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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6975047 | Temperature-based cooling device controller apparatus and method A temperature-based cooling device controller is implemented in an integrated circuit such as a microprocessor. The temperature-based cooling device controller includes a register to store a threshold temperature value, a thermal sensor, and clock adjustment logic t... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6793844 | Heat absorbing temperature control devices and method The increase of temperature of heat sensitive devices during heat generating conditions is prevented through the absorption of heat, by providing boric acid in an amount sufficient to effect the required heat absorption. Where the heat generating conditions are gene... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6780345 | Heat absorbing temperature control devices and method The increase of temperature of heat sensitive devices during heat generating conditions is prevented through the absorption of heat, by providing a bicarbonate salt, such as lithium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, magnesium bicarbonate, calci... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6773623 | Heat absorbing temperature control devices and method The increase of temperature in heat sensitive devices during heat generating conditions is prevented through the absorption of heat, by providing Aldehyde in an amount sufficient to effect the required heat absorption. Where the heat generating conditions are genera... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6673260 | Heat absorbing temperature control devices and method The increase of temperature in heat sensitive devices during heat generating conditions is prevented through the absorption of heat, by providing Carbonate Salts in an amount sufficient to effect the required heat absorption. Where the heat generating con... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6662867 | Controlled heating of a coating material In a process to control the heating of a coating material for a roof covering, the coating material is heated using a heat exchange medium in a continuous process. The heat exchange medium is cooled in response to a slowdown or stoppage of the continuous ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6652770 | Heat absorbing temperature control devices and method The increase of temperature in heat sensitive devices during heat generating conditions is prevented through the absorption of heat, by providing Organic Acids in an amount sufficient to effect the required heat absorption. Where the heat generating condi... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6652270 | Constant volume process for managed heat cure of impregnation sealants An improved method is disclosed for heat curing a polymerizable impregnant composition within an impregnated porous article. The amount of the article's porosity that is filled with the impregnant composition is maximized by applying successively discrete... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6638444 | Heat absorbing temperature control devices and method The increase of temperature in heat sensitive devices during heat generating conditions is prevented through the absorption of heat, by providing Hydrated Salt in an amount sufficient to effect the required heat absorption. Where the heat generating condi... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6558568 | Heat absorbing temperature control devices and method The increase of temperature in heat sensitive devices during heat generating conditions is prevented through the absorption of heat, by providing a hydroxide such as Lithium Hydroxide, Sodium Hydroxide, Potassium Hydroxide, Magnesium Hydroxide, Calcium Hy... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6283747 | Method for heating a furnace The invention relates to a method for heating a furnace comprising at least one burner capable of operating on an oxidant the oxygen content of which can vary; in a first period (P1) the burner is supplied with practically pure oxygen so as to provide a l... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6264854 | Heat absorbing temperature control devices and method The increase of temperature in heat sensitive devices during heat generating conditions is prevented through the absorption of heat, by providing Boric acid in an amount sufficient to effect the required heat absorption. Where the heat generating conditio... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6261475 | Heat absorbing temperature control devices and methods The increase of temperature in heat sensitive devices during heat generating conditions is prevented through the absorption of heat, by providing a salt of an organic acid such as lithium formate and its hydrates, beryllium formate and its hydrates, sodiu... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6241909 | Heat absorbing temperature control devices and method The increase of temperature in heat sensitive devices during heat generating conditions is prevented through the absorption of heat, by providing a hydrated salt such as Lithium Chloride, Magnesium Chloride, Magnesium Sulfate, Sodium Sulfate, Aluminum Oxi... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6241910 | Heat absorbing temperature control devices and method The increase of temperature in heat sensitive devices during heat generating conditions is prevented through the absorption of heat, by providing an aldehyde such as formaldehyde (methanol), acetaldehyde (ethanal), propionaldehyde (propanal), n-butyraldeh... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6238591 | Heat absorbing temperature control devices and method The increase of temperature in heat sensitive devices during heat generating conditions is prevented through the absorption of heat, by providing an organic acid such as formic acid, acetic acid, propanoic acid, butyric acid and the mixtures thereof, in a... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6235216 | Heat absorbing temperature control devices and method The increase of temperature in heat sensitive devices during heat generating conditions is prevented through the absorption of heat, by providing a bicarbonate salt, such as Lithium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Potassium Bicarbonate, Magnesium Bicarbo... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6224784 | Heat absorbing temperature control devices and method The increase of temperature in heat sensitive devices during heat generating conditions is prevented through the absorption of heat, by providing a carbonate salt, such as Lithium Carbonate and its hydrates, Sodium Carbonate and its hydrates, Potassium Ca... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6183246 | Method of heating a continuously charged furnace particularly for steel-making products, and continuously charged heating furnace The products (1) pass from a charging end (2) to a discharging end (3); at the discharging end side, the furnace exhibits a heating zone (4) equipped with air/fuel burners (41), possibly doped with oxygen, and, on the charging end side, exhibits a flue-ga... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5828039 | Method and apparatus for heating chemical used in microelectronic device fabrication A method and apparatus for heating a chemical used in microelectronic device fabrication processes. The apparatus includes a chemical supply and chemical bath for containing a chemical. A temperature sensor senses the temperature of the chemical contained... