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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8115139 | Heatable infrared sensor and infrared thermometer comprising such an infrared sensor An infrared sensor with an electrically heatable sensor housing. The housing including a heating device in the form of a strip conductor-like electric heating track, which is controlled by a control device, and applied onto a ceramic substrate. The ceramic substrate... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7732735 | Hot melt adhesive hose assembly having redundant components A new and improved hot melt adhesive hose assembly has a hot melt adhesive hose core, a pair of heater circuits wrapped around the external peripheral surface of the hose core, and a pair of temperature sensors also disposed in contact with the external peripheral s... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7732736 | Hot melt adhesive hose assembly with thermal fuse link A hot melt adhesive hose assembly comprises a heater circuit wrapped around an external surface portion of the hose assembly, a temperature sensor, and an elongated thermal fuse which is likewise wrapped around an external surface portion of the hose assembly such t... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7723647 | Information communication systems between components of a hot melt adhesive material dispensing system A hot melt adhesive material dispensing system includes a communication system for transmitting information or data between the adhesive supply unit (ASU) and one or more applicator heads, wherein the number of hard wires actually interconnecting the adhesive supply... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7705272 | Bolt heater assembly unit having junction housing configuration A bolt heater including a junction housing, a handle attached and secured to a wall of the housing solely from an exterior of the housing, such as by a threaded connection, a power cable including a fitting attached directly to the wall of the housing, and an electr... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7601931 | Method and apparatus for joining plastic pipe A simpler method and apparatus for joining plastic pipe (2) is provided by creating a flange ring (4) on the end of a plastic pipe (2), the flange ring (4) being cut from a short length of a larger dimension plastic pipe selected or machi... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7365288 | Heater assembly for dryer A heater assembly for a dryer is stably assembled and reduces noise. The heater assembly for a dryer includes hot wires electrically heated an insulator provided with a groove at the center, having lower and upper portions into which the hot wires are fixed, and a p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7332696 | Food warming or cooling package thermometer assembly The present invention is a thermometer assembly adapted to be utilized to sense the temperature of a material within a container, such as a food item heating or cooling container. The assembly includes a spout connected to the container, a closure releasably engagea... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7312421 | Detachable heat sealing apparatus A detachable heat sealing apparatus includes a size-adjustable unitary externally-attached electric heating device and a power supplier, wherein the electric heating device is coupled to the external front side of a power supplier holding casing by means of a detach... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303385 | Heating tool for shaping soft materials and shaping apparatus using the same A heating tool for shaping a soft material is provided. The heating tool is mounted to a predetermined position of a shaping apparatus and connected to a power source provided at a predetermined position of the shaping apparatus to melt and shape the soft material u... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7217072 | Tool holder for a tool, especially a boring, milling or rubbing tool, which can be rotated about a rotational axis A tool holder for a tool which can be rotated about an axis of rotation, in particular a drilling, milling or reaming tool, comprises a clamping shank which, in an end shank region (7), has an accommodating opening (9) which is central in relation to t... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7208706 | Shrinking arrangement for a tool holder The invention relates to a shrinking device for shrinking a rotary tool into a central receiving opening of a toolholder which holds said rotary tool in a press fit. The device an induction heating device for thermally expanding the toolholder in the area of the rec... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7199333 | Branding iron A personalized branding iron with interchangeable symbols, including: a handle arrangement having a first end and a second end; a mounting arrangement mechanically connected to the first end; and at least one unitary substantial symbol configured for branding. The m... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7182558 | Tool holder for a tool that can rotate about an axis of rotation A tool holder is disclosed for a boring, milling or reaming tool that can rotate about an axis of rotation. At the end of its clamping shank that is located on the side of the tool, the tool holder has a bush part with a mounting opening, which is centered with rega... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7147410 | Tool head for holding a tool in a machine tool A tool head for securing a tool in a machine tool has a stationary spindle bearing housing, a spindle rotatably supported in the spindle bearing housing, and a modular tool changing insert for receiving a tool. The tool changing insert is exchangeably arranged on th... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7078653 | Diving mask with adjustable included angle of frame An adjustable diving mask with a frame assembly has two-frames for mounting two lenses, and an angle adjusting mechanism mounted between the two frames for adjusting the included angle between the two frames, and accordingly, the included angle between the two lense... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7064300 | Surface analysis preceding electrofusion of thermoplastics A method and apparatus achieves making a surface-analysis determination precedent to allowing an electrofusion welding operation on pipe stock which is prescribed to be scraped, skinned or cleaned of surface contaminants prior to being graded ‘passable’ for such... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7039300 | Identification of electric heater capacity An electric heater is provided with an identifying resistor associated with a connection between the heater and a fan control. When the electric heater is connected to the control, the identifying resistor provides information with regard to the capacity of the part... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038171 | Household electric appliances A household electric appliance including a heating part and titanium oxide particles to be activated by heating, the heating part being a heating device inherently possessed by the household electric appliance and/or an additional heating device not inherently posse... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6938339 | Method and apparatus for forming an inlet and outlet face of a catalyst support An apparatus for forming shaped surfaces of an elongate substrate is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first and second collar spaced along the substrate, wherein a cutting filament extends between the collars. The collars are selectively rotated to pass the cutti... