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- dielectric heating apparatus in which heating of material is effected in a cavity of a heater by microwave electrical energy developed by an oscillator, such as a magnetron, for example.
- a magnetron often is employed for developing ultra high frequency electrical energy as high as 2400 to 2500 mc./s.
- the electrical energy which is in the form of high frequency electromagnetic waves, referred to as microwaves, is transmitted from the antenna of the magnetron through a wave guide to the cavity of a heater or oven adapted to hold the load or material to be heated. A part of the microwave electrical energy received in the cavity is refiected and transmitted back to the magnetron.
- the magnetron can be adversely affected when the reflected microwave electrical energy becomes sufliciently great.
- the reflected electrical energy transmitted back to the magnetron effects objectionable heating of the anode.
- the magnetron can be electronically damaged by the reflected electrical energy for the reason that the magnetron and load in the cavity form .a system equivalent to two resonant circuits which are coupled together. In the event the resonant frequency of the load is very close to the resonant frequency of the magnetron and the resistive component is small, the magnetron can be forced to oscillate on the new frequency, which will overload the cathode and quickly damage the magnetron.
- the object of my invention is to construct dielectric heating apparatus of this type which will produce the desired energy transfer from the magnetron to the cavity under all operating conditions ranging from no useful load to normal useful load, whereby the microwave energy reflected in the cavity and transmitted back to the magnetron will always be within safe limits under all conditions encountered in use.
- a dummy load which consists of a number of damping or energy absorbing bodies disposed in that part of a cavity in which the intensity of the microwave energy received from the magnetron is highest.
- a wall of the top cavity section 1a has a first apertured zone defining an access opening provided with a door or closure member 3 movable between closed and open positions and through which material to be heated is inserted and removed from the topsection 1a.
- a receptacle 4 on the partition 2 may be employed to hold the material which constitutes the useful load to be heated.
- the useful load in the cavity is heated by microwave electrical energy-produced by a magnetron 5 having an antenna 6 coupled thereto, the upper end or apex of as'a connectionbetween the magnetron 5 and the cavity above.
- connection being in communication with the cavity at a second apertured zone 8 for introducing into the cavity microwave energy supplied by the oscillator or magnetron 5.
- a movable member 9 at one end of the wave guide 7 is provided with an operating element 10 which is accessible in any suitable manner (not shown) to adjust the wave guide 7 to any length desired.
- the cavity 1 under normal operating conditions is adapted to receive a normal useful load to be heated, as explained
- a rotatable member 11 is positioned in the bottom cavity section 1b at a region beneath the partition 2.
- the member 11 is fixed to the upper end of a vertical shaft 12 which projects downward exteriorly of the bottom cavity section 1b and is arranged to be driven by an electric motor 14.
- the microwave electrical energy received in the cavity in the form of traveling electromagnetic waves produces an electromagnetic field which is made as homogeneous as possible by'the rotatable member 11 which functions as a stirrer.
- an artificial or dummy load 15 is provided in the bottom cavity section 1b which is formed of material possessing ability to attract the electromagnetic field and also absorb microwave energy received in the cavity.
- the dummy load 15 comprises a plurality of elongated bodies 15a and 15b which are supported in upright positions in the bottom cavity section 1b and extend upward from the bottom thereof.
- the bodies a and 15b are in the form of cones and cylindrical rods, respectively, the lengths of the bodies being about onehalf of the length of the electromagnetic waves sent out or emitted by the magnetron 5.
- the bodies 15a and 15b desirably are formed of a loss material, such as graphite, for example, and an insulating material, such as a ceramic material, cement or a plastic, for example.
- the graphite can be mixed with a material selected from a ceramic material, cement or a plastic, which serve as a binding agent in the mixture.
- the bodies 15a and 15b also may be formed from cone-shaped and cylindrical-shaped metallic members coated with an enamel containing iron powder.
- the bodies 15:: and 15b in the bottom cavity section 1b are subjected to the alternating current electromagnetic field produced by the microwave energy transmitted from the magnetron 5, heating by dielectric losses results from the periodic stressing and displacement of the atoms of the material in the bodies acting as the dielectric of a capacitor.
- the loss is due to a property of dielectric material referred to as absorption, and the magnitude of the absorption in the bodies 15a and 15b can be regulated by controlling the proportion of loss and insulating materials in the bodies.
- the bodies 15a and 15! are imperfect dielectrics, the presence of both loss material and insulating material is necessary.
- the expression loss factor is often used to indicate the relative heating rates of various dielectrics.
- the bulk of a body 15a or 1512 is formed of an insulating material in which only a relatively small quantity of graphite is present, the resulting mixture functions as a relatively small condenser having a relatively great loss factor.
