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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8005352 | Heat treating device A heat treating device including a treatment room for accommodating therein a substrate, a plurality of light sources, which is disposed above the treatment room, for irradiating the substrate, a first reflector, whose inner surface is a reflective surface of a dome... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7218848 | Diffuse-pattern radiant heater with non-parabolic reflector apparatus and method A radiant heater includes a radiant heat source and a reflector to direct the bulk of the heat generated by the radiant source in one direction. The shape of the reflector determines the radiant pattern of the heater, and generally defocuses the output to provide a ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7133604 | Infrared air heater with multiple light sources and reflective enclosure An air heater is provided for use in buildings or other structures. The air heater uses infrared lamps to generate a temperature rise in a forced air chamber that contains several infrared lamps, in which two ends of the chamber act as an inlet and an outlet, and in... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7067773 | Food warming device and methods for its manufacture A food warming is provided with a partially open housing having an open side extending along a longitudinal length of the housing. A heating element is also provided, extending along the longitudinal length of the housing. A support member is disposed to maintain a ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6947665 | Radiant heating source with reflective cavity spanning at least two heating elements A radiant source for heating a workpiece such as a semiconductor wafer includes a plurality of radiant heating elements, arranged in an array that is generally concentric about a source center axis. A reflector has a reflecting surface that bounds a cavity or channe... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6775472 | Radiant energy device for shrinking a thin film A radiant energy device for shrinking a thin film onto an open top of a container, the radiant energy device comprising: a source of power, to provide power to the radiant energy device; a plurality of fixed energy-emitting units, each of the units when energized be... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6738565 | Halogen lamp coupling structure for electric heater A halogen lamp coupling structure for an electric heater allowing a fitting plate of a halogen lamp to be fitted into and coupled with a lamp fixing recess of a base serving as an insulation block. The halogen lamp coupling structure comprises a strap coupling type ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6693381 | Lamp and fan thermal control by directed air flow A method for thermal control of a lamp assembly which includes an arc lamp, fan and an associated reflector enclosed within a sealed module. The method includes providing a predetermined air flow path within said module whereby a continuous flow of ambien... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6304719 | Radiant heater with halogen lamp Disclosed herein is a radiant heater with a halogen lamp. The heater includes a base connected to a power supply cord. A power shut-off switch is mounted on the bottom of the base. A support column is mounted on the top of the base and provided with a hei... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6215956 | Reciprocating radiant electric heater An electric heater with a post and a heating member; which comprises an orientation device comprising a pole or spindle fixed on the post; a movable plate formed with front and rear holes and rotatably mounted on the pole or spindle through its front hole... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6065955 | Apparatus for recovering flatness of web material The present invention provides a method for recovering flatness of a web material which comprises heating a side edge portion of the web material at a temperature in a range from a glass transition temperature minus 40° C. to a melting point of the web m... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5841944 | Infant warmer radiant heater head An infrared radiant heater for use in an infant warmer open care bed. The heater includes a curved reflector within a similarly shaped housing. Between the reflector and casing is at least one baffle made of a heat insulating material. The baffle divides ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5573686 | Lamp/heater for a wheel well in a motor vehicle A multipurpose wheel well apparatus is provided for a wheel well in a quarter panel of a motor vehicle which consists of a structure for protecting the wheel well from stone, salt and moisture damage. A mechanism is provided for securing the protecting st... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5207505 | Illumination light source device A light source device houses a lamp such as a mercury discharge tube for generating a high temperature heat, and a reflective optical member such as an elliptic, mirror surrounding the lamp, in a lamp case. When the lamp is forcibly cooled by air, a devic... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5060289 | Portable tube shrinking tool A radiant heating device including a pair of concave surfaces for directing radiant energy toward an object positioned through an access opening in a receiving space therebetween with these concave surfaces extending to either side of this opening.... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4940885 | Heating apparatus including ulta-violet portion A heat transfer fluid is used in a heating apparatus including, in series, a fluid storage container including conventional primary heating system for bulk heating the heat transfer fluid to a preselected temperature, and a secondary heating system utiliz... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4820906 | Long arc lamp for semiconductor heating An long arc gas-discharge lamp for rapidly heating a semiconductor wafer. The spectral output of the lamp is specifically matched to the absorption characteristics of the particular semiconductor wafer being heating by choosing an appropriate gas or mixtu... | 04/11/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4680447 | Cooled optical window for semiconductor wafer heating A vapor deposition system is provided which uses electromagnetic radiation for heating of a semiconductor wafer. The source of the electromagnetic radiation is typically a lamp having a color temperature corresponding to a wavelength in the range of 0.3 t... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4581520 | Heat treatment machine for semiconductors A heat treatment machine for heat-treating semiconductor wafers, each wafer having two faces. A first lamp is arranged to heat a first spot of first diameter on one face of the wafer and a second lamp is arranged to heat a second spot of second diameter o... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4447402 | Autoclaves The disclosed invention pertains to an autoclave apparatus for receiving parts to be bonded or cured which includes a removable cover on the end of a pressure vessel having radiant heat means that directs heat directly onto the surface of a product to eff... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4446358 | Preheater for use in mass soldering apparatus An improved preheater for use in mass soldering apparatus employing a bank of quartz lamp heaters mounted in parabolic reflectors and including switching means for switching the quartz heaters on and off in response to the presence of a circuit board on a... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4373131 | Apparatus for flash fusing tuner images Fusing both small and large image areas of dry resinous marking particles supported on the surface of a receiver member by irradiating the particles with energy to at least partially melt the particles at the interface between the particles and receiver m... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4307284 | Electric space heater unit utilizing incandescent lamps as the heat source An electric space heater unit includes a casing having front, rear and end walls providing an enclosure. An imperforate copper heat collector plate is disposed within the enclosure intermediate the top and bottom of the casing and extends the length and w... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4164642 | Radiant-hot air heater A device for heating an article up to a selected controlled temperature by irradiation of infrared rays upon the article of both longer and shorter wave lengths simultaneously as well as by conventional hot air. The infrared radiation evolves from an elec... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4119834 | Electrical radiant heat food warmer and organizer A food warmer includes a plurality of trays and associated lamps mounted on a frame for rotation in unison about a stationary standard. Each lamp is arranged above each respective tray to project heat downwardly only into the tray with which it is associa... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4052593 | Electric heating apparatus for heating thermoplastic articles A device for electrically heating thermoplastic articles includes a housing having means for receiving the article in position to be heated. An infrared generator in the form of a tungsten halogen lamp is located in the housing and a split, out-of-phase p... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4013892 | IR Generator having ellipsoidal and paraboloidal reflectors An infrared generator wherein an ellipsoidal reflector has a source rich in infrared radiation at one focus thereof. The end of the reflector at the other focus merges with a paraboloidal reflector positioned so that the focus of the latter reflector coin... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4001622 | Directional sources of electromagnetic radiation A convenient reflecting material is a ceramic fiber felt in which the container is partially embedded, the felt being bleached by the radiation from the source to form a pure white reflector conforming to the exterior of the container. The ceramic fiber f... | 01/04/1977 |
