Patents by Inventor Morio Kikuchi

Morio Kikuchi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Microwave vacuum dryer apparatus
    Patent number: 4622448
    Abstract: Slot-array antennas are connected by waveguides (14, 15, 16, 17) to microwave generators and are disposed within a vacuum drying tank of a drying apparatus. Blocking plates (23) are mounted in the waveguides so as to keep the waveguides airtight thereby maintaining an atmospheric pressure within the waveguide portions near the microwave generator during operation of the apparatus. The slot-array antennas (19, 20, 21, 22) have heat pipes (27) attached to the sides of said antennas so that a heat radiation may be effected simultaneously with the microwave heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1986
    Assignees: Osaka Gas Company, Limited, Kabushiki Kaisha Sofard
    Inventors: Hidenori Awata, Shusaku Shimada, Morio Kikuchi, Kenichi Abe