Patent Application
20200045783
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The disclosure and prior art relates to smoke detecting devices and more particularly pertains to a new smoke detecting device for inhibiting fire when cooking with a microwave oven.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a microwave oven that has an interior space. A smoke detector is coupled to the microwave oven for detecting smoke. The smoke detector is electrically coupled to the microwave oven. The microwave oven is turned off when the smoke detector detects smoke to inhibit food from combusting in the microwave oven. A carbon monoxide detector is coupled to the microwave oven for detecting carbon monoxide. The microwave oven is turned off when the carbon monoxide detector detects carbon monoxide to inhibit production of carbon monoxide from combustion.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A smoke detector 20 is coupled to the microwave oven 12 the smoke detector 20 the electrically coupled to the control circuit 16. The smoke detector 20 is positioned in the interior space 14 such that the smoke detector 20 is in fluid communication with the interior space 14. The smoke detector 20 detects smoke and the control circuit 16 receives a smoke input when the smoke detector 20 detects smoke. Moreover, the control circuit 16 turns off the microwave oven 12 off when the control circuit 16 receives the smoke input. In this way the smoke detector 20 inhibits food from combusting in the microwave oven 12. Additionally, the remote alarm 18 the turned on when the control circuit 16 receives the smoke input. The remote alarm 18 emits an audible alarm to alert a user. The remote alarm 18 may be an existing smoke alarm in a house or the like.
A carbon monoxide detector 22 is provided and the carbon monoxide detector 22 is coupled to the microwave oven 12. The carbon monoxide detector 22 is positioned in the interior space 14 such that the carbon monoxide detector 22 is in fluid communication with the interior space 14. The carbon monoxide detector 22 detects carbon monoxide and the control circuit 16 receives a carbon monoxide input when the carbon monoxide detector 22 detects carbon monoxide. Moreover, the control circuit 16 turns off the microwave oven 12 when the control circuit 16 receives the carbon monoxide input. Thus, the carbon monoxide detector 22 inhibits the production of carbon monoxide from combustion. The remote alarm 18 is turned on when the control circuit 16 receives the carbon monoxide input to alert the user.
In use, the control circuit 16 receives the smoke input when the smoke detector 20 detects smoke in the microwave oven 12 from burning food. Thus, the microwave oven 12 is turned off thereby reducing the risk of fire resulting in the microwave. Additionally, the remote alarm 18 is turned on thereby alerting a user that food in the microwave oven 12 is burning. The control circuit 16 receives the carbon monoxide input when the carbon monoxide detector 22 detects carbon monoxide in the microwave oven 12. Thus, the microwave oven 12 is turned off and the alarm is turned on. In this way the smoke detector 20 and the carbon monoxide detector 22 enhance safety when the microwave oven 12 is used for cooking.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
