Patent ID: 6524539
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: A61L,B01J,F26B,H05B

Abstract:
Apparatus for the drying, heating, sterilization and disinfection or a combination thereof comprising:a pressure-proof treatment chamber which can be acted upon by microwaves or having a pressure seal which is sealable in a pressure-tight manner; a plurality of magnetrons coupled into the treatment chamber and located in such a way that microwave dead spaces are prevented, said magnetrons being coupled into the treatment chamber in a pressure-tight manner via waveguides; a microwave-permeable vessel to be introduced into the treatment chamber via a side charging opening provided at the treatment chamber leaving a free space between the vessel and an inner wall of the treatment chamber; said opening being produced by dividing the treatment chamber along a plane that extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of the treatment chamber having a cylindrical or polygonal prismatic shape with a vertically extending longitudinal axis; and devices for monitoring the physical parameters in the apparatus device being arranged at carriers communicating with the interior of the vessel, which parameters are used, when appropriate, for controlling the apparatus.