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AssigneeMoulinex (Societe Anonyme)
InventorsPierre Chartrain, Jean-Louis M. R. Guilgue
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Apparatus for thawing and reheating a deep-frozen food preparation by microwave and infrared radiation comprises a housing enclosing a heating chamber which is delimited by a tubular wall. The chamber is subjected to microwave radiation from two inlets as well as infrared radiation. The inlets of microwave radiation are arranged in two opposed regions of the tubular wall situated on either side of the central region where the food product is positioned, and the infrared heating elements comprise at least two lamps extending axially of the tubular wall and arranged on either side of the central region in two opposed regions distinct from those of the wave guide openings. A heating process performed using this apparatus involves simultaneously producing continuous microwave radiation by alternately feeding two generators branched in anti-parallel, and continuous infrared radiation, throughout a thawing and reheating cycle.
Apparatus for thawing and reheating a deep-frozen food product, comprising a housing (1) enclosing a heating chamber (2) which is delimited by a tubular wall (3), a base (4) and a movable door (5), and which is subjected to microwave radiation exiting from two openings (6 and 7) formed in the tubular wall and connected to a pair of wave guides attached to a microwave generator (8), and to infrared radiation emitted by heating means, the said chamber being equipped with a support (9) for the deep-frozen food product, wherein the central region of the chamber receives the support (9), the openings (6 and 7) of the wave guides are distributed over two opposed regions of the said tubular wall (3) situated on either side of the central region, and the infrared heating means comprise a least two lamps (10 and 11) extending axially of the tubular wall (3) and distributed on either side of the central region in two opposed regions distinct from and disposed between those of the wave guide openings (6 and 7).
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