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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7432483 | Continuous feed volumetric heating and convection oven A continuous feed volumetric heating and convection oven for heating articles includes an oven body, a conveyor for moving the articles therethrough, a volumetric heating source for delivering microwave or other volumetric heating energy to the oven body, and a vent... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7310968 | Device for freezing and/or refrigerating articles in a refrigeration room equipped with a fan A device for freezing and/or refrigerating articles, in which at least one cold gas generating device is provided in a refrigeration room and at least one fan is provided for distributing the cold gas in the refrigeration room. The fan is connected to a drive motor.... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7161126 | Microwave heat treating 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... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6941673 | Multi-function closed-type drying system with solar energy collection arrangement A closed-type drying system a drying chamber with glass windows to allow light entering, an condensation and heating system connected between two distal ends of the drying chamber and controlled by an automatic control system, the condensation and heating system inc... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6233841 | Dehydration plant A dehydration plant for dehydrating food products, including a microwave kiln (2), conveyor means (3) for conveying food products through the kiln (2), circulation means (21, 6) for circulating air through the kiln (2), refrigerated dehumidification means... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6233844 | Dehydration method and device An apparatus and method for dehydrating solid products containing moisture, particularly food products, includes a hot gas stream device for creating a hot gas stream over the products to be dehydrated and an ultrasonic wave emitting system for directing ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 5822879 | Method and oven for homogeneously melting by microwaves with oscillation of stationary waves for vitrifying materials and gas outlet flow The method and oven of the invention are able to homogeneously and continuously melt about twelve kilograms of glass per hour. A microwave oven is used with the wave being monomodal and with frequency of 915 MHz. Disposed opposite the entrance (15) of the micr... | 10/20/1998 |
| 4629847 | Resonator device for a microwave heat applicator The microwave power head or modular heat applicating unit comprising a resonator, a waveguide, a source of microwave energy and a water load device. The resonator is divided into two chambers by a center wall member. A microwave energy receiving antenna m... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4626640 | Microwave arrangement for heating material A microwave arrangement for heating material in a continuous process. The microwave arrangement 1 comprises a circular-cylindrical resonator 2 in which a field configuration is generated so that areas having a maximum field energy are created in the reson... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4400604 | Heat treating method and apparatus using microwave A substance such as radioactive liquid waste is heat treated using microwave by introducing the substance into a vessel made of a material reflective to microwave and containing spherical bodies made mainly of a material transmissive (i.e. transparent) to... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4242220 | Waste disposal method using microwaves Waste such as sludge containing poisonous substances is processed into a safe article by removing water in a usual manner, drying the waste to substantial dryness by microwave heating, mixing the dry waste powder with a thermoplastic resin, irradiating th... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4234775 | Microwave drying for continuously moving webs In the use of microwave energy to remove moisture from a moving web, such as that moisture contained within transverse glue lines between superimposed sheets of the web for the purpose of holding the sheets together, the web is passed through a serpentine... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4184060 | Process for developing a two-component diazotype material on a non-metallic carrier, which material can be developed by the influence of heat This invention relates to an improvement in the process for developing a two-component diazotype material on a non-metallic carrier and which can be developed by the influence of heat, and contains, in particular, compounds which can be decomposed under t... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4173608 | Process and apparatus for the manufacture of expanded plastics materials The present invention provides an apparatus for the manufacture of pre-expanded particles, which comprises in combination a heat-insulated resonating cavity, with a high-frequency electromagnetic source of energy, a ferrite circulater, a wave guide, an Ar... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4104804 | Method for drying explosive materials Explosive materials such as gun powder and rocket propellants are dried safely by supplying the material in particulate form to a drying zone, passing the particulate material through the drying zone while agitating the material to cause the particles to ... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4062127 | Method for the continuous drying of wet, granular and/or lumpy materials and device for carrying out the method A method and apparatus for drying wet granular and/or lumpy materials, employs a chamber having a material inlet, a material discharge outlet, an inlet for a heated drying fluid and a vapor outlet. A perforate sieve-type material support extends along a p... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4057907 | Method and apparatus for drying clothes A dryer for the rapid drying of clothing and other articles is disclosed. The dryer includes a chamber which receives the clothes or other articles. A vacuum pump reduces the air pressure within the chamber to below atmospheric. A microwave emitter direct... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4057702 | Process and plant for the fritting of ceramic products This invention relates to the fritting of ceramic products, in particular ceramic products of small or of very small dimensions, for example those intended for use in the electronics industry. A process for fritting ceramic products wherein the products to be ... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4045638 | Continuous flow heat treating apparatus using microwaves Apparatus for heat treating particulate materials in bulk form including a vibrating conveyor fed continuously with materials at one end and discharging them at the other end, the conveyor moving the materials through the apparatus with a tossing motion i... | 08/30/1977 |
