Patent ID: 7486248
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. A demulsification arrangement usable with a power source to remove a microwave-absorptive material from a substrate, the demulsification arrangement comprising: a containment structure defining a treatment volume and adaptable to receive an emulsion comprising the microwave-absorptive material and the substrate; outside the containment structure, a radio frequency (RF) generator connectable to the power source and configured to generate an RF signal; and inside the containment structure and surrounded by the emulsion within the treatment volume, an RF applicator operatively coupled to the RF generator to deliver microwave energy outwardly from the RF applicator into the treatment volume, the RF applicator comprising whereby, when the containment structure contains the emulsion and the RF applicator, and the RF applicator delivers the microwave energy into the treatment volume, the microwave-absorptive material and the substrate are demulsified.