Apparatus and method for exhausting pollutant in microwave oven
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorSeog Tae Kim
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Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus for exhausting pollutant for a microwave oven, the apparatus comprising: a sensor part formed at a predetermined portion of the microwave oven, for detecting fumes and/or moisture contained in polluted air generated during a cooking process; a controller for determining whether or not amount of the fumes and/or moisture detected by the sensor part is greater than a predetermined reference value; and a fan driving part operated, when the amount detected by the controller is greater than the reference value, by a driving signal from the controller and allowing air containing the pollutant to be inhaled and then removed from an interior.
Claims17
An apparatus in a microwave oven for exhausting pollutant generated during a cooking process, the apparatus comprising:
- a sensor part located at a predetermined portion of the microwave oven, for detecting fumes and/or moisture contained in polluted air generated during the cooking process;
- a controller for determining an amount of the fumes and/or moisture detected by the sensor part, the controller outputting a driving signal in response to the amount of the fumes and/or moisture exceeding a first predetermined reference value, the controller stopping outputting the driving signal in response to the amount of the fumes and/or moisture equal to or lower than a second predetermined reference value, the first predetermined reference value being higher than the second predetermined reference value;
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- a fan driving part, the fan driving part in response to the driving signal inhaling the polluted air containing a pollutant and removing the pollutant.
A method of exhausting pollutant through a microwave oven, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting fumes and/or moisture generated during a cooking process;
- driving a blower fan when an amount of the detected fumes and/or moisture is higher than a first predetermined reference value;
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- stopping the blower fan when the amount of the detected fumes and/or moisture is equal to or lower than a second predetermined reference value, the first predetermined reference value being higher than the second predetermined reference value.
A method of exhausting pollutant through a microwave oven, the method comprising the steps of:
- driving a blower fan when an amount of fumes and/or moisture contained in the pollutant generated during a cooking process is higher than a first predetermined reference value;
- purifying the pollutant;
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- stopping the blower fan when the amount of fumes and/or moisture contained in the pollutant detected after the purifying step, is equal to or lower than a second predetermined reference value, the first predetermined reference value being higher than the second predetermined reference value.
An apparatus in a microwave oven for exhausting pollutant generated during a cooking process, the apparatus comprising:
- a detecting sensor located at a predetermined position of the microwave oven, for detecting an amount of fumes and/or moisture of an air;
- a blower fan, the blower fan inhaling the air when the amount of the fumes and/or moisture is higher than a first predetermined reference value, the blower fan stopping inhaling the air when the amount of the fumes and/or moisture is equal to or lower than a second predetermined reference value, the first predetermined reference value being higher than the second predetermined reference value;
- an exhaust holes, through which the air inhaled by the blower fan is dischargeable to an exterior through the exhaust hole;
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- a discharge duct part, through which the air inhaled by the blower fan is dischargeable to an interior through the discharge duct part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.