Radio frequency water load comprising tapered tubular body with inlet extending through side wall

Claim 1

A WATERLOAD FOR ABSORBING ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY COMPRISING A HOLLOW NON-MAGNETIC TUBULAR BODY HAVING AN OPEN INPUT END ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF SAID ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY AND A CLOSED TERMINAL END, SAID TUBULAR BODY HAVING A SIDE WALL STRUCTURE SHAPED TO PROVIDE AN OPEN PASSAGE THEREIN EXTENDING FROM SAID OPEN END TO SAID TERMINAL END, AT LEAST ONE DIELECTRIC CONTAINER WITHIN SAID TUBULAR BODY DEFINING A FIGURE OF REVOLUTION ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND TAPERING FROM A MINIMUM DIAMETER ADJACENT SAID INPUT END OF THE TUBULAR BODY TO A MAXIMUM DIAMETER ADJACENT SAID TERMINAL END OF THE TUBULAR BODY, SAID DIELECTRIC CONTAINER LYING ENTIRELY IN SAID PASSAGE, SAID MINIMUM DIAMETER END OF THE CONTAINER LYING CLOSELY ADJACENT SAID SIDE WALL STRUCTURE AND HAVING A TUBULAR INLET EXTENSION PROJECTING ENTIRELY THROUGH SAID SIDE WALL STRUCTURE AT AN ANGLE TO THE AXIS OF SAID CONTAINER, SAID MAXIMUM DIAMETER END OF THE CONTAINER TERMINATING ADJACENT SAID TERMINAL END OF THE TUBULAR BODY AND HAVING A TUBULAR OUTLET EXTENSION PROJECTING THROUGH SAID TERMINAL END.