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Microwave oven with mode stirrer

US7030347B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateFeb 16, 2005
Grant dateApr 18, 2006
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Expiry dateFeb 16, 2025

Classification

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

Abstract

A microwave oven, which has a circular polarized wave stirrer for uniformly heating food, is disclosed. The microwave oven includes a magnetron generating electromagnetic waves, a waveguide guiding the electromagnetic waves generated from the magnetron to a cavity, and a stirrer formed to an outlet of the waveguide, receiving electromagnetic waves from the magnetron, and generating two polarized waves having different electric field directions and phases.

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