EP2987388B1 - Système d'émission de micro-ondes - Google Patents

Système d'émission de micro-ondes Download PDF

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EP2987388B1
EP2987388B1 EP14722325.9A EP14722325A EP2987388B1 EP 2987388 B1 EP2987388 B1 EP 2987388B1 EP 14722325 A EP14722325 A EP 14722325A EP 2987388 B1 EP2987388 B1 EP 2987388B1
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Paolo Veronesi
Cristina Leonelli
Massimiliano AVELLA
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
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    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
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    • H05B6/64—Heating using microwaves
    • H05B6/647—Aspects related to microwave heating combined with other heating techniques
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    • H05B6/64—Heating using microwaves
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    • H05B6/705—Feed lines using microwave tuning
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    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B6/00—Heating by electric, magnetic or electromagnetic fields
    • H05B6/64—Heating using microwaves
    • H05B6/70—Feed lines
    • H05B6/707—Feed lines using waveguides
    • H05B6/708—Feed lines using waveguides in particular slotted waveguides
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
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    • H05B6/64—Heating using microwaves
    • H05B6/78—Arrangements for continuous movement of material
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    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B2206/00—Aspects relating to heating by electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic fields covered by group H05B6/00
    • H05B2206/04—Heating using microwaves
    • H05B2206/044—Microwave heating devices provided with two or more magnetrons or microwave sources of other kind
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    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • H05B2206/00—Aspects relating to heating by electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic fields covered by group H05B6/00
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  • the present invention relates to a microwave emitting system for a microwave oven, the relative microwave oven and the functioning method of the microwave emitting system.
  • the invention relates to a microwave emitting system provided with a slotted wave guide and destined for use in a continuous or discontinuous microwave oven, for example suitable for heating manufactured items containing asbestos in order to render them inert, as well as the functioning method of the microwave oven itself.
  • Microwave ovens are known which are provided with microwave generators, which comprise a microwave source, for example a magnetron, which, when electrically supplied, generates electromagnetic waves which are channelled along a wave guide, for example realized in an appropriate material reflective the microwaves, for example tubular and having a quadrangular, a circular or any other section.
  • a microwave source for example a magnetron
  • a wave guide for example realized in an appropriate material reflective the microwaves, for example tubular and having a quadrangular, a circular or any other section.
  • One (or more) slots are made on a wall of the wave guide, which slot is either open or screened by a suitable wall transparent to microwaves, through which the microwaves are emitted, such that they enter the treatment chamber of the microwave oven where the material to be subjected to heating is placed.
  • a short circuit is located at the other end of the wave guide to the position where the magnetron is situated, the distance of which from the magnetron, for example, can be adjusted in certain applications, so that the short circuit can be located in various configurations which remain fixed during the use of the oven, i.e. during emission of the microwaves by the magnetron.
  • a drawback encountered in these microwave ovens of known type is the fact that while the material to be subjected to heating remains or transits internally of the treatment chamber and is exposed to one or a multiplicity of microwave generators, the heating of the material does not appear homogeneous and uniform.
  • microwave ovens for inertisation of manufactured items containing asbestos.
  • Heating methods for inertising asbestos include treatments at temperatures of higher than 800°C such as to induce a transformation of the magnesium silicates into a form that is no longer dangerous for the health and re-usable in the production of cement within limits of 5%, in accordance with standard UNI ENV 197/1.
  • Heating methods encounter problems relating to the low heat conductivity of asbestos, which required long process times so that the heat reaches the internal portions of the material, especially if the material is, as; often happens in the case of items containing asbestos, conformed as large slabs also having a significant thickness.
  • the invention in particular discloses a microwave emitting system which comprises a source of microwaves, a wave guide connected at a first end to the source such as to receive the microwaves generated thereby and which is provided with a slot from which the microwaves are irradiated, and a short circuit slidably associated to the second end of the wave guide and mobile in such a way as to vary the length of the wave guide.
  • the short circuit is mobile in alternating motion between a neared and a distanced position to and from the second end of the wave guide, continuously or discontinuously during the emitting of microwaves by the source.
  • the distribution of the electromagnetic field in the wave guide can be continuously altered during the emitting of the microwaves by the microwave emitting system, and consequently in the treatment chamber of the microwave oven.
