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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1981
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter H Smith, Anchorage, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Louisville, KY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219 / ; 219 / ; 324 / ;
Abstract
A microwave oven including a resonant cavity humidity sensor operated by microwave energy sampled from the power produced for the cooking operation. The arrangement provides for a flow of moist air from the cooking cavity through an active resonant chamber and a flow of dry air from the atmosphere through a passive resonant chamber. Control circuitry governs the microwave energy flow into the cooking cavity in response to moisture conditions in the cavity so indicated by the sensor.