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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2005
Takaharu Tsuruta, Kitakyushu, JP;
Tadahisa Hayashi, Onga-gun, JP;
Takaharu Tsuruta, Kitakyushu, JP;
Tadahisa Hayashi, Onga-gun, JP;
Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry, Science & Technology, Kitakyushu-shi, JP;
Fukuoka Prefectural Government, Fukuoka-shi, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for drying under reduced pressure using microwaves. The apparatus comprises a chamber () for housing an object (), a depressurizing pump () connected to the chamber () for depressurizing the inside of the chamber (), a microwave irradiating device () for irradiating microwaves to the object () in the chamber (), an airflow generating device for generating an airflow in the chamber () by introducing a gas from the outside to the inside of the chamber (), and a control device () for controlling the above components. The object () in the chamber () is dried at temperatures below a deterioration temperature of the object () by intermittent irradiation of the microwaves under reduced pressure while the airflow is generated around the object ().