公开(公告)号：US20190203944A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US16331730

申请日：2017-08-22

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Jin-Hee CHO ,  Ga-Young JO ,  Kum-Chul HWANG

IPC: F24C3/12 ,  B08B3/02 ,  B08B3/04 ,  F24C7/08 ,  F24C14/00 ,  F24C15/00

CPC classification number: F24C3/128 ,  B08B3/00 ,  B08B3/02 ,  B08B3/04 ,  B08B2230/01 ,  F24C3/12 ,  F24C7/08 ,  F24C7/085 ,  F24C14/00 ,  F24C14/005 ,  F24C15/00 ,  F24C15/003

Abstract: There is provided a cooker including: a cooking room; a steam generator configured to generate steam, and to supply the steam to the cooking room; a water level sensor configured to sense a water level of a cleaning solution stored in the inside of the steam generator; a supply apparatus including a storage unit configured to accommodate the cleaning solution, a supply pump configured to supply the cleaning solution accommodated in the storage unit to the steam generator, and a drain pump configured to supply the cleaning solution remaining in the steam generator to the storage unit; and a controller configured to control operations of the supply pump and the drain pump, wherein the controller operates the supply pump in a washing mode, operates the drain pump when the cleaning solution is fully filled in the steam generator, and again operates the supply pump when the cleaning solution is removed from the steam generator.