Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Emiko Ishizaki

Haruo Suenaga

Hideaki Moriya

Takeshi Kitaizumi

Kenji Watanabe

Kazuho Sakamoto

Makoto Mihara

Kenji Yasui

Hisashi Morikawa

Hideki Omori

Yoshiaki Ishio

Masaaki Sano

Yasumichi Kobayashi

Yumiko Hara

Noboru Okui

Tomozaku Ito

Tetsuya Koda

Teruhiko Hiraishi

Timing of zero voltage in zero-voltage detector for detecting zero voltage of a commercial power supplyis predicted and input from the zero-voltage detectoris received only for a given time before and after the predicted timing, whereby overvoltage and overcurrent caused by a zero point shift can be prevented. Thus, it is provided a magnetron drive power supply which is excellent in stability for change in the power supply environment such as noise or instantaneous power interruption.

Magnetron drive power supply

Timing of zero voltage in zero-voltage detector for detecting zero voltage of a commercial power supply is predicted and input from the zero-voltage detector is received only for a given time before and after the predicted timing, whereby overvoltage and overcurrent caused by a zero point shift can be prevented. Thus, it is provided a magnetron drive power supply which is excellent in stability for change in the power supply environment such as noise or instantaneous power interruption.

It is provided a magnetron drive power supply wherein a series connection body of first and second semiconductor switch elements that can be brought into reverse conduction and a series connection body of first and second diodes are connected in parallel, first and second capacitors are connected in parallel to the first and second diodes, a series circuit of a commercial power supply and a primary winding of a high-voltage transformer is connected between a connection point of the first and second semiconductor switch elements that can be brought into reverse conduction and a connection point of the first and second diodes, and output of a secondary winding of the high-voltage transformer energizes a magnetron through a high-voltage rectification circuit.

To present a heating cooker that is easy to use, not requiring cook book or instruction manual, and its operating method, relating to a heating cooker for displaying the cooking procedure, types of materials, amount of materials, heating method, heating time, etc. The constitution comprises cooking setting keys for selecting the cooking method for cooking the materials, cooking time setting keys for entering the cooking time, cooking selection keys for selecting the kind of cooking such as delicatessen as mentioned in the cook book, memory for storing the materials necessary for cooking, amount, cooking tools, all cooking methods and required time, display apparatus for displaying the cooking menu, cooking time, preparation method and cooking method, and operating method of heating cooker when cooking, and control device for controlling by identifying the necessary information for each cooking selected by the cooking selection key and showing in the display apparatus.

Cooking apparatus having means for storing and displaying cooking recipes

A microwave oven including a defrosting step in which a target which must be heated is irradiated with microwaves which are irregular in terms of time at least when the phase of water in the target is shifted from a solid body to liquid. The microwave oven includes a magnetron for generating microwaves for dielectrically heating a target which must be heated; and a waveguide through which microwaves generated by the magnetron are propagated into a heating chamber, wherein a defrosting process is performed in such a manner that microwaves which are irregular in terms of time and which are in a chaos state are propagated through the waveguide at least when the phase of water in the target is shifted from a solid body to liquid.

Microwave oven

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Nabari, Japan

Emiko Ishizaki