Microwave treating apparatus and method
Abstract
Abstract AN APPARATUS FOR TREATING ARTICLES WITH MICROWAVE ENERGY INVOLVING A CHAMBER MEANS FOR ADMITTING MICROWAVE ENERGY INTO THE CHAMBER; MEANS FOR SUPPORTING ARTICLES TO BE TREATED BY SAID MICROWAVE ENERGY COMPRISING A MAIN ROTATABLE TURNTABLE AND, MOUNTED ON SAID MAIN TURNTABLE AT LEAST ONE MINOR ROTATABLE TURNTABLE SMALL RELATIVE TO SAID MAIN TURNTABLE AND ADAPTED TO ROTATE INDIVIDUALLY AS THE MAIN TURNTABLE ROTATES SO THAT SAID MINOR TURNTABLE ROTATES WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PASSING IN AN ARC, DEFINED BY THE ROTATION OF THE SAID MAIN TURNTABLE, TOWARD, PAST AND AWAY FROM SAID SIDE WHERE SAID MICROWAVE ENERGY IS ADMITTED TO SAID CHAMBER. THERE IS ALSO PROVIDED A METHOD FOR TREATING AN ARTICLE WITH MICROWAVE ENERGY WHEREIN THE ARTICLE, WHILE BEING SUBJECTED TO MICROWAVE ENERGY, IS ROTATED IN A PLURALITY OF MODES OF DIFFERENT MAGNITUDE.
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- 👤 Oscar S Gray
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