Patent ID: 8826562
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: F26B,H05B

Abstract:
1. A drying apparatus for drying a moisture-containing object by applying a microwave to the object, the drying apparatus comprising: a metallic transfer tray for carrying the moisture-containing object; and a main body for containing multiple ones of the transfer tray vertically aligned at predetermined intervals, and laterally applying the microwave to the contained transfer trays, wherein a distance between the vertically adjacent transfer trays in the main body is set to λ/2 or larger, where λ is a wavelength of the microwave applied to the transfer trays; the main body includes a plurality of microwave irradiators which apply the microwave to the transfer trays in different directions, each of the microwave irradiators includes terminal ends of the waveguides are irradiation ports, each of which is opened on a side surface of the main body and positioned between the transfer trays adjacent to each other in the vertical direction, and the microwave irradiators irradiate the microwave from the irradiation ports which are the terminal ends of the waveguides.