Patent ID: 6300610
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
A microwave oven, comprising:a main casing having a cooking chamber, a component chamber, an outer wall of said component chamber, and a pair of hook holes formed on said outer walls;a door coupled to said main casing for opening and closing said cooking chamber:a latch member having a rod and a pair of hooks, said hooks extended from both ends of said rod and protruding from said door toward said outer wall of said component chamber while said rod is disposed inside said door, said hooks disposed to be fitted into respective hook holes;a conductor provided inside both said rod and said hooks of said latch member and having two end contacts exposed from each end surface of said protruded hooks; anda pair of switches disposed inside said component chamber of said main casing to contact each corresponding end contact of said conductor when said hooks pass through said respective hook holes and protrude inside said component chamber, said switches having a conductive elastic member contacting corresponding end contact of said conductor, thereby being electrically connected to a power supply part.