Patent ID: 6057533
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
A control panel of a microwave oven comprising:a panel body installed at a front side of a microwave oven;a timing device installed at a rear side of said panel body, said timing device having a power control shaft for controlling electric power supplied to a magnetron and a time control shaft being extended toward a front of said panel body and passing through said panel body;a time control knob engaged with said time control knob at a front of said panel body; anda power control knob assembly having a pinion assembled with said power control shaft, a rack engaged with said pinion and arranged for movement in a linear direction for rotating said pinion, and a power knob slidable linearly along a linear guiding recess formed in said panel body and connected to said rack so as to move said rack linearly, a linear travel path of said power knob being parallel to said recess.