Global Patent Index - EP 2380402 B1

EP 2380402 B1 20130403 - APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF HEATING A FEEDSTOCK USING MICROWAVE ENERGY

Title (en)

APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF HEATING A FEEDSTOCK USING MICROWAVE ENERGY

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM ERWÄRMEN EINES EINSATZMATERIALS UNTER VERWENDUNG VON MIKROWELLENENERGIE

Title (fr)

APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ DE CHAUFFAGE D'UNE CHARGE D'ALIMENTATION À L'AIDE D'UNE ÉNERGIE HYPERFRÉQUENCE

Publication

EP 2380402 B1 20130403 (EN)

Application

EP 09803885 A 20091223

Priority

  • GB 2009002947 W 20091223
  • GB 0823602 A 20081224

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2010073013A2] An apparatus for heating a feedstock using microwave energy, the apparatus has a feedstock receptacle, a vibrator which vibrates the receptacle so as to cause the feedstock to move relative to the receptacle, and a source of microwave energy arranged to direct microwave energy towards the receptacle. The vibrator vibrates the receptacle so as to cause a feedstock to describe a substantially helical path relative to the receptacle which results in substantially uniform heating of the feedstock by the microwave energy, regardless of a depth of a bed formed by the feedstock in the receptacle.

IPC 8 full level

H05B 6/78 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H05B 6/78 (2013.01); H05B 6/786 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2010073013 A2 20100701; WO 2010073013 A3 20100812; EP 2380402 A2 20111026; EP 2380402 B1 20130403; GB 0823602 D0 20090128

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 2009002947 W 20091223; EP 09803885 A 20091223; GB 0823602 A 20081224