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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2020
Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Nicola Lanza, Chioggia, IT;
Chiara DeMassari, Costermano, IT;
Francesco Gambato, San Giorgio in Bosco, IT;
Michele Sclocchi, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Andrea Baccara, Chicago, IL (US);
Benoît Flipot, La Bazouge des Alleux, FR;
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A microwave heating device includes at least two radiating portions that are adapted to radiate microwaves to the heating chamber and can be operated according to a plurality of operational configurations that differ in frequency and/or in phase shift(s) between the radiated microwaves. Data of energy efficiency, as a function of operational configurations, can be obtained for a product in the heating chamber. For example, energy efficiency data are obtained through a learning procedure. The obtained data can be processed to select one or more operational configurations ranking high in energy efficiency and a heating procedure for the product inside the heating chamber can be executed by operating the at least two radiating portions according to the selected one or more operational configurations.