Electric heating – Microwave heating – Load support
Reexamination Certificate
2002-09-05
2004-02-10
Leung, Philip H. (Department: 3742)
Electric heating
Microwave heating
Load support
C219S739000, C219S756000, C219S732000, C099SDIG014
Reexamination Certificate
active
06689997
ABSTRACT:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of Korean Application No. 2002-32162, filed Jun. 8, 2002, in the Korean Industrial Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a microwave oven, which is provided on an external surface thereof with a saucer holder, and a saucer used with the microwave oven and removably engaged with the saucer holder.
2. Description of the Related Art
As well known to those skilled in the art, a microwave oven is an appliance used to cook food laid in a cooking cavity thereof. To cook the food, frictional heat is generated within the food as high-frequency electromagnetic waves cause molecules of moisture laden in the food to vibrate.
FIG. 1
is a perspective view of a conventional microwave oven. Referring to
FIG. 1
, the conventional microwave oven is provided at its front wall with a door
100
. A control panel
104
is provided on the front wall at a position adjacent to the door
100
. The door
100
is hinged to a body of the microwave oven, and allows a user to selectively open a cooking cavity
102
. The control panel
104
occupies a smaller area in comparison with the door
100
, and allows the user to input as well as confirm several cooking conditions, such as a cooking time and a cooked state of food.
A window
101
made of a transparent material is provided in the door
100
in such a way as to cover a larger part of the door
100
. When cooking food using the above microwave oven, the user may view the cooking cavity
102
where food is cooked through the window
101
so the user may confirm the cooked state of the food. Recently, there has been effort to improve the microwave oven such that the window
101
blocks electromagnetic waves due to the harmful effects of such waves on human health. The control panel
104
is provided with control knobs
104
b
and
104
c
to allow the user to input various conditions, inducing a desired cooking time and a desired cooked state of food (for example, frozen food), to a microprocessor in the microwave oven. The control panel
104
also has a display
104
a.
The display
104
a
displays thereon several values inputted by the user such as the cooking time. That is, the display
104
a
allows the user to confirm whether or not the values inputted using the control knobs
104
b
and
104
c
are correct, and whether or not the cooking time has elapsed. The microwave oven is also provided with a handle
103
used to open or dose the door
100
.
When it is desired to heat liquid food such as milk or water in the microwave oven, the liquid food must be contained in a cup. When finishing the cooking process, the liquid food is taken out from the cooking cavity
102
along with the cup. Typically, the cup as well as the liquid food contained in the cup are very hot. Thus, in order to carry the heated cup, a saucer is required. Therefore, the conventional microwave oven has a problem in that it is inconvenient and dangerous to carry a cup containing liquid food heated and cooked in the microwave oven.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a microwave oven including a saucer holder provided at a predetermined position on an external surface of the microwave oven, and a saucer removably engaging with the saucer holder, thus allowing a heated cup to be conveniently carried after a cooking process since the saucer is always provided on the microwave oven.
Additional objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
The foregoing and other objects of the present invention are achieved by providing a microwave oven including a saucer holder provided at a predetermined position of an external surface of the oven to removably hold a saucer on the holder.
The foregoing and other objects of the present invention are achieved by providing a saucer to hold various kinds of cups including a cup seating part having a disc shape, and an engaging part to removably engage with a saucer holder provided on a microwave oven.
The foregoing and other objects of the present invention are achieved by providing a microwave oven including a saucer holder provided at a predetermined position on an external surface of the microwave oven, and a saucer to removably engage with the saucer holder.
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Leung Philip H.
Staas & Halsey , LLP
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