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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2008
Timothy D. Durance, Vancouver, CA;
Jun Fu, Port Coquitlam, CA;
Parastoo Yaghmaee, Vancouver, CA;
EnWave Corporation, Vancouver, CA;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for microwave vacuum-drying of organic materials, such as food products. The apparatus has a microwave vacuum chamber, a loading moduleto load containersof the organic material into the vacuum chamber, a rotatable cylindrical cagein the vacuum chamber for rotating the containers, a pistonfor moving the rotating containers through the vacuum chamber, and means for unloading the containers of dehydrated material from the vacuum chamber. The apparatus may include an equilibration chamberfor cooling the dehydrated material under reduced pressure, and a transfer moduleto transfer the containers from the vacuum chamber to the equilibration chamber. The apparatus has a microwave transparent windowfor transmission of radiation into the vacuum chamber, and a gas jetfor blowing a stream of gas, such as air or nitrogen, into the vacuum chamber adjacent to the window.