Patent ID: 6433324
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
A hood apparatus of a ventilation hooded microwave oven, in which a cavity defining a cooking space and an electric equipment installation chamber for accommodating electric equipments to generate microwaves for the cooking are provided within an outer case, comprising:an exhaust motor for providing driving force for sucking up contaminated air below said ventilation-hooded microwave oven; a suction portion through which said contaminated air enters said ventilation-hooded microwave oven by means of said suction force of said exhaust motor; and an exhaust airflow passage formed in a space between said cavity and said outer case, so that said air sucked through said suction portion can flow toward said exhaust motor, wherein the exhaust airflow passage is formed on a side of said outer case opposite to a side of said outer case containing said electric equipment installation chamber and forms the only exhaust airflow passage for contaminated air within the outer case.