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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2017
Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Michele Sclocchi, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Christine Rollet, Evanston, IL (US);
Marco Carcano, Senago, IT;
Marco Bullo, Scorzé, IT;
Francesco Gambato, San Giorgio in Bosco, IT;
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for simultaneously heating a plurality of food products, comprising: a containment structure forming a housing chamber; one or more separating elements mounted in the housing chamber to delimit a plurality of separate housing compartments for receiving the food products; radio frequency dielectric heating means with an operating frequency of between 1 MHz and 300 MHz, mounted in the containment structure and comprising at least one first electrode and one second electrode; wherein the housing compartments are aligned along a row, the first electrode and the second electrode delimiting on two opposite sides the row; and wherein inside the housing chamber, between the first electrode and the second electrode, there is also at least one inductor.