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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7216464 | Modular oven wall panel assembly A modular oven, such as a batch process oven, includes a standardized set of self supporting, interconnectable panels which, when assembled, from a self-supporting heat containment shell, free of added structural support members. The present invention is also direct... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207101 | Wire processing apparatus A wire processing apparatus includes a microwave generator, a microwave transmitter, a waveguide coaxial converter and a wire insertion pipe, and the wire insertion pipe is disposed in the wireguide coaxial converter. In wire recycling process, after a tip end of a ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7197839 | Microwave drying method of honeycomb formed bodies A method for drying a honeycomb formed body using microwaves is provided. The method can reduce the difference in the drying speed inside the honeycomb formed bodies during the drying process and can dry the honeycomb formed bodies without cell deformation. The meth... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7188406 | Methods of manufacturing enhanced electrical cables Disclosed are methods of manufacturing electrical cables. In one embodiment of the invention, method for manufacturing a wellbore cable includes providing at least one insulated conductor, extruding a first polymeric material layer over the insulated conductor, serv... | 03/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7087874 | Apparatus for drying ceramic molded articles using microwave energy An apparatus and a method, for drying ceramic molded articles, are disclosed. A drying apparatus (1) comprises a drying chamber (10) for accommodating ceramic molded articles (8), a plurality of microwave generators (20) for supplying mic... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7081605 | Microwave intensification system for a conveyorized microwave oven A microwave oven includes an oven cavity arranged within a housing. The oven includes a door and a motorized conveyor belt for transporting food items through the oven cavity. A microwave energy intensification system is provided below the conveyor belt to concentra... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7044399 | Heating systems A heating system 1 has a ceramic substrate 2 having a mounting face 2a for mounting an object W, a back face 2b and a side face 2c; a heating means 3 for generating heat from the mounting face 2 | 05/16/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7017278 | Microwave drying method A method for drying a plurality of objects in a same space using a microwave, a method of uniformly drying all the objects to be dried while retaining the high productivity (mass productivity) as much as possible is provided. The method comprises laying a plurality ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7002122 | Choke assembly for continuous conveyor microwave oven A continuous feed microwave applicator having a choke formed along a longitudinal gap. A conveyor may be fit to run along the length of the applicator, within the gap. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6905332 | Modular oven, panel assembly and method of assembling the same A modular oven, such as a batch process oven, having a standardized set of self supporting, interconnectable panels which, when assembled, from a self-supporting heat containment shell, free of added structural support members. Also described are the self-supporting... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6852958 | Microwave heating container Container designed to contain a product having to be heated by applying microwaves, the container having a side wall (10) and an end wall (12) formed by a base or a lid and means (10A) for limiting the penetration of the microwaves through the s... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6768089 | Microwave continuous heating apparatus A microwave continuous heating apparatus is provided with a heating compartment having openings at its front and rear portions and a transfer device which carries a to-be-heated object held thereon through the heating compartment, and microwave electric power is irr... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6713741 | Conveyorized oven with automated door The invention is directed to an oven, and in particular, a microwave oven, having an oven cavity, two doors disposed on opposite sides of the oven cavity, and a conveyor belt passing through the oven cavity and the two doors. The two doors are preferably mechanical ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6462320 | Dielectric heating device employing microwave heating for heating or cooking substances This invention relates to a dielectric heating device. More particularly, it relates to a dielectric heating device which employs microwave heating, suitable for heating or cooking foodstuffs and suitable for, but not restricted to, use as a domestic or i... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6455826 | Apparatus and method for continuous microwave drying of ceramics The invention is directed at an apparatus capable of the continuous drying of ceramic articles which produces little or no microwave radiation emission. The drying apparatus comprises comprise a microwave-heating chamber, for heating a ceramic, having an ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6265702 | Electromagnetic exposure chamber with a focal region An electromagnetic exposure chamber has an exterior conducting surface that forms an interior cavity. The exterior conducting surface has a first substantially planar surface, a second substantially planar surface, a first end, and a second end. The first... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6153868 | Microwave application device, particularly for baking products on a metal carrier A device for applying microwaves particularly for cooking products on a metallic support, includes at least one microwave generator (G) and a metallic waveguide, particularly of rectangular cross section (1, 11, 11', 11", 11"'). The waveguide forms a cook... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6147336 | Induction heaters for heating food, fluids or the like A cooking apparatus includes a fan 13 provided at the top wall of a heating chamber 2 with its front face directed downwards. A spiral coil 14 in the form of a flat disc is provided around a rotation shaft 12 above the heating chamber 2. When high-frequen... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6087642 | Electromagnetic exposure chamber for improved heating The present invention utilizes dielectric slabs to provide a relatively uniform electromagnetic field to a cavity between two or more dielectric slabs. Each dielectric slab is a thickness equal to or nearly equal to a quarter of a wavelength of the electr... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5958276 | Microwave compliant automatically sealing oven door A door assembly for a microwave oven that includes a deformable thin stainless steel plate which is sandwiched between a compression frame and a choke structure. To open the door, the plate is moved upward and away from the compression plate and the choke... | 09/28/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5902510 | Rotary microwave oven for continuous heating of materials A microwave furnace for heating materials has a microwave chamber with two microwave compartments made of microwave reflective material for retaining microwaves. One of the compartments is fixed and has an opening for discharging heated material. The othe... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5767492 | Tunnel oven for cooking food, including a device for connecting two tunnel oven segments A connection device for two successive segments (1A, 1B) of a tunnel oven for cooking food, comprises a first sleeve (16A) fixed to the frame (18) of the tunnel and second sleeve (17) secured to the tunnel segments (1A, 1B). The second sleeve (17) is moun... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5470423 | Microwave pultrusion apparatus and method of use A microwave pultrusion apparatus (10) with a frame (103, 104) with fingers (109, 110) contacting the material (200) to be processed. The frame and fingers prevent leakage of the microwaves from the cavity (12) and can be replaced or modified for various m... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5406056 | Electromagnetic curing apparatus and method of use A microwave apparatus (10) with conductive fingers (104, 105) on extensions (101, 102) contacting the material (200) to be processed and knife edges (100) adjacent the material on opposed sides of the cavity (12). The fingers and knife edges prevent leaka... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5146058 | Microwave resonant cavity applicator for heating articles of indefinite length A rectangular microwave resonant cavity applicator comprising two spaced-apart, cavity-containing sections is disclosed for heating a product web. Each section has a planar peripheral lip which faces the other and the sections are spaced apart by a distan... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5049362 | Apparatus for treatment of objects with UHF-energy The invention relates to an apparatus for treating objects with UHF-engergy comprising an elongated treating chamber, which is provided with UHF traps at entrance and exit ends, through which a conveyor runs and on its upper side is provided with UHF ener... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4999469 | Apparatus for microwave heating test coupons A test bonding apparatus comprising a rectangular wave-guide having a first pair of spaced opposing side walls attached to an orthogonal pair of spaced opposing side walls which are relatively wider. The waveguide includes an input portion, an intermediat... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4861955 | Matched absorptive end choke for microwave applicators A microwave application chamber including a reactive and absorptive choke is shown and described. The absorptive choke is made of a material having the same or close dielectric constant as the material being treated so that microwave energy will pass read... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4859821 | Device for drying, by micro-waves, the selvedge of an advancing flat material, particularly textile This invention relates to a device for drying, by micro-waves, the selvedge of an advancing flat material, particularly textile material, wherein it comprises a preferably rectangular waveguide of which one end terminates in a short circuit and the other ... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4687895 | Conveyorized microwave heating system A system for heating objects serially within a plurality of separate heating zones is described. Objects are placed on pallets and sequentially moved through the plurality of heating zones. In a preferred embodiment, the pallets are fabricated of a microw... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4570045 | Conveyorized microwave heating chamber with dielectric wall structure Apparatus (11, 11a, 11b, 11c) for heating substances (16, 16a, 16b, 16c) with microwave energy has a microwave containment housing (12, 12a) formed at least in part of thick microwave absorbent dielectric material (39, 39a, 39b) such as concrete or cerami... | 02/11/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4488027 | Leakage suppression tunnel for conveyorized microwave oven A conveyorized microwave oven having two leakage suppression tunnels in series wherein the first tunnel includes a microwave choke and a second tunnel has a ferromagnetic layer covered with a smooth microwave transparent sheet. The choke tunnel presents a... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4471194 | Electromagnetic energy seal for high frequency heating apparatus A microwave oven comprising an enclosure including a wall member defining an opening for providing access to a heating cavity, the wall member having a continuous uninterrupted planar surface portion substantially surrounding the access opening. A door is... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4456498 | Microwave applicator for continuous press The present invention provides an apparatus for the simultaneous application of pressure and microwaves to a curable assembly, comprising (1) a continuous press including two endless press belts forming a nip region, the press belts being disposed to appl... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4435072 | Image recording apparatus with leakage preventing microwave fixing device An image formation apparatus having an image formation station for causing a recording medium to bear a visualized image, a fixing station for applying high-frequency waves to thereby fix the visualized image on the recording medium and record the image, ... | 03/06/1984 |
