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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1998
Takashi Miura, Otsu, JP;
Kenji Kume, Otsu, JP;
Hideki Yamauchi, Otsu, JP;
Tsutomu Nishikawa, Otsu, JP;
Miho Fujii, Shiga, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A microwave oven 10 including a main body 1 in which a heating chamber 2 is installed, a microwave supplying unit 3 installed at an inner portion of the main body 1 for heating a food incorporated in the heating chamber 2 by supplying microwave at a predetermined output, an operation panel 4 (input operating unit) for inputting cooking output information and cooking time information of the food, a control unit 6 for comparing the cooking output information inputted by the operation panel 4 with the predetermined output, correcting the inputted cooking time information in accordance with a result of the comparison and instructing to drive the microwave supplying unit 3 based on corrected cooking time obtained by the correction, wherein the control unit 6 includes buzzer 48 (information supplying means) for successively supplying the cooking time information inputted by the operation panel 4 and the corrected cooking time and supplying, after having supplied the cooking time information, information that the corrected cooking time is being supplied.