Vacuum oven used in clean room, has vacuum valve which releasably couples hollow oven casing to external vacuum source and door which covers opening of oven casing

摘要

The hollow oven casing (12) accessible through an opening (20), accommodates multiple removable shelves (22) coupled to a heating pad (30). A power interface (32) provided at the end of heating pad, connects the heating pad to an external power source. A vacuum valve (74) releasably couples the oven casing to an external vacuum source and a door (18) covers the opening of hollow casing. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) method for decontaminating items; and (2) method for operating multiple vacuum ovens.