Patent ID: 8173944
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. A microwave cooking device, comprising: a microwave cooking device body including therein a heating chamber having a door for openably closing the heating chamber and a heating section for heating by microwave an object to be heated inside the heating chamber; and two operation sections for accepting an operation to control the heating section; wherein the operation sections include a first operation section provided to a front face of the door, and a second operation section provided to a front face of the microwave cooking device body so as to be exposed in spite of the door being opened and closed, wherein the first operation section is provided in a lower portion of the door and extending substantially in a horizontal direction, and the second operation section is provided in an upper portion of the microwave cooking device body and extending substantially in the horizontal direction, and wherein the first and second operation sections each has at least a plurality of operation switches assigned with identical functions, said first and second operation sections are redundantly arranged in an identical layout, respectively, wherein one of the first and second operation sections has an operation switch assigned with a function that is not assigned to an operation switch of the other of the first and second operation sections.