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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173943 | Apparatus for microwave heating of a planar product including a multi-segment waveguide element The invention relates to a microwave waveguide element for matching a standard waveguide input port to an enlarged waveguide output port. In the waveguide element, a plurality of intermediate waveguide segments is cascaded in the propagation direction of the microwa... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7919735 | High-frequency heating device In fabricating a door switch for a microwave oven, two switches are incorporated in a single switch case to allow a reduction in the size and to allow common use of switch components, thereby achieving a cost reduction through a reduction in the number of components... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7767943 | Methods for microwave heat treatment of manufactured components An apparatus for heat treating manufactured components using microwave energy and microwave susceptor material. Heat treating medium such as eutectic salts may be employed. A fluidized bed introduces process gases which may include carburizing or nitriding gases. Th... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7388179 | Microwave radiating applicator with reduced sensitivity to surrounding media A microwave energy applicator radiating uniformly all around the applicator that maintains high efficiency Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (V.S.W.R.) for surrounding media of dielectric constants varying from about 1 to about 80. In a particular embodiment, the high eff... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7365291 | High voltage input apparatus for magnetron A high voltage input apparatus for a magnetron, in which first protrusions formed on lead conductors are caught by insulators and an insulating case, a ground metal is bonded to the insulating case, and expanded portions formed on the insulators are caught by the in... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363746 | Method for exterminating an ant colony An ant exterminating apparatus operates to exterminate an ant colony using a energy producing element secured within a housing. The ant exterminating apparatus further includes a cover that is pivotally attached to a base. The cover is pivotable between an open posi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361303 | Medical waste treatment unit A method and apparatus for reducing organic waste. The apparatus comprises a conveyor to move waste to a first chamber for weighing waste and purging oxygen, a second chamber for treating, sterilizing and reducing waste by reverse polymerization, and a third chamber... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7336488 | Radiator mechanism and electronic apparatus having same It is an exemplified object of the present invention to provide a radiator mechanism and electronic apparatus having the radiator mechanism that can prevent destruction, deterioration, and malfunction due to heat of exoergic components or other electronic components... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7271363 | Portable microwave plasma systems including a supply line for gas and microwaves Portable microwave plasma systems including supply lines for providing microwaves and gas flow are disclosed. The supply line includes at least one gas line or conduit and a microwave coaxial cable. A portable microwave plasma system includes a microwave source, a w... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7230217 | Hybrid rectangular heating applicators A rectangular microwave applicator operating at a predetermined frequency and comprising a microwave enclosure forming a cavity having first and second transverse dimensions and a longitudinal dimension n the direction of propagation of microwave energy, wherein sai... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7202453 | Energy applicators adapted to dielectric heating A dielectric heating system with which the power density applied to the product being treated can be at least doubled without risk of electric arcs. This invention is particularly suitable for treatment of compounds that absorb electromagnetic waves weakly (low diel... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7164234 | High-power microwave system employing a phase-locked array of inexpensive commercial magnetrons A high-power microwave generator employing a plurality of inexpensive commercial magnetron tubes cross-coupled by means of a secondary coupling path between each magnetron output pair, whereby a portion of the output energy from a first magnetron tube is injected in... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7145120 | Guided heating apparatus and method for using the same A guided heating apparatus and a method for using the same is provided. The apparatus includes a guiding enclosure, a supporting piece, and an absorbing piece. The guiding enclosure guides and keeps energy from an energy source within the guiding enclosure. The guid... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7127206 | Microwave arrangement with resonance state tuning for affixing toner onto printing material A microwave arrangement for affixing the toner onto a printing material by heating, wherein a resonator chamber for feeding printing material therethrough includes at least one element, which extends into the resonator chamber and is used for tuning the resonance st... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7101369 | Triaxial antenna for microwave tissue ablation An improved antenna for microwave ablation uses a triaxial design which reduces reflected energy allowing higher power ablation and/or a smaller diameter feeder line to the antenna. ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7091457 | Meta-surface waveguide for uniform microwave heating A method and apparatus for creating uniform heating of an microwave absorptive target. A microwave housing has a longitudinal axis and propagates a waveguide mode at an operating frequency. The target is located in an axial cross-sectional area relative to the longi... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088060 | Electron tube for communication An electron tube for communication is provided with an output waveguide that is directly coupled to an outlet port of a RF (Radio Frequency) wave signal, and at least one of a low-pass filter, a high-pass filter, and a band-pass filter is included inside the output ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7067779 | Magnetron arrangement A magnetron arrangement has a coaxial output terminating in a probe which launches energy from the magnetron along a rectangular waveguide. The coaxial output is arranged in an endfire configuration with respect to the waveguide, giving a compact arrangement compare... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7034265 | Device and method for cleaning microwave devices Cleaning a microwave device, in particular for drying print substrate in a printing machine, with a microwave source providing an irradiation field and a resonator chamber, wherein a microwave-penetrable material on the inside surfaces of the resonator chamber for f... