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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8115143 | Thermal roll, and drying apparatus and method A drying apparatus includes a thermal roll for contacting and heating aluminum web in a continuous sheet form. The thermal roll includes a roll surface, having a static friction coefficient μ defined by contact with the web. The static friction coefficient μ satis... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7468497 | Heatable container A heatable container suitable for material such as bitumen. The container includes a vessel for holding a flowable material having side wall zones, end wall zones and a base wall zone. The container also includes a heating system for transferring heat to at least th... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7459658 | Drum heater systems and methods An internal heating system for an image transfer drum is disclosed that can include a box having a plurality of sides, an open side facing the drum and a heater element. The box can have small gaps between it and the internal drum surface to maximize thermal efficie... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7427727 | Fixing apparatus and an image formation apparatus A fixing apparatus and an image formation apparatus are disclosed. The fixing apparatus includes two or more heaters with temperature detecting function that generate heat with electric current and detect temperature; a heating unit that includes the heater with the... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7420141 | Thermal processing roller and temperature control apparatus for roller A thermal processing roller includes a heat transfer medium flowing path therein and heats a member to be processed abutting against a surface of the roller or absorbs heat therefrom by heat transfer fluid flowing through the heat transfer medium flowing path, where... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7413436 | Driving apparatus for rollers of roller hearth furnaces and roller hearth furnace A driving apparatus for rollers of roller hearth furnaces includes a bearing beam module having a mounting plate for fixing to a side wall of the roller hearth furnace. The mounting plate has at least one passage opening for receiving a drive journal for driving one... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7399947 | Thermal processor with temperature compensation A thermal processor including a rotating drum including an internal heater configured to heat and maintain the drum at a desired set-point temperature, and a plurality of pressure rollers, including a first pressure roller, circumferentially spaced along a segment o... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7369805 | Fusing device of electrophotographic image forming apparatus A fusing device of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The fusing device includes a fusing roller that is heated to be a predetermined temperature, and a pressing roller that presses a sheet of paper passing between the fusing roller and the pressing rol... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362344 | Thermal developing apparatus A thermal developing apparatus for thermally developing a latent image formed on a thermal developing recording material by a thermal developing portion, the apparatus comprising: a heating unit that heats the thermal developing recording material carried to the the... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354691 | Imaging apparatus and improved toner therefor The invention relates to a liquid toner and imaging apparatus provided with an imaging surface having a liquid toner image formed thereon on fibrous toner particles and carrier liquid. The fibrous toner particles can be composed of a polymer portion and pigment disp... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349661 | Fusing roller and fusing apparatus using the same A fusing roller and a fusing apparatus using the same are provided. The fusing roller includes a coil unit resistance heated by a predetermined alternating current, and generating an alternating magnetic flux by the alternating current. A heating roller unit is heat... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7312420 | Switching device and system A heating assembly for a printing device includes a heating device configured to be energized or deenergized. A switching device includes a bimetallic element efficiently thermally coupled to the heating device and configured to deenergize the heating device in a de... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300379 | Differential with thin film coating at cross shaft and processes for manufacturing the same A process for improving the durability of a differential, where the differential has a pinion shaft and a pinion, the pinion shaft having a surface that contacts the surface of the inner diameter of the pinion. The process comprises bonding to the surface of the pin... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294810 | Heater, fixing device and image forming apparatus A heater includes: a hollow tube sealed hermetically and reduced in pressure, the interior of the hollow tube being divided by at least one partition wall into a plurality of regions arranged side by side in a longitudinal direction of the tube; an electron source p... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7253378 | Heat laminating a cover foil to a base foil A base sheet is spanned over a lower roller, and an upper roller pulls a cover sheet along a path and presses it against the base sheet at the lower roller. A preheater housing along the path upstream of the rollers is formed with a chamber open toward the path. A r... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7241131 | Thick film heater apparatus A thick-film electric heater having thick-film layers applied directly on a thermally conductive non-flat substrate. Preferably, the substrate is cylindrically shaped. A dielectric layer is silk-screened on the substrate surface. A resistive layer is silk-screened o... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7225599 | Apparatus and method for forming inflated articles An apparatus for making inflated articles from a film web having two juxtaposed film plies. One version of the apparatus generally includes a first rotary sealing device for producing transverse seals that bond the film plies together, an inflation assembly for dire... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7221896 | Fixing device for fixing an unfixed developing agent on a recording medium and image forming apparatus including the same A fixing device of the present invention includes a pressure roller and a peeling roller both of which press a heat roller. The pressure roller is disposed upstream to the peeling roller in a transport direction of a recording paper. An outer diameter of the heat ro... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215918 | Fuser roller with improved crack resistance This is a fuser roll having a driver slot having a large rounded upper portion to reduce cracking caused by drive load stresses. Around the slot is a reinforcing driver yoke to add additional resistance to cracking. Two reinforcing lugs can be used in place of the d... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7176420 | Resistive heaters and uses thereof The present invention features a metallic resistive heater and uses thereof. The resistive heater includes a metallic component that is electrically conductive (i.e., has low resistivity) and an oxide, nitride, carbide, and/or boride derivative of the metallic compo... