Abstract: The disclosure provides a movable door that directs debris, such as oil, grease, and food particles, that falls from a plurality of cooking slots in a vertical cooking grill to an area separate from a food product delivery tray, providing a cooked food product with reduced calories that is potentially more visually appealing.

Abstract: A carrier system and method carries a plate-like object to an object mounting member provided with an object mounting section. The system includes an adjustment device that changes a shape of the plate-like object into a predetermined shape before the plate-like object is mounted onto the object mounting section. The plate-like object whose shape is changed into the predetermined shape is mounted onto the object mounting section.

Abstract: The invention relates to an automatic milk foamer having a container for receiving milk and a base body on which or in which the container can be placed. The milk foamer also includes a stirring device that can be placed in the container for foaming the milk, a motor provided in the base body for driving the stirring device, and a heating device for warming the milk present in the container. The heating device includes an alternating magnetic field generator provided in the base body for generating an alternating magnetic field. The container is designed such that it heats up due to the alternating magnetic field.

Abstract: An apparatus for heating a semiconductor wafer includes: a microwave source; an applicator cavity; and, a fixture for supporting a wafer in the cavity. The fixture contains a dielectric mechanical support for the wafer and a grounded metallic ring movably positioned parallel to and concentric with the wafer at some distance from the wafer, to adjust the microwave power distribution to compensate for edge effects. A closed-loop feedback system adjusts the distance based on wafer edge and center temperatures. A method for heating a semiconductor wafer includes: a. placing the wafer in a microwave cavity; b. supporting the wafer on a fixture having a dielectric wafer support and a grounded metallic ring movably positioned at some distance from the wafer; c. introducing microwave power into the cavity to heat the wafer; and d. adjusting the distance between wafer and ring to modify the power distribution near the wafer edge.

Abstract: A microwave range includes a main body having a cooking chamber therein; and a tray unit in the cooking chamber, in which the tray unit is configured to rotate food on a first plane and a second plane, the second plane being is orthogonal to the first plane.

Abstract: A microwave heating apparatus includes a processing chamber for accommodating a target, a support device for supporting the target in the processing chamber and a microwave introducing device for generating microwaves to introduce them into the processing chamber. The processing chamber further includes a top wall having a plurality of microwave introduction ports to introduce the microwaves generated in the microwave introducing device into the processing chamber. Each of the microwave introduction ports has a rectangular shape having long sides and short sides parallel to inner wall surfaces of four sidewalls of the processing chamber, and the support device includes a support member to support the target and a rotating mechanism for rotating the supported target.

Abstract: A former unit (20) as a drying apparatus includes a horizontally oriented main casing (21). Space inside the main casing (21) is divided into four irradiation zones (31-34). Each of the irradiation zones (31-34) contains one tray unit (10). Each of the tray units (10) contains four metallic transfer trays (14) aligned in the vertical direction, with a distance between the transfer trays (14) set to half a wavelength of a microwave (?/2) or larger. Each of the transfer trays (14) carries wet PTFE powder. In the irradiation zones (31-34), the tray units (10) sequentially move from the first irradiation zone (31) to the fourth irradiation zone (34), and the microwave is laterally applied to the transfer trays (14).

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a microwave oven, in which a tray within a cooking room is rectilinearly reciprocated in a lengthwise direction of the cooking room and is rotated, simultaneously, to cook food. This is achieved using a gear assembly including a main gear and a planetary gear. The gear assembly includes the main gear and the planetary gear, which are engaged with each other and are rotated. A diameter of the main gear and a diameter of the planetary gear may be equal to each other, and the main gear and the planetary gear respectively include eccentric shafts. The gear assembly effectively transmits power supplied by a motor to the tray, thereby allowing the tray to be rotated at a uniform speed and to be driven even using a motor having a small load capacity.

Abstract: A microwave oven for enabling smooth rotation and linear reciprocation of a turntable is provided with a turntable installed therein to rotate and linearly reciprocate within a cooking compartment. The microwave oven includes a reciprocation guidance member, for supporting the turntable, provided between the turntable and the bottom of the cooking compartment. The reciprocation guidance member is moveable with the turntable in a linearly reciprocating direction. Through the use of such a reciprocation guidance member, it is possible to prevent interference between the rotation and the linear reciprocation of the turntable, resulting in smooth rotation and reciprocation of the turntable.

