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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8426784 | Multi-stage cylindrical waveguide applicator systems A microwave applicator system exposing a material flowing through multiple applicator stages to a different radial heating pattern in each stage for uniform heating. A two-stage applicator system has a pair of back-to-back applicators, each having offset, outwardly ... | 04/23/2013 |
| 7601936 | Microwave system and method for controling the sterlization and infestation of crop soils The method and the system are applicable in farming activities, pest control, industry, agriculture, forestry, etc. for controlling insects and other plant pests from crops. The system performing the method comprises a source of lethal impact which is a microwave ge... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7528353 | Microwave heating device A microwave heating device for heating load(s) and including a cylinder-shaped cavity enclosed by a periphery wall, the cavity is provided with a microwave feeding device. The heating device may have a dielectric wall structure arranged inside the cavity between the... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7518092 | Processing apparatus with an electromagnetic launch A processing apparatus, such as a microwave-based processing apparatus. The apparatus includes a vessel having an inner surface defining a chamber configured to hold a reaction mixture, a guide, and a launch coupled to the guide. The guide can be at least partially ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7498548 | Microwave heating system and method for removing volatiles from adsorbent materials A heating apparatus for removing volatiles from a saturated adsorbent is provided. The heating apparatus can include a vessel including a first end and a second end. The vessel can be adapted to receive the saturated adsorbent. The heating apparatus can also include... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7476829 | Pre treatment of multi-phase materials using high field strength electromagnetic waves A method of microwave pre treatment of a multi-phase material (200) prior to a subsequent operation on the material (200). The material (200) having a first phase of material and a second phase of material. The method comprises heating the mater... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7470876 | Waveguide exposure chamber for heating and drying material Heating and drying devices including generally rectangular waveguide applicators forming exposure chambers for uniformly heating materials. Material to be heated enters and exits a microwave exposure region of the chamber through entrance and exit ports at opposite ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7388180 | Microwave oven having a driving unit for moving and rotating an antenna A microwave oven includes a cooking chamber; a magnetron for generating a microwave; a waveguide for guiding the microwave from the magnetron toward the cooking chamber; an antenna between the cooking chamber and the waveguide for propagating the microwave guided by... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7326894 | Heating element on the polymer inside surface of a motor vehicle front-end module/bumper in an operative connection to a radar transmitter/receiver unit A heating element for an inside surface of a front-end module/bumper for a motor vehicle. The heating element is operatively connected to a radar transmitting/receiving unit. The heating element includes a heating film formed of a polymer, an array of conductor stri... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320183 | Method for drying honeycomb formed structure The invention provides a honeycomb formed structure drying method including causing undried honeycomb formed structures 10 placed on stands 12 to pass through a drying apparatus 1, thereby drying the undried honeycomb formed structures through h... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7256377 | Coupled-waveguide microwave applicator for uniform processing An apparatus providing uniform microwave processing of products especially those that are likely to absorb microwave energy such as meat and the like. The apparatus uses at least a pair of complimentary processing waveguides. The waveguides are offset along at least... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7202830 | High gain steerable phased-array antenna A high gain, steerable phased array antenna includes multiple oblong slots. For each of the oblong and preferably rectangular slots, an electrical microstrip feed line is disposed within a parallel plane to the slot, and extends in the short dimension of the slot ac... | 04/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7122772 | Microwave resonator and method of operating microwave resonator In an even numbered polygonal microwave resonator wherein a high mode microwave mode is formed and in the resonator volume a homogeneous field distribution is established for the thermal processing of workpieces, a microwave in-coupling structure pair is provided al... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7106153 | Waveguide interconnection apparatus Provided is a waveguide interconnection apparatus making rectangular interconnecting portions to be a curved structure, whereby it is possible to reduce a signal reflection and a signal loss due to a mismatch occurred from a discontinuous portion where waveguides ar... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7049566 | Cooking device A cooking device includes a first waveguide portion to make a microwave emitted into a heating chamber propagate radially in the directions almost parallel with the bottom face of the heating chamber and to guide the microwave propagated in the almost parallel direc... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7034266 | Tunable microwave apparatus Disclosed is a method and apparatus for tuning a microwave apparatus. The chamber volume of the microwave apparatus can be changed by moving a flexible portion of a flexible wall while a perimeter portion of the flexible wall remains fixed. ... | 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 |
