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PCT No. PCT/FR92/00214 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 6, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 6, 1993 PCT Filed Mar. 10, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO92/16083 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 17, 1992.Control device for controlling a heating apparatus, such as a microwave oven. The microwave oven has a housing 12, an enclosure 16 in which a drawer 14 that receives a product to be heated slides, the microwave oven being actuated by a handle 15 and has optical and/or optoelectronic devices 21, 22 to read a distinctive sign 6 on either the product or its packaging. A processing module 30 is included to compare signals generated from reading this distinctive sign 6 with predetermined reference signals memorized in a storage device, and a supply module 43 generates operational control signals for the heating apparatus 10 in response to the result of this comparison. The optical and/or optoelectronic devices 21, 22 have a receiving cell 22 situated at the inlet and on the upper surface of the enclosure 16, the optical and/or optoelectronic devices being energized when the drawer 14 is pushed into the enclosure 16 to thereby effectuate a reading of the distinctive sign 6 on the product to be heated.
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