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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Silgan Containers Llc, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Alvin Widitora, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Douglas C. Miller, San Ramon, CA (US);
George Sadler, Geneva, IL (US);
Jianwen Hu, Nashotah, WI (US);
Gerald J. Baker, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Silgan Containers LLC, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Abstract
An induction heating system configured to sequentially heat a plurality of filled and sealed food containers is provided. The system includes an induction heating coil defining a lumen having a longitudinal axis. The lumen is configured to receive the containers during heating, and the induction coil is configured to generate an alternating magnetic field causing resistive heating of the container. The system includes a container moving device configured to move containers into the induction heating coil lumen prior to heating, to move containers while within the induction heating coil lumen and to move containers out of the induction heating coil lumen after heating.