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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Jun Fu, Port Coquitlam, CA;
Timothy D. Durance, Vancouver, CA;
Parastoo Yaghmaee, Vancouver, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ENWAVE CORPORATION, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 3/347 (2006.01); F26B 5/04 (2006.01); F26B 17/04 (2006.01); A23L 3/01 (2006.01); A23L 3/54 (2006.01); A23B 4/03 (2006.01); A23B 7/02 (2006.01); A23N 12/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 5/048 (2013.01); A23L 3/01 (2013.01); A23L 3/54 (2013.01); F26B 3/347 (2013.01); A23B 4/031 (2013.01); A23B 7/02 (2013.01); A23N 12/08 (2013.01); F26B 5/041 (2013.01); F26B 17/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatusfor microwave vacuum-drying organic materials such as foods and bioactives has a plurality of microwave generatorsactuated so as to cause interference between their respective microwave streams and evenly distribute the microwave energy across the vacuum chamber. The microwave-transparent windowin the chamber is arranged so the organic material to be dried is moved across it on a conveyor beltand the microwave energy passing into the chamberimmediately encounters the organic materials, thus attenuating the energy and reducing arcing.