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Seed heating microwave appliance

US4435628A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 11, 1979
Grant dateMar 6, 1984
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Expiry dateApr 11, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S99/14
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An appliance for heating seeds, nuts, grains and the like such as popcorn kernels, for example, by means of microwave radiation, comprising a bowl which is transparent to microwave energy and which has in its lower region an area of restricted size for holding unheated seeds in a clump, the area of the bowl above the restricted area being larger to allow heated seeds to expand, and means for directing the microwave energy upon the clump of seeds.

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