Microwave impedance matching film for microwave cooking

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5424517
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08141724

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A food package including a package body forming a food receiving cavity for storing and heating a food item in a microwave oven. Specifically, the package body includes a bottom panel and a top panel with side panels joining the bottom and top panel. An impedance matching element is provided on at least one of the panels for impedance matching microwave energy entering the package. The impedance matching element is preferably a contiguous film of thinly flaked material embedded in a dielectric binder which is sized and shaped with respect to the food to cause impedance matching to elevate the temperature of the food in predetermined areas dependent upon the size and spacing of the film without interacting with the microwave energy to produce heat. The film may also be shaped in the form of a convex lens to direct impedance matched microwave energy toward the food to elevate the temperature of the food in a predetermined area. Further, the flake material may be present in the binder in an amount sufficient to provide microwave shielding.

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GRAPHIC PACKAGING CORPORATION4423 TABLE MOUNTAIN DRIVE GOLDEN CO 80403

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Habeger, Jr Charles C Appleton, WI 11 508
Josephy, Karl Los Angeles, CA 33 1367
Pollart, Kenneth A Mason, OH 9 1142
Rettker, James P Glenwood, IL 17 611
Thomas, Richard M Dyer, IN 13 585

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