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(11) EP 0 243 025 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
30.03.1988 Bulletin 1988/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.10.1987 Bulletin 1987/44

(21) Application number: 87302914

(22) Date of filing: 03.04.1987
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR GB IT SE

(30) Priority: 23.04.1986 GB 8609937

(71) Applicant: Microwave Ovens Limited
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(72) Inventor:
  • Eke, Kenneth Ian
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(54) Microwave ovens


(57) A microwave oven has a food receiving cavity (l0) separated by a rear wall (20) from a rear compartment (34, Figure 2) accommodating a fan for forcing air through the cavity (l0). An electrical resistance heating element (38) located at the top of the cavity serves to heat the air forced through the cavity by the fan, and also as a radiant grill element when the fan is not operative.







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