Eastman Chemical Company

Jared Moore

Harold Dail Kimrey, Jr

David Carl Attride

Brad William Overturf

Jarvey Eugene Felty, Jr

Mark Robert Shelton

Aaron Grills

James Stewart Nelson

Timothy Lee Guinn

Andrew Charles Hiester

Tyler Littrell

Robert E Jones

John Peter Mykytka

A commercial scale system and process for chemically modifying wood and then heating the chemically-modified wood. The system/process separates the chemical modification step from the heating step by utilizing two different vessels for the modification and heating steps. The system and process can, in certain situations, include a containment room for preventing escape of vapors from a chemical wood modification reactor, a wood heater, and/or a chemically-modified bundle of wood as the bundle is transported from the wood modification reactor to the wood heater.

Dual vessel chemical modification and heating of wood with optional vapor

A microwave heater equipped with a microwave choke and suitable for heating one or more articles under vacuum. The microwave choke inhibits leakage of microwave energy between a door of the heater and a main vessel body of the heater without causing arcing at the choke, even at low pressures. In certain situations, the microwave choke can be configured with side-by-side choke cavities. In certain situations, the microwave choke can be removably coupled to the door and/or vessel body for easier fabrication, installation, and/or replacement.

Microwave choke system for use in heating articles under vacuum

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Jared Moore