Microwave compliant automatically sealing oven door

A continuous feed microwave oven comprising:

• (a) a cavity having openings on two opposing ends;
• (b) a pair of door assemblies, with a door assembly disposed adjacent a respective one of the opposing cavity openings, wherein each door assembly further comprises:
• i. a compression frame movably mounted adjacent an access opening into the cavity, the compression frame having an opening through which a product to be processed by the microwave oven may be placed into the cavity;
• ii. a choke structure disposed around the periphery of the cavity, the choke structure having a matched surface shaped to correspond to a matched surface of the compression frame;
• iii. a deformable compliance plate;
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• iv. a compliance plate support attached to control the position of the compliance plate separately from the position of the compression frame, such that when the door assembly is in a closed position, the compliance plate is pressed back under force provided by the compression frame to urge the compliance plate against the choke structure to reduce leakage of microwave energy from the cavity, and such that when the door assembly is in an open position, the compliance plate is moved away from both the compression frame and the choke structure to permit the product to be placed through the opening in the compression frame into the cavity.