MICROWAVE LYOPHILIZER AND MICROWAVE LYOPHILIZATION METHOD

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MICROWAVE LYOPHILIZER AND MICROWAVE LYOPHILIZATION METHOD
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Publication number: EP1232369

Patent number: 1232369

Patent authority: EP

Kind: B1 - Patent

Title: MICROWAVE LYOPHILIZER AND MICROWAVE LYOPHILIZATION METHOD

Inventors: LENTZ, Ronald, R. (US) ; PEARCY, Timothy, E. (US)

Assignee: Hull Corporation

Attorney, Agent or Firm: Bohnenberger, Johannes et al & Meissner, Bolte & Partner Postfach 86 06 24

Publication date: 06/14/2006

Publication year: 2006

Application number: 00978649.2

Filing date: 11/15/2000

Document type: European Grant

Priority information: US 440242 11/15/1999

IPC-8 Code: F26B 5/06 SECTION F MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
DRYING
DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM drying devices for combines ; racks for drying fruit or vegetables ; drying foodstuffs ; drying hair ; body-drying implements ; drying household articles ; drying gases or vapours ; chemical or physical processes for dewatering or like separating liquids from solids ; centrifugal apparatus ; drying ceramics ; drying yarns or fabrics in association with some other form of treatment ; drying frames for laundry without heating or positive air circulation, domestic laundry-or spin-driers, wringing or hot pressing laundry ; furnaces, kilns, ovens
Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat separating liquids from solids by straining ; replacing liquids in wet solids by other liquids, e.g. water by spirit, ; drying by electrophoresis
by evaporation or sublimation of moisture under reduced pressure, e.g. in a vacuum
the process involving freezing

ECLA Code: F26B5/04G MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING ENGINES OR PUMPS
DRYING
DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM racks for drying fruit and vegetables A01F25/12 ; drying foodstuffs A23 ; drying hair A45D20/00 ; body-drying implements A47K10/00 ; drying household articles A47L , e.g. drying footwear A47L23/20 ; drying gases and vapours B01D ; chemical and physical processes for dewatering or like separating liquids from solids B01D43/00 ; centrifugal apparatus B04 ; drying ceramics C04B33/30 ; drying yarns and fabrics in association with some other form of treatment D06C ; drying frames for laundry without heating or positive air circulation, domestic and like spin-dryers, wringing and hot pressing laundry D06F ; furnaces, kilns, ovens F27 ; treatment including a drying step of semiconductor substrates, e.g. wafers, H01L21/00S2D4 [C9805]
Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat separating liquids from solids by straining B01D ; replacing liquids in wet solids by other liquids, e.g. water by spirit, B01D12/00 ; drying by electrophoresis B01J
by evaporation or sublimation of moisture under reduced pressure, e.g. in a vacuum F26B11/04G and F26B17/12C take precedence
in combination with heat developed by electro-magnetic means, e.g. microwave energy [N9806]

F26B25/00E MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING ENGINES OR PUMPS
DRYING
DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM racks for drying fruit and vegetables A01F25/12 ; drying foodstuffs A23 ; drying hair A45D20/00 ; body-drying implements A47K10/00 ; drying household articles A47L , e.g. drying footwear A47L23/20 ; drying gases and vapours B01D ; chemical and physical processes for dewatering or like separating liquids from solids B01D43/00 ; centrifugal apparatus B04 ; drying ceramics C04B33/30 ; drying yarns and fabrics in association with some other form of treatment D06C ; drying frames for laundry without heating or positive air circulation, domestic and like spin-dryers, wringing and hot pressing laundry D06F ; furnaces, kilns, ovens F27 ; treatment including a drying step of semiconductor substrates, e.g. wafers, H01L21/00S2D4 [C9805]
Details of general application not covered by group F26B21/00 or F26B23/00 loading, conveying, and unloading in general B65G , e.g. F26B49/00 , F26B65/00
Alarm systems; Safety sytems, e.g. preventing fire and explosions using inert gases F26B21/14

F26B5/06 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING ENGINES OR PUMPS
DRYING
DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM racks for drying fruit and vegetables A01F25/12 ; drying foodstuffs A23 ; drying hair A45D20/00 ; body-drying implements A47K10/00 ; drying household articles A47L , e.g. drying footwear A47L23/20 ; drying gases and vapours B01D ; chemical and physical processes for dewatering or like separating liquids from solids B01D43/00 ; centrifugal apparatus B04 ; drying ceramics C04B33/30 ; drying yarns and fabrics in association with some other form of treatment D06C ; drying frames for laundry without heating or positive air circulation, domestic and like spin-dryers, wringing and hot pressing laundry D06F ; furnaces, kilns, ovens F27 ; treatment including a drying step of semiconductor substrates, e.g. wafers, H01L21/00S2D4 [C9805]
Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat separating liquids from solids by straining B01D ; replacing liquids in wet solids by other liquids, e.g. water by spirit, B01D12/00 ; drying by electrophoresis B01J
by evaporation or sublimation of moisture under reduced pressure, e.g. in a vacuum F26B11/04G and F26B17/12C take precedence
the process involving freezing

H05B6/74 ELECTRICITY
ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR apparatus for special application, see the relevant places, e.g. A47J , C21 , C22 , C23 , F21 , F24 , F27
Heating by electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic fields for therapeutic purposes A61N5/00 ; joining of preformed parts by heating of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29C65/02
Heating using microwaves containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted to be heated by microwaves B65D81/34M [C9712]
Mode transformers or mode stirrers

H05B6/80 ELECTRICITY
ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR apparatus for special application, see the relevant places, e.g. A47J , C21 , C22 , C23 , F21 , F24 , F27
Heating by electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic fields for therapeutic purposes A61N5/00 ; joining of preformed parts by heating of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29C65/02
Heating using microwaves containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted to be heated by microwaves B65D81/34M [C9712]
Apparatus for specific applications stoves or ranges F24C7/02

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