Patent ID: 6448540
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
A microwave oven (1) for heating foodstuffs, comprising:an oven cavity (4), a loading zone for the foodstuffs arranged in the oven cavity, a microwave unit (8) for feeding microwaves to the oven cavity, and a browning device (13) having a radiation means (17) for generating infrared (IR) radiation and a reflector (16), characterized in that a least a surface layer of the reflector is made of a non-metallic, reflective and heat-resisting material, that the reflector has the form of a recess with two parallel sides and a base, and that the radiation means has such a position inside the reflector and the reflector such a position in relation to the loading zone that essentially only the loading zone is hit by direct radiation from the radiation means.