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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7364312 | Light source lamp and projector A light source lamp, in which reduction of the available amount of illumination light on an illuminated region side can be reduced or suppressed, heightens light utilizing efficiency. The light source lamp has a light emitting tube having a luminous part in which a ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7293908 | Side emitting illumination systems incorporating light emitting diodes The invention is a side-emitting illumination system that incorporates a light emitting diode. The side-emitting illumination system recycles a portion of the light internally generated by a light emitting diode back to the light emitting diode as externally inciden... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7119480 | Ventilated reflector A reflector assembly includes at least one reflector body having an inner cavity including a first inner surface conformable along a first geometric curve, and a second inner surface conformable along a second geometric curve. An outer surface is conformable about t... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7006763 | Method and apparatus for infrared welding of thermoplastic parts An infrared welder for thermoplastic materials comprising the combination of a halogen lamp producing illumination in the infrared band located at the focal point of a first parabolic reflector. The parabolic reflector is joined in a substantially continuous fashion... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6387209 | Film sealing apparatus having an optical energy source An apparatus for sealing films together along a path includes a sealing shoe and a counter shoe defining a clearance through which the films pass. The sealing shoe includes an elongated optical energy source having a length dimension oriented generally pa... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6023555 | Radiant heating apparatus and method A radiant heating apparatus for reducing the cumulative temperature gradient over a semiconductor workpiece during a low temperature process is comprised of a plurality of reflecting units, wherein each reflecting unit is comprised of a back reflector, a ... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5805769 | Adjustable ellipsoidal reflector for food heating apparatus An ellipsoidal reflector is provided for a light energy emitting lamp which is used as a heating element within an oven. Because an ellipsoidal reflector is used, the light energy emitting lamp may be positioned at the first focal point of the ellipsoidal... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5769844 | Conventional light-pumped high power system for medical applications An optical system which utilizes a conventional light source to produce a narrowly focused beam of radiation having intensity similar to that produced by a laser. The system broadly includes an omnidirectional light source and an elliptical reflector, whe... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5762707 | Floating zone melting apparatus The present invention provides an apparatus for permitting easy formation of a stable molten region and easy growing of even large-diameter single crystals, with a good-quality of single crystals, of which a floating zone melting apparatus of the infrared... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5677983 | Light beam heater with light source and reflector having two ellipsoidal sections and a truncated spherical surface there between An apparatus for light-beam treatment comprises a radiation concentrator having a reflecting surface which is formed by a first surface of revolution, which is a truncated surface of revolution of a first ellipsoid of revolution, by a second surface which... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5594831 | Beam machining device with reflector comprised of arcs of confocal ellipses A device for beam machining of materials comprising a pin-point source (1) of optical radiation and a concentrating reflector (2) whose reflecting surface has the form of a surface of revolution. The generatrix of said surface of the concentrating reflect... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592582 | Beam machining device with heating lamp and segmented reflector surface A device for beam machining comprises an extended radiation source (1) and a concentrating reflector (2) whose reflecting surface has the form of a surface of revolution made up of several successively-joined segments (3). The shape of the reflector gener... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5335309 | Light-beam heating apparatus A light-beam heating apparatus utilizes light energy effectively by having a light emitting portion of a radiating lamp coincide with a first focal point of an ellipsoidal reflecting mirror automatically and with high accuracy Light intensity and position... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5299279 | Short arc lamp soldering device A portable soldering device comprises a short arc lamp including an alumina ceramic cylindrically shaped body with a concave opening at one end that is plated with silver to form an ellipsoidal reflector, a cathode suspended within the concave opening in ... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5151149 | Apparatus for bonding or melt fusing plastic and plastic matrix composite materials Joining of thermoplastic parts (2, 4) of indeterminate thickness to each other is effected by application of heat to selected surface areas thereof (42, 44) by intense focussed infrared heat lines produced by parabolic-elliptical-reflection heat sources (... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5060288 | Infrared heater array for IC soldering An infrared (IR) heater array apparatus that provides focused lines of IR radiation for soldering integrated circuit components or devices, especially fine pitch integrated circuit devices (FPD), in aligned combination with printed circuit boards. The app... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5038395 | Reflector furnace A reflector surface furnace includes an open ended ellipsoidal or near ellipsoidal reflector segment having two focal areas, there being a source of radiation in the one focal area, the material to be processed being placed into the other focal area, the ... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4988847 | Electrically heated air blower unit for defogging bathroom mirrors A device for defogging a wall mounted bathroom mirror includes an elongated housing adjustably suspended above and outwardly of the mirror by a pair of brackets. Ambient air drawn into the housing by a fan is filtered, heated by an electric heating elemen... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4812620 | Concentrated radiant energy heat source unit A heat source unit for concentrating radiant rays from a heat source lamp onto the processing site of the material to be processed by, for example, soldering, so as to bring this site to a requisite high temperature, comprises a mirror assembly composed o... