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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2001
Su Hwan Kim, Kyongsangnam-do, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a microwave oven. Though the present invention provides a system in a front surface thereof for air communication between inside and outside of the microwave oven, the number of components for the front surface is minimized. That is, vent grill parts and are formed as one unit with the door and the control panel of the microwave oven for covering vent holes and ′ in the front surface of a main frame from external view. Top ends of the vent grill parts and are opened for permitting inside and outside of the microwave oven to be in communication through the vent holes and ′. There may be a louver in the vent grill parts and in correspondence to the vent holes and