Microwave oven with tray restraint
US6252214A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 6, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 26, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 6, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05B6/6411
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A microwave oven to prevent a tray from deviation from its initial installed position due to vibration and/or shock, so that it can be conveniently used in a vehicle even when the vehicle is in motion. The microwave oven includes a cabinet having a cooking chamber and a driving chamber, high frequency generating section for generating high frequency waves and supplying the high frequency waves to the cooking chamber, a tray rotatably installed on the bottom of the cooking chamber, a food and/or a vessel containing food and being placed on a tray, a tray driving section provided in the driving chamber for rotatably driving the tray, and tray supporting section for rotatably supporting the tray and preventing the deviation of the tray from an initial installed position of the tray. The tray supporting section includes a holder body provided with a tray receiving opening at the central portion thereof and installed in the cooking chamber to be contacted with the inner wall of the cooling chamber, and a plurality of rollers, having respective pairs of rollers which are installed on the inner circumferential surface of the tray receiving opening in opposite sides, for supporting the upp…
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