A microwave heating apparatus and methods of controlling cooling of a microwave heating apparatus are provided. The microwave heating apparatus typically includes a microwave source for generating microwaves, a cooling unit for cooling the microwave source and a control unit. According to one embodiment, the control unit is configured to receive operational data from a measuring device indicative of the measured power of microwaves transmitted from the magnetron and receive operational data from the measuring device indicative of the measured anode current of the magnetron. A calculating device calculates an efficiency of the magnetron as a function of the measured power of the transmitted microwaves and the measured anode current, to define a determined efficiency. The control unit controls the cooling unit and cools the magnetron based on the determined efficiency.

Provided are a control method for a heating unit, the heating unit, and a refrigerating and freezing apparatus. The control method includes: acquiring a forward power signal output from an electromagnetic wave generation module and a reverse power signal returned to the electromagnetic wave generation module; calculating an electromagnetic wave absorption rate of an item to be treated according to the forward power signal and the reverse power signal; and adjusting a rotation speed of a cooling fan according to a power value of the forward power signal and the electromagnetic wave absorption rate. By comparing the means of adjusting, according to the power value of the forward power signal output from the electromagnetic wave generation module and the electromagnetic wave absorption rate of the item to be treated, the rotation speed of the cooling fan for cooling the electromagnetic wave generation module with the means of adjusting the rotation speed of the cooling fan according to the temperature of the electromagnetic wave generation module, there is no need to dispose additional temperature sensing apparatuses, heat generated by the electromagnetic wave generation module can be reflected more precisely, and unexpected energy waste and noise pollution are avoided while fully cooling the electromagnetic wave generation module.

A pull-out heating cooking apparatus (1) includes a heating chamber (10), a drawer body (11), a fan (21), a microwave supply unit (14), an air sending unit (15), and a main body outer case (40). The heating chamber (10) includes a panel (100) provided with a first through hole part (100B) and a second through hole part (100C) are formed. In the heating chamber (10), a first space (S1) and a second space (S2) are formed between an outer surface of the heating chamber (10) and an inner surface of the main body outer case (40). The fan (21) takes in air from the first through hole part (100B) to the first space (S1), and circulates the air to the fan (21) via the first space (S1). The fan (21) blows out the air to the second space (S2) and circulates the air to the second through hole part (100C) via the second space (S2).

A cooking appliance, as provided herein, may include a cabinet, a magnetron, an induction heating coil, and a one-way field filter. The cabinet may define a cooking chamber. The magnetron may be mounted within the cabinet in communication with the cooking chamber to direct a microwave thereto. The induction heating coil may be mounted within the cabinet to direct a magnetic field thereto. The one-way field filter may be disposed within the cabinet between the induction heating coil and the cooking chamber to restrict passage of the microwave therethrough while permitting the magnetic field. The one-way filter may include a lower layer and an upper layer. The lower layer may include a plurality of parallel conductive bands extending in a first direction. The upper layer may be disposed above the lower layer. The upper layer may include a plurality of parallel conductive bands extending in the second direction.

A combined apparatus for heating, cooking, grilling and defrosting of foods of various kinds, depending on the type of foods to be treated from time to time and the duration of the foods treatment foreseen by each user of the same apparatus, where each hot treatment of foods may be effected either by heating or by microwaves only, or by heating and microwaves combined to each other. There are described in detail all the technical characteristics of the apparatus and the relative control circuits either for heating or for generating the microwaves. Advantages include use of a sole and single apparatus for hot treating the foods for providing for the heating, the cooking, the grilling and the defrosting of the same foods, instead of employing as it happens hitherto of single separated apparatuses for performing the same functions.

