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US 5,672,291 AGranted
Apparatus for rotating a turntable of a microwave oven and vertically adjusting the turntable by a single motor
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSuk-Jin Han
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Abstract
A microwave oven includes a cooking chamber and a turntable disposed therein for supporting food. The turntable is rotatable about an axis and is vertically adjusted. A single reversible motor performs both functions of rotating and vertically adjusting the turntable due to a power transmission mechanism which connects the motor to the turntable and rotates the turntable in response to the motor being driven in a first direction, and for vertically moving the turntable in response to the motor being driven the opposite direction.
Claims11
A microwave oven comprising:
- a cooking chamber including a floor;
- a turntable fixed to an axle extending through the floor;
- a bi-directional motor having an output shaft;
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- a power transmitting mechanism connected between the motor and the axle for rotating the axle in response to rotation of the output shaft in a first direction, and for moving the axle vertically in response to rotation of the output shaft in an opposite second direction, the power transmitting mechanism including a gear operably connected to the axle for rotating the axle during rotation of the output shaft in the first direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.