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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7408728 | System and method for focal length stabilization using active temperature control An optical metrological system having a heat-generating light source coaxially mounted near a heat-sensitive lens. The system uses a temperature sensor to monitor the lens temperature and a heating element to heat the lens such that the lens operating temperature is... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7390995 | Image forming apparatus, fixing device and image heater having an adjustable exciting member An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device which fixes a toner image on a recording medium. The fixing device includes a heating device. The heating device includes a heat-generating member, an exciting member, and a changing device. The heat-generating mem... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7372008 | Image heating apparatus with electric power supply stop means An image heating apparatus has a magnetic flux generator; a heat generating element for generating heat by a magnetic flux generated by the magnetic flux generator, the heat generating element being effective to heat an image on a recording material; an electric pow... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368688 | Apparatus and method for sensing load of electric cooker A heater unit is provided, the heater unit equipped with an induction heating coil and an electric heater selectively operated based on kind and state of a load of a cooking vessel placed on the heater unit. The kind is determined by an input current inputted when a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7326890 | Image heating apparatus with movable electroconductive member An image heating apparatus for heating an image on a recording material has a magnetic flux generator for generating a magnetic flux; a heat generation member for generating heat by the magnetic flux generated by the magnetic flux generator; a magnetic flux adjustin... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323667 | Curie temperature thermostat for a eddy current heating device and method The device and method are used for controlling eddy currents generated by an electro-magnetic heater having at least one magnetic field producing element. To control the heater, a source of heat is used to heat a Curie temperature material, located adjacent to the m... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7271370 | Yarn guiding godet with magnetic bearings A godet for guiding at least one advancing yarn in a yarn processing operation. The godet comprises a tubular casing which is mounted for free rotation on a support by means of a plurality of bearings. At least one of the bearings is a radially operative magnetic be... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268326 | Magnetic flux driven heat generation member with magnetic flux adjusting means An electromagnetic induction heating apparatus capable of uniformize a temperature distribution in a longitudinal direction of an induction heating member includes: an exciting coil (magnetic flux generation means); a fixation roller (induction heating member) for g... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262391 | Image heating apparatus having a heat generation member generating heat by magnetic flux and heating an image on a recording material A heating apparatus, for heating a material P to be heated by heat from a heat generation member which has a predetermined curie temperature characteristic and generates heat by magnetic flux produced by a magnetic flux generation device. The apparatus includes a di... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7253380 | Induction heating of rail welds An apparatus (10) and method for preheating welds uses a centered induction plate (12) having preferably a plurality of induction coils (30, 32) to impart the generation of heat in the materials to be welded (14), being interactively cont... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248955 | Vehicle accessory proximity sensor slide switch A method is provided for operating a proximity sensing unit for controlling an accessory device of a vehicle. A plurality of proximity sensors is disposed in a sequential pattern within a sensing unit whereby the proximity sensors are responsive to a manual activati... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7238924 | Magnetic flux image heating apparatus with control of movement of magnetic flux shield An image heating apparatus includes a heating rotatable member for heating an image on a recording material in a heating nip; a magnetic flux generator for generating a magnetic flux for induction heat generation in the heating rotatable member; a magnetic flux conf... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7211774 | Induction heating system The invention is an induction heating system comprising a first article having a metallic mesh lining; and a second article having a coil for receiving an alternating electrical current; wherein the coil induces a current in the metallic mesh lining when the second ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7208708 | Image heating apparatus having first and second electroconductive layers having different resistance characteristics An image heating apparatus for heating an image on a recording material by heat generation of a heating member includes a coil configured to generate a magnetic flux by energization a heat generation member having an electroconductive layer that generates heat by ma... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7208706 | Shrinking arrangement for a tool holder The invention relates to a shrinking device for shrinking a rotary tool into a central receiving opening of a toolholder which holds said rotary tool in a press fit. The device an induction heating device for thermally expanding the toolholder in the area of the rec... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205514 | Heating apparatus with movable magnetic flux adjusting means An image heating apparatus has a magnetic flux generator for generating a magnetic flux; a heat generation member for generating heat by the magnetic flux generator; a magnetic flux adjustor for adjusting an effective magnetic flux region toward the heat generation ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7193188 | Temperature control system for controlling heat treatment of metals, that is heating, soaking and cooling by a single frequency converter The purpose of the present invention is to create a temperature control system applied in heating and cooling phases of thermal processing. The invented temperature control system consists of a single frequency converter F to whose output, through contactors, are si... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7183526 | Apparatus and method for heating works uniformly through high frequency induction coils A high frequency induction-heating device 3 of the apparatus 1 for heating work includes a pair of opposite work coils accommodated within the coil casings 17 and 19 respectively. The casings 17 and 19 can be displaced in a ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7146116 | Heat generating apparatus using electromagnetic induction When a temperature control does not operate, and a thermal runaway state occurs, the temperatures of a heating roller and a thermostat rise rapidly. When the rise in the temperature occurs such that the temperature of the thermostat reaches or exceeds a predetermine... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7132631 | Induction heating for image flexing with means for adjusting magnetic flux A heating apparatus of an electromagnetic induction heating type includes a coil and a roller which generates heat by the action of magnetic flux generated from the coil. A recording material is heated by the roller. The heating apparatus further includes a movable ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132632 | High frequency induction heater built in an injection mold A high frequency induction heater built in an injection mold. The high frequency induction heater has a metal or silicon mold-insert, at least a heating module and at least a thermometer detector. The elements are reasonably fit with the mold-insert utilizing well-d... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129449 | Induction heating cooker An induction heating cooker includes an infrared sensor for sensing an infrared intensity from a load pot, a waveguide for guiding infrared radiation from the load pot to the infrared sensor, a first magnetism-proofing unit and a second magnetism-proofing unit for r... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7122769 | Induction heating apparatus for image fixing In an electromagnetic induction heating-type heating apparatus for moving a temperature decreasing member toward or apart from an effective position where a temperature in a predetermined area is decreased in order to take countermeasure against temperature rise at ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7109449 | Heating apparatus capable of controlling magnetic field strength based on temperature distribution data of rotational member in terms of circumferential direction A heating apparatus includes a magnetic field generator that generates an alternating magnetic field, a rotatable member disposed in the alternating magnetic field and capable of generating heat by electromagnetic induction, a temperature detector that detects a tem... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7102109 | Induction cooking heater An induction heating cooker includes a surface, a heating coil for inductionally-heating a load pan, an inverter for supplying a high-frequency current to the heating coil, an infrared detector which detects infrared radiation emitted from the load pan and is locate... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098430 | Heating apparatus with target temperature control and means for changing target temperature Information on a temperature of a heat generation member at a position which is in the neighborhood of an end portion of a conveyance area of a material, to be heated, having a maximum size and in the neighborhood of a non-conveyance area of a material, to be heated... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7053345 | Heating apparatus with temperature detection system for identifying and notifying the user that the material to be heated is wound around the induction heating element A heating apparatus has a magnetic flux generator and a rotatable induction heating element for generating heat through electromagnetic induction by the action of magnetic flux generated by the magnetic flux generator, and heats a material to be heated by causing th... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7049564 | Induction heating device The present invention offers an induction heating apparatus in which the infrared sensor performs stable temperature detection without undergoing the influence of leakage magnetic flux from the induction heating means. This induction heating apparatus has a main fra... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7038179 | Electric oven and method of controlling the same An electrical oven and method of controlling the same includes a heater heating unit to heat food using an electric heater; an induction heating unit to heat the food using a high-frequency current, and a control unit to drive the heater heating unit and the inducti... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034263 | Apparatus and method for inductive heating A system and method for inductive heating, in which a power source provides current pulses with high-frequency harmonics to a heater coil, the coil generating a magnetic flux for inductive heating of an article. The high-frequency harmonics enhance a relative propor... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034264 | Heating systems and methods utilizing high frequency harmonics Heating systems and methods for inductive heating or a combination of resistive and inductive heating. A heater coil is inductively coupled to an article and a current signal is supplied to the heater coil. The heater coil generates a magnetic flux, based on the app... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030345 | Image heating apparatus having a heat generation member generating heat by magnetic flux and heating an image on a recording material A heating apparatus, for heating a material P to be heated by heat from a heat generation member which has a predetermined curie temperature characteristic and generates heat by magnetic flux produced by a magnetic flux generation device. The apparatus includes a di... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7019270 | System for reducing noise from a thermocouple in an induction heating system A method and apparatus for reducing electrical noise in an electrical signal from a temperature feedback device to an induction heating system. The induction heating system has an electrical connector that is adapted to electrically couple a temperature feedback dev... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7015439 | Method and system for control of on-site induction heating A workpiece heating system having an induction heating power source and a controller. The controller is operable to control the operation of the power source according to programming instructions received from a user. The controller enables a user to establish a seq... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7009160 | Rack for microwave ovens, and microwave oven set equipped with the same A rack for a microwave oven capable of appropriately cooking food without burning the food, and a microwave oven set equipped with the rack includes a rack section to support the food thereon, and support sections to support the rack section. The rack section includ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006900 | Hybrid cascade model-based predictive control system A hybrid cascade Model-Based Predictive control (MBPC) and conventional control system for thermal processing equipment of semiconductor substrates, and more in particular for vertical thermal reactors is described. In one embodiment, the conventional control system... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6993837 | Method for assembling a camshaft The invention relates to a method for assembling a camshaft by using a shaft (10) and a plurality of cams (21–26) comprising respectively an opening for the shaft. According to the invention, the cams are disposed in a tight manner in a storage eleme... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6993262 | Fixing apparatus A coil for generating a high-frequency magnetic field is provided in a heating roller. The coil is connected to a capacitor, constituting a resonant circuit. The resonant circuit is incorporated in a high-frequency wave generating circuit. A current-detecting circui... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6989517 | Apparatus and method for heated food delivery A delivery apparatus is provided by the invention. The delivery apparatus includes a container for holding an article to be delivered and a heater. The container includes a housing forming an interior area and an opening. The opening is provided with a size sufficie... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6987251 | Heating apparatus with temperature detection system for identifying and notifying the user that the material to be heated is wound around the induction heating element A heating apparatus has a magnetic flux generator and a rotatable induction heating element for generating heat through electromagnetic induction by the action of magnetic flux generated by the magnetic flux generator, and heats a material to be heated by causing th... | 01/17/2006 |