- the capacitance and loss factor of the body can be changed at will.
- the capacitance of the bodies 15a and 15b determines their ability to attract the electromagnetic field in the cavity, and the loss of the bodies determines what part of the concentrated electromagnetic energy in the bodies is utilized for the production of heat by dielectric losses.
- the useful load in the receptacle 4 is disposed between the artificial or dummy load and the traveling electromagnetic waves transmitted into the top cavity section 1a through the opening 8 in the wave guide 7. With this arrangement, the useful load in the receptacle 4 will be subjected to direct radiation and effective heating thereof will be promoted.
- the bodies 15a and 15b forming the dummy or artificial load function as energy absorbing bodies which are disposed in that part of the bottom cavity section 1!) in which the intensity and magnitude of the microwave energy received from the magnetron 5 is highest and the damping effect will be most effective to protect the magnetron.
- the impedance of the loaded cavity is matched to that of the magnetron to produce the desired energy transfer from the magnetron 5 to the cavity 1 under all operating conditions ranging from normal useful load to no useful load, so that the microwave energy reflected in the cavity 1 and transmitted back to the magnetron 5 will always be within safe limits.
- Dielectric heating apparatus comprising an oscillator for supplying microwave energy, an oven having Walls providing a cavity, a connection between said oscillator and said cavity, said walls having first and second apertured zones and otherwise being imperforate, the first apertured zone defining an access opening and a closure member therefor movable between closed and open posi tions, said connection being in communication with said cavity at the second apertured zone for introducing into said cavity microwave energy supplied by said oscillator, said cavity when said closure member is moved to its closed position defining a place of heating closed from the surroundings to prevent passage of microwave energy therefrom, said cavity under normal operating conditions being adapted to receive a normal useful load to be heated, means disposed within the walls of said cavity to provide an artificial load for matching said cavity to said oscillator in the absence of a useful load in said cavity, said artificial load means comprising damping body structure disposed within that part of said cavity in which the damping effect will be effective to protect said oscillator, and said damping body structure comprising a plurality of damping bodies, the length of
- Dielectric heating apparatus comprising an oscillator for supplying microwave energy, an oven having walls providing a cavity, a connection between said oscillator and said cavity, said Walls having first and second apertured zones and otherwise being imperforate, the first apertured zone defining an access opening and a closure member therefor movable between closed and open positions, said connection being in communication with said cavity at the second apertured zone for introducing into said cavity microwave energy supplied by said oscillator, said cavity when said closure member is moved to its closed position defining a place of heating closed from the surroundings to prevent passage of microwave energy therefrom, said cavity under normal operating conditions being adapted to receive a normal useful load to be heated, means disposed within the walls of said cavity to provide an artificial load for matching said cavity to said oscillator in the absence of a useful load in said cavity, said artificial load means comprising damping body structure disposed within that part of said cavity in which the damping effect will be effective to protect said oscillator, and said damping body structure comprising a plurality of damping bodies which are formed from graphite
- Dielectric heating apparatus comprising an oscillator for supplying microwave energy, an oven having walls providing a cavity, a connection between said oscillator and said cavity, said walls having first and second apertured zones and otherwise being imperforate, the first apertured zone defining an access opening and a closure member therefor movable between closed and open positions, said connection being in communication with said cavity at the second apertured Zone for introducing into said cavity microwave energy supplied by said oscillator, said cavity when said closure member is moved to its closed position defining a place of heating closed from the surroundings to prevent passage of microwave energy therefrom, said cavity under normal operating conditions being adapted to receive a normal useful load to be heated, means disposed within the walls of said cavity to provide an artificial load for matching said cavity to said oscillator in the absence of a useful load in said cavity, said artificial load means comprising damping body structure disposed Within that part of said cavity in which the damping effect will be effective to protect said oscillator, 1
- said damping body structure comprising a plurality 6 of damping bodies which are formed of metal coated with an enamel containing iron powder.
