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(11) EP 0 371 739 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.12.1991 Bulletin 1991/52

(43) Date of publication A2:
06.06.1990 Bulletin 1990/23

(21) Application number: 89312307.5

(22) Date of filing: 28.11.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B65D 81/34, H05B 6/64
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 28.11.1988 GB 8827708

(71) Applicant: BECKETT INDUSTRIES INC.
Oakville Ontario L6K 2H4 (CA)

(72) Inventor:
  • Beckett, Donald Gregory
    Mississauga Ontario L5A 4B6 (CA)

(74) Representative: Laight, Martin Harvey et al
W.H. Beck, Greener & Co. 7 Stone Buildings Lincoln's Inn
London WC2A 3SZ
London WC2A 3SZ (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Article for and method of heating


    (57) A novel article of manufacture is described which is capable of converting incident microwave energy to thermal energy for use in the external heating of foodstuffs, for example, to achieve browning, during the microwave reconstitution of such foodstuffs for consumption. The article consists essentially of a substrate layer formed of structural fibrous stock material and a layer of metal or other electroconductive material directly engaging and supported on one face of the fibrous material layer. The metal layer, which preferably is stainless steel applied by sputtering, has a thickness such as to convert microwave energy into thermal energy.







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