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6940046 | Methods of and apparatus for joining profile sections by differentially heating the profile sections and connecting material A method and apparatus for joining the ends of two profile sections (5, 6) such as two sealing, trimming or finishing strips for use in motor vehicle body construction, is shown. The two profile sections (5, 6) are clamped in respective retaining devic... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6933470 | Incremental seal wire activation A method and apparatus for incremental seal wire activation, in one embodiment, is a method of sealing a seam of a bag. The method includes sealing a first side of the seam utilizing a first configuration. The method farther includes vacuuming gases from the bag. Th... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6928911 | Method and apparatus for cutting tire ply stock Method and apparatus for severing tire ply stock (S) wherein the apparatus includes a knife assembly (14) utilizing a blade (50) having a curved leading edge (58) and a straight trailing edge (62) which meet at a leading point (66)... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6905572 | Flexible imaging member seam treatment apparatus A belt seam treatment apparatus includes a support element with a smooth surface that supports the seam region of the belt, a heat source that heats a treatment strip and the belt seam region, and a pressure applicator that forces the treatment strip against the bel... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6877540 | Apparatus for automated manufacture of welded foam structures An apparatus and device for fusing two or more foam components together by thermal welding, has an interface blade adapted for placement at an interface of foam components to be fused together, and a nozzle proximate to the interface blade for distributing a heated ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6861625 | Shrinking device for a toolholder The invention relates to a shrinking device (1) for shrinking a rotary tool (5) into a central receiving opening of a toolholder (3) which holds said rotary tool (5) in a press fit. The device comprises an induction heating device (15,... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6838641 | Thermal binding device The invention relates to a device for producing bound written material with representative covers, for marketing texts, magazines, construction plans, collections of drawings, contracts, offers and promotional literature (catalogues) as required in small to medium s... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6794609 | Prosthetic device for use with touch-screen displays Representative embodiments provide for a prosthetic device, including a pointer region, an electrically conductive touch pad supported by the pointer region and configured for selectively contacting a touch-screen display, and an electric heating circuit which is co... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6709180 | Ergonomic wax pen An ergonomic wax pen has an ergonomic case (1) with optionally finger-squeeze control of pressure to force out molten wax (7) from a wax chamber (6) through an extrusion nozzle at an extrusion end (3) to which predetermined application ti... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6657170 | Heat retentive inductive-heatable laminated matrix An induction heatable body (22) that quickly heats to a desired temperature, retains heat long enough to be used in almost any application, and develops no "hot spots" even when heated by a heating source having an uneven magnetic field distribution. The ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6479798 | Device and procedure of forming a point on wire ends A device for forming a pointed wire tip on the ends of wires is provided. The device has receiving elements for receiving a wire, and heating device. The device stretches the wire causing the wire to taper and break resulting in the formation of a pointed... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6268589 | Controller and sterilizable head for a device for heating clips with shape memory A device for heating and closing heat-retractable clamps for surgical use includes a housing which encloses an electronic power and control circuit, a power cord connected to the circuit, and a heating unit for applying heat to the clamps. The electronic ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6127657 | Clamping soldering device An air-operated soldering device includes a pair of air cylinders which are operable to clamp a workpiece between the cylinders and a base. A clip holder is then advanced against the workpiece by a clip holder air cylinder. A pair of electrodes are then a... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6105824 | Auto shut-off glue gun The present invention relates to a glue gun for selectively supply molten adhesive. The glue gun comprises a housing, an actuator movable between actuated and non-actuated positions, and a nozzle configured to allow molten adhesive to flow therethrough. T... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6060694 | Device for heating up tool holder A device (1) is provided for heating up a tool holder which is part of a tool clamping chuck. Tool clamping chucks of this type have a coupling part which can be inserted into a machine tool. The tool holder, which can be removed from the chuck or is conn... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6020574 | Sterile containment welding device with self-monitoring heater unit for plastic tubes A sterile containment welding device includes a self-monitoring heater unit upstream from the space between the tube receiving channels. The wafer is positioned in the unit and mounted for movement through the unit prior to moving through the space. The s... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6018141 | Method for heating a tooling die A method is provided for heating the surface of a tooling die. In the method, a heater element consisting of a fabric layer composed of conductive fibers is incorporated into the surface of a tooling die or mold. The heater element is attached to a power ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5973295 | Heated tool positioned in the X,Y, and 2-directions for depositing fine lines on a substrate A heated apparatus, positioned in the X, Y, and Z directions, for forming fine lines of molten material on a substrate. The apparatus includes a pen having a refractory tip wetted with material in a molten state. The tip is attached to a V-shaped heater t... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5971250 | Contactless bonding tool heater In a pick and place machine of the type having an X-Y movable bond head there is provided a vertically movable pick up tool in the bond head having a tip for picking up and placing a device. The tip of the bonding tool is mounted opposite a radiant heatin... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5958270 | Wire bonding wedge tool with electric heater In a wedge tool having a heating device, a metal rod having a heating line, a conductive wire or a thin film-type heating plate is disposed at a predetermined portion of the wedge tool, to which power is supplied through a power supply unit, respectively,... | 09/28/1999 |
