Microwave oven with improved feed structure
US4431888A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 24, 1980 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05B6/72
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A microwave oven having a directional rotating antenna axially supported on an axis of one wall of a microwave oven cavity of the microwave oven which provides circularly symmetric uniform energy distribution of microwave energy within the microwave oven cavity and consistent heating of a product in the microwave oven cavity. The directional rotating antenna includes a two-by-two array of antenna elements where each element is an end driven half-wavelength resonating antenna element supported by a length of conductor perpendicular to the wall of the microwave oven cavity. A parallel plate transmission line connects to each of the supports, four of which join at a junction which connects to a cylindrical probe antenna. The probe antenna is excited by microwave frequency currents of a waveguide adjacent to the wall of the microwave oven cavity. The directional antenna is rotated by a moving stream of air circulated through the microwave oven cavity. A dome having a flattened conical shape extending outwardly in the wall of the microwave oven cavity provides a nearly circular recess partially surrounding the directional rotating antenna and provides uniform energy distribution in the …
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