Microwave oven, its management of the starting current

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EP 0 981 266 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	31.05.2000 Bulletin 2000/22

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	23.02.2000 Bulletin 2000/08

(21)	Application number: 99302885.1

(22)	Date of filing: 14.04.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H05B 6/66

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

20.08.1998 KR 9833739

(71)	Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
	Suwon-city, Kyounggi-do 441-742 (KR)

(72)	Inventor:
	Ko, Young Cheol Suwon-city, Kyungki-do (KR)

(74)	Representative: Geary, Stuart Lloyd et al
	Venner, Shipley & Co., 20 Little Britain London EC1A 7DH London EC1A 7DH (GB)

(54)	Microwave oven, its management of the starting current

(57) In a microwave oven, initial surge current protection is provided by the winding of a motor (12) rather than the more conventional current-limiting resistor. Consequently, energy, that would otherwise be wasted producing unwanted heat, is used for useful work.

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