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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:
Dec. 31, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jey-Cherng Chen, Hsin Chu, TW;
Assignee:
Electronics Research & Service Organization, Hsinchu, TW;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219679 ; 219762 ; 219695 ; 2211 / ;
Abstract
A microwave heating chamber for use in a vending machine including a cylindrically shaped chamber, retractable upper and lower end plates for defining a chamber cavity, a retractable object holding plate for supporting an object to be heated at a position of maximum microwave energy, and a microwave generator for generating the microwave energy wherein the heating chamber allows the rapid heating of an article positioned in the chamber due to its small chamber volume and its cylindrically shaped cavity.