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Nov. 16, 1965 'r. LENART 3,218,429
DIELECTRIC HEATING APPARATUS Filed March 11, 1963 INVENTOR.
gunn fi United States Patent 3,218,429 DIELECTRIC HEATING APPARATUS Tibor Lenart, Sundbyberg, Sweden, assignor to Aktieholaget Electrolux, Stockholm, Sweden, a corporation of Sweden Filed Mar. 11, 1963, Ser. No. 264,398 Claims priority, application Sweden, Mar. 14, 1962, 2,804/62 6 Claims. (Cl. 219-1055) My invention relates to dielectric heating apparatus,
and more particularly to dielectric heating apparatus in which heating of material is effected in a cavity of a heater by microwave electrical energy developed by an oscillator, such as a magnetron, for example. In dielectric heating apparatus of this type, a magnetron often is employed for developing ultra high frequency electrical energy as high as 2400 to 2500 mc./s. The electrical energy, which is in the form of high frequency electromagnetic waves, referred to as microwaves, is transmitted from the antenna of the magnetron through a wave guide to the cavity of a heater or oven adapted to hold the load or material to be heated. A part of the microwave electrical energy received in the cavity is refiected and transmitted back to the magnetron. This is objectionable because the magnetron can be adversely affected when the reflected microwave electrical energy becomes sufliciently great. For example, the reflected electrical energy transmitted back to the magnetron effects objectionable heating of the anode. Further, the magnetron can be electronically damaged by the reflected electrical energy for the reason that the magnetron and load in the cavity form .a system equivalent to two resonant circuits which are coupled together. In the event the resonant frequency of the load is very close to the resonant frequency of the magnetron and the resistive component is small, the magnetron can be forced to oscillate on the new frequency, which will overload the cathode and quickly damage the magnetron.
In order to prevent an excessive part of the microwave energy from being reflected in the cavity and transmitted back to the magnetron, it is desirable to match the impedance of the loaded cavity to that of the magnetron to produce the desired energy transfer from the magnetron to the load. With a given useful load in the cavity, proper adjustment of the impedance of the loaded cavity to that of the magnetron can be effected readily to obtain load matching. However, when the useful load is removed from the cavity, the microwave energy reflected in the cavity and transmitted back to the magnetron increases and often exceeds a value which adversely affects the magnetron and is objectionable.
The object of my invention is to construct dielectric heating apparatus of this type which will produce the desired energy transfer from the magnetron to the cavity under all operating conditions ranging from no useful load to normal useful load, whereby the microwave energy reflected in the cavity and transmitted back to the magnetron will always be within safe limits under all conditions encountered in use. I accomplish this by providing a dummy load which consists of a number of damping or energy absorbing bodies disposed in that part of a cavity in which the intensity of the microwave energy received from the magnetron is highest.
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My invention will be more fully set forth in the following description referring to the accompanying drawing, and the features of novelty which characterize my invention will be pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this specification.
In the accompanying drawing, the single figure is a diagrammatic representation, in section, of a heating oven embodying my invention.
Referring to the drawing, I have shown my invention in connection with a heating oven having walls providing a cavity 1 including top and bottom sections 1a and 1b, respectively, separated by a horizontal partition 2 desirably formed of material like glass, for example. A wall of the top cavity section 1a has a first apertured zone defining an access opening provided with a door or closure member 3 movable between closed and open positions and through which material to be heated is inserted and removed from the topsection 1a. A receptacle 4 on the partition 2 may be employed to hold the material which constitutes the useful load to be heated.
The useful load in the cavity is heated by microwave electrical energy-produced by a magnetron 5 having an antenna 6 coupled thereto, the upper end or apex of as'a connectionbetween the magnetron 5 and the cavity above.
1, the connection being in communication with the cavity at a second apertured zone 8 for introducing into the cavity microwave energy supplied by the oscillator or magnetron 5. A movable member 9 at one end of the wave guide 7 is provided with an operating element 10 which is accessible in any suitable manner (not shown) to adjust the wave guide 7 to any length desired. The cavity 1 under normal operating conditions is adapted to receive a normal useful load to be heated, as explained The cavity 1, when the closure member 3 is moved to its closed position, defines a place of heating closed from the surroundings to prevent passage of microwave energy therefrom. This is so because, except for the opening for the door 3 and the opening 8 for introducing microwave energy into the cavity 1, the walls of the cavity are imperforate.
A rotatable member 11 is positioned in the bottom cavity section 1b at a region beneath the partition 2. The member 11 is fixed to the upper end of a vertical shaft 12 which projects downward exteriorly of the bottom cavity section 1b and is arranged to be driven by an electric motor 14. The microwave electrical energy received in the cavity in the form of traveling electromagnetic waves produces an electromagnetic field which is made as homogeneous as possible by'the rotatable member 11 which functions as a stirrer.
In order that the microwave energy reflected in the cavity 1 and transmitted back to the magnetron 5 will always be within safe limits, especially when there is no useful load in the cavity, an artificial or dummy load 15 is provided in the bottom cavity section 1b which is formed of material possessing ability to attract the electromagnetic field and also absorb microwave energy received in the cavity. The dummy load 15 comprises a plurality of elongated bodies 15a and 15b which are supported in upright positions in the bottom cavity section 1b and extend upward from the bottom thereof. In the preferred embodiment shown and being described, the bodies a and 15b are in the form of cones and cylindrical rods, respectively, the lengths of the bodies being about onehalf of the length of the electromagnetic waves sent out or emitted by the magnetron 5.
