Patent ID: 6150648
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
A microwave oven including a machinery compartment installed below a cooking chamber of the microwave oven, a door for the passing of food into the microwave oven, and an air circulation structure, the air circulation structure comprising:a fan for sucking air into the interior of the machinery compartment;a bottom plate having an air inlet port located adjacent the microwave oven door, through which air sucked by the fan and radiating heat generated from the electrical elements of the microwave oven is directed into the interior of the cooking chamber and adjacent the door to prevent dew from forming on the door; anda rear surface plate having a first air discharge port through which the air passed through the air inlet port formed on the bottom plate and circulated in the interior of the cooking chamber is discharged to the outside of the microwave oven.