Patent ID: 7692124
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. A microwave oven with an air flow passage, the microwave oven, comprising: a cavity that accommodates food therein; an electric component chamber disposed at a predetermined portion of the cavity for accommodating a plurality of electric components for radiation of microwave; a suction hole formed at one sided portion of the cavity such that the cavity communicates with the electric component chamber; an exhaust hole formed at the other sided portion of the cavity, through which air sucked through the suction hole is exhausted; an exhaust guide covering an outer wall of the cavity where the exhaust hole is formed, that guides air exhausted through the exhaust hole to an outside of the microwave oven; and a back plate having an exhaust passage hole communicating with one end of the exhaust guide, through which air is exhausted, wherein the suction hole and the exhaust hole are formed at an interval portion between a bottom plate of the cavity and a plate on which the food is loaded, and the air introduced through the suction hole and exhausted through the exhaust hole flows below the food loaded on the plate by a fan for cooling the electric components.