Electric heating – Metal heating – Of cylinders
Patent
1977-06-15
1978-06-20
Grimley, Arthur T.
Electric heating
Metal heating
Of cylinders
219 1055B, 337 1, 361104, H05B 906, H02H 300
Patent
active
040963705
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a power supply for microwave ovens and features a fail-safe door interlock switch system. Door interlock switch systems for microwave ovens are designed to stop or interrupt the flow of electrical energy to the magnetron tube upon the opening of the oven door to prevent the escape of microwave energy from the oven cavity through the open oven door. The interlock switch is normally in the power line and malfunctioning can occur in which the power line interlock switch does not open with the opening of the oven door either because of being welded closed or somehow stuck in a closed state. In this invention a fail-safe feature is provided for the interlock system. If a malfunction should cause the interlock power switch to remain closed upon the opening of the oven door, means are present which effectively break the power line to stop the flow of electrical energy to the magnetron tube. Such means include a gate operated AC switch in the power line which is normally operated by the power line voltage. An oven door interlock monitor switch operates to shunt the AC switch in the event that a malfunction prevents the normal opening of the interlock power switch. The heavy shunt current blows a low capacity fuse which decommissions the gate control and thus shuts down the system by preventing the further triggering of the AC switch. The interlock monitor switch is in a low power subcircuit of the system and this feature provides an advantage over the normal "crowbar circuit" in that no surge currents are passed through the circuit.
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Grimley Arthur T.
Litton Systems Inc.
Lowe Robert E.
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