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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7012232 | RF welding device An RF welder is disclosed that has circuitry that automatically affects system impedance so that, throughout the welding or embossing cycle, a generator is capable of sending energy through die and fabric at a predetermined frequency and cabling is capable of dissip... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6960746 | Device for instantly pre-heating dies A device for instantly pre-heating dies includes an inductive heating coil disposed between two dies. The inductive heating coil includes a spiral shape for generating high frequency induction heat energy. When the dies are separated by a mechanical arm, the inducti... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6914226 | Oven for heating a product with RF energy RF energy provided by electrodes positioned between a product is used to heat a product that exhibits a variable impedance during the heating process. As the product's impedance changes during the heating process, RF heating system impedance can be maintained consta... | 07/05/2005 |
| 5560287 | Apparatus for making fat free potato chips A continuous process for making fat-free potato chips without using any cooking oil whatsoever. Chipping potatoes are prepared, sliced, continuously monolayered onto a conveyer and squeegeed to remove the excess starch and moisture. The slices are initial... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5553532 | Apparatus for cooking food products using very low and low frequency radio waves Cooking of food products and particularly of dough-based food products such as corn tortillas is effected with a considerably reduced cooking time by applying to the uncooked food product very low and low frequency radio frequency waves simultaneously on ... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5277924 | Radio frequency proofing and convection baking apparatus and method for making pizza Apparatus and method for making pizza in a continuous process and in commercial quantities using radio frequency energy and hot air impingement ovens in a conveyorized system.... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5162629 | Radio-frequency veneer dryer A continuous radio frequency dryer that includes a dryer housing and a conveyor extending through the housing. The conveyor is made up of a series of conveyor rolls spaced from each other, and a pressure roll is above and parallel to each conveyor roll. P... | 11/10/1992 |
| 4974503 | Apparatus for irradiating food products An apparatus is provided for uniformly and rapidly heating, pasteurizing and/or sterilizing food products which comprises a conveyor on which the food products are conveyed and a source of radio-frequency radiation which is directed at the food products. ... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4567340 | Apparatus and method for drying solid materials An apparatus and method for drying a solid material wherein the solid material is exposed to a radio frequency electromagnetic field such that water is expelled from the surface of the solid material as a liquid. The liquid water thus expelled is then col... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4514162 | Appliance for heating an electroconductive material in the form of a continuous strand The invention relates to an appliance for heating an electroconductive material, preferably one which hardens as a result of this heating process, this material being in the form of a continuous strand which is guided inside a channel (14). In this applia... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4512133 | Device for sterilizing a thermoplastic strip used for the hot-forming of sterile containers and sterile packaging installation using the device An apparatus for sterilizing a thermoplastic strip moving forward stepwise and used in the production of hot-formed containers which, after forming, are filled and sealed in a sterile atmosphere, wherein prior to the strip softening operation, the surface... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4420670 | Control for dielectric heating in blow molding machine Apparatus for controlled dielectric heating a plurality of thermoplastic preforms for blow molding is provided. The apparatus controls the energization of a plurality of electrode pairs by a radio frequency generator. The generator is equipped with a load... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4296294 | Method and apparatus for drying and setting the adhesive on books by vaporization of water using RF energy A method and apparatus for drying and setting the adhesive on the backs of books contained in book blocks or similar articles by vaporizing the water using high frequency RF energy. The books are generally mounted in clamps and moved on a conveyor from th... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4221950 | Method and apparatus suitable for heating relatively poorly conducting substances Poorly conducting substances, such as chips of cellulose material containing a heat hardenable binder, are heated by passing them between the plates of an operational capacitor supplied with energy from a high frequency generator. An adjustable auxiliary ... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4201614 | Shake panel assembling machine A feed conveyor supplies resawn split shakes of varying thicknesses to an operator at a shake panel assembling machine. The operator arranges shakes in a row with the shake butts generally aligned and the sawn surfaces of the shakes laid on the upper surf... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4148346 | Method of and apparatus for drying and debarking logs A method of and apparatus for removing bark from a log or cant. The cant is fed via an infeed section which eliminates limbs to a two-stage drier section in which a radial frequency generator with plate electrodes creates an electrical field in the cant t... | 04/10/1979 |
| 3953701 | Radio frequency heating and ventilating electrode system A radio frequency heating and ventilating electrode system for treating an extended length of rod-like, electrically non-conducting material, comprising a plurality of electrically conductive hollow closed loop electrode elements, each having inwardly dir... | 04/27/1976 |
