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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:
Apr. 01, 2003
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: a heater installed at an upper portion of a cooking chamber into which foodstuff is received; a ventilating fan installed at one side of the heater, for circulating air inside the cooking chamber to pass across the heater; a panel having a suction hole installed at an upper portion of the cooking chamber, through which the air inside the cooking chamber is drawn into the ventilating fan, and a discharge hole, through which the air which has passed across the heater is again supplied to the cooking chamber; and an air guide unit mounted at an upper side of the panel, for guiding air flow from the ventilating fan to the heater.