Patent ID: 8357886

Claim:
A drawer type cooking device comprising: a cooking device body having a heating chamber using microwaves formed in an interior thereof: a drawer body disposed movably between a stored position within the heating chamber and a drawn-out position outside the heating chamber with respect to the cooking device body; a slide mechanism capable of moving the drawer body with respect to the cooking device body; a drive mechanism for driving the slide mechanism; a clutch mechanism for connecting and disconnecting a power via a power transmission path from the drive mechanism to the slide mechanism; a control unit for controlling the drive mechanism and the clutch mechanism; and an operation unit to be operated by a user with respect to opening and closing the drawer body for input to the control unit; wherein the control unit controls the disconnection of power transmission via the clutch mechanism and the stopping of the drive mechanism in response to a selection of manual opening and closing operation of the user via the operation unit during automatic operation of the drawer body, and controls the connection of power transmission via the clutch mechanism and the driving of the drive mechanism in response to a selection of automatic opening and closing operation of the user via the operation unit; the operation unit comprises an open/close button for providing an instruction to the control unit regarding the automatic opening and closing of the drawer body when operated; the clutch mechanism is set so that the power transmission is at a disconnected state in a normal state when the open/close button is not operated; and the control unit sets the power transmission via the clutch mechanism to a connected state in response to the instruction provided when the open/close button is operated during manual operation of the drawer body, and the drive mechanism is driven when the clutch mechanism is at the connected state.