US3643055A - High-frequency heating apparatus - Google Patents

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US3643055A
US3643055A US92984A US3643055DA US3643055A US 3643055 A US3643055 A US 3643055A US 92984 A US92984 A US 92984A US 3643055D A US3643055D A US 3643055DA US 3643055 A US3643055 A US 3643055A
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Ryuji Suzuki
Seiki Yokozeki
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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
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  • a high-frequency heating apparatus in which the highfrequency energy is' uniformly distributed in a heating chamber for effectively heating the matter in the heating chamber.
  • An energy distribution modifying means is provided in conformity to the shape of the heating chamber and on at least one of. coaxial inner and outer conductors defining a cylindrical passage, which communicates with a waveguide coupled to a higr-frequency oscillator. The high-frequency energy from the high-frequency oscillator is guided through the waveguide and the cylindrical passage to enter the heating chamber and is unifonnly distributed in the heating chamber through the energy distribution modifying means.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view, partly broken away, showing a high-frequency heating apparatus, with a top cover removed, embodying the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view, to an enlarged scale, showing in detail an inner and outer'conductor of a coaxial guide in the apparatus of FIG. I;
  • FIGS. 3 to show respective layouts of the heating chamber as well as respective energy distribution correcting means conforming to the shape of the heating chamber in the highfrequency heating apparatus according to the invention.
  • FIGS. 6 to are fragmentary perspective views showing examples of the energy distribution correcting means according to the invention.
  • a high-frequency heating apparatus having a heating chamber defined by top and bottom chamber walls 2 and 3, a front door 4 as well as by side and rear chamber walls (not indicated).
  • the door 4 of the hearing chamber 1 is hinged by hinges 5 to a support base and carries a door handle 6 to open and close it.
  • the heating chamber 1 is electromagnetically isolated from the outside when the door 4 is closed. Outside the heating chamber 1 is disposed a' rectangular or boxlike waveguide 7 secured by means of bolts 8 and nuts 9 to the top chamber wall 2 of the heating chamber 1.
  • the waveguide 7 extends rearwardly ofthe heating chamber Land it is coupled to a high-frequency oscillator 10- disposed undemeath its rear portion and having a radiating antenna extending within the waveguide 7.
  • the waveguide 7 communicates with a cylindrical passage fonned by a hollow cylindrical outer conductor 12 and a coaxial inner conductor 17.
  • the outer conductor 12 is disposed centrally on the top of the heating chamber 1 and penetrates both the top wall of the heating chamber 1 and bottom wall of the waveguide 7. It is formed at its upper end with a flange 13, which is secured by means of welding to the waveguide 7, and at its lower end with lower extensions 14 radially spaced to correspond to the comers of the heating chamber 1, as is most clearly shown in FIG. 2.
  • the extensions 14 constitute an energy distribution correcting means to provide unifonn energy distribution in the heating chamber 1.
  • the inner conductor 17 is secured to the lower end of a drive shaft 15 of an insulating material such as polypropylene penetrating the top wall of the waveguide 7 and leading to a motor 16 suitably mounted on top of the waveguide 7.
  • the upper end of the inner conductor 17 is located within the waveguide 7, and the lower end thereof is located within the heating chamber 1 and carries a rotary wing secured thereto by means of bolts 19 and 19'.
  • the rotary wing 20 has integral fins 22 and constitutes a field stirrer.
  • a power source 21 for the high-frequency oscillator I0 is installed on the support base.
  • ductor I7 distributed thereby within the heating chamber I and absorbed by the matter being heated (not shown).
  • the rotary field stirrer wing 20 made of ametallic material according to the invention provides the function of a kind of antenna, which may be obtained by appropriately adjusting the length of the wing, and promotes the uniform distribution of the energy radiated from the wing in the heating chamber I as the wing is rotated.
  • the uniform energy distribution is further assisted by the fins 22 integralwith the wing 20, which stir the energy 7 reflected from the chamber walls of the heating chamber I.
  • the rotary wing 20together with the integral fins 22 might provide truly uniform energy distribution in the heating chamber if the heating chamber-were cylindrical.
  • a sort of directivity conforming to the layout of the heating chamber is necessary.
  • the extensions 14 are provided for this purpose, andthey constitute an energy distribution modifying means. They are radially spaced'in conformity to the layout of the heating chamber I.
  • FIGS. 3 to 5 show'examples of the arrangement of the energy distribution modifying means 14 conforming to different layouts or shapes of the heating chamber 1.
  • Other arrangements of the energy distribution modifying means in conformity to other differentshapes of the heating chamber are of tor or the innerconductor or to both the inner and outer concourse possible.
  • the arrangement of the energy distribution modifying means shownin FIG. 3 conforms to the square layout of the heating chamber.
  • the arrangement in FIG. 4 conforms to a rectangular layout, and the arrangement in FIG. 5 to a hexagonal layout.
  • the configuration and dimensions of the energy distribution modifying means may also be determined in con- I vided, which are similarly located and spaced.
  • notches 25 are formed, which are similarly located and spaced.
  • portions 26 of an increased wall thickness are formed, which are similarly located and spaced.
  • the energy distribution modifying means may be provided to either the outer conducductors, in place of providing to the outer conductor as in the foregoing embodiments.
  • the filed stirrer in the foregoing embodiment is provided to the inner rotary conductor, the same effects may be obtained by providing the field beater to an outer conductor, which is rotary, and which holds the inner conductor stationary.
  • a high-frequency apparatus comprising a high-frequency oscillator; a heating chamber for heating substances to be heated by the high-frequency energy produced from-said highfrequency oscillator; a first waveguide for guiding the highfrequency energy from said high-frequency oscillator to said heating chamber; a second waveguide connected with said first waveguide, said second waveguide being a coaxial line consisting of a hollow cylindrical outer conductor projecting into the heating chamber and an inner conductor extending through and coaxial with said outer conductor; at least one stirrer attached to the inner conductor and rotated by a drive shaft provided in the inner conductor; and a part for modifying the energy distribution in the heating chamber uniformly formed on the outer conductor, said part corresponding to the shape of the heating chamber.
  • a high-frequency heating apparatus wherein said distribution modifying part consists of protuberances'formed on the outer conductor, said protuberances corresponding to the respective comers or sidewalls of the heating chamber.
  • a high-frequency heating apparatus wherein said energy distribution modifying part consists of metal pins provided on the outer conductor, said metal pins corresponding to the respective comers or sidewalls of said heating chamber.
  • a high-frequency heating apparatus according to claim I,
  • apertures formed in the outer conductor said apertures corresponding to the respective comers or sidewalls of said heating chamber.

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US3975606A (en) * 1973-12-18 1976-08-17 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Microwave oven with uniform electric field distribution
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DE2857841C1 (de) * 1977-10-14 1982-07-15 Bosch-Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH, 7000 Stuttgart Mikrowellenofen
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US4327266A (en) * 1980-09-12 1982-04-27 Amana Refrigeration, Inc. Microwave ovens for uniform heating
US5272302A (en) * 1991-12-17 1993-12-21 Raytheon Company Microwave oven with improved cooking uniformity

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