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Microwave heating apparatus

Granted 16 Apr 2013 · 4 office actions

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Abstract

A microwave heating apparatus includes a microwave generation part ( 5 ) having a plurality of output parts, a heating chamber ( 4 ) to contain an object to be heated, a plurality of feeding parts ( 21 a , 21 b , 21 c , 21 d ) supplying outputs of the plurality of output parts to the heating chamber, and a control part ( 6 ) controlling microwave radiation from the plurality of feeding parts to control an electromagnetic wave distribution in the heating chamber, in which a microwave is concentrated on the object to be heated put in the heating chamber.

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Classifications

7 codes
IPC · International Patent Classification
Section H — Electricity
  • H05B6/74
USPC · US Patent Classification
219/746219/750219/748219/710219/709219/697

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Pendency
4.8 y
1,741 days filing → grant
Office actions
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2
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Examiner
A. Sefer
art unit 2893 · TC 2800
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related publicationUS 20100176123 A115 Jul 2010

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