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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1977
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1975
Junzo Tanaka, Fujiidera, JA;
Chikao Nakano, Yamatokoriyama, JA;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JA;
Abstract
A microwave oven comprises a timer for setting a cooking time period, a cooking menu selector with a scale indicating an optimum heating time period for each type of food and quantity thereof and a high frequency output selection switch linked to the cooking menu selector or operated manually. By operating the cooking menu selector to select a corresponding scale for the food to be cooked and setting the timer to a quantity of the food marked on the selected scale, an optimum heating time period may be set, and at the same time the high frequency output selection switch is actuated in a linked relation with the cooking menu selector or manually to select a high frequency output which is optimum to the type of food to be cooked. An output indicator for indicating the selection of the high frequency output is also provided in linked relation to the high frequency output selection switch. By the use of a simple and inexpensive structure of the cooking menu selector and the high frequency output selection switch linked thereto, optimum cooking for the type of food and the quantity thereof including cooking of eggs and defrosting of frozen foods is attained in a simple operation.