H - Electricity – 05 – B
Patent
H - Electricity
05
B
H05B 6/80 (2006.01) B01J 19/12 (2006.01) H05B 6/64 (2006.01) H05B 6/74 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2041757
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A microwave heating system is disclosed which is especially useful for rapidly, uniformly and positively sterilizing biological media, such as broths and gels used as incubation or growth media for bacteria, which system includes a source of microwave radiation, a microwave chamber, a container or a plurality of containers in the chamber, and mixing means for mixing contents of the container or containers during heating thereof, which mixing means are at least partially external to the container and are capable of operating when the container is positively sealed to prevent contamination of the contents thereof. The mixing means is preferably a combination of an external magnet and a mixer which is at least in part of magnetic material (material responsive to a magnetic field) and is moved by changes in the magnetic field set up by the magnet, as the container and contained mixer are moved with respect to the magnet, as on an oscillating turntable. Other means for mixing the material in the container are also within the invention, although they are not as satisfactory as the magnetic means described, and such other means include mechanical means, such as solenoid activated cores or extensions thereof for pushing vertically against a turntable and thereby moving it out of its normal horizontal plane, cam means for accomplishing the same purpose, means for causing the containers to swing, in pendulum-like motion, as they are rotated, and ultrasonic means. Although the described system is ideal for sterilizing biological media, which may be in sealed containers and protected from contamination, and which may be positively sterilized, under pressure, as is often desirable, more efficient and faster microwave heatings are also obtainable for other operations, such as digestions, chemical reactions, dryings, analyses, and preparations of materials for analyses. Also, the invention may be utilized for mixing without microwave heating.
Hargett Wyatt P.
Manchester Dennis P.
Neas Edwin D.
Zakaria Zairani
Cem Corporation
Fetherstonhaugh & Co.
Hargett Wyatt P.
Manchester Dennis P.
Neas Edwin D.
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