  • the power reflected towards the microwave source can be minimized, thus maximizing the energy efficiency of the microwave emitting system.
  • the item which is subjected to heat treatment by a microwave emitting system as described above is as though continually brushed by a spatially-variable electromagnetic field that changes configuration continuously, enabling a more uniform heating of the time, deep and rapid at the same time.
  • the microwave emitting system comprises actuator means associated to the short circuit and able to move the system alternatively between the neared position and the distanced position.
  • the actuator means are located externally of the wave guide. Thanks to this, it is possible to simply and effectively command the movement of the short circuit following a predetermined and appropriate law of motion according to the requirements of the heat treatment.
  • the microwave emitting system advantageously comprises a control unit operatively connected to the actuator means and configured such as to command the activating of the actuator means continuously or discontinuously during the emitting of microwaves by the microwave source.
  • the actuator means comprise at least an invertible electric motor connected to transformation means of rotary motion of the drive shaft of the electric motor into translating motion of the short circuit.
  • the actuator means comprise at least a double-acting jack on the mobile stem of which the short circuit is keyed.
  • the wave guide advantageously includes a hollow tubular body having a substantially quadrangular section and a straight longitudinal axis, provided with a single elongate slot realized on one of the walls (for example, one of the wide walls) of the tubular body and arranged with a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the central longitudinal axis of the wave guide and offset (or not coaxial) with respect thereto.
  • a microwave beam can be generated that is emitted by the wave guide and is strongly directed and concentrated, and which substantially lies on a prevalent plane according to the geometry of the slot.
  • the slot exhibits a straight longitudinal axis.
  • the slot can exhibit a longitudinal axis that is substantially curved, for example with a corrugated extension.
  • the width of the slot can advantageously vary along the length thereof, so that the microwave emitting system can be configured such as to vary the power density along the longitudinal axis of the slot.
  • a microwave oven which comprises at least a treatment chamber delimited by walls for containing electromagnetic radiation internally of the treatment chamber, at least one of which can comprise at least a window that is transparent to the electromagnetic radiations, and at least a microwave emitting system, as described above, fixed to at least one of the walls, for example such that the slot is substantially superposed on the transparent wall, such that the microwave beam emitted by the microwave emitting system enters the treatment chamber, for example via the transparent window.
  • the oven advantageously comprises a plurality of the microwave generators fixed to at least one of the walls of the treatment chamber.
  • the microwave oven can be modular in type and continuous, i.e. it comprises a plurality of flanked treatment chambers in communication with one another, able to define overall a longitudinal treatment chamber, and transport means of items to be heated along the longitudinal channel.
  • the length of the treatment chamber can be varied and a large quantity of items at a time can be treated rapidly and continuously, without for this reason increasing the thermal inertia.
  • a functioning method of a microwave emitter system comprises a step of electrically supplying the microwave source such as to create a microwave beam that crosses the wave guide and is emitted through the slot.
  • the method comprises a step of commanding a variation of the configuration of the electromagnetic field relating to the beam of microwaves emitted from the slot continuously during the step of electrical supply to the microwave source.
  • the step of commanding the variation of the electromagnetic field occurs by commanding the movement of the short circuit during the step of electrical supply of the microwave source.
  • the step of commanding the variation of the electromagnetic field occurs during the commanding of the variation of the operative frequency of the microwave source during the step of supplying the microwave source with electricity.
  • 10 denotes in its entirety a microwave emitter system, suitable for generating a beam of microwaves that can be directed internally of a treatment chamber of a microwave oven, denoted in its entirety by reference numeral 100.
  • the microwave emitter system 10 comprises, in particular, a source of microwaves, for example a magnetron 20, or a solid state generator, or a klystron, which when supplied with electric current emits a beam of microwaves.
  • a source of microwaves for example a magnetron 20, or a solid state generator, or a klystron, which when supplied with electric current emits a beam of microwaves.
  • the magnetron 20 (or the solid state generator or klystron) is for example of a type that varies the operating frequency.
