Patent ID: 7049564

Claim:
An induction heating apparatus characterized in that it has; a main frame composing an outer casing, a top plate provided on the upper side surface of said main frame and having at least one loading part on which a cooking container to be heated is placed, an induction heating means which is provided in the lower part of said loading part and is to heat said cooking container to be heated, an infrared sensor which is provided in the neighborhood of said induction-heating means and receives the infrared radiation radiated from said cooking container to be heated, and outputs the detected signal corresponding to the amount of the infrared radiation, a control board that detects the temperature of said cooking container to be heated based on said detected signal, and controls the output of said induction heating means, a magneto-shielding member configured in a single unitary body including a cylindrical part which covers the periphery of said infrared sensor and a side part which covers at least a part of said control board.