Abstract: A microwave oven according to the present invention includes a body, an inner case provided in the body and partitioning the interior of the body into an inner space defining a cooking chamber and an outer space defining an electric component chamber, and a magnetron equipped in the electric component chamber for irradiating microwaves into the cooking chamber. The microwave oven also includes a tray mounted on the bottom of the cooking chamber, and a driving apparatus for driving the tray in one mode selected from a first mode in which the tray travels only in a rotational motion, a second mode in which the tray travels only in a linearly reciprocating motion, and a third mode in which the tray travels both in the rotational motion and in the linearly reciprocating motion at the same time.

Abstract: A device for linearly reciprocating a tray in the right and left direction within a heating chamber of a microwave oven is provided. The device includes a rectangular tray for loading thereon a foodstuff to be heated within a heating chamber, a driving motor for generating rotational force, a converting means for converting a rotational motion from the driving motor into a linear reciprocating motion of the tray, and a supporting means mounted between a bottom surface of the heating chamber and the tray for supporting the tray so as to linearly reciprocate the tray. The converting means includes a groove formed in the bottom surface of the tray and has a predetermined length, and a rotating member with an eccentric protrusion formed at an eccentric position and inserted into the groove, and the rotating member is rotated by the driving motor so that the tray can be linearly reciprocated depending on the amount of rotation of the eccentric protrusion.

Abstract: It includes a microwave oven (3) with a front door (31) that can slide vertically and a conveyor band (6) with a horizontal section extending as far as the interior of the oven; the products fall on the band by gravity from storage means (5). The oven may also have a tilting bottom (32) for expulsion of the products. The storing devices (5) are attached to a frame (4) hinged to the housing (1) and are provided with a ramp (57) for the extraction of the products through an outlet opening (55) arranged above the band (6). The machine is compact, mechanically simple and has a reduced cost.

Abstract: A driving mechanism for linearly and reciprocatingly moving items in a heating chamber of a microwave oven is provided. The driving mechanism includes a rectangular tray for loading thereon an item to be heated within a heating chamber and a driving motor for generating a rotational force. A cam is provided for converting the rotational motion of the driving motor into a linear and reciprocating motion of the tray. The driving mechanism also includes a roller assembly mounted between the bottom of the heating chamber and the tray, the roller assembly including rollers for supporting the tray so as to linearly and reciprocatingly move the tray. Convex portions are formed on the bottom surface of the heating chamber on which the rollers move, and the tray can move in the vertical direction by means of the rollers passing over the convex portions. By moving the item both horizontally and vertically, the item can be uniformly heated, and the space within the heating chamber can be more efficiently used.

Abstract: A cooking rack including a series of support members moveably coupled together for supporting a food product, the support members capable of moving relative to each other during cooking to accommodate shrinkage of the food product.

Abstract: A method of fabricating at least a honeycomb body and a drying system are disclosed, in which a plurality of honeycomb bodies each having a multiplicity of cells arranged in the shape of a honeycomb and having a wall thickness of 0.125 mm or less can be dried without developing any cracking, wrinkling, etc. in the outer peripheral skin portion of the mold. A plurality of extrusion-molded argillaceous honeycomb bodies are dried in such a manner that each honeycomb body is placed on a corresponding conveyance tray of porous ceramics having a dielectric loss of 0.1 or less, a porosity of 10% or more and a sectional open area ratio of 50% or more is exposed to a high-humidity ambience of 70% or higher in humidity while at the same time being irradiated with. microwaves of 1,000 to 10,000 MHz.

Abstract: A microwave oven includes a turntable disposed in a cooking chamber. The turntable is seated on rollers which are driven about horizontal axes to rotate the turntable. The rollers are mounted on elements that can be raised and lowered, whereby the turntable is raised and lowered while being rotated. A drive mechanism which raises and lowers the rollers is reversible whereby the turntable is rotated in a first direction while being raised, and in a second direction while being lowered. Position detectors sense when the turntable has reached maximum upper and lower positions for reversing the drive mechanism.