  • the magnetron 20 is connected to a wave guide 30, which comprises a longitudinally-developing tubular body 31, in the example having a rectangular section, made of at least a metal material, the internal cavity of which is able to receive the microwave beam emitted by the magnetron 20 and convey the beam along the longitudinal axis A of the wave guide 30.
  • the section of the wave guide 30 could be, alternatively, a further quadrangular or circular shape, or any shape according to constructional requirements.
  • the internal cavity of the wave guide 30 could be empty or filled or partially filled with a transparent material with respect to the microwaves, such that the microwave beam emitted by the magnetron 20 is reflected from the internal walls of the tubular body 31 and conveyed along the longitudinal axis A of the tubular body 31.
  • the tubular body 31 exhibits a first open end 311 constrained to the magnetron 20, by means of an interposing of a first connecting section 32 of the wave guide 31 to the magnetron, and a free second end 312.
  • the first connecting section 32 is filled by a dielectric material which functions as a battery.
  • impedance adapting means are interposed, for example comprising a triple stub and/or an E-H tuner, as known to a technician in the field.
  • a slot 34 is fashioned, having a longitudinal development, which extends for example substantially over a part or all of the length of the tubular body 31 from the first end 311 to the second end 312.
  • a microwave beam exits from the slot 34, which first conveyed by the wave guide 30 is then emitted through the slot substantially on a plane depending on the geometry of the slot.
  • the slot 34 is of such dimensions as to enable exit of the microwave beam emitted by the magnetron 20; in practice the slot 34 is the only part of the microwave emitting system 10 in communication with the outside thereof, i.e. the only part of the wave guide 30 which irradiates microwaves.
  • the slot 34 can be opened or occluded by a window made of material that is transparent to microwaves.
  • the slot 34 is arranged with the longitudinal axis B substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis A of the wave guide 30 and, for example, offset (not coaxial and not aligned in plan view) with respect thereto; in practice, the slot 34 is realised in a non-central zone of the wall of the tubular body 31.
  • the slot 34 exhibits a straight longitudinal axis and exhibits a substantially rectangular shape.
  • the slot 34 still exhibits a straight longitudinal axis (in the illustrated example dealigned in plan view with the central longitudinal axis of the tubular body 31) and exhibits a substantially trapeze shape, with the long sides curved in a logarithmic profile.
  • the dimension (width) of the slot 34 varies along the length thereof.
  • the tapered end of the slot 34 is placed at the first end 311 of the tubular body 31, though it can also be, on the contrary, located at the second end 312 thereof.
  • the slot 34 exhibits a longitudinal axis B that is substantially curved.
  • the longitudinal axis of the slot 34 exhibits a substantially corrugate progression, for example irregular with one or more curves having a differentiated radius or a regular radius, substantially sinusoidal or the like.
  • the size of the slot 34 can be variable along the length thereof or the slot 34 is overall substantially centred (median axis substantially centred) in the wall of the tubular body 31 or offset with respect thereto.
  • the second end 312 of the tubular body 31 which makes up the wave guide 30 is fixed to a second hollow connecting section 40, which for example is substantially beaker-shaped with a polygonal section (for example rectangular, identical to the section of the tubular body 31), the open end whereof is fixed to the second end 312 of the tubular body 31 (in practice forming a single body therewith), the internal cavity of which substantially axially extends the internal cavity of the wave guide 30 and exhibits a bottom wall 40 able to close the wave guide.
  • a second hollow connecting section 40 which for example is substantially beaker-shaped with a polygonal section (for example rectangular, identical to the section of the tubular body 31), the open end whereof is fixed to the second end 312 of the tubular body 31 (in practice forming a single body therewith), the internal cavity of which substantially axially extends the internal cavity of the wave guide 30 and exhibits a bottom wall 40 able to close the wave guide.
  • the second connecting section 40 is also made of a metal material able to contain internally thereof the beam of microwaves emitted by the magnetron 20.
  • the second connecting section 40 exhibits a substantially straight longitudinal extension in the illustrated embodiment; however it can have a substantially bent conformation, L-shaped, or even have other appropriate shapes.
  • a short circuit 42 is slidably associated internally of the second connecting section 40, as can be seen in the figures 5 and 6 .