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5775889 | Heat treatment process for preventing slips in semiconductor wafers A heat treatment apparatus comprising a reaction vessel located in a vertical furnace, and a ladder boat for mounting a plurality of semiconductor wafers one above another in parallel with each other. A vertical mounting pitch of mounting the wafers on th... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5688116 | Heat treatment process A number of semiconductor wafers are held in a ladder boat at, e.g., a 3/16 inch arrangement pitch of wafers W, and the ladder boat is loaded into a vertical heat treatment furnace. Then an interior of the heat treatment furnace is heated up to 900° C. a... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5046946 | Process for firing ceramic shaped bodies and a tunnel kiln used therefor A process for firing ceramic shaped bodies is disclosed, which comprises the step of making a heating temperature in a temperature range up to a decomposing temperature of a shaping aid contained in the ceramic shaped body smaller than that in a temperatu... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5006061 | Method for bringing a plurality of steel slabs to rolling temperature in a furnace A method for bringing a plurality of steel slabs to rolling temperature uses a furnace having a controllable energy supply. To accommodate variation of slab temperature at entry, especially mixing of cold and hot slabs, at least one virtual slab correspon... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4966547 | Heat treatment method using a zoned tunnel furnace The invention relates to the control of a tunnel furnace partitioned into a plurality of zones for heat treatment of, e.g., ceramic or glass workpieces. As usual the temperatures of the respective zones are controllable individually. Furthermore, in each ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4773850 | Low profile kiln apparatus and method of using same A manufacturing method and apparatus is provided for making building and other types of brick. The apparatus requires a minimum of excess (or surge) production, utilizes automated equipment which is highly dependable and which is easily operated and contr... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4678432 | Heat treatment method A heat treatment method in which a heating furnace is preliminarily heated before carrying an object to be heat-treated in the furnace and an unit heating process is repeated at least twice according to an output program for controlling an output of a hea... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4674976 | Method for the preparation of a foamed article of a polyolefin resin A sheet of a cross-linkable and foamable polyolefin resin is thermally treated on an endless conveyor belt formed of a plain weave wire net. A plurality of parallel, spaced apart rolls are disposed in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which th... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4560346 | Method for hardening form substances of building materials containing binding agents and autoclave for the execution of the method The method relates to the hardening of form substances made of building materials and containing binding agents in a pressure chamber of an autoclave to which is conveyed a gaseous heating medium, the temperature of which is increased during a heating-up ... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4549866 | Method and apparatus for applying heat to articles and materials A heating device including a flame burner (40) and a nozzle (52) into which the flame (50) from the burner (40) is directed and in which process air is mixed with products of combustion from the flame; the nozzle (52) having hot gas discharge openings (10... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4547150 | Control system for oxygen enriched air burner A combustion controller (C) controls the relative rates at which a combustion component source (B) supplies fuel, air, and oxygen to nozzles (A). A fuel source (30) supplies fuel to the burners at a rate (50 in FIG. 2) which is appropriate to produce a de... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4518351 | Method of providing a dynamic temperature gradient A furnace and method producing a precisely controlled temperature gradient within a central bore by a plurality of heating elements sandwiched between respective insulating layers with each heating element loosely thermally coupled to a thermally conducti... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4425930 | Fluid flow control apparatus and method Apparatus and a method for controlling the flow of a fluid to a fluid-actuated system. The system is controlled by a sensor which senses a variable characteristic of the system, such as the air temperature. The apparatus includes a pair of solenoid valves... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4384848 | Process and apparatus for firing ceramic materials A process for firing ceramic bodies, in particular tiles, is disclosed, consisting in conveying the ceramic bodies through an elongated heat treatment chamber, both main faces thereof being freely exposed to heat transmission, simultaneously heating said ... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4369803 | Control of fuel gas blending In a process in which a fuel gas stream having a high BTU content is mixed with a fuel gas stream having a low BTU content to form a mixed fuel gas stream, the flow rate of the high BTU content fuel gas stream is manipulated to maintain a desired BTU cont... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4367037 | Temperature controller for photographic heat fixing unit A temperature controller for photographic heat fixing unit which may be used in an electrophotographic copying apparatus includes a main temperature for detecting the temperature of a heater or heaters in the fixing unit and an auxiliary temperature senso... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4281984 | Method of heating a side-burner type heating furnace for slab Slabs can be uniformly heated by the use of a side-burner type heating furnace having flame length-variable type burners in the side walls, each burner consisting of an inner air flow nozzle, a fuel gas nozzle and an outer air flow nozzle arranged concent... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4243441 | Method for metal strip temperature control Method and apparatus are disclosed for accurately controlling the temperature of a moving metal strip in a continuous heat treating operation. A plurality of temperature sensors are located at fixed intervals along the path of the metal strip through the ... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4214866 | Burner for high temperature combustion air A burner within which there is a jet pump means. High pressure primary combustion air is fed to an inlet in the burner housing and then through the jet pump means. The high pressure air flowing through the jet pump means draws a secondary low pressure, hi... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4197083 | Method for temperature conditioning parts Apparatus for temperature-conditioning workpieces comprises a series of bar assemblies for supporting a number of elongated molded parts in side-by-side relationship, heat transfer assemblies including horizontally spaced panels extending along a chamber,... | 04/08/1980 |
