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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:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/80 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/80 ;
Abstract
A heating apparatus of a microwave oven includes: an upper plate installed at an upper portion of a cooking chamber into which a cooking object is to be received, having a suction hole for sucking air inside the cooking chamber and a discharge hole for discharging air; a first heater installed at the discharge hole side of the upper plate, for generating convection heat; a second heater disposed in the same enclosure as that of the first heater, for generating radiant heat; and a ventilating fan installed at an upper portion of a region where the suction hole of the upper plate is formed, for circulating air inside the cooking chamber across the first and the second heaters.