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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harold D Kimrey, Jr, Knoxville, TN (US);
Mark A Janney, Knoxville, TN (US);
Mattison K Ferber, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Assignee:
Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219 / ; 219 / ; 374 55 ; 374 56 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for measuring and monitoring a change in the dimension of a sample being heated by microwave energy is described. The apparatus comprises a microwave heating device for heating a sample by microwave energy, a microwave compatible dilatometer for measuring and monitoring a change in the dimension of the sample being heated by microwave energy without leaking microwaves out of the microwave heating device, and a temperature determination device for measuring and monitoring the temperature of the sample being heated by microwave energy.