Household microwave appliance having mode variation apparatus
AssigneeBSH Hausgeräte GmbH
InventorsSebastian Sterz, Markus Kuchler, Kerstin Rigorth, Matthias Vogt
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Abstract
A household microwave appliance includes a cooking chamber exposable to microwaves. A mode variation apparatus modifies a field distribution of the microwaves in the cooking chamber, and a microwave leakage sensor detects a microwave leakage radiation exiting from the cooking chamber. The household microwave appliance is designed to vary setting values of the mode variation apparatus, and to set an operating point of the mode variation apparatus based on a quantity of measurement data of the detected microwave leakage radiation resulting from a variation.
Claims12
A household microwave appliance, comprising:
- a cooking chamber exposable to microwaves;
- a mode variation apparatus designed to modify a field distribution of the microwaves in the cooking chamber;
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- a microwave leakage sensor designed to detect a microwave leakage radiation exiting from the cooking chamber,
- said household microwave appliance being designed
- to vary setting values of the mode variation apparatus, and
- to set an operating point of the mode variation apparatus based on a quantity of measurement data of the detected microwave leakage radiation resulting from a variation.
A method for operating a household microwave appliance, said method comprising:
- varying setting values of a mode variation apparatus designed to modify a field distribution of microwaves in a cooking chamber of the household microwave appliance;
- measuring a detected microwave leakage radiation exiting from the cooking chamber for the different setting values of the mode variation apparatus;
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- setting operating points of the mode variation apparatus based on the detected microwave leakage radiation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.