| 6932932 | Method of fabricating honeycomb body Method of fabricating at least a honeycomb body include drying a plurality of honeycomb bodies, each having a multiplicity of cells arranged in the shape of a honeycomb and having a wall thickness of 0.125 mm or less, without cracking or wrinkling in the outer perip... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6933482 | Microwave heating apparatus Microwave heating apparatus comprising an elongated dielectric microwave applicator with an axial TM type mode, said dielectric applicator is provided with a load chamber for a load to be heated, said load chamber is located in a centered axial position inside the a... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6909077 | Microwave ovens A microwave oven has an oven cavity in which a launch site for delivering microwave energy into the oven cavity is provided by a hole (6) in a wall (2) of the cavity and a match plate (10). In order to improve the distribution of microwave energ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6906297 | Method and device for microwave-heating prepared meals sealed in trays Trays placed in an autoclave are coupled with microwaves from microwave generators and move back and forth as they are processed to ensure even heating. The generators are placed at the side of the autoclave so each generator connects to a wave guide in the autoclav... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6888114 | Microwave heating method In order to reduce reflected waves and improve heating matching, a microwave heating apparatus is equipped with at least one cone-shaped, bell-shaped, pyramid-shaped or similarly shaped waveguide, a reflector apparatus provided inside the waveguide, and a reflection... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6861632 | Microwave oven A microwave oven includes a motor for a stirrer and a motor mounting unit. The motor is provided at an outer circumferential surface thereof with a first flange having a hole. The motor mounting unit is provided on an outer surface of a wave guide, and includes a se... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6852963 | Wall-mounted type microwave oven A wall-mounted type microwave oven includes an outer cabinet defining an outer appearance thereof, an inner cabinet disposed in the outer cabinet to define a flow path therebetween, a sensor disposed in the flow path to check conditions of air flowing in the flow pa... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6812443 | Microwave oven capable of changing the way to supply microwaves into heating chambers A microwave oven has a heating chamber formed inside a body frame. A radiation antenna is provided below the heating chamber. The radiation antenna is structured in such a way that a member housed in an antenna drive box appropriately operates to change the distance... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6753516 | Method and apparatus for controlling an electric field intensity within a waveguide A device for heating a material utilizes a rectangular waveguide with an elongated opening for passing a planar material through the rectangular waveguide. A source creates an electric field between a top surface and a bottom surface of the rectangular waveguide. Th... | 06/22/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6693266 | Microwave heating apparatus and method of heating objects In order to reduce reflected waves and improve heating matching, a microwave heating apparatus is equipped with at least one cone-shaped, bell-shaped, pyramid-shaped or similarly shaped waveguide, a reflector apparatus provided inside the waveguide, and a... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6630654 | Microwave heating apparatus Microwave heating apparatus comprising a dielectric microwave applicator provided with a microwave coupling device adapted to feed microwave energy to the applicator. The applicator is provided with a load chamber 8 extending coaxially with regard to the ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6630653 | Device for adjusting the distribution of microwave energy density in an applicator and use of this device The invention relates to a device for adjusting the distribution of microwave energy density in an applicator which forms a resonator chamber and in which the radiation generated by microwave generators is guided to the applicator wall by waveguides; and ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6590191 | Method and apparatus for electromagnetic exposure of planar or other materials A source provides an electromagnetic wave that has a range of frequencies. The source sweeps the frequency of the electromagnetic wave between a cutoff frequency and double the cutoff frequency. The location, angle, or effective angle of an opening is adj... | 07/08/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6518553 | Food cooking device and method of use A device for treating sausage in a hot dog dispensing machine has a substantially closed chamber for receiving a sausage, a unit associated with the chamber and operative for providing a microwave radiation into an interior of the chamber so as to provide... | 02/11/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6463677 | Method and device for moisture profiling Method and device for moisture profiling of fibrous material web to be dried in machines for manufacturing and/or refining of fibrous material web. Method includes subjecting fibrous material web to electromagnetic waves in the form of high-frequency wave... | 10/15/2002 |