  • the short circuit 42 for example, comprises a metal block exhibiting a parallelepiped shape having a rectangular base (or in any case alike the internal shape of the cavity of the second connecting section 40), which can slide (by virtue of a small radial play), for example without rotating, internally of the second connecting section 42.
  • the microwave emitting system 10 further comprises actuator means 50 for activating the short circuit 42 in translation along the axis of the second connecting section 40, for example with an alternating motion between a neared position to the second end 312 of the tubular body 31 and a distanced position from the second end 312 (i.e. neared to the bottom wall 41 of the second connecting section 40), for example in a continuous or discontinuous way during the emission of microwaves by the magnetron 20.
  • the short circuit 42 defines a mobile closing wall of the wave guide 30, such as to enable a variation, continuously and controlledly in a predeterminable law of motion (which can include steps of motion in the two directions continuously or intervalled by static pauses according to needs), when the short circuit 42 is in the neared position, and a maximum length, when the short circuit 42 is in the distanced position.
  • the variation of the position of the short circuit 42 at the same time as the generation of the microwaves by the microwave source 20 defines a continuous variation of the configuration of the electromagnetic field generated by the microwave beam and emitted by the wave guide 30 via the slot 34.
  • the actuator means 50 comprise an invertible electric motor 51, on the drive shaft 510 of which a drive pulley 511 is keyed, which transfers the motion to a driven pulley 512 by means of a looped flexible transmission organ wound on the driven pulley 512 and on the drive pulley 511 itself, for example a belt 513.
  • the driven pulley 512 is keyed on an external end of an endless screw 514 which rotatably inserts, for example supported by appropriate bearings, in a hole made in the bottom wall 41 of the second connecting section 40.
  • the short circuit 42 comprises a threaded hole into which the endless screw 514 is screwed.
  • the actuator means 50 comprise a double-acting jack 52, for example pneumatic or mechanical or of another type, provided with a cylindrical body 520 in which a stem 521 runs, the free end of which inserts in a hole made in the bottom wall 41 of the second connecting section 40 and is fixed (directly or by means of extending and connecting elements) to the short circuit 42, such as to impart the alternating motion translation of the short circuit internally of second connecting section 40.
  • a double-acting jack 52 for example pneumatic or mechanical or of another type, provided with a cylindrical body 520 in which a stem 521 runs, the free end of which inserts in a hole made in the bottom wall 41 of the second connecting section 40 and is fixed (directly or by means of extending and connecting elements) to the short circuit 42, such as to impart the alternating motion translation of the short circuit internally of second connecting section 40.
  • the actuator means 50 could also be different and equivalent with respect to those illustrated and described and in any case destined to give the short circuit 42 an alternating to and fro motion along the second connecting section 40 or equivalently along the wave guide 30.
  • the microwave oven 100 comprises a treatment chamber 110 delimited by a plurality of metal walls 111, 112 able to contain the electromagnetic radiation internally of the treatment chamber for example, as known to a technical expert in the sector.
  • the treatment chamber 110 is delimited by a lower wall (not visible in the figures) which can be arranged substantially horizontal, a parallel and like upper wall 111 and two (identical) lateral flanks 112 joined inferiorly and superiorly, respectively to the lower and upper wall 11 and substantially located at right angles with respect thereto.
  • the walls 111, 112 are able to delimit and define a treatment chamber substantially in a tunnel form.
  • the microwave oven 100 comprises a continuous transporter, for example a belt translator 120, which is located with the advancing axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the treatment chamber 110 (tunnel shaped) and is able to internally cross the treatment chamber.
  • a continuous transporter for example a belt translator 120, which is located with the advancing axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the treatment chamber 110 (tunnel shaped) and is able to internally cross the treatment chamber.
  • the conveyor belt 120 defines a mobile rest plane along the longitudinal axis of the treatment chamber 110 located slightly above the lower wall of the treatment chamber at a distance from the upper wall 111.
  • the items M to be subjected to heat treatment by the microwave oven 100 are rested on the conveyor belt 120, and cross the internal volume of the treatment chamber 110 with a set velocity, or with a non-moving permanence in the oven 100, able to guarantee the completion of the desired heating cycle for the item M itself.
  • At least a microwave emitting system 10 is fixed to at least one of the walls 111, 112 of the treatment chamber 110, such that the slot 34 is facing towards the inside of the treatment chamber.
