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AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsHua Zhang, Laurence Hayert-Bonneveau, William Yout, Gary C. Helstern, Gerard Loizeau
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The invention relates to a device and method for ensuring more uniform heating of food by microwaves. The method includes providing food in a portion having a predetermined size and shape; and providing a container adapted for receiving and reheating the portion of food in a microwave oven. The container forms a supporting cavity having peripheral sides and a bottom side, with the portion of food placed within the supporting cavity. The peripheral sides of the container are circumferentially shielded by a microwave reflective material that forms a circumference having axial and transverse distances that are determined so as to change the wavelength of resonant modes inside the food thereby resulting in a more uniform heating food pattern.
A method for ensuring a more uniform heating of food by microwaves comprising:
A container assembly adapted for receiving and reheating of a food portion with microwaves;
A stand-like device for improving the heating of food in a container characterized in that it comprises a support body of a shape adapted for receiving a container in a removable manner and a circumferential shielding surface of microwave reflective material adapted to be positioned substantially adjacent to peripheral sidewalls of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.