US 12,464,611 B2
Heating device
Takashi Tomita, Toyota (JP); Yuichi Furukawa, Toyota (JP); Kazuhiko Nishioka, Yokohama (JP); Takashi Yasu, Yokohama (JP); Yuki Maeda, Yokohama (JP); and Daichi Suzuki, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and K.K. SUN METALON, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and K.K. SUN METALON, Yokohama (JP)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/074,130.
Claims priority of application No. 2024-035502 (JP), filed on Mar. 8, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2025/0287481 A1, Sep. 11, 2025
Int. Cl. H05B 6/80 (2006.01); H05B 6/64 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 6/802 (2013.01) [H05B 6/6402 (2013.01); H05B 6/6411 (2013.01); H05B 2214/03 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating device comprising:
a microwave irradiator configured to irradiate a heating target with microwaves;
an irradiation chamber where the heating target to be irradiated with the microwaves is disposed; and
a collector configured to collect fluid generated from the heating target that is irradiated with the microwaves,
wherein the fluid includes liquid and gas,
wherein the collector includes a liquid collector configured to collect the liquid from the irradiation chamber and a gas collector configured to collect the gas from the irradiation chamber,
wherein the liquid collector is disposed on a lower side than the heating target in a direction of gravity,
wherein the gas collector includes a gas collection pipe that is connected to the irradiation chamber, and
wherein the gas collector includes a liquefier configured to liquefy the gas that is collected.