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Microwave/steam sterilizer

  • US 4,861,956 A
  • Filed: 10/17/1986
  • Issued: 08/29/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/17/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Microwave waveguide structure for use in conducting microwave energy in a path intermediate a microwave energy generator and a working cavity comprising, in combination:

  • a first waveguide conduit having a first end and a second end;

    a second waveguide conduit having a first end, with the first and second waveguide conduits being connected together by their first ends at an intersection generally perpendicularly to each other;

    with the first waveguide conduit extending from the microwave energy generator into the working cavity and with the second waveguide conduit located in the working cavity, with the microwave energy generator applying the microwave energy adjacent to the second end of the first waveguide conduit resulting in standing waves;

    means in the second waveguide conduit for introducing microwave energy generated by the microwave energy generator into the working cavity; and

    means located at the intersection of the first and second waveguide conduits for communicating the microwave energy from the first waveguide conduit continuously into the second waveguide conduit and for selectively shifting the standing waves of the microwave energy in the second waveguide conduit.

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