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US 2015/0014305 A1Published application
Microwave Oven with Dual Doors
AssigneeBemon, LLC
InventorsBrian Monahan, Chris Becze, Daniel Gallo, Joshua Peifer
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Abstract
Novel microwave ovens and methods of using and manufacturing the same. Some microwave ovens include multiple doors and/or control keypads.
Claims20
A microwave oven, comprising:
- an oven body;
- a cooking chamber disposed inside the oven body;
- a machine room disposed inside the oven body, the machine room, comprising:
- a cooking device to introduce electromagnetic radiation in the microwave spectrum into the cooking chamber;
- a first door, covering a first face of the cooking chamber, to provide access the cooking chamber;
- a second door, covering a second face of the cooking chamber, to provide access the cooking chamber;
- a first keypad to operate the microwave oven;
- and
- a second keypad to operate the microwave oven
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The microwave oven of claim 6, wherein further comprising a microcontroller that controls the locking mechanisms to prevent both doors from being in an open position simultaneously.
A method, comprising:
- manufacturing a microwave oven comprising:
- an oven body;
- a cooking chamber disposed inside the oven body;
- a machine room disposed inside the oven body, the machine room, comprising a cooking device to introduce electromagnetic radiation in the microwave spectrum into the cooking chamber;
- assembling a first door on the microwave oven;
- assembling a second door on the microwave oven;
- assembling a first keypad on the microwave oven;
- and
- assembling a second keypad on the microwave oven.
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A method comprising:
- determining, with a controller of a microwave oven, that a first door of the microwave oven is open;
- preventing a second door of the microwave oven from opening by locking the second door, based on a determination that the first door of the microwave oven is open;
- determining with the controller of the microwave oven, that a first keypad of the microwave oven is in use;
- and
- selectively disabling, based at least in part on a determination that the first keypad is in use, a second keypad of the microwave oven.
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The method of claim 19, wherein the timeout period is thirty seconds.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.