Container for microwave heating including means for modifying microwave heating distribution, and method of using same
US4814568A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 15, 1987 |
| Grant date | Mar 21, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2007 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S99/14
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A container for holding a body of material to be heated in a microwave oven, the container having at least one surface provided with a structure for generating within the container a microwave energy mode of a higher order than that of the container fundamental modes, wherein the mode generating structure has a periphery formed with a multiplicity of protuberances distributed around its perimeter for diffusing the heating effect of the higher order mode microwave energy.
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