Microwave heating system
CA 2094316 A1 · Owner: Penn State Research Foundation (The) · Inventors: Schaffer, Thomas L.; Varadan, Vasundara V.; Varadan, Vijay K.
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A system is provided for heating non-metallic material or a discrete layer of the non-metallic material. Microwave energy is introduced into an enclosure defining a first cavity and capable of substantially containing the microwave energy. A semiconductive sheet is positioned at the bottom of the first cavity. Thermal insulation overlies the semiconductive sheet. A second cavity is defined by the undersurface of the semiconductive sheet and flexible microwave shielding in the form of a skirt which is attached to, and depends from the, enclosure. The flexible shielding is composed of a material which also substantially contains the microwave energy. The semiconductive sheet is effective to …
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- Filed April 19, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 19, 2013.
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