Since dielectric heating involves the use of dielectric iosse to produce heat in poorly conducting materials, the bodies 15a and 15b desirably are formed of a loss material, such as graphite, for example, and an insulating material, such as a ceramic material, cement or a plastic, for example. When the bodies 15a and 15b are formed of materials of this kind, the graphite can be mixed with a material selected from a ceramic material, cement or a plastic, which serve as a binding agent in the mixture. The bodies 15a and 15b also may be formed from cone-shaped and cylindrical-shaped metallic members coated with an enamel containing iron powder.
When the bodies 15:: and 15b in the bottom cavity section 1b are subjected to the alternating current electromagnetic field produced by the microwave energy transmitted from the magnetron 5, heating by dielectric losses results from the periodic stressing and displacement of the atoms of the material in the bodies acting as the dielectric of a capacitor. The loss is due to a property of dielectric material referred to as absorption, and the magnitude of the absorption in the bodies 15a and 15b can be regulated by controlling the proportion of loss and insulating materials in the bodies.
Since the bodies 15a and 15!: are imperfect dielectrics, the presence of both loss material and insulating material is necessary. The expression loss factor is often used to indicate the relative heating rates of various dielectrics. When the bulk of a body 15a or 1512 is formed of an insulating material in which only a relatively small quantity of graphite is present, the resulting mixture functions as a relatively small condenser having a relatively great loss factor. By varying the proportion of loss material and insulating material in a body 15a or 151), the capacitance and loss factor of the body can be changed at will. The capacitance of the bodies 15a and 15b determines their ability to attract the electromagnetic field in the cavity, and the loss of the bodies determines what part of the concentrated electromagnetic energy in the bodies is utilized for the production of heat by dielectric losses.
When a useful load, such as food, for example, is placed in the top cavity section 1a of the oven, the electrical energy is distributed between the food in the receptacle 4 and the artificial or dummy load 15. The manner in which this distribution of electrical energy takes place is dependent upon the formula wherein k is the dielectric constant of the material and l is the loss factor of the material. When food, which usually contains a relatively large quantity of water, is heated in the oven, the product of k and If will be higher for the useful load in receptacle 4 than for the artificial or dummy load 15 when graphite, for example, is employed as the loss material in the bodies 15a and 1517. This is so because the dielectric constant k is considerably higher for water than for graphite and similar materials possessing the same physical and electrical properties.
In the preferred embodiment, the useful load in the receptacle 4 is disposed between the artificial or dummy load and the traveling electromagnetic waves transmitted into the top cavity section 1a through the opening 8 in the wave guide 7. With this arrangement, the useful load in the receptacle 4 will be subjected to direct radiation and effective heating thereof will be promoted. In the absence of a useful load in the top cavity section 1a, the bodies 15a and 15b forming the dummy or artificial load function as energy absorbing bodies which are disposed in that part of the bottom cavity section 1!) in which the intensity and magnitude of the microwave energy received from the magnetron 5 is highest and the damping effect will be most effective to protect the magnetron.
In view of the foregoing, it will now be understood that by providing the bodies and 15b, the impedance of the loaded cavity is matched to that of the magnetron to produce the desired energy transfer from the magnetron 5 to the cavity 1 under all operating conditions ranging from normal useful load to no useful load, so that the microwave energy reflected in the cavity 1 and transmitted back to the magnetron 5 will always be within safe limits.
I claim:
1. Dielectric heating apparatus comprising an oscillator for supplying microwave energy, an oven having Walls providing a cavity, a connection between said oscillator and said cavity, said walls having first and second apertured zones and otherwise being imperforate, the first apertured zone defining an access opening and a closure member therefor movable between closed and open posi tions, said connection being in communication with said cavity at the second apertured zone for introducing into said cavity microwave energy supplied by said oscillator, said cavity when said closure member is moved to its closed position defining a place of heating closed from the surroundings to prevent passage of microwave energy therefrom, said cavity under normal operating conditions being adapted to receive a normal useful load to be heated, means disposed within the walls of said cavity to provide an artificial load for matching said cavity to said oscillator in the absence of a useful load in said cavity, said artificial load means comprising damping body structure disposed within that part of said cavity in which the damping effect will be effective to protect said oscillator, and said damping body structure comprising a plurality of damping bodies, the length of said damping bodies being substantially one-half the length of the microwaves supplied by said oscillator.
2. Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 in which said damping bodies are in the form of rods.
3. Apparatus as set forth in claim 2 in which said rods are cone-shaped.
4. Apparatus as set forth in claim 2 in which said rods are cylindrical.
5. Dielectric heating apparatus comprising an oscillator for supplying microwave energy, an oven having walls providing a cavity, a connection between said oscillator and said cavity, said Walls having first and second apertured zones and otherwise being imperforate, the first apertured zone defining an access opening and a closure member therefor movable between closed and open positions, said connection being in communication with said cavity at the second apertured zone for introducing into said cavity microwave energy supplied by said oscillator, said cavity when said closure member is moved to its closed position defining a place of heating closed from the surroundings to prevent passage of microwave energy therefrom, said cavity under normal operating conditions being adapted to receive a normal useful load to be heated, means disposed within the walls of said cavity to provide an artificial load for matching said cavity to said oscillator in the absence of a useful load in said cavity, said artificial load means comprising damping body structure disposed within that part of said cavity in which the damping effect will be effective to protect said oscillator, and said damping body structure comprising a plurality of damping bodies which are formed from graphite and an insulating material selected from a group consisting of ceramic, cement or plastic.
6. Dielectric heating apparatus comprising an oscillator for supplying microwave energy, an oven having walls providing a cavity, a connection between said oscillator and said cavity, said walls having first and second apertured zones and otherwise being imperforate, the first apertured zone defining an access opening and a closure member therefor movable between closed and open positions, said connection being in communication with said cavity at the second apertured Zone for introducing into said cavity microwave energy supplied by said oscillator, said cavity when said closure member is moved to its closed position defining a place of heating closed from the surroundings to prevent passage of microwave energy therefrom, said cavity under normal operating conditions being adapted to receive a normal useful load to be heated, means disposed within the walls of said cavity to provide an artificial load for matching said cavity to said oscillator in the absence of a useful load in said cavity, said artificial load means comprising damping body structure disposed Within that part of said cavity in which the damping effect will be effective to protect said oscillator, 1
and said damping body structure comprising a plurality 6 of damping bodies which are formed of metal coated with an enamel containing iron powder.
References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,207,845 7/1940 Wolff 333-34 2,584,162 2/1952 Sensiper et al 333-34 2,704,802 3/1955 Blass et 'al 219-1055 2,804,598 8/1957 Fano 333-34 2,820,127 1/1958 Argento et al 219-1055 2,827,537 3/1958 Haagensen 219-55 2,961,520 11/1960 Long 219-1055 2,977,591 3/1961 Tanner 333-81 RICHARD M. WOOD, Primary Examiner.
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1. DIELECTRIC HEATING APPARATUS COMPRISING AN OSCILLATOR FOR SUPPLYING MICROWAVE ENERGY, AN OVEN HAVING WALLS PROVIDING A CAVITY, A CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID OSCILLATOR AND SAID CAVITY, SAID WALLS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND APERTURED ZONES AND OTHERWISE BEING IMPERFORATE, THE FIRST APERTURED ZONE DEFINING AN ACCESS OPENING AND A CLOSURE MEMBER THEREFOR MOVABLE BETWEEN CLOSED AND OPEN POSITIONS, SAID CONNECTION BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID CAVITY AT THE SECOND APERTURED ZONE FOR INTRODUCING INTO SAID CAVITY MICROWAVE ENERGY SUPPLIED BY SAID OSCILLATOR, SAID CAVITY WHEN SAID CLOSURE MEMBER IS MOVED TO ITS CLOSED POSITION DEFINING A PLACE OF HEATING CLOSED FROM THE SURROUNDINGS TO PREVENT PASSAGE OF MICROWAVE ENERGY THEREFROM, SAID CAVITY UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A NORMAL USEFUL LOAD TO BE HEATED, MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN THE WALLS OF SAID CAVITY TO PROVIDE AN ARTIFICIAL LOAD FOR MATCHING SAID CAVITY TO SAID OSCILLATOR IN THE ABSENCE OF A USEFUL LOAD IN SAID CAVITY, SAID ARTIFICIAL LOAD MEANS COMPRISING DAMPING BODY STRUCTURE DISPOSED WITHIN THAT PART OF SAID CAVITY IN WHICH THE DAMPING EFFECT WILL BE EFFECTIVE TO PROTECT SAID OSCILLATOR, AND SAID DAMPING BODY STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF DAMPING BODIES, THE LENGTH OF SAID DAMPING BODIES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY ONE-HALF THE LENGTH OF THE MICROWAVES SUPPLIED BY SAID OSCILLATOR.
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