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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mika Morita, Nagoya, JP;
Akira Okada, Nagoya, JP;
Teruya Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoshi Takimoto, Fujisawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219704 ; 219707 ; 219708 ; 219719 ; 99325 ;
Abstract
A heating apparatus such as a microwave oven includes a magnetron supplying microwaves into a heating chamber so that food accommodated in it is heated and a microcomputer-based control circuit. The control circuit discriminates the food among three conditions, that is, a first condition in which the food is not wrapped in a wrap film, a second condition in which the food is wrapped in a wrap film, and a third condition belonging neither to the first nor to the second condition. Based on the results of discrimination, the control circuit calculates a remaining heating time.