Control system for a microwave oven, a microwave oven using such a control system and methods of making the same
First Claim
1. A control system for a microwave oven having a magnetron including a transformer, said control system further comprising an electrical circuit to interconnect an electrical power source through a conductor to said transformer to operate said magnetron, further including an actual amperage detector of the electrical current flowing from said power source through said conductor to said transformer at that time so as to monitor the operating condition of said magnetron;
- and whereinsaid actual amperage detector comprises;
a current sampling circuit and means for determining from said current sampling circuit the highest reading on said current having a sinusoidal wave form.
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Abstract
A control system for a microwave oven having a magnetron unit, a microwave oven using such a control system and methods of making the same are provided, the system being adapted to interconnect a power source to a transformer unit of the magnetron unit to operate the same, the system comprising a unit for determining the actual voltage level of said power source to be utilized at that time and being adapted to interconnect the power source to a particular tap of the transformer unit if the determined power level is above a certain value and to interconnect the power source to another tap of the transformer unit if the determined power level is below the certain value.
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25 Claims
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1. A control system for a microwave oven having a magnetron including a transformer, said control system further comprising an electrical circuit to interconnect an electrical power source through a conductor to said transformer to operate said magnetron, further including an actual amperage detector of the electrical current flowing from said power source through said conductor to said transformer at that time so as to monitor the operating condition of said magnetron;
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said actual amperage detector comprises; a current sampling circuit and means for determining from said current sampling circuit the highest reading on said current having a sinusoidal wave form. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A microwave oven having a magnetron including a transformer, said microwave oven having a control system comprising an electrical circuit having a conductor, to interconnect an electrical power source through said conductor to said transformer to operate said magnetron, wherein said control system comprises an actual amperage detector of electrical current flowing from said power source through said conductor to said transformer at that time so as to monitor the operating condition of said magnetron means;
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said actual amperage detector comprises; a current sampling circuit and means for determining from said current sampling circuit the highest reading on said current having a sinusoidal wave form. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A control system for a microwave oven having a magnetron, said control system comprising:
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a current transforming device responding to an input current variably drawn by said magnetron from an external power source, said current transformer producing an output current proportional to said input current; a scaling device responding to said output of said current transformer, said scaling device producing a scaled, amplified and rectified output proportional to said input current; and a computing device responding to said scaling device, wherein said computing device determines the actual amperage of said input current so as to monitor the operating condition of said magnetron; and
whereinsaid computing device comprises an analog to digital converter connected to said scaling device output; and said computing device determines the actual amperage of said input current by taking several samples of digital signals which corresponds to said input current thereby finding the highest reading of a sinusoidal wave form to determine the peak current. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of controlling a microwave oven having a magnetron, comprising the steps of:
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transforming magnetic flux from an input current variably drawn by said magnetron from an external power source to a corresponding signal, wherein said corresponding signal is proportional to said input signal; determining the amperage of said input current from said corresponding signal; and monitoring the condition of said magnetron from the determined amperage of said input current; and
whereinsaid step of determining the amperage comprises; sampling said corresponding signal; and determining the highest reading on said input signal having a sinusoidal wave form from said sampling of said corresponding signal. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A microwave oven controller comprising:
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means for transforming magnetic flux from an input current variably drawn by said magnetron from an external power source to a corresponding signal, wherein said corresponding signal is proportional to said input signal; means for converting said corresponding signal from an analog signal to a digital signal; means for determining the amperage of said input current from said corresponding signal; and means for monitoring the condition of said magnetron from the determined amperage of said input current; and
whereinsaid means for determining the amperage comprises; means for sampling said corresponding signal; and means for determining from said means for sampling the highest reading on said input signal having a sinusoidal wave form. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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