Patent ID: 6072169
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: F24C,H05B

Abstract:
A wall mounted microwave oven comprising a body forming therein a cavity for accommodating food to be cooked, a magnetron for generating electromagnetic waves to be provided into the cavity, a casing surrounding the body and forming therein a hood duct having an inlet port positioned at the bottom portion of the casing and an outlet port positioned in the upper portion thereof, and a hood fan installed in the hood duct, the wall mounted microwave oven comprising:a hood sensor for sensing a status that operation of said hood fan is needed;a first switch for selectively supplying one out of a low-level voltage and a normal voltage to the magnetron; anda controller for controlling the hood fan to operate if a signal informing that operation of said hood fan is needed is input from the hood sensor and simultaneously controlling the first switch to change the electric power supplied to the magnetron from the normal voltage into the low-level voltage.