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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:
Sep. 03, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mats G Idebro, Linkoping, SE;
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219707 ; 219703 ; 99325 ;
Abstract
In a microwave oven, a procedure for cooking or heating food is controlled by means of one or more humidity sensors (11) which sense the humidity emission from the food or dish. The control is based on the sensing of relative humidity variations and require access to an initial humidity value or reference value, which is established through a calculation process eliminating the effect of residual humidity remaining in the oven while saving time when starting the cooking or heating procedure.