MICROWAVE OVEN AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ITS CLEANING Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: microwave ovens.

SUBSTANCE: proposed microwave oven has housing that dictates its appearance; cooking chamber formed inside housing; microwave radiation generating unit that generates microwaves radiated into cooking chamber; plurality of ventilation ports formed in side wall of cooking chamber for ventilating the latter; water accumulation cavity formed at cooking chamber bottom and designed to hold vapor-producing waster; and ventilation window control unit which selectively closes ventilation ports. In the course of cleaning microwave oven with vapor ventilation ports are closed to prevent vapor leakage from cooking chamber and from microwave oven into surrounding atmosphere.

EFFECT: facilitated cleaning of cooking chamber inner surfaces.

27 cl, 10 dwg