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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1998
Masafumi Sadahira, Toyonaka, JP;
Youji Uetani, Amagasaki, JP;
Shinji Kondoh, Toyonaka, JP;
Hidekazu Yamashita, Osaka, JP;
Hideki Omori, Akashi, JP;
Tetsuo Obata, Toyonaka, JP;
Takayuki Urata, Hyogo, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A heating apparatus includes a heating element having a conductor, at least a part of which is an electrically closed circuit along which an eddy current flows; a container for accommodating the heating element; a magnetic field induction section for induction-heating the heating element; and a high frequency power supply device for supplying high frequency power to the magnetic field induction section. The heating element is induction-heated by an AC magnetic field generated by the magnetic field induction section.