Patent attributes
A microwave oven including a component chamber penetrating part fluidly communicating with a component chamber, a cooking chamber penetrating part fluidly communicating with a cooking chamber, a discharging part discharging air within the cooking chamber through the cooking chamber penetrating part, and a fan assembly, including an inhaling fan ventilating the air into the component chamber penetrating part so as to cool the component chamber, a discharging fan ventilating the air within the cooking chamber into the discharging part through the cooking chamber penetrating part, and a fan motor provided between and driving the inhaling fan and the discharging fan. A detachment preventing part is provided on an inhaling fan cover and/or a discharging fan cover to prevent either of these covers from being detached from the fan assembly.