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Control system for a microwave oven, a microwave oven using such a control system and methods of making the same

US5653906A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 31, 1994
Grant dateAug 5, 1997
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B6/6461
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A control system for a microwave oven having a magnetron unit, a microwave oven using such a control system and methods of making the same are provided, the system being adapted to interconnect a power source to a transformer unit of the magnetron unit to operate the same, the system comprising a unit for determining the actual voltage level of said power source to be utilized at that time and being adapted to interconnect the power source to a particular tap of the transformer unit if the determined power level is above a certain value and to interconnect the power source to another tap of the transformer unit if the determined power level is below the certain value.

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