Microwave oven having heaters for cooking food
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYun-Ic Hwang
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Abstract
A microwave oven includes a cooking cavity defined by a rear wall, sidewalls, an upper wall and a bottom wall, and a cooking tray installed on the bottom wall of the cooking cavity. An upper heater is installed at a position adjacent to the upper wall of the cooking cavity, and one or more middle heaters are rotatably installed on the rear wall at positions between the upper heater and the cooking tray. Upper supports are provided between the upper heater and the one or more middle heaters so as to horizontally protrude from each of the sidewalls, and lower supports are provided between the one or more middle heaters and the cooking tray so as to horizontally protrude from each of the sidewalls, so that food holding members are removably seated on the upper and lower supports.
Claims23
A microwave oven, comprising:
- a cooking cavity having a rear wall, sidewalls, an upper wall and a bottom wall;
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- a cooking tray installed on the bottom wall of the cooking cavity;
- an upper heater installed at a position adjacent to the upper wall of the cooking cavity;
- one or more middle heaters rotatably installed on the rear wall at positions between the upper heater and the cooking tray;
- an upper support provided between the upper heater and the one or more middle heaters so as to horizontally protrude from each of the sidewalls;
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- a lower support provided between the one or more middle heaters and the cooking tray so as to horizontally protrude from each of the sidewalls,
- wherein one or more food holding units are removably installed on the upper support or the and lower support.
A microwave oven including first and second removable food holding units for holding food to be cooked by the microwave oven, comprising:
- a cooking cavity;
- a plurality of heaters disposed inside the cooking cavity;
- the first and second removable food holding units each disposed between at least two heaters of the plurality of heaters and allowing top and bottom surfaces of the food to be cooked, respectively, at top and bottom surfaces of the food;
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- one or more vertical steps provided at one or more positions between the first and second removable food holding units so as to be positioned at a front portion of one or more sidewalls of the cooking cavity, preventing the first and second food holding units from contacting the plurality of heaters when inserting each of the first and second removable food holding units into the cooking cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.