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7162187 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method In an image forming apparatus, a toner image is formed on a photosensitive element and a transfer roller, which carries a transfer medium, is pressed against a photosensitive element at a pressure of from 20.4 N/cm2 to 200 N/cm2. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7157673 | Image heating apparatus The present invention provides an induction heating apparatus including a fixing belt that heats an unfixed image on recording paper, an excitation coil that induction-heats the fixing belt, an inverter circuit that supplies power to the excitation coil, a harness t... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7157665 | Heat development apparatus and method A heat development apparatus for heat developing a heat-developable recording material from one surface side by a heating unit, while transporting the heat-developable recording material by a transportation unit, the apparatus comprising: a transportation path from ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151903 | Method and apparatus for reducing surface temperature variation of an externally-heated fusing roller Reducing variation in the surface temperature of an externally-heated fusing roller in an electrophotographic machine, the variation typically occurring during the beginning of a fusing run, by detecting the beginning of a fusing run and applying a modified fusing t... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7141762 | System and method for information handling system peripheral heating element thermal failsafe Information handling system peripherals that use a heating element are protected from catastrophic failure due to overheating by a thermal failsafe associated with the heating element that fails the heating element if excessive temperatures are reached. For instance... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7123825 | Water heater and method of providing the same An apparatus for heating fluid and a method for providing the same is provided. Generally, the system contains a metallic core; a dielectric layer thermally sprayed on the core; a resistive heater layer thermally sprayed on the dielectric layer; a metallic layer por... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7108767 | Pyrolysis machine Useful byproducts are recovered through the pyrolytic processing of biomass material such as vegetation, paper, or worn tires. The process is conducted in a sealed enclosure under vacuum or other controlled atmosphere. The biomass material is ablated and burned by c... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105282 | Image forming method using photothermographic material An image forming method using a photothermographic material a photosensitive silver halide, a reducing agent, a binder and a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, wherein: the photothermographic material is discharged from a thermal developing device within... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102102 | Heater assembly including thermal fuse A heater assembly heats media substrate in a printing system prior to imprinting a desired image on the substrate. A plate member engages the substrate and communicates thermal energy thereto for the heating. A laminar assembly is adhered to the plate member and inc... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099602 | Rotation control and heating control for a fixing rotatable member in rotational induction-heating type apparatus A fixing apparatus has a coil for forming a magnetic field; a fixing rotatable member for fixing an unfixed toner image carried on a recording material thereon by heat generated by eddy currents which is generated by the magnetic field; an electric power supply cont... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7087861 | Media entrance guide in a thermal processor A thermal processor including an oven for thermally developing an image in a media. The oven includes an entrance and a guide positioned at the entrance. The guide includes a receiver having a major surface configured to contact and receive the media and a separator... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7078659 | Corrosion resistance structure of ceramic heater and gas sensor equipped with same A ceramic heater is provided which may be employed in a gas sensor. The ceramic heater includes a heating element disposed inside a ceramic body, a connector assembly, and a cover coating. The connector assembly consists of an external terminal, a connector terminal... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7060163 | Device for continuous drying of a pulp sheet The invention relates to a device for continuous drying of a pulp sheet 10, particularly a tissue web, with a drying drum 1 and an air circulating system. It is mainly characterised by the drying drum 1 having a shell 12 with a perforated... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057141 | Temperature control method and apparatus A thermal mass is characterized by a reference temperature. A thermal interrupter thermally interrupts the thermal mass upon contact. A look ahead processor examines the thermal interrupter ahead of anticipated contact with the thermal mass and determines an amount ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7041946 | Energization cycle counter for induction heating tool An induction heat treating process with a remote sensor for monitoring the duration of energization of an induction heating coil each time the induction heating coil is consecutively cycled. An identifying tag is preferably attached to, embedded within the induction... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7026578 | Heat roller A heat roller having a cylindrical sheet-like heating element having a resistance member embedded into an insulating member. The sheet-like heating element is arranged between an inner tube and an outer tube. The resistance member is formed such that a heating densi... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024126 | Developing unit and density control method in electrophotography A developing unit maintains constant density in an electrophotographic imaging process. The developing unit has: a) a developer with a developing surface and a first voltage is applied to the developer; b) a deposi... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024146 | Fusing roller of image forming apparatus A fusing roller of an image forming apparatus including an outer metallic pipe, an inner metallic pipe disposed inside the outer metallic pipe, a resistance heating body disposed between the outer and the inner metallic pipes, generating a resistance heat with a pow... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7016632 | Electrophotographic toner and development process using chemically prepared toner Development systems and methods for developing using chemically prepared toners are disclosed. The present invention further discloses developers used in development systems. The use of chemically prepared toners with hard magnetic carrier particles with a non-magne... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7009153 | Thermal fixing device and image forming apparatus A heat roller with which a pressure roller is brought into press contact is rotatably supported by a bearing member made of a material which is softened when heated above a thermal fixation temperature, a thermostat in which a bimetal is exposed toward the heat roll... | 03/07/2006 |
