Electronic cooking apparatus

Claim 1

COOKING APPARATUS COMPRISING A BODY DEFINING AN OVEN CAVITY HAVING A FRONT ACCESS OPENING THEREINTO, A FRONT DOOR CARRIED BY THE FRONT OF SAID BODY AND OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FRONT ACCESS OPENING AND SELECTIVELY MOVABLE BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS WITH RESPECT THERETO, A WORK TOP CARRIED BY THE TOP OF SAID BODY, A BACKSPLASH CARRIED BY THE TOP REAR PORTION OF SAID BODY ADJACENT TO THE REAR OF SAID WORK TOP, A FIRST FIXTURE CARRIED BY SAID BACKSPLASH, A WAVE GUIDE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID OVEN CAVITY, A CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID WAVE GUIDE AND SAID FIRST FIXTURE, A VALVE INCLUDED IN SAID CONNECTION AND HAVING OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS, AN OSCILLATOR OPERATIVE TO SUPPLY ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ENERGY INTO SAID WAVE GUIDE AND THEREFROM INTO SAID OVEN CAVITY AND INTO SAID CONNECTION, WHEREBY ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ENERGY MAY BE SUPPLIED FROM SAID CONNECTION TO SAID FIRST FIXTURE ONLY WHEN SAID VALVE OCCUPIES ITS OPEN POSITION, A PORTABLE COOKING VESSEL REMOVABLY CARRIED BY SAID WORK TOP, SAID COOKING VESSEL CARRYING A SECOND FIXTURE, SAID SECOND FIXTURE BEING READILY SELECTIVELY CONNECTIBLE AND DISCONNECTIBLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST FIXTURE WHEN SAID COOKING VESSEL IS CARRIED BY SAID WORK TOP, WHEREBY ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ENERGY MAY BE SUPPLIED FROM SAID FIRST FIXTURE VIA SAID SECOND FIXTURE INTO SAID COOKING VESSEL WHEN SAID COOKING VESSEL IS CARRIED BY SAID WORK TOP AND WHEN SAID SECOND FIXTURE IS CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST FIXTURE, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO CONNECTION OF SAID SECOND FIXTURE TO SAID FIRST FIXTURE FOR OPERATING SAID VALVE INTO ITS OPEN POSITION AND RESPONSIVE TO DISCONNECTION OF SAID SECOND FIXTURE FROM SAID FIRST FIXTURE FOR OPERATING SAID VALVE INTO ITS CLOSED POSITION, A MANUALLY OPERABLE SWITCH, FIRST CONTROL MEANS GOVERNED JOINTLY BY SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE SWITCH AND BY SAID FRONT DOOR IN ITS CLOSED POSITION FOR OPERATING SAID OSCILLATOR, AND SECOND CONTROL MEANS GOVERNED JOINTLY BY SAID VALVE IN ITS OPEN POSITION AND BY SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE SWITCH AND BY SAID FRONT DOOR IN ITS CLOSED POSITION FOR OPERATING SAID OSCILLATOR.