Internally viewable microwave induction heater

Claim 2

An internally viewable microwave induction heater comprising: a three-dimensionally closed, meshed conductive wire screen having a microwave entrance therein, for accepting and holding elected microwaves within the interior of said threedimensionally closed, meshed conductive wire screen, the width and length of the meshes of the meshed conductive wire screen being less than one-thirtieth of the wavelength of the selected microwaves to be held within the interior of said threedimensionally closed, meshed conductive wire screen, the thickness of the wire of the meshed conductive wire screen being approximately 0.1 mm..

Claim 3

An internally viewable microwave induction heater system, comprising: a. A source means for supplying microwaves of a selected wave length; b. Waveguide means connected to said source means for transferring microwaves; and c. A three-dimensionally closed meshed conductive wire screen, microwave cavity the width and length of whose meshes are small compared to the wavelength of the selected microwaves, connected to said waveguide means to allow microwaves to enter from said waveguide means and remain therein, the thicknesS of the wire of the meshed conductive wire screen being approximately 0.1 mm..

Claim 4

An internally viewable microwave induction heater system, comprising: a. A source means for supplying microwaves of a selected wave length; b. Waveguide means connected to said source means for transferring microwaves; and c. A three-dimensionally closed meshed conductive wire screen, microwave cavity the width and length of whose meshes are small compared to the wavelength of the selected microwaves, connected to said waveguide means to allow microwaves to enter from said waveguide means and remain therein, the thicknesS of the wire of the meshed conductive wire screen being approximately 0.1 mm..

Claim 5

An internally viewable microwave induction heater system comprising: a. A source means for supplying microwaves of a selected wavelength; b. Waveguide means connected to said source means for transferring microwaves; c. A three-dimensionally closed meshed conductive wire screen, microwave cavity the width and length of whose meshes are small compared to the wavelength of the selected microwaves, connected to said waveguide means to allow microwaves to enter from said waveguide means and remain therein, the thickness of the wire of the meshed conductive wire screen being approximately 0.1 mm.; and d. Susceptor means for holding a specimen thereon within said internally viewable microwave cavity, the susceptor means to be inductively heated by microwaves within said internally viewable microwave induction heater in order to heat the specimen on the inductively heated susceptor means.

Claim 6

An internally viewable microwave induction heater system comprising: a. A source means for supplying microwaves of a selected wavelength; b. Waveguide means connected to said source means for transferring microwaves; c. A three-dimensionally closed meshed conductive wire screen, microwave cavity the width and length of whose meshes are small compared to the wavelength of the selected microwaves, connected to said waveguide means to allow microwaves to enter from said waveguide means and remain therein, the thickness of the wire of the meshed conductive wire screen being approximately 0.1 mm.; and d. Susceptor means for holding a specimen thereon within said internally viewable microwave cavity, the susceptor means to be inductively heated by microwaves within said internally viewable microwave induction heater in order to heat the specimen on the inductively heated susceptor means.

Claim 7

The internally viewable microwave induction heater system of claim 3 wherein the three-dimensionally closed meshed conductive wire screen, microwave cavity is a double-conically shaped meshed conductive wire screen microwave cavity.

Claim 8

The internally viewable microwave induction heater system of claim 3 wherein the three-dimensionally closed meshed conductive wire screen, microwave cavity is a cylindrically shaped meshed conductive wire screen, microwave cavity.

Claim 9

The internally viewable microwave induction heater system of claim 3 wherein the three-dimensionally closed, meshed conductive wire screen, microwave cavity are conic surfaces held to the interior of a long tubular conduit and so arranged with vertices opposed or adjacent as to provide microwave field voltage components suitable for producting chemical or physical effects upon a process steam flowing axially therein.