Abstract: A rectangular microwave applicator for processing waste material. The rectangular microwave applicator generally includes an upper cavity and a waste container. The upper cavity defines side walls and a ceiling, the bottom of the upper cavity is open. A screwfeeder tube is positioned on and extends through one of the side walls, and a vent is positioned on and extends through another of the side walls. The waste container is rectangular in configuration and is receivable in the bottom of the upper cavity. The waste container holds waste material which is introduced therein via the screwfeeder tube. A microwave choke is carried across the bottom of the upper cavity and is configured to permit the entrance of the waste container in the bottom of the upper cavity. A microwave energy input is at each corner on top of the ceiling of upper cavity and extends therethrough.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the heat treatment of hard metals, cermets and ceramics in a microwave sintering furnace, the material to be treated being moved together with the resonator relative to one or a plurality of microwave sources. The material to be treated is disposed in individual cassettes which, with the exception of an opening necessary for the microwave radiation, consist of material which is impermeable to microwaves and dimensioned to simultaneously form microwave resonant cavities at a microwave frequency when charged with the material.

Abstract: An insert for an oven, such as a microwave oven, includes an adapting mechanism compatible with a drive mechanism of the oven, a food treatment element, and at least one drive shaft coupled between the food treatment element and the adapting mechanism. The insert converts rotational forces conventionally used for driving a turntable into forces for driving a food treatment element, such as a rotisserie element.

Abstract: The machine comprises a microwave oven (2), a supply system for supplying the products (P) to the oven, a device for expulsing the products from the oven and control means (6); said product supply system comprises a storage and dosage device (3), a device for collecting (4) the products and a device for introducing (5) the products in the oven (2). Conveniently, the device (3) has a plurality of conveyor belts (30) parallel to each other; the device (4) comprises a collector platform (47) mounted with respect to the structure with three degrees of freedom of translation, along three directions orthogonal to each other; the device (5) has a revolving arm with a fork. The production costs are of the machine reduced because it incorporates a conventional oven; the machine is also very versatile since it can dispense different types of packaged products recently prepared.

Abstract: Portable apparatus for use in a microwave oven removably supports and rotates a food treatment attachment simultaneously about first and second orthogonally related axes within the oven. A wheel of the apparatus frictionally engages the oven floor as the apparatus is rotated by the turntable drive mechanism of the oven. Rotation of the friction wheel imparts rotational movement to a food treatment attachment so that the attachment is simultaneously rotated about first and second orthogonally related axes.

Abstract: A microwave oven wherein at least a microwave cooking mode and an electric resistance heater cooking mode can be selected by a user. A tray for supporting foodstuff can be raised and lowered and rotated about a vertical axis. A weight measuring mechanism determines the weight of foodstuff on the tray. During a cooking sequence, an operator selects a cooking mode, and the weight of foodstuff is measured. A controller determines a desired cooking elevation as a function of the cooking mode and weight of the foodstuff. A rotation mechanism begins to rotate the tray, and then the rotating tray is raised to the desired elevation, whereupon a cooking operation is performed while the tray is rotated at the desired elevation. At the end of the cooking operation, the tray is lowered to its initial position while still being rotated.

Abstract: A microwave oven has a cooking chamber in which a tray is provided for supporting food to be cooked. The tray is rotatable and can be raised and lowered. Cooking can be performed by microwaves and/or an electric resistance heater disposed in the cooking chamber. A sensor disposed in the cooking chamber detects a condition wherein food on the rising tray is at a height corresponding to that of the heater. In response to the sensing of such a condition the heater is turned off, a mechanism for raising the tray is also turned off, and a warning is emitted.

Abstract: A microwave oven includes a cooking chamber in which a turn table is disposed for rotation about a vertical axis, and vertical up/down movement along the axis. The turn table has an axle extending downwardly therefrom along the axis. The lower end of the axle rests on a cam surface of a rotary cam member whereby the cam surface causes the axle (and thus the turn table) to alternately move up and down when the rotary cam member is rotated by a first motor. A second motor is connected to the axle to simultaneously rotate the axle and turn table. A traction member is fixed to the rotary cam and overlies a portion of the axle. The traction member extends along a portion of the cam surface which causes the axle to move downwardly, whereby the traction member can pull the axle downwardly if the axle does not properly gravitate downwardly.

