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US 11,273,971 B1Granted
Enhancements of the food cooking capabilities of food containers to be used in a microwave oven
OwnerRichard Vernon Jessopinventor
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Abstract
A microwaveable food container that incorporates at least one microwave-obstructing movable object. An actuator-induced controlled movement of the at least one microwave-obstructing movable object serves to controllably vary the microwave power density reaching a material which is located within the food container.
Claims15
A microwavable food container comprising:
- at least one microwave-obstructing movable object;
- and
- two or more food compartments each comprising at least one portion of food or at least one item of food;
- where, during the time that the microwavable food container is in a switched-on microwave oven, at least one actuator-induced change in the location, angle, shape, dimensions or other property or properties of the at least one microwave-obstructing movable object serves to vary the microwave power or microwave power density reaching the at least one portion of food or the at least one item of food within at least one of the two or more food compartments, thereby heating, by microwaves, the at least one portion of food or the at least one item of food within the two or more food compartments for different controllable portions of the time that the microwavable food container is in the switched-on microwave oven.
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A food container comprising:
- at least one microwave-obstructing movable object;
- and;
- two or more food compartments;
- where, during the time that the microwavable food container is in a switched-on microwave oven, at least one actuator-induced change in the location, angle, shape, dimensions or other property or properties of the at least one microwave-obstructing movable object serves to vary the microwave power or microwave power density reaching one or more portions of food or one or more items of food within at least two of the two or more food compartments of the microwavable food container;
- where at least some portion of the at least one microwave-obstructing movable object is adjacent to at least one aperture in each of at least two of said two or more food compartments;
- and
- where said change in the location, angle, shape, dimension, dimensions or other property or properties of the at least one microwave-obstructing movable object serves to separately and controllably vary the microwave power or microwave power density reaching the one or more portions of food or the one or more items of food within at least two of the two or more food compartments.
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A microwavable food container comprising:
- at least one microwave-obstructing movable object;
- and
- one or more areas of susceptor material adjacent to at least one portion of food or at least one item of food within the microwavable food container;
- where, when the microwavable food container is in a switched-on microwave oven, at least one actuator-induced change in the location, angle, shape, dimensions or other property or properties of the at least one microwave-obstructing movable object serves to vary the microwave power or microwave power density reaching the susceptor material, which thereby serves to vary the intensity of microwave-induced heat generated in the susceptor material which reaches the at least one portion of food or the at least one item of food within the microwavable food container.
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A microwavable food container which incorporates at least one movable object incorporating a distribution of susceptor material;
- and where actuator-induced change in the location, angle, shape, dimensions or other properties of at least one said movable object which takes place during the time that said food container is located in a switched-on microwave oven serves to vary the intensity of microwave-induced heat generated in at least one said movable object which reaches at least one item or portion of food provided in said food container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.