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Cook-by-weight microwave oven

US4390768A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 1, 1982
Grant dateJun 28, 1983
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Expiry dateMar 1, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B6/725
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A microwave oven having four small holes in the floor of the cavity so that weight of food bodies within the cavity can be coupled by four nonconductive support columns protruding through the holes to a scale below the cavity. The scale may provide an analog signal which is a function of the weight. The signal may be converted to a digital input for a microprocessor which calculates the heating time for that weight over an input temperature range.

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