Patent ID: 6018157
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: H05B,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for heating a material within a microwave oven, the apparatus comprising:a plurality of tubular enclosures aligned in parallel, each of said tubular enclosures having a corresponding wall and a respective sealed interior cavity, said walls being permeable to microwave energy and at least in part defining respective ones of said sealed interior cavities of said enclosures;an inert gas disposed within each of said sealed, interior cavities of said enclosures, said inert gas being energized in response to being exposed to the microwave energy;a heating surface disposed on one side of said plurality of tubular enclosures, and between said inert gas and the material for heating in the microwave oven, such that said heating surface will transfer heat from said inert gas disposed within said plurality of tubular enclosures and to an exterior portion of the material being heated within the microwave oven; andwherein said inert gas is energized by the microwave energy which passes through said walls of said enclosures, and heat from said inert gas is transferred through the heating surface and to an exterior portion of the material being heated within the microwave oven.