Abstract: A microwave oven has a food tray which can be both rotated and elevated. A weight sensing unit senses the weight of the tray and any food thereon, for controlling the operation of a tray elevation/rotation mechanism. The tray is not elevated if the weight of the food is detected to be greater than a predetermined elevation weight, in order to prevent excessive pressure from being applied to the elevation/rotation mechanism and the weight sensing unit. If the weight of the food is detected to be greater than a maximum possible cooking weight, no cooking is performed, and an error signal is displayed.

Abstract: A microwave oven has a cooking chamber in which a vertically movable turntable is disposed. During the onset of a cooking operation, a control mechanism automatically raises the turntable in step-by-step fashion, and the amount of high frequency waves reflected from the cooking chamber is detected at each vertical position of the turntable. Then, the vertical position of the turntable at which the detected amount of reflective frequency was the lowest is determined, and the turntable is set at that position to continue the cooking operation. If the detected amount of reflective frequency changes, a new vertical position of the turntable at which the amount of reflective frequency is lowest, is re-determined, and the turntable is set at that new position.

Abstract: A microwave oven includes a cooking chamber and a turntable disposed therein for supporting food. The turntable is rotatable about an axis and is vertically adjusted. A single reversible motor performs both functions of rotating and vertically adjusting the turntable due to a power transmission mechanism which connects the motor to the turntable and rotates the turntable in response to the motor being driven in a first direction, and for vertically moving the turntable in response to the motor being driven the opposite direction.

Abstract: A microwave oven includes a turntable rotatable about a vertical axis. A drive mechanism rotates the turntable while moving it up and down to accomplish a more uniform cooking. The drive mechanism includes a stationary cam, and a rotatable cam seated on the stationary cam and rotated by a motor. As the rotatable cam rotates upon the stationary cam, it moves up and down and moves the turntable up and down.

Abstract: The oven comprises a housing (1) enclosing an open cavity (4) which is closed by a door (6) pivotally mounted about a horizontal shaft (8) placed in the housing. The cavity includes a food-carrying tray (5) horizontally translatable via at least one motion transfer mechanism (10) controlled by the door. The motion transfer mechanism (10) includes several transmission stages, each consisting of a notched belt (12;23) meshing with two toothed wheels (13, 19; 26, 28) set respectively on two horizontal shafts, the shaft of one of the two wheels of the stage level being comprised of the pivoting shaft (8) of the door, and the shaft of one of the two wheels of the last stage extending into the cavity (4) and bearing another toothed wheel (35) that meshes with teeth on a lower edge (5a) of the food-carrying tray (5). The invention relates for instance to microwave ovens.

Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for safely and rapidly rewarming large quantities of frozen or refrigerated blood combines microwave, or radio frequency radiation, heating with a forced air system. Forced air is flowed over units of blood or tissue from those units that will absorb the most microwave energy, generally those units closest to the source of microwave energy, to those units that will absorb the least microwave energy, generally those units furthest from the source of microwave energy. The forced air initially thaws the closest units so that they begin to absorb significant microwave energy. The forced air, preferably chilled, then prevents overheating of those closest units by transferring heat to more distant units, beginning their thawing and contributing to their rewarming. The microwave energy source is turned off when the output temperature of the forced air reaches a preselected temperature and the flow of forced air continues until the output temperature stabilizes.

Abstract: A fabric drying system has an exterior housing and a rotating chamber for containing fabric laden with moisture that is to be dried and uses a combination of microwave energy and an auxiliary convection air heater to heat and vaporize the moisture and expel it with exhaust air so as to dry the fabric. In addition, the fabric drying system employs energy efficiency devices that permit the system to dry the fabric using the least amount of energy. Heat energy from the exhaust air is transferred to the intake in a heat exchanger. Additionally, heat energy from the exhaust air is used by recirculating a portion of the exhaust air and mixing it with the intake air before the air is introduced into the fabric drying chamber. The system also provides for sensors that detect the temperature and/or humidity of the exhaust and the intake air.

Abstract: A microwave oven provided, in its chamber, with a rotating tray designed to receive items or products subjected to a processing operation, includes, as a rotating tray, a tray which, during this processing operation, puts these items or products into motion along a non-circular path in this processing chamber. A mechanism for rotating the tray along the non-circular path is also provided.