Patent classifications
H05B6/702
Transfer connector with improved operational reliability
A transfer connector for a cooking appliance includes a body that extends in a first direction and defines a hollow portion therein, a base that is coupled to the body and defines a communication hole in communication with the hollow portion, an electric connection part electrically connected to an external power source and extended in the first direction and penetrating through the hollow portion and the communication hole, and a dielectric material disposed in the hollow portion between an inner circumferential surface of the body and an outer circumferential surface of the electric connection part. The inner circumferential surface of the body surrounds the dielectric material, and the dielectric material surrounds the outer circumferential surface of the electric connection part.
System for extraction of volatiles from planetary bodies using microwave and RF processes
A system for extraction of volatiles from bodies in a vacuum. The volatile containing solid may be subsurface heated with microwave or RF energy subliming volatiles that are captured with a containment structure that directs the flow of the volatile through a cold trap for collecting and condensing the volatile. In one variation, a sample, or an entire body may be enveloped in a sealed container for extraction of volatiles that are then collected and condensed. In a further variation, a planetary surface area is covered and the perimeter sealed at the surface. The area is then heated from above to release volatiles that are then collected and condensed. To heat layers below the surface that contain high concentrations of volatiles, a hollow auger can gain access to the subsurface volatile and microwave or RF energy can be delivered down the hollow auger with a coax cable and vapor can escape through the hollow auger to a capture apparatus.
COOKING APPLIANCE
A cooking appliance including a main body with a cavity defined therein, and a door that opens and closes the cavity. The main body includes a microcomputer. The microcomputer controls operations of various components installed in the main body. Also a door including a display board that is electrically connected to a display and controls an operation of the display, a control board electrically connected to the display board and including a controller that controls the operation of the display, and a first communication board electrically connected to the control board and connecting a cooking appliance with another home appliance so as to enable communication therewith.