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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:
Jul. 28, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219 / ; 219 / ; 219 / ; 99325 ; 426243 ;
Abstract
A process and apparatus for heating food products under a temperature and humidity controlled atmosphere, the apparatus employing intermittent microwave heating in combination with infrared sensors adapted to initiate and terminate heating in response to measured changes in the temperature of the food product as a result to heat conduction to the center of the product while the microwave heating unit is turned off.