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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2011
Olle Niklasson, Finspong, SE;
Hakan Carlsson, Norrkoping, SE;
Ulf Nordh, Norrkoping, SE;
Fredrik Hallgren, Kolmarden, SE;
Olle Niklasson, Finspong, SE;
Hakan Carlsson, Norrkoping, SE;
Ulf Nordh, Norrkoping, SE;
Fredrik Hallgren, Kolmarden, SE;
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A microwave heating apparatus for heating a load by means of microwaves is provided. The microwave heating apparatus has a cavity arranged to receive a piece of food to be heated, a first microwave supply system configured to supply microwaves at the cavity bottom for energizing a browning function in the cavity, a second microwave supply system configured to supply microwaves into the cavity for exciting cavity modes and a control unit configured to control the first and second microwave supply systems based on a food category and/or a cooking program. The first supply system has at least one microwave source and at least one antenna arranged in a lower part of the cavity and the second microwave supply system has at least one microwave source and at least one feeding port arranged in an upper part of the cavity. The present invention is advantageous in that a microwave heating apparatus with an improved crisp function is provided.