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7026588 | Microwave treatment of objects and single-piece components The invention concerns a device for microwave treatment in an applicator (1), characterized in that it comprises, arranged in the applicator, impedance adapting dielectric means (2, 7, 8) having shapes and dimensions adapted to the objects (10) ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022954 | Microwave cavity resonator for heating printing substance and/or toner Heating a printing substance and/or toner, in an electrophotographic printer, with a standing microwave formed by at least one cavity resonator, with the printed matter being caused to move through the resonator gap. The power distribution of the microwave applied b... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015441 | Microwave heating apparatus An apparatus and method for heating a sample, such as chemical reaction mixtures are disclosed. The apparatus may include at least a microwave generator, a waveguide for guiding the generated microwaves to an applicator, and a deflector formed by a closed loop defin... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6999315 | Radiator mechanism and electronic apparatus having same It is an exemplified object of the present invention to provide a radiator mechanism and electronic apparatus having the radiator mechanism that can prevent destruction, deterioration, and malfunction due to heat of exoergic components or other electronic components... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6982192 | High performance thermal interface curing process for organic flip chip packages An integrated circuit package which has a thermal epoxy that can be attached to an integrated circuit and a thermal element. The thermal epoxy can be cured with energy at a microwave frequency. Curing the thermal epoxy with microwave energy can minimize package warp... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6960747 | Microwave applicator system A microwave applicator for heating loads being a waveguide transition between the rectangular TE10 and TE20 modes comprising a TE10 mode section and a TE20 mode section. The location of the load being inside said TE20... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6938358 | Method and apparatus for electromagnetic drying of printed media A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for providing electromagnetic drying of printed media. A resonant cavity allows support of standing waves along many radial axes throughout the resonant cavity. The electromagnetic drying unit allows forced air to be in... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6901683 | Method and apparatus for electromagnetic drying of printed media A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for providing electromagnetic drying of printed media. A resonant cavity allows support of standing waves along many radial axes throughout the resonant cavity. The electromagnetic drying unit allows forced air to be in... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6878911 | Device and method for cleaning microwave devices Cleaning a microwave device, in particular for drying print substrate in a printing machine, with a microwave source providing an irradiation field and a resonator chamber, wherein a microwave-penetrable material on the inside surfaces of the resonator chamber for f... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6867401 | Waveguide foreign object damage prevention window A waveguide system for passing microwave energy while blocking foreign particles from a moving gas passing through the system is provided. The system includes first and second waveguide sections and a low loss microwave window disposed between the waveguide sections... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6833537 | Microwave system for heating voluminous elongated loads A Microwave heating system includes an elongated cylindrical metal cavity intended for heating a voluminous elongated load. The system includes microwave feeding means arranged to generate a single mode of the circular type TEm;n;p (a so-called whispering... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6787339 | Microfluidic devices having embedded metal conductors and methods of fabricating said devices The present invention provides low cost microfluidic devices having embedded metal conductors. The devices of the invention comprise a electronic component comprising a substrate having a first surface, a layer of electrically-conductive material deposited on a port... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6740858 | Microwave heating applicator for heating a moving fluid A microwave applicator for heating a moving fluid includes a heating chamber having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and through which the fluid to be heated flows. The applicator also includes a microwave energy source and a microwave circuit having at least one wa... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6707017 | High-power microwave window A microwave window structure for a low-pressure chamber is provided. The window structure enables microwave energy to be introduced into the chamber from a source external to the chamber. The window structure includes a fixture having electrically conductive walls. ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6683272 | Plasma source for spectrometry A plasma source for a spectrometer for spectrochemical analysis of a sample is characterized by use of the magnetic field component of applied microwave energy for exciting a plasma. The source includes a waveguide cavity (10) fed with TE10 mod... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6675495 | Method for drying saw timber and device for implementing said method The invention relates to a process for drying wood, characterized in that it comprises a pressurizing step to place a sealed chamber (1) under a predetermined pressure by injecting or generating saturating steam and maintaining this pressure for a predete... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6614010 | Microwave heating apparatus The present invention relates to an apparatus for heating a sample, such as chemical reaction mixtures, whose dielectric properties varies during the heating process. In particular, the present invention relates to a microwave heating apparatus comprising... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6605454 | Microfluidic devices with monolithic microwave integrated circuits A microwave device has a monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) disposed therein for applying microwave radiation to a microfluidic structure, such as a chamber, defined in the device. The microwave radiation from the MMIC is useful for heating sa... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6583395 | Focusing microwave applicator The microwave applicator for microwaves outputs from a guide (1) comprises an envelope (3) that forces microwaves to converge towards a focal point (16) by means of a complementary central reflector (4). A fraction of the waves reaches this point after re... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6577903 | Thermal sensor positioning in a microwave waveguide A method of positioning on a microwave waveguide a sensor (20) including an elongate metallic element (23, 24) comprising: selecting a tubular waveguide (12); determining the general orientation of the magnetic field (3) generated during microwave transmi... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6473994 | Method for drying saw timber and device for implementing said method The invention relates to a process for drying wood, characterized in that it comprises a pressurizing step to place a sealed chamber (1) under a predetermined pressure by injecting or generating saturating steam and maintaining this pressure for a predete... | 11/05/2002 |
