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US 2010/0072194 A1Published application
Package conveyor for continuous process microwave applicator
OwnerJeffrey H. Mackay, Thomas D. Wendel +1inventors
InventorsJeffrey H. Mackay, Thomas D. Wendel, E. Eugene Eves, II
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Abstract
A mechanism for constraining a product package as it is conveyed through a microwave applicator. In one preferred embodiment, the conveyor is provided by a pair of parallel guide belts arranged to travel through a microwave applicator. The guide belts have a series of slots or other guide elements formed therein. The guide elements engage edges of the product packages. In one arrangement, the pair of belts are disposed on either side of a series of packages, and thus constrain the location of the packages in three dimensions.
Claims9
An apparatus comprising:
- a microwave applicator;
- a conveyor, arranged to move product packages through the microwave applicator in a continuous fashion;
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- a support for holding products in position while such products travel through the applicator, wherein the support further comprises a pair of guide belts disposed substantially parallel with one another and to engage peripheral side edges of the packages.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.