front side of the electronic component compartment,   wherein an exhaust opening is formed at the front panel and opens an inner portion of the electronic component compartment to the anterior space, and   wherein the door exhaust opening is disposed between the air guide and the exhaust opening with respect to the front-rear direction.   
     
     
         17 . The cooking apparatus of  claim 16 , wherein a cooling flow path is formed in the electronic component compartment, and
 wherein the cooling flow path forms a passage configured to guide a flow of air drawn into the electronic component compartment toward the exhaust opening, in the electronic component compartment.   
     
     
         18 . The cooking apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein a door exhaust opening is provided at an upper end of the door facing the control panel and opens an inner portion of the door to the space between the door and the control panel,
 wherein the door is divided into an anterior part and a posterior part arranged in a front-rear direction, and   wherein the door exhaust opening is disposed at the posterior part disposed at a rear of the anterior part.   
     
     
         19 . The cooking apparatus of  claim 18 , wherein the air guide further comprises a second guide part configured to connect to the first guide part and to block the second space, and
 wherein the second guide part blocks the second space, between the first guide part and the door exhaust opening.   
     
     
         20 . The cooking apparatus of  claim 19 , wherein the second guide part blocks the second space while contacting the door. 
     
     
         21 . The cooking apparatus of  claim 19 , wherein the second guide part extends rearward from the first guide part in such a way that the second guide part inclines downward. 
     
     
         22 . The cooking apparatus of  claim 21 , wherein the posterior part forms an inclination surface configured to incline downward toward a rear thereof, and
 wherein at least a portion of the second guide part contacts the posterior part at a position where the second guide part overlaps the posterior part in an up-down direction.   
     
     
         23 . The cooking apparatus of  claim 19 , wherein the posterior part forms an inclination surface configured to incline downward toward a rear thereof, and
 wherein at least a portion of the second guide part forms an inclination surface parallel with an inclination surface of the posterior part and contacts the posterior part.   
     
     
         24 . The cooking apparatus of  claim 19 , wherein at least a portion of the second guide part contacts the posterior part at a position lower than an upper end of the anterior part. 
     
     
         25 . The cooking apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the air guide further comprises a fastening projection coupled to the control panel,
 wherein the second guide part is disposed at a front of the guide part in such a way that the second guide part inclines from the first guide part downward and rearward, and   wherein the fastening projection protrudes from the second guide part in an up-down direction.   
     
     
         26 . The cooking apparatus of  claim 25 , wherein the cooking apparatus further comprises a cover projection configured to protrude downward from a lower end of the control panel and coupled to the fastening projection,
 wherein a plurality of cover projections is laterally spaced a predetermined distance apart from each other,   wherein a plurality of exhaust openings is disposed at the front panel, and laterally spaced a predetermined distance apart from each other,   wherein a separation wall is formed between two exhaust openings adjacent to each other, and   wherein at least any one of the fastening projection and the cover projection is disposed respectively at a front of the separation wall and covers the separation wall from forward.