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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:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1998
Eugene R Westerberg, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Donald W Pettibone, Cupertino, CA (US);
Quadlux, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A lightwave oven that includes an oven cavity housing enclosing a cooking chamber therein, and first and second pluralities of elongated high power lamps. The oven cavity housing includes a top wall with a first non-planar reflecting surface facing the cooking chamber, a bottom wall with a second non-planar reflecting surface facing the cooking chamber, and a sidewall with a third reflecting surface that surrounds and faces the cooking chamber. The sidewall has a cross-section that is either circular, elliptical, or polygonal having at least five planar sides. The first plurality of elongated high power lamps provide radiant energy in the visible, near-visible and infrared ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum and are disposed adjacent to and along the top wall. The second plurality of elongated high power lamps provide radiant energy in the visible, near-visible and infrared ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum and are disposed adjacent to and along the bottom wall. The first and second reflecting surfaces are at least 90% reflective of the radiant energy of the first and second pluralities of lamps, and the third reflecting surface is at least 95% reflective of the radiant energy of the first and second pluralities of lamps. The top and bottom walls include novel reflecting channels or cups that reflect the output from the lamps in a manner to maximize the efficiency and the uniformity of illumination of the cooking chamber.