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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8073315 | Radiant heater for heating the building material in a laser sintering device A radiant heating for heating the building material in a laser sintering device and a laser sintering device having such a radiant heating are described. The radiant heating has a sheet-like heat radiating element (113, 213, 313), which is characterized in th... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068726 | Portable collapsible radiant heater A portable, collapsible radiant heater includes a base and a support mounted to the base. The support has a collapsed position wherein the base is configured to at least partially receive the support, and an extended position wherein the support extends upwardly fro... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8059946 | Concentrated thermal radiation transfer system from electrically produced source Disclosed is a method and apparatus for concentrated thermal radiation heat transfer from an electrically produced source of light. Whereby, the electromagnetic energy is conveyed from the source through lens assemblies for collection and distribution. The concentra... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7974524 | Heat treatment apparatus and heat treatment method An object is to provide a method of activating impurity elements added to a semiconductor film, and a method of gettering, in a process of manufacturing a semiconductor device using a substrate having a low resistance to heat, such as glass, without changing the sha... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7889979 | Radiant device A radiant device (1) comprises a supporting frame (2) and at least a radiant element (4) having two mutually opposed ends (4a), each being provided with electrical connection terminals (7). The radiant element (4) eng... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7826726 | Intra-convertible thermal vapor extraction and delivery system An intra-convertible thermal vapor extraction and delivery system comprising: an ergonomically-shaped casing comprising a heating element, a fan, an output nozzle thermally coupled to the heating element and having a nozzle base and a tapered nozzle end, and a nozzl... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7778532 | Device for heating grounds, in particular sports ground An installation for heating grounds, in particular sports grounds, using cables (9, 9′, 9″) supplied with electric current which are buried in the ground. The installation is characterized in that the surface of the grounds to be heated is divided into a ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7769278 | Carbon heater Disclosed herein is a carbon heater. The carbon heater comprises a carbon filament disposed in a tube for serving as a heating element. The carbon filament has support parts integrally formed at the carbon filament while being protruded from the carbon filament in t... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7756403 | Heating process of the light irradiation type A light irradiation heating process in which, even in the case of an asymmetrical physical property of an article to be treated, uniform heating is possible, or in which heating can be performed such that the article acquires a desired physical property after heat t... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7747147 | Heating unit and heating apparatus For the purpose of providing a heating unit being small in size, high in efficiency, long in service life, and high in versatility so as to be easily adaptable to various applications, and providing a heating apparatus that uses the heating unit, the heating unit is... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7725011 | Temperature exchanging element made by extrusion and incorporating an infrared radiation diffuser The invention thus relates to a radiation module incorporating a support, at least one heating and/or heat conducting element and a temperature exchanging element made by extrusion and constituted by a single-piece base with an internal face incorporating at least o... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7668444 | Pipe heater encircled conduit device The present invention relates to a pipe heater encircled conduit device (1), in which a heating element (111) wrapped with a filament (112) having high resistance is provided and a hollow quartz inner tube (113) is inserted at the outside... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668443 | Device and method for the controlled heating in micro channel systems A method of controlled heating of a micro channel reactor structure (46, 48, 50) comprises providing a structure (b1, b2, B1, B2) defining a desired temperature profile. A preferred embodiment of a heating element structure compris... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7539401 | Heating unit and resin sheet heating apparatus A heating unit includes a plurality of radiant heaters, a plurality of brackets on which the radiant heaters are mounted in a row, and a frame on which the brackets are mounted in a parallel arrangement and thereby the radiant heaters are mounted in a grid configura... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7471885 | Filament lamp A filament lamp in which the article to be treated can be uniformly heated, and in which the disadvantage of poor sealing or the like does not arise even in the case of inserting a host of metal foils into a hermetically sealed portion is achieved in a filament lamp... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7420143 | Durable graphite connector and method for manufacturing thereof An article comprising a graphite part coated with a pyrolytic graphite (pG) for increased mechanical strength of at least 25% over an uncoated graphite part. In connector applications for use in a semiconductor processing assembly such as a heater, the pG coated com... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415198 | Quartz heater tube A quartz heater tube consists of a tube body whose two ends being respectively sealed with a plug, and each plug is provided with a built-in electrode. The inner cavity of the tube body is filled with an inertia gas after being evacuated, and the inner surface there... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7403703 | Radiant electric heater A radiant electric heater (2) comprises a base (8) of insulation material having a surface supporting at least one electric heating ribbon element (10) supported on edge. A rod-like temperature-responsive device (16) extends lengthwise pa... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7372054 | Radiator module Radiation module for thermal or UV irradiation processing procedures with a large number of radiation sources essentially adjacent and parallel to one another for electromagnetic radiation whose main effective range is in the UV spectrum, visible spectrum, and/or ne... | 05/13/2008 |
