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Title:
A vacuum-drying device and a method according to microwave of organic materials
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6177814
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for microwave vacuum-drying of organic materials, such as food products. The apparatus has a microwave vacuum chamber 20, a loading module 36 to load containers 38 of the organic material into the vacuum chamber, a rotatable cylindrical cage 64 in the vacuum chamber for rotating the containers, a piston 114 for moving the rotating containers through the vacuum chamber, and means for unloading the containers of dehydrated material from the vacuum chamber. The apparatus may include an equilibration chamber 150 for cooling the dehydrated material under reduced pressure, and a transfer module 42 to transfer the containers from the vacuum chamber to the equilibration chamber. The apparatus has a microwave transparent window 54 for transmission of radiation into the vacuum chamber, and a gas jet 58, 60, 62 for blowing a stream of gas, such as air or nitrogen, into the vacuum chamber adjacent to the window.

Inventors:
Durance, Timothy Dee.
Huh, Jun
Yagmae, Parastou
Application Number:
JP2015000200A
Publication Date:
August 09, 2017
Filing Date:
January 05, 2015
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
ENWAVE CORPORATION
International Classes:
F26B3/347; F26B5/04
Domestic Patent References:
JP2000513926A
JP59080691U
JP63076439A
JP8070833A
JP53106289A
JP63223481A
Foreign References:
US20020017033
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Makoto Onda
Hironobu Onda
Atsushi Honda