Apparatus for improved cleaning using microwave energy
AssigneeMicrowave Solutions GmbH
InventorMathys Johannes Rossouw
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Abstract
The invention provides a cleaning apparatus which includes a tub which has a first circumscribing wall and a pair of opposed sidewalls positioned on a rotational axis, an enclosure defined within the first wall and the sidewalls, a drum positioned inside the enclosure, and which includes a second circumscribing wall, a pair of opposed end walls positioned on the rotational axis, a cavity defined within the second wall and the end walls, into which an item to be cleaned is placed, and a drive means which is connected to the drum to provide rotational movement to the drum about the axis, characterized in that the cleaning apparatus includes a plurality of microwave generators, each of which is adapted to direct microwaves into the cavity.
Claims26
A cleaning apparatus which includes a tub which has a first circumscribing wall and a pair of opposed sidewalls positioned on a rotational axis, an enclosure defined within the first wall and the sidewalls, a drum positioned inside the enclosure and which includes a second circumscribing wall, a pair of opposed end walls on the rotational axis, a cavity defined within the second wall and the end walls, into which an item to be cleaned is placed, a drive means which is connected to the drum to provide rotational movement to the drum about the axis, characterized in that the cleaning apparatus includes a plurality of microwave generators, each of which is adapted to direct microwaves into the cavity.
A cleaning apparatus according to claim wherein each microwave generator is a magnetron or a solid-state microwave module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.