| RE40181 | Infrared radiator with carbon fiber heating element centered by spacers The invention relates to an infrared radiator with a heating element containing carbon fibers disposed in a quartz glass tube, with its ends connected to contact elements running through the wall of the quartz glass tube. The known radiators are improved by the fact... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7335858 | Toaster using infrared heating for reduced toasting time A toaster uses radiant heat at infrared wavelengths optimized for producing rapid and uniform toasting of a food product. The infrared wavelengths of the radiated heat are selected for optimum speed and quality (browning and moisture content) of the food product. Th... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329391 | Microfluidic device and material manipulating method using same Microfluidic devices for manipulating relatively dense materials, such as colloidal rod particles, are provided. Microfluidic devices for separating a denser first material from a less-dense second material are provided. Methods of manipulating a relatively dense fi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327947 | Heat treating apparatus and method A heat treating apparatus for heat treating a substrate by irradiating the substrate with light includes a heat treating chamber for receiving the substrate, a heating plate for preheating the substrate through a thermal diffuser plate, xenon flashlamps for heating ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323663 | Multi-purpose oven using infrared heating for reduced cooking time An oven using radiant heat at infrared wavelengths optimized for producing rapid and uniform cooking of a wide variety of foods. The infrared oven toasts, bakes, broils, and re-heats food at a much faster speed while maintaining high quality in taste and appearance ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317870 | Pulsed processing semiconductor heating methods using combinations of heating sources Pulsed processing methods and systems for heating objects such as semiconductor substrates feature process control for multi-pulse processing of a single substrate, or single or multi-pulse processing of different substrates having different physical properties. Hea... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7280749 | Filament for radiation source A radiation source including a base, a curved reflector attached to the base, pins passing through the base and within the reflector, and a filament of high emissivity material helically wound about the pins and having opposing ends electrically connected to the pin... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267456 | Operating status of a shutter for electromagnetic energy curing systems The present invention provides a method and system for detecting operating status of the shutter. The device includes a shutter for receiving a light from a source, a solenoid for controlling movement of the shutter, and an optical sensor connected to the shutter fo... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7254319 | Heating system comprising at least two different radiations A heating system includes a reflector having a concave section symmetrical with respect to an axis of symmetry. In addition, a first radiation system having at least a first radiation member is capable of emitting a first type of radiation and a second radiation sys... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248790 | Heating device for vehicle A heating device for a vehicle is provided with a radiation-heat generating unit for generating radiation heat, a first light-distributing unit for converting irradiation directions of the radiation heat into a substantial single irradiation direction, and a second ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241975 | Igniter systems with associated lead frame Resistive igniter systems are provided that comprise a metal substrate with an associated resistive igniter element in electrical connection through braze applied to the metal substrate. Igniter systems of the invention can enable significantly simplified manufactur... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7220936 | Pulse thermal processing of functional materials using directed plasma arc A method of thermally processing a material includes exposing the material to at least one pulse of infrared light emitted from a directed plasma arc to thermally process the material, the pulse having a duration of no more than 10 s. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218847 | Heating unit for heating a workpiece with light-absorbing heat conducting layer A heating unit heats a work piece 6 by heat conduction from a heat conducting plate 4 on which light from a light source 1 is irradiated, wherein the heat conducting plate 4 comprises a holding member 2 having optical transparency,... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215879 | Defrosting heater with concentric glass tubes separated by end plugs A defrost heater, in which the strength of an insertion force needed for inserting a second glass tube in a plug is specified to be smaller than that needed for inserting a first glass tube in a plug. Thereby, dispersion in the insertion force needed for attaching t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212735 | Infrared ray lamp, heating apparatus using the same, method for manufacturing a heating element, and method for manufacturing an infrared ray lamp The present invention provides an infrared ray lamp and a heating apparatus using that infrared ray lamp, a method of manufacturing a heating element and a method of manufacturing an infrared ray lamp, in which radiation range in the longitudinal direction of an inf... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7194198 | Sauna far infrared heat emitting article and method The present invention provides a far infrared heat emitting article for a sauna. The article includes a heating element, for emitting far infrared heat in the far infrared wavelength range. It also includes a supporting-encapsulating element, for supporting the heat... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189950 | Electric oven An electric oven capable of cooking food in a cook-top way. The electric oven according to the present invention includes a cabinet which forms an appearance of the electric oven, a cooking cavity defined inside the cabinet and having an opening front part to contai... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184656 | Infrared lamp, heating apparatus, and method for manufacturing infrared lamp An infrared ray lamp having a structure wherein a groove is formed in the vicinity of each of both end portions of a substantially plate heating element formed of a carbon-based substance, a carbon-based adhesive is applied to a region including the groove, and the ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181132 | Method and system for loading substrate supports into a substrate holder Wafer supports are provided that have a diameter smaller than the diameter of the wafer that they are to support in a wafer boat. The perimeter of the wafer support is preferably continuous, extending completely around in a 360° span, and is sized to fit between th... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7164850 | Portable barbecue box A portable barbecue box includes a cooking chamber, a heating tube a plurality of sticks, a mechanical compartment and a motor. The heating tube is disposed inside the cooking chamber. A plurality of slots are provided on one side of the chamber so as to hold the st... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164107 | Enhanced sample processing devices, systems and methods Devices, systems, and methods for processing sample materials. The sample materials may be located in a plurality of process chambers in the device, which is rotated during heating of the sample materials. ... | 01/16/2007 |
