Claims
- 1. Process for treating a confined material with microwaves consisting in entirely filling a receptacle with the material to be treated, the receptacle having a longitudinal axis and provided with an entirely internal, fixed antenna which is directly connected to a microwave generator and extends along a notional cylinder having the same axis as the receptacle, which is made with a plurality of elements able to radiate microwave energy, the antenna extending the full height of the material and is in direct contact with the material to be treated and radiating microwave energy from the antenna directly to the material to be treated.
- 2. The process of claim 1 which consists in radiating microwave energy from the antenna to the material to be treated perpendicularly to said axis.
- 3. The process of claim 1, wherein said confined material is a molecular sieve.
- 4. Apparatus for treating a confined material by microwaves comprising a microwave generator, a receptacle having a longitudinal axis for the material to be treated and entirely filled with the material to be treated and an entirely internal, fixed antenna which is directly connected to the generator, which extends along a notional cylinder having the same axis as the receptacle, which is made with a plurality of elements able to radiate microwave energy, the antenna extending the full height of the material and is in direct contact with the material to be treated in the receptacle.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the antenna radiates perpendicularly to said axis.
- 6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein said antenna extends along a generatrix of the receptacle.
- 7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein said antenna extends along a generatrix of the receptacle.
- 8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein said confined material is a molecular sieve.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part application to Ser. No. 849,182, filed on Nov. 7, 1977 now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 4,221,948.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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