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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2008
Shinichirou Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Tomonori Kikuno, Osaka, JP;
Teruo Kido, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Utsumi, Osaka, JP;
Takayuki Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Tokuno, Osaka, JP;
Shinichirou Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Tomonori Kikuno, Osaka, JP;
Teruo Kido, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Utsumi, Osaka, JP;
Takayuki Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Tokuno, Osaka, JP;
Daikin Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A former unit () as a drying apparatus includes a horizontally oriented main casing (). Space inside the main casing () is divided into four irradiation zones (-). Each of the irradiation zones (-) contains one tray unit (). Each of the tray units () contains four metallic transfer trays () aligned in the vertical direction, with a distance between the transfer trays () set to half a wavelength of a microwave (λ/2) or larger. Each of the transfer trays () carries wet PTFE powder. In the irradiation zones (-), the tray units () sequentially move from the first irradiation zone () to the fourth irradiation zone (), and the microwave is laterally applied to the transfer trays ().