Heating apparatus
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsMASAFUMI SADAHIRA, YOUJI UETANI, SHINJI KONDOH, HIDEKAZU YAMASHITA, HIDEKI OMORI, TETSUO OBATA, TAKAYUKI URATA
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Abstract
A heating apparatus includes a heating element having a conductor, at least a part of which is an electrically closed circuit along which an eddy current flows; a container for accommodating the heating element; a magnetic field induction section for induction-heating the heating element; and a high frequency power supply device for supplying high frequency power to the magnetic field induction section. The heating element is induction-heated by an AC magnetic field generated by the magnetic field induction section.
Claims21
A heating apparatus, comprising:
- a heating element having a conductor, at least a part of which is an electrically closed circuit along which an eddy current flows;
- a container for accommodating the heating element;
- a magnetic field induction section for induction-heating the heating element;
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- a high frequency power supply device for supplying high frequency power to the magnetic field induction section,
- wherein the heating element is induction-heated by an AC magnetic field generated by the magnetic field induction section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.