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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/64 (2006.01); H05B 6/80 (2006.01); F24C 15/00 (2006.01); F24C 15/32 (2006.01); F24C 13/00 (2006.01); A21B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/804 (2013.01); F24C 13/00 (2013.01); F24C 15/003 (2013.01); F24C 15/32 (2013.01); H05B 6/6402 (2013.01); H05B 6/6479 (2013.01);
Abstract
A domestic microwave oven is provided having an oven cavity, a water reservoir, a piping system coupling the reservoir and the oven cavity, and a pump for pumping a predetermined amount of water into the oven cavity. The pump is a mono-directional positive displacement pump and the piping system includes a by-pass coupled in parallel to the pump and an on/off electro valve configured to allow a drainage of the piping system when the pump is idle.