  • the wave guide 30 is fixed externally to one of the walls 111, 112, with the wall comprising the slot 34 substantially rested and meeting with the wall 111, 112 of the treatment chamber 110.
  • the wall 111, 112 at the zone destined to be superposed on the slot 34 exhibits a window (not shown), open or closed by a protecting element transparent to the electromagnetic radiations, having an elongate shape and for example alike the slot 34 itself, which enables entry of the microwave beam emitted by the microwave emitting system 10 to inside the treatment chamber 110, as known to the technical expert in the field.
  • the wave guide 30 can be arranged with the longitudinal axis A substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the treatment chamber 110 or with the longitudinal axis A substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the treatment chamber 110.
  • microwave emitting system 10 can be fixed on a wall 111, 112 of the treatment chamber, for example placed with the longitudinal axes A parallel to one another and, for example, equidistant.
  • the microwave oven 100 comprises a plurality of microwave emitting systems 10 fixed to the upper wall 11, in the example 4 in number, located with the longitudinal axis A perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the treatment chamber 110.
  • the contiguous microwave emitting systems 10 are staggered with respect to one another, i.e. they exhibit the magnetron 20 located on opposite sides with respect to the lateral walls 112 of the treatment chamber 110.
  • the microwave oven 100 comprises a plurality of microwave emitting systems 10 fixed to at least one of the lateral walls 112 of the treatment chamber 110, in the example 2 in number, located with the longitudinal axis A parallel to the longitudinal axis of the treatment chamber 10 (for example offset).
  • the arrangement and the number of microwave emitting systems 10 can be different from the one illustrated and any according to the constructional requirements and/or the type of heat treatment which is destined to supply the microwave oven 100 as well as the dimensions of the item M to be heat-treated.
  • the microwave emitting systems 10 might also be arranged internally of the treatment chamber 110.
  • the microwave oven 100 for example, can be modular, or can be made of a plurality of treatment chambers 110, as described above, fixed and aligned along a common longitudinal extension axis such as to form a treatment channel or not according to needs.
  • the microwave oven 100 comprises a control and command unit, not illustrated, which is operatively connected to each magnetron 20 and to each of the actuator means 50, as well for example as to the conveyor belt 120, for automated and controlled management of the thermal cycles of heating/treatment imparted by the microwave oven to the items M.
  • the microwave oven 100 can be provided with infrared radiation emitters, laser sources, electron sources, plasma sources, radiofrequency sources, combustion groups of gases or liquids or other heating systems of known type, able to add to the heating of the item M.
  • the microwave emitting system 100 can comprise injection means of at least an ionisable gas internally of the wave guide 30.
  • the injection means comprise at least a nozzle (not illustrated) fixed to at least a wall of the tubular body 31, in which the dispensing mouth of the nozzle opens into the tubular body.
  • the nozzle is also in communication with a supply circuit of the ionisable gas.
  • Each microwave emitting system 10 when the magnetron 20 is electrically supplied, generates a microwave beam which crosses the wave guide 30 and is emitted through the slot 34.
  • the variation of the operating frequency of the magnetron 20 can be commanded during the step of electrical supply to the magnetron 20, in this way varying the electromagnetic field caused by the microwave beam internally of the treatment chamber 110, i.e. downstream of the slot 34.
  • the actuator means 50 can be activated such as to command the alternating motion of the short circuit 42, according to a predetermined law of motion, during the step of electrical supply to the magnetron 20.
  • the microwave oven 100 can be programmed such that each microwave emitting system 10 is substantially independent of the others.
  • Microwave emitting systems 10 that are different to one another can also be present in a single microwave oven 100, for example of the above-described type according to the first, second and third embodiments.

