Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
104 words
In combination, an oil-shale processing microwave oven having opposed openings, a reciprocating conveyor having a feed end and a discharge end and disposed in and through said oven at said openings, said conveyor sloping downwardly from said feed end to said discharge end and comprising a rigid, unitary, homogeneous, ceramic, elongate, vibrating member and a pair of metallic supports facing said openings, receiving opposite ends of said vibrating member, and supportingly connected to said oven, and means for vibrating said member coupled thereto, and wherein said vibrating member comprises an upwardly open channel having vertically depending structural cooling fins disposed solely between said supports.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
104 words
In combination, an oil-shale processing microwave oven having opposed openings, a reciprocating conveyor having a feed end and a discharge end and disposed in and through said oven at said openings, said conveyor sloping downwardly from said feed end to said discharge end and comprising a rigid, unitary, homogeneous, ceramic, elongate, vibrating member and a pair of metallic supports facing said openings, receiving opposite ends of said vibrating member, and supportingly connected to said oven, and means for vibrating said member coupled thereto, and wherein said vibrating member comprises an upwardly open channel having vertically depending structural cooling fins disposed solely between said supports.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
65 words
An oil-shale processing microwave oven having a rigid, unitary, elongate, ceramic conveyor, having a feed end and a discharge end, downwardly sloping along its elongate dimension, means for vibrating said conveyor coupled thereto, said conveyor having vertically depending structural cooling fin means and being transversely concave upwardly to provide an upwardly concave conveyor trough, and means for movably supporting said conveyor beyond said fin means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
65 words
An oil-shale processing microwave oven having a rigid, unitary, elongate, ceramic conveyor, having a feed end and a discharge end, downwardly sloping along its elongate dimension, means for vibrating said conveyor coupled thereto, said conveyor having vertically depending structural cooling fin means and being transversely concave upwardly to provide an upwardly concave conveyor trough, and means for movably supporting said conveyor beyond said fin means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The structure of claim 2 wherein said movably supporting means of said microwave oven comprises metallic frames supporting opposite ends of said conveyor.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The structure of claim 3 wherein said conveyor includes, as said cooling fin means, elongate, vertically depending ribs intermediate said frames.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The structure of claim 3 wherein said vibrating means is coupled to at least one of said frames.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
The structure of claim 3 wherein said frames include end portions reflectively facing toward the interior of said microwave oven.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The structure of claim 3 wherein said vibrating means are movably coupled to at least one of said frames.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
53 words
The structure of claim 3 wherein said conveyor has a feed end and a discharge end, is angulated downwardly from said feed end to said discharge end, and includes a lower end interiorly contoured, with its respective one of said frames, to provide thereat an interior discharge aperture for discharging spent materials thereat.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
14 words
The structure of claim 3 wherein said frames include insulation means contacting said conveyor.