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Abstract

A microwave oven is provided with a weighing device comprising a plate having a vertically movable shaft, and a fluid-containing bladder or a fluid-containing piston and cylinder assembly, and a pressure sensor for sensing the weight of a food product to be cooked in the oven. The problem residing in that the electronic components included in prior-art weighing devices are placed in an unsuitable environment under the cavity bottom of the oven is solved by placing the electronic components on a circuit board for the remaining control electronics in a space separate from the space under the cavity bottom. This solution means that the vertically movable shaft generates a pressure change in the bladder or the piston and cylinder assembly. This pressure change is transmitted to the pressure sensor, which generates a weight-indicating signal.

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