An embedded microwave oven, comprising a box body (10), a door body (20), a front plate (30), a first partition plate (40), and a heat dissipation fan. Under the action of the heat dissipation fan, external air enters an air inlet mesh from a front air inlet (14) and enters a spacing region between a wall of a housing (11) and a wall of a cooking cavity (12), and after electronic components are air-cooled, hot air is discharged outwards from a front air outlet hole (31) and a front air outlet (13). The first partition plate (40) can avoid mixing of cold air entering from the front air inlet (14) and hot air discharged from the front air outlet (13), and can prevent the hot air, which is discharged from the front air outlet (13), from directly entering the front air inlet (14) and then entering the box body (10).

A refrigerating and freezing device (1) includes a cabinet, wherein at least one storage compartment (11) is defined therein, and a heating cavity is defined in one of the storage compartments (11); and an electromagnetic heating device, configured to supply electromagnetic waves into the heating cavity so as to heat a to-be-processed object in the heating cavity, wherein the electromagnetic heating device is provided with an electromagnetic generation module (21) configured to produce an electromagnetic wave signal. A containing groove (12) with an upward opening is provided in a top of the cabinet (10), the opening of the containing groove (12) is covered with a cover (13) so as to define a containing space (14) between the containing groove (12) and the cover (13), and heat dissipation holes configured to achieve communication between the containing space (14) and an external environment where the cabinet (10) is located are provided in the cover (13). The electromagnetic generation module (21) is disposed in the containing space (14), and a heat dissipation fan (31) is further provided in the containing space (14) and is configured to drive airflow to flow between the containing space (14) and the external environment where the cabinet (10) is located through the heat dissipation holes, so as to dissipate heat from the electromagnetic generation module (21). The heat dissipation efficiency and the heat dissipation effect are improved, and the space inside the cabinet (10) is prevented from being occupied.

Disclosed are a heating device and a refrigerator. The heating device includes: a cylinder body, in which a heating cavity is defined and configured to place an object to be processed; an electromagnetic generating module, configured to generate an electromagnetic wave signal; a radiating antenna, electrically connected with the electromagnetic generating module to generate electromagnetic waves of a corresponding frequency in the heating cavity according to the electromagnetic wave signal, so as to heat the object to be processed in the heating cavity; and a signal processing and measurement and control circuit, electrically connected with the electromagnetic generating module and disposed outside the cylinder body. In the heating device of the present invention, the signal processing and measurement and control circuit is disposed outside the cylinder body and does not occupy the space of the heating cavity inside the cylinder body, so that the size of the available space inside the heating cavity is greatly increased, thereby increasing the space utilization rate of the heating cavity. At the same time, the heat generated by the signal processing and measurement and control circuit during operation may be prevented from entering the heating cavity and being transferred to the object to be processed, thereby improving the heating uniformity.

A microwave drying device has a processing box. Two mounting openings are formed on an external mounting wall of the processing box. Two suction partitions are mounted in the processing box and divide an inner space of the processing box into a microwave drying space and two suction spaces. The microwave drying space is located between and connects to the two suction spaces. Multiple channel partitions are mounted in the microwave drying space to form a meandering wave travelling channel. Two opposite ends of the wave travelling channel connect to the two mounting openings respectively. Two microwave emitting modules are mounted on the external mounting wall and emit microwaves toward the two mounting openings respectively. Multiple openings are formed in the processing box such that a film can travel through the processing box. Therefore, drying speed is greatly increased, and the drying device is more compact.

The present invention relates to a cooling system for a cooking oven (10). The cooling system is arranged or arrangeable at an outer side of an oven cavity (12) of the cooking oven (10). The cooling system comprises a cooling fan (24), a blowing air channel (18) and a suction air channel (19). An outlet of the cooling fan (24) is connected to the blowing air channel (18). An inlet (26) of the cooling fan (24) is subdivided into a first inlet portion (32) and a second inlet portion (34). The first inlet portion (32) is either open or connected to an outlet (30) of a magnetron duct (20), while the second inlet portion (34) is permanently open. A further inlet (38) of the cooling fan (24) is connected to the suction air channel (19).