Patent ID: 7267450

Claim:
A cooking apparatus to cook food using microwaves, comprising: a body defining a cooking cavity; an opening formed through a side of the body; a lamp assembly mounted on the opening, the lamp assembly comprising: a lamp casing mounted with a lamp, and a transparent cover engaged with the lamp casing by hooking to be selectively combined with or separated from the lamp casing; and a lamp protecting member to prevent the microwaves from passing to the lamp, the lamp protecting member spanning an entirety of the transparent cover, wherein the lamp casing comprises an elastic tongue, the transparent cover comprises a locking depression to engage with the elastic tongue, the elastic tongue is formed to have a size by cutting a portion of a side of the lamp casing to be radially and elastically deformed, and has a projection at a free end thereof, the locking depression is formed on a side of the transparent cover and engages with the elastic tongue, the lamp casing comprises a flange radially outwardly extending from a front edge thereof, the transparent cover comprises: a base plate covering a front of the lamp casing, and an inserted part extending from the base plate to a length to be inserted into the lamp casing, and the lamp protecting member defines a plurality of holes each having a size that allows the respective hole to prevent the microwaves from passing therethrough.