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Microwave oven having preparation of menu assisting function

  • US 5,317,134 A
  • Filed: 09/23/1992
  • Issued: 05/31/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Microwave oven comprising:

  • cooking means, including a microwave generator, for cooking food according to a cooking program, specifying a cooking procedure;

    external memory attaching means for providing detachable attachment of both a first type and a second type external storing means, said first type external storing means for storing a plurality of kinds of main dish cooking information from cooking information relating to the cooking program and said second type external storing means for storing a plurality of kinds of sub-disk cooking information to be combined with the main cooking information in a menu, each of said plurality of kinds of main dish cooking information being related to at least one of said plurality of kinds of sub-dish cooking information;

    main dish cooking information selecting means, operatively connected to the first type external storing means, for accessing a user selected one of said plurality of kinds of main dish cooking information stored in the first external storing means attached to said external attaching means;

    sub-dish cooking information selecting means, operatively connected to the second type external storing means, for assisting a user, in preparation of a menu, in selecting sub-dish cooking information related to said accessed user selected main dish cooking information, said sub-dish cooking information being separately stored in said second type external storing means attached to said external attaching means;

    menu storing means, operatively connected to the main dish cooking information selecting means and the sub-dish cooking information selecting means, for storing a series of cooking programs corresponding to the main dish and sub-dish selected by the user as a menu;

    cooking controlling means, operatively connected to the cooking means and the menu storing means, for applying said cooking programs stored in said menu storing means to said cooking means in a predetermined order for execution of said cooking programs; and

    displaying means, operatively connected to the cooking controlling means, for displaying information to assist the user in preparing a menu by said main dish cooking information selecting means and said sub-dish cooking information selecting means and for displaying information relating to the cooking programs to be executed prior to execution of the cooking programs by said cooking controlling means.

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