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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7634177 | Heat isolation cover for heat blower A heat isolation cover for a heat blower comprises a casing having a receiving space; the casing being installed with a protection sleeve, a heat resistance unit and a fan and motor set; one end of the protection sleeve being formed as a converge opening portion; th... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7372007 | Medium voltage heater element An electrical heater bundle has heater elements, each including a metal tube, an electrical resistance coil within the tube, a conductor pin connected to the coil and protruding from an end of the tube, and an electrical insulation powder surrounding the coil within... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7206506 | Fluid heating system A fluid heating system includes a fluid supply conduit, a hot fluid conduit, and a fluid heating tube assembly. The fluid heating tube assembly includes an inlet coupling coupled to the fluid supply conduit, an outlet coupling coupled to the hot fluid conduit, and a... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7188434 | Molecular filter dehumidification apparatus and plant A dehumidification apparatus including an outer tubular container (2) closed at its ends, a first (5) and a second (9) transverse grids located inside the tubular container (2), one grid element being spaced from the other and from a resp... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190894 | Energy efficient electric water heater system that provides immediate hot water at a point of use and a method therefor A water heater system that will provided immediate hot water to a point of use has a water storage container having an inlet coupled to a water pipe and an outlet coupled to a point of use fixture. A low current heating element is located within the water storage co... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7071447 | Automobile coffee maker The 12 Volts DC powered cooker to be installed by the vehicle's manufacturers or the vehicle's owner. The unit will heat liquid temperature to 100° C. and will switch off at temperature greater than 100° C. The switching and temperature monitoring is controlled by... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6928237 | Fluid heating apparatus In a fluid heating apparatus, a heat protect temperature sensor indirectly detects temperature of fluid heated by an electric heater adjacent to the electric heater. Also, a heated fluid sensor detects the temperature of the fluid adjacent to a fluid inlet of a heat... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6625393 | Water preheating connection piece A water preheating connection piece (6) including a connection body including a water flow channel (6a) and a bore hole (7), at least one heating rod (1) having an internal heating element and at least one regulating element for insertion into the bore of... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6607608 | Translatable fiber stripper A system for stripping an optical fiber includes a source of air and means for generating very short bursts of air. A heater heats the bursts of air to a temperature sufficient to remove the outer coating from an optical fiber, while maintaining the air i... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6470836 | Water jacket assembly A water jacket assembly for an instantaneous gas fired water heater, the assembly including pressed profiled plates made of copper or copper coated steel, one plate being the inverted image of the other, said plates being placed together in pairs, the pai... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6317559 | Apparatus for sealing the end portion of a hot-water tube in which electric heating wires are inserted An apparatus for sealing an end portion of a hot-water tube in which electric heating wires are inserted enables electric heating wires in hot-water tubes to extend through to the outside, while preventing leakage of water from the hot-water tubes. A plug... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6280688 | Rinsing device for sample processing components of an analytical instrument A device for rinsing sample processing components of an analytical instruments including an inlet coupleable to a fluid source, an outlet coupleable to sample processing components of an analytical instrument, and a fluid reservoir between the inlet and o... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6262401 | Gold-plated water heater element and method of making same A self-cleaning water heater element is provided. The water heater element is plated with a layer of gold such that the gold surface has a low surface roughness. The smooth gold surface inhibits scale formation on the water heater element. The gold-plated... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6205291 | Scale-inhibiting heating element and method of making same A scale-inhibiting water heater element is provided. The water heater element is coated with a diamond-like coating which has low surface tension to keep scale from forming, and is thermally conductive, which helps prevent overheating. The scale-inhibitin... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6205292 | Fluid heater A fluid heater has a fluid pipe through which a fluid flows. A radiant heating element is enclosed in a quartz mantle. The fluid pipe is concentrically arranged about the quartz mantle. A first temperature sensor is positioned at a section of the outer ci... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6154608 | Dry element water heater A water heater assembly (20) is disclosed. The water heater assembly includes a tubular housing (22) having an inlet, an outlet, and a channel extending between the inlet and outlet for passing water through the water heater assembly. A plurality of heati... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6111232 | Recovery boiler smelt spout A heating element comprising: a body having a heating section; heating means inserted in or adjacent to said body, said means capable of generating heat, having a heat flux Q1 at a temperature T1 ; and heat transfer and concentration means cap... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5960857 | System temperature control tank with integral modulator valve and flowmeter A machine for circulating cooling water through manufacturing process equipment includes a combination pump and heat exchanger assembly. The machine has a cast metal pump case with two upwardly opening sockets receiving the lower ends of two tanks, one of... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5882416 | Liquid delivery system, heater apparatus for liquid delivery system, and vaporizer A liquid delivery system for delivery of an initially liquid reagent in vaporized form to a chemical vapor deposition reactor arranged in vapor-receiving relationship to the liquid delivery system. The liquid delivery system includes: (a) an elongate vapo... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5859953 | Electric heating apparatus for deicing pipes utilizing flexible heated hose inserted into pipe A electric heating apparatus for de-icing pipes includes a flexible hose with a closed bottom end and a top end. The hose has a pair of insulated wires situated within an interior of the hose and a plug coupled to the top end of the hose. The plug has a p... