Patent ID: 6329645
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: G01N,H05B

Abstract:
An apparatus for dampening standing wave pattern generation in a closed cavity of a microwave oven on an exterior sample processing surface provided by said apparatus, said apparatus comprising:(a) a fluid table having an enclosure made of a microwave energy transparent material and defining an interior reservoir, and a platform held in place by said enclosure defining a sample processing surface exteriorly on said platform and overlying said interior reservoir for placement of samples to be processed upon said exterior sample processing surface of said platform;(b) a quantity of dielectric fluid contained by said interior reservoir of said enclosure of said fluid table so as to provide a large flat surface of said dielectric fluid underneath said exterior sample processing surface, said enclosure and dielectric fluid contained in said interior reservoir thereof serving as a microwave energy sink underlying said platform being maintainable under such conditions and having such depth as to minimize formation of standing wave patterns on said exterior sample processing surface of said platform; and(c) means attached to said enclosure for allowing said dielectric fluid to enter and exit said interior reservoir of said enclosure.