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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7348522 | Apparatus for thawing frozen food items An apparatus is disclosed for thawing a frozen food item, including a chamber dimensioned to receive the frozen food item, a heat exchanger operable to either heat air in the chamber or to cool the air in the chamber, a fan for creating a flow of the air within the ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7176425 | Method and device for regulating the temperature of a drive element The invention relates to a device (11) and a method of regulating a temperature of a drive element (2) which can be employed in a deep-freezing application in particular, such as a band, belt or similar, in which at least a part-region of the drive ele... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7053346 | Combined microwave/frying apparatus A combined microwave/frying apparatus includes a frying device, a microwave-generating device, and a supporting member. The frying device includes a housing having an oil groove in an upper end thereof, the oil groove having an upwardly facing opening. The microwave... | 05/30/2006 |
| 5945021 | Microwave and steam cooking system The invention relates to a system for cooking or heating a food product with combined steam and microwave energy having a microwave oven with a carrousel for moving the food product into and out of the oven. The food product is placed in a steaming compar... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5541390 | Tunnel oven for microwave heating and cooking foods The tunnel oven comprises an elongated enclosure connected to an inlet closure and an outlet closure and traversed by a conveyor transporting the food to be cooked. The enclosure is delimited by a wall forming a floor, a wall forming a ceiling, and two si... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5514853 | Microwave tunnel heating apparatus An apparatus assembly for heating a product has a tunnel and microwave generators positoned for generating a microwave field zone within the tunnel. A conveyor belt extends within the tunnel for passing a product through the tunnel. A plate formed of a ma... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5166484 | Microwave system and method for curing rubber System and method for processing extruded sponge rubber products and the like by simultaneously heating the products with microwave energy and impinging jets of high velocity hot air on the products. In one disclosed embodiment, the extruded sponge rubber... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5107602 | Method and an apparatus for drying veneer and similar products The invention relates to the drying of veneer and similar products. It provides a solution to the problem of such products, after having passed through a hot air drier, exhibiting local areas having an intolerantly high moisture content--they are "underdr... | 04/28/1992 |
| 4999471 | Method for heat prepackaged food products using microwaves in a heated superatmospheric chamber In order to stabilize pre-packaged food products and simultanously sanitize the packages, the packages are treated with microwaves in a first processing zone in an atmosphere where hot air is maintained at a superatmospheric pressure. The hot hair is ther... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4889966 | Apparatus for heating discrete packages of products using microwaves Microwave apparatus for heating discrete packages (12) of product. The microwave apparatus has a support surface (14) for a packaged product within a waveguide (2), a microwave field generator, and field deflecting and concentrating guide (4,6) to produce... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4879444 | Apparatus for the heat treatment of insulating materials using microwave energy and hot gas For heat treating products having a substantially circular cross section and being composed of mineral fibers containing a binder in solution in water, a metal container impervious to microwaves and equipped with a conveyor device includes a source of hot... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4876426 | Method and apparatus for water vapor control in convection ovens A method for controlling the water vapor content of recirculating air in a conveyorized convection oven for food products wherein the temperature of recirculating air is maintained at or above the desired temperature which the food product is to attain be... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4492839 | Thermal treatment apparatus Apparatus and method for imparting thermal energy to food products, the apparatus comprising a heating section with microwave generating apparatus and impingement heating apparatus for either sequentially or sequentially and simultaneously thermally treat... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4409453 | Combined microwave and impingement heating apparatus Directed jets of temperature controlled gaseous fluids are applied to irregularly shaped products, such as food portions, to subject discrete areas of the surface to a very high heat transfer rate and to cause these areas to be passed over surfaces of the... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4405850 | Combination microwave heating apparatus A microwave heating apparatus wherein thermal insulation material positioned inside the enclosure defines the processing cavity. The temperature in the cavity may be raised by, for example, hot air directed into it so that product may be processed by the ... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4198554 | Method and apparatus for microwave vulcanization of extruded rubber profiles A method and apparatus for vulcanizing extruded rubber profiles in vulcanizing ovens to eliminate under cure of the rubber profiles in those areas where the extruded rubber profiles contact a support means by arranging at least one microwave emitter below... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4189629 | Apparatus and method for microwave heating in a kiln Apparatus and method for microwave heating and heat recovery in a kiln wherein substances are successively exposed to microwaves to successively raise their temperature and are also successively passed in close proximity to each other to effect radiant he... | 02/19/1980 |