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5832179 | Floor heater with water tube and thin copper electric heating element inserted therein An apparatus for heating rooms with electrically heated hot water tube, and a method therefor are disclosed. The apparatus for heating rooms with electrically heated hot water tube and a method therefor are constituted such that an electrically heating li... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5740315 | Fluid heating apparatus A fluid heating apparatus in which a heating unit (2) and a fluid supply adjusting unit (3) are accommodated in a casing in a manner separated from each other and connected through a flow-in tube (8) and a flow-out tube (9) and the fluid supply adjusting ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5482685 | Deodorizing apparatus A catalyst 1 is provided in a gas passage 4 for communicating between a gas flow-in unit 12 and a gas flow-out unit 13, and the catalyst 1 is heated by a heater 2, and a temperature sensor 3 for detecting the temperature of the heater 2 is provided inside... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5396574 | Tubular high efficiency, non-contaminating fluid heater A tubular high efficiency, non-contaminating fluid heater includes an elongate tubular member having a coil-like configuration and a sidewall which defines an elongate tubular chamber formed from an inert material through which fluid is adapted to flow. T... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5371830 | High-efficiency infrared electric liquid-heater An infrared electric liquid heater includes an elongated emitter unit contained within an outer containment tube to define an annular volume through which the to-be-heated water flows. The emitter unit includes a tubular silica-composition envelope that c... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5178651 | Method for purifying gas distribution systems An apparatus (10) for purifying gas distribution systems has a gas inlet (12) and a gas outlet (14) for connection to gas distribution lines (54). A housing (22) encloses a resistance heater (24) and a particle filter (26) for the gas. The resistance heat... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5113931 | Heat transfer apparatus A combination pump and heat exchanger assembly in a manufacturing process temperature controller uses a cast metal pump case with two upwardly opening sockets receiving the lower ends of two tubes, one of them communicating through the case with the pump ... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5113478 | Liquid fuel vaporizing apparatus This liquid fuel vaporizing apparatus is so designed that liquid fuel is vaporized by a heating plug disposed in a tubular body when the temperature in a combustion chamber is low while it is vaporized by a radiant heat of the combustion chamber received ... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5095559 | Heating apparatus A heating apparatus comprises a closed vessel having thermally conducting walls and containing a gas that is heated by one or more electrical heating elements in the vessel. The vessel is received in a duct through which air is blown. The air is heated by... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5094291 | Heat transfer apparatus A combination pump and heat exchanger assembly uses a cast metal pump case with two upwardly opening sockets receiving the lower ends of two tubes, one of them communicating through the case with the pump impeller intake and the other with the impeller di... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5054108 | Heater and method for deionized water and other liquids A heater for heating dionized water and other liquids which may be very aggressive solvents, the heater constituting one or more heating units having an external cylindrical housing of PTF Teflon or similar material and closed at each end with headers of ... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4900896 | Continuous flow water heater with magnetically-actuated flow switch A continuous flow water heater has a sealed chamber containing an electrical heating element and a diaphragm having an orifice through which water must flow upon a demand for hot water. The center of the diaphragm translates axially in response to the wat... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4883943 | Electric heater for fuel tank discharge opening coupling to prevent fuel waxing A coupling for connecting a fuel delivery conduit to the discharge opening of a diesel fuel tank includes a hollow fitting body defining a flow passage in which is located an electric heating rod for heating the fuel as it flow through the passage from th... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4875957 | Method of connecting a non-contaminating fluid heating element to a power source A non-contaminating fluid heater includes a heater body having an inlet and an adjacent outlet at one end, a tube which channels entering fluids centrally through the heater body to a point distally spaced from the outlet, and a resistance heating element... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4873421 | Liquid-filled electric radiator A liquid-filled electric radiator has a rectangular, vertically disposed radiator body with an upper horizontal distribution duct connected to a lower horizontal collection duct by a plurality of vertical connecting ducts within the radiator body. An angu... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4855569 | Water heater for preformed spas and baptismal pools An electric water heater for preformed spas and baptismal pools includes an elongated horizontally disposed tubular heat exchanger having a water inlet in a first end wall and a water outlet adjacent the opposite second end wall and defining a water flow ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4844927 | Storage tank assembly for bulk fat and method for using same The present invention comprises an enclosed tank for containing fat. The bottom wall is cone shaped and at the lower end of the cone is an outlet opening. A valve is placed in the opening to permit fluid to be added to or drained from the tank. A heater e... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4835365 | De-ionized fluid heater and control system A heating system for non-contaminatingly electrically heating a de-ionized fluid includes a master heater unit having a heater body with an inlet an outlet at one end, a tube which channels entering fluid centrally through the body to a point distally spa... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4818845 | Storage type electric water heater having a closed circulation loop provided with a bubble pump An electric storage type water heater includes a tank having cold water introduced into the lower part thereof and an upper part connected by a hot water supply pipe to a faucet. A bubble pump arranged within an external heat insulator layer enclosing the... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4808793 | Tankless electric water heater with instantaneous hot water output A tankless electric water heater having instantaneous hot water output includes an open-ended folded tubular conduit having a separate metal-sheathed immersion heating element inserted in to each end of the conduit and carried by a cap member sealing the ... | 02/28/1989 |
