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Package conveyor for continuous process microwave applicator

US8878109B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Jeffrey H. Mackay · San Diego, US
Thomas Wendel · Schwalbach, DE
E. Eugene Eves, II · Westford, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 17, 2008
Grant date	Nov 4, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 7, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65G15/14
WIPO fieldFood chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A mechanism for constraining a product package as it is conveyed through a microwave applicator. In one preferred embodiment, the conveyor is provided by a pair of parallel guide belts arranged to travel through a microwave applicator. The guide belts have a series of slots or other guide elements formed therein. The guide elements engage edges of the product packages. In one arrangement, the pair of belts are disposed on either side of a series of packages, and thus constrain the location of the packages in three dimensions.

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