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  1. Système d'émission de micro-ondes (10) comprenant
    - une source de micro-ondes (20),
    - un guide d'ondes longitudinal (30) connecté par une première extrémité (311) à la source de manière à recevoir les micro-ondes générées par celle-ci et pourvu d'une fente (34) à travers laquelle les micro-ondes sont irradiées,
    - un circuit court (42) associé de manière coulissante à une deuxième extrémité (312) du guide d'ondes et mobile de manière à faire varier une longueur du guide d'ondes (30), dans lequel le circuit court (42) est mobile en effectuant un déplacement alternatif entre une position rapprochée et une position éloignée en allant et venant par rapport à la deuxième extrémité du guide d'ondes (30) durant l'émission de micro-ondes par la source de micro-ondes (20), et
    - un moyen d'actionnement (50) associé au circuit court (42) et capable de déplacer alternativement le circuit court (42) entre la position rapprochée et la position éloignée,
    caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend au moins une unité de contrôle connectée fonctionnellement au moyen actionneur (50), et configuré de manière à commander l'activation du moyen actionneur de manière continue ou intermittente-continue durant l'émission de micro-ondes par la source de micro-ondes (20).
  2. Système d'émission (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le moyen actionneur (50) comprend au moins un moteur électrique réversible (51) connecté à un moyen de transformation (511-514) pour convertir le mouvement rotatif de l'axe d'entraînement (510) du moteur électrique (51) en un mouvement de translation du circuit court (42).
  3. Système d'émission (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le moyen actionneur (50) comprend au moins un vérin à double action (52) sur une tige mobile (521) dont le circuit court (42) est fixe.
  4. Système d'émission (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le guide d'ondes (30) comprend un corps tubulaire creux (31) présentant une section sensiblement quadrilatérale et un axe longitudinal droit (A), pourvu d'une fente allongée unique (34) réalisée dans l'une des parois du corps tubulaire (31) et agencée avec un axe longitudinal (B) sensiblement parallèle à l'axe longitudinal central (A) du guide d'ondes (30) en étant décalé par rapport à celui-ci.
  5. Système d'émission (10) selon la revendication 4, dans lequel la fente (34) présente un axe longitudinal droit (B).
  6. Système d'émission (10) selon la revendication 4, dans lequel la fente (34) présente un axe longitudinal (B) sensiblement incurvé.
  7. Système d'émission (10) selon la revendication 6, dans lequel la fente (34) présente un axe longitudinal (B) comportant une extension sensiblement ondulée.
  8. Système d'émission (10) selon la revendication 4, dans lequel la taille de la fente (34) varie sur sa longueur.
  9. Système d'émission (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel un moyen d'ajustement d'impédance (33) est interposé entre la source de micro-ondes (20) et le guide d'ondes (30).
  10. Four à micro-ondes (100) comprenant :
    - au moins une chambre de traitement (110) délimitée par des parois (111, 112) et capable de contenir une radiation électromagnétique,
    - au moins un système d'émission de micro-ondes (10) selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 9, fixé à au moins l'une des parois (111, 112) de manière à émettre un faisceau de micro-ondes à l'intérieur de la chambre de traitement (110).
  11. Four (100) selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une pluralité de systèmes émetteurs de micro-ondes (10) fixés à au moins l'une des parois (111, 112) de la chambre de traitement (110).
  12. Four (100) selon la revendication 10 ou 11, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une pluralité de chambres de traitement (110) agencées côte à côte et communiquant entre elles, capables de définir généralement une chambre de traitement longitudinale, et un moyen de transport (120) d'objets manufacturés (M) à chauffer le long du canal longitudinal.
  13. Procédé de fonctionnement d'un système d'émission de micro-ondes (10) selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 9, comprenant une étape d'alimentation électrique de la source de micro-ondes (20) de manière à créer un faisceau de micro-ondes qui traverse le guide d'ondes (30) et est émis à travers la fente (34), et une étape de commande d'une variation de la configuration du champ électromagnétique par rapport au faisceau de micro-ondes émis par la fente (34) de manière continue durant l'étape d'alimentation électrique de la source de micro-ondes (20), dans lequel l'étape de commande de la variation du champ électromagnétique est réalisée à l'aide d'une commande de déplacement du circuit court (42) durant l'étape d'alimentation électrique de la source de micro-ondes (20).
  14. Procédé selon la revendication 13, dans lequel l'étape de commande de la variation du champ électromagnétique est effectuée en commandant la variation continue de la fréquence de fonctionnement de la source de micro-ondes (20) durant l'étape d'alimentation électrique de la source de micro-ondes.
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