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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2022
Alkar-rapidpak, Inc., Lodi, WI (US);
Kenneth Ian Eke, Franklin, TN (US);
Graham Christopher Eke, Franklin, TN (US);
Dennis Conohan, Cross Plains, WI (US);
Paul Kjorlie, Deforest, WI (US);
Tom Sonntag, Lodi, WI (US);
Greg Campbell, Marshfield, WI (US);
ALKAR-RAPIDPAK, INC., Lodi, WI (US);
Abstract
In certain examples, a food processing machine for processing a food product includes a housing defining a cavity, a conveyor with a belt comprising metal for conveying the food product through the cavity in a longitudinal direction, and a convection heating system for heating air in the cavity such that heated air heats the food product as the food product is conveyed through the cavity. A microwave launch box system is configured to emit microwave energy into the cavity in a lateral direction transverse to the longitudinal direction to thereby further heat the food product as the food product is conveyed through the cavity.