Patent ID: 7183529
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: F24C,H05B

Abstract:
1. An over-the-range (OTR) microwave oven comprising: a main body for installation above a cooking source of a gas range and having therein a cavity and an electric equipment chamber in which a magnetron is located; an air exhaust path installed inside the main body and providing a path through which air generated from the cooking source which is introduced through a suction port formed at the bottom of the main body by a suction force of a blower installed at the main body is exhausted to the outside of the main body; an airstream guide path installed inside the main body and providing a path through which air inside the electric equipment chamber is discharged to a front end portion of the bottom of the main body by a flow generating apparatus installed inside the electric equipment chamber in order to guide air from the cooking source to the suction port, the airstream guide path having an inlet formed at the bottom of the electric equipment chamber and an outlet thereof formed at the front end portion of the bottom of the main body; an airstream guide unit having a circular cross-section formed at a lower end of the outlet of the airstream guide path; and a slit formed between the airstream guide unit and an upper end of the outlet of the airstream guide path.