Patent ID: 7049569

Claim:
A microwave oven with an air cleaning function, the microwave oven comprising: an air cleaning button formed on a control panel of the microwave oven; a controller for determining an input signal from the air cleaning button and generating a driving signal; and a fan driving part for operating a fan disposed in the microwave oven to allow intake air to pass through a filter, thereby removing pollutants contained in the intake air, wherein the microwave oven is an over-the-range microwave oven under which a separate cooking device is disposed, and wherein the controller generates a low speed driving signal to operate the fan at a predetermined speed during an air cleaning mode, the predetermined speed being lower than a speed of ventilation for ventilating the pollutants when the separate cooking device operates during a cooking process, the air cleaning mode being a mode for cleaning the surrounding air of the microwave when the separate cooking device stops operating.