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4809677 | Heater traverse mechanism for infant care center A heater traverse mechanism used with an infant care center is disclosed. The traverse mechanism allows the heater that is focused on or about the infant positioned on the infant care center to be moved aside for better access to the infant, yet, as the h... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4798704 | Preheating apparatus employed in analysis of hydrogen and carbon A preheating apparatus of an analysis apparatus for determining the in quantity hydrogen and carbon contained in a sample such as steel is employed to remove moisture adhered to a sample of the steel by spot-heating focused on the sample in a transparent ... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4739152 | Electric radiant heating device for localized heating of objects and substances An elongated, coiled, electrical resistance heating filament is positioned along the major axis of an ellipsoidal reflector with its inner end positioned at the inner focus of the reflector and with the coil extending outwardly toward but short of an annu... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4695705 | Apparatus and method for localized heating of an object at precise temperatures Apparatus for and a method of precisely positioning an object to be subjected to localized heating at precise temperatures at the second focal point of an elliptical reflector which has an infra-red source at its first focal point. The apparatus includes ... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4685200 | Low internal temperature technique for hermetic sealing of microelectronic enclosures A technique for enclosing microelectronic circuit elements in hermetically sealed packages comprising a planar ceramic substrate with a box-like ceramic cover sealed thereto by a fused glass coating. The glass sealant is applied to the substrate in the fo... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4672169 | Apparatus and method for heating materials with a laser heat source An apparatus and method for heating materials with photoelectric radiant energy include directing photoelectric radiant energy onto a reflective conical member positioned at one focal line of an ellipsoidal reflective surface. The radiant energy is disper... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4654509 | Method and apparatus for substrate heating in an axially symmetric epitaxial deposition apparatus In an epitaxial deposition reactor with an axially symmetric gas flow carrying the deposition materials, apparatus and method for heating the substrate and associated susceptor uniformly is described. The apparatus includes at least one chamber having a p... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4605839 | Dual parison heating reflector and method A device for heating a plurality of radiant absorbers which utilizes a source of radiant energy in conjunction with a plurality of curved reflective surfaces. The reflective surfaces function to provide a device which directs essentially all of the radiat... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4575608 | Method and apparatus for spot heating a body, particularly for brazing hard solder gold alloys A method and a device for performing spot heating of a body, particularly for brazing hard solder gold alloys. In said method an article, for example of a hard solder gold alloy, which is to be heated to a predetermined temperature, is positioned in the f... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4539987 | Apparatus for coagulation by heat radiation In a radiation coagulator having an electric incandescent lamp, in particular a tungsten-halogen low-voltage lamp, as radiation source, and a tissue contact element of a crystalline dielectric material transmissive to the radiation, forming a contact surf... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4511788 | Light-radiant heating furnace A light-radiant heating furnace is formed of a multiplane light source constructed by arranging in combination a plurality of plane light source units, each of which is constructed of a plurality of lamps arranged side by side, along a vertically-extendin... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4436985 | Apparatus for heat treating semiconductor wafers In the heat treating apparatus disclosed herein, a semiconductor wafer, held in a vacuum chuck, is traversed under an infrared source in which radiant energy from a linear, high intensity lamp is focused by an elongate elliptical reflector to generate a l... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4435069 | Fixing apparatus for electrophotography A fixing apparatus for electrophotography includes a fixing drum having an infrared radiation heat source in the interior thereof and a backing roller which cooperates with the fixing drum to transport a recording sheet. The fixing drum is made of a trans... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434562 | Curing apparatus and method A curing unit includes an arcuate reflector shield open at the lower end with a curing lamp in the shield and a cooling chamber above the shield. Cooling fluid is directed into the chamber toward the outer surface of the shield and some of this cooling fl... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4233493 | Apparatus for applying intense light radiation to a limited area The apparatus, used for example to stop bleeding by heat coagulation during surgery, comprises a high power incandescent lamp emitting intense radiation high in infrared content enclosed in a housing having a light guide means, such as a solid light pipe,... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4184065 | Heating apparatus having ellipsoidal reflecting mirror A heating apparatus especially suitable for use in a crystal growth system, comprises a combination of a high pressure xenon arc discharge lamp and an ellipsoidal reflecting mirror having first and second focal points to heat a material feed rod by concen... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4160893 | Individual chip joining machine An individual chip joining machine is designed primarily to bond a single chip to a multi-chip substrate. The machine includes an X-Y table for moving a substrate to locate a chip site beneath a probe. The probe serves to pick up a chip and either place i... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4058699 | Radiant zone heating apparatus and method A heating zone of accurately controlled length and predetermined energy profile throughout its length is formed within a focusing apparatus. An elliptical cavity is provided having a conically-configured reflector positioned such that its longitudinal axi... | 11/15/1977 |
| 3983039 | Non-symmetrical reflector for ultraviolet curing In an apparatus for curing photosensitive inks and coatings comprising an ultraviolet light emitting lamp unit comprised of a tubular elongated ultraviolet lamp and a reflector, and means for moving a substrate, on which said inks or coatings are deposite... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3967385 | Utilization of heat pipes for cooling radiation curing systems Apparatus for curing solvent-free inks, coatings and the like in which the apparatus includes moving work, conveyor means for the moving work, an assembly including ultraviolet producing source and reflector partially encasing the ultraviolet producing so... | 07/06/1976 |
