Over-the-range microwave oven and method of using the same
AssigneeDongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
InventorsJun Hyuk Imm, Jong Jin Lee
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Abstract
An over-the-range microwave oven includes: a housing; an electric equipment chamber which is disposed in the housing, and includes a control panel, and a drive unit; a cooking chamber which is disposed in the housing and controlled by the electric equipment chamber, and has an air inlet portion which is disposed at one side of the cooking chamber and into which outside air flows, and an opening and closing unit which is disposed at the other side of the cooking chamber and that is opened and closed based on a flow rate of flowing air; and a duct unit in the housing and disposed outside the cooking unit.
Claims14
An over-the-range microwave oven comprising:
- a housing;
- an electric equipment chamber which is disposed in the housing, and includes a control panel and a drive unit;
- a cooking chamber which is disposed in the housing and is controlled by the electric equipment chamber, and has an air inlet portion which is disposed at one side of the cooking chamber and into which outside air flows, and an opening and closing unit which is disposed at the other side of the cooking chamber, opposite the one side, that is opened and closed based on a flow rate of flowing air;
- a heater unit which is disposed in a chamber selected from the group consisting of the electric equipment chamber and the cooking chamber;
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- a duct unit in the housing and disposed outside the cooking chamber, wherein the opening and closing unit includes a discharge hole which is formed in a wall at the other side of the cooking chamber, and an opening and closing plate which is hingedly coupled outside the wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.