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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2008
Applicant:
William R. Corcoran, Jr., Kennett Square, PA (US);
Inventor:
William R. Corcoran, Jr., Kennett Square, PA (US);
Assignee:
E I du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A self-supporting field director structure for use in heating an article in a microwave oven is characterized by a vane array comprising a plurality of V-shaped vane doublets, wherein each vane doublet itself comprises a first and a second vane. Each vane extends radially outwardly from the central axis. Each vane has a substrate formed from an electrically non-conductive material, with a portion of each vane being electrically conductive. A vane support structure is attached to the vane array.