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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Microwave Materials Technologies, Inc., Knoxville, TN (US);
Inventor:
Harold Dail Kimrey, Jr., Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Microwave Materials Technologies, Inc., Knoxville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/78 (2006.01); H05B 6/68 (2006.01); H05B 6/80 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H05B 6/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/68 (2013.01); H01L 21/67201 (2013.01); H05B 6/70 (2013.01); H05B 6/78 (2013.01); H05B 6/782 (2013.01); H05B 6/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microwave heating system configured to heat a plurality of articles is provided. The microwave heating system includes a thermalization zone for adjusting the temperature of the articles disposed therein to be substantially uniform and a microwave heating zone for heating the thermalized articles. At least one of the thermalization zone and microwave heating zone are liquid-filled and may include a plurality of fluid agitators for discharging jets of liquid medium toward the articles at multiple locations within the chamber.