Microwave oven with radiant and convectional heating apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSang Ki Lee, Jeong Seob Seo, Kwang Yok Kang
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Abstract
A heating apparatus of a microwave oven includes: an upper plate installed at an upper portion of a cooking chamber into which a cooking object is to be received, having a suction hole for sucking air inside the cooking chamber and a discharge hole for discharging air; a first heater installed at the discharge hole side of the upper plate, for generating convection heat; a second heater disposed in the same enclosure as that of the first heater, for generating radiant heat; and a ventilating fan installed at an upper portion of a region where the suction hole of the upper plate is formed, for circulating air inside the cooking chamber across the first and the second heaters.
Claims5
A heating apparatus of a microwave oven comprising:
- an upper plate installed at an upper portion of a cooking chamber into which a cooking object is to be received, having a suction hole for sucking air inside the cooking chamber and a discharge hole for discharging air;
- a first heater installed within an inner heater housing, at the discharge hole side of the upper plate, for generating convection heat;
- a second heater disposed within the inner heater housing, for generating radiant heat;
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- a ventilating fan installed at an upper portion of a region where the suction hole of the upper plate is formed, inside of an air guide and outside of said inner heater housing, for re-circulating air inside the cooking chamber across the first and the second heaters.
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