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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7411160 | Airflow system for a convection oven A convection cooking appliance includes a convection fan for establishing a convection airflow which is heated by a heating element including first and second sections that are symmetrically disposed about the convection fan substantially parallel to and downstream ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7378617 | Heating systems and methods for a cooking appliance A heating system for a cooking appliance includes a first upper heating element and a second upper heating element positioned within a cooking cavity defined by a cabinet of the cooking appliance. The cooking cavity is configured to support a food item therein durin... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7202447 | Conveyor type oven A conveyor type oven (10) for processing food products (32) and a method of use that includes heating sections and/or zones, each of the heating sections/and or zones being individually temperature controlled. The conveyor type oven (10) compris... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7133606 | Pipe heating assembly with hingedly attached light emitters A pipe heating assembly includes a housing that has a pair of openings extending therethrough. The openings are axially aligned. A light emitter is hingedly attached to the housing and is selectively positioned in a first position facing inward of the housing or in ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7078046 | Electrostatically-sprayable topical compositions having insulating external phase and conductive internal phase Disclosed are electrostatically-sprayable topical compositions, more particularly topical emulsion compositions, and methods of treating the skin by electrostatic application of such compositions. In one aspect the composition comprises an insulating external phase ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6949720 | Bottom electric heating element system for ovens A bottom electric heating element for an oven wherein the electric heating element is positioned in a recessed portion in the oven bottom and has at least one corrugated ribbon of conductive material partially embedded in an insulating base. A glass panel is positio... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6441346 | Burn-out furnace A burn-out furnace having heating system configured in a series or plurality of radiating sleeves aligned on top of one another against at least one wall of the burn-out furnace. At least one heating element is disposed in the radiating sleeves. The heati... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6384381 | Oven device for rapid heating of food items An oven device for final finishing of a food item includes an oven housing defining a heating cavity configured to receive at least one food item to be heated, and an upper heating unit within the oven housing above the heating cavity. The upper heating u... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6331212 | Methods and apparatus for thermally processing wafers The apparatus provides a temperature controlled environment for processing semiconductor wafers at elevated temperatures. A hot wall process chamber is used for the process steps. The process chamber includes three zones with independent temperature contr... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6262396 | Oven device for rapid heating of food items An oven device for final finishing of a food item includes an oven housing defining a heating cavity, and an upper heating unit disposed within the oven housing above the heating cavity. The heating cavity is configured to receive at least one food item t... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6252206 | Method and apparatus for intelligent cooking process A method and apparatus for controlling a cooking apparatus operates a plurality of cooking energy sources with a control including switches that reduce the input manipulations required by a user in order to operate one or more of the cooking energy source... | 06/26/2001 |
| 5908569 | Apparatus for producing a three-dimensional object by laser sintering An apparatus for producing a three-dimensional object by successive solidification of layers of a solidifiable material (7) at places corresponding to the respective cross-section of the object by means of radiation is provided whereby the apparatus compr... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5844205 | Heated substrate support structure A heated substrate support plate for use in a process chamber. The support plate has grooves disposed therein for receiving heating elements. The heating elements are comprised of an outer sheath, a heater coil and a heat-conducting filler material. The h... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5592581 | Heat treatment apparatus The workpiece, which is horizontally held in the treatment chamber, is heated by the planar heat generating members disposed on the upper and lower surfaces of the treatment chamber and controlled to predetermined temperature through respective heat equal... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5487224 | Device for the heat treatment of moving yarns Device for the heat treatment of moving yarns, during, for example, a texturizing stretching operation. The yarn is subject to two successive treatments, one at a high temperature, the other at a normal treatment temperature. The device is one wherein the... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5296681 | Apparatus for hot moistening face-towels An apparatus is disclosed for hot-moistening face-towels having a heating system with a heater unit and a water pipe. A metering container is provided for metering a predetermined quantity of water to be heated in the heating system, the metering containe... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5021635 | Baker's oven An electrically-heated deck type baker's oven where the electric heating elements, which are U-shaped in plan view, are supported by and slidable through metal chairs in rectangular metal tubes forming a series of lower and upper passages lining the top a... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4570053 | Apparatus for heating a turbine wheel A turbine rotor disassembly, handling and reassembly apparatus employs a feedback-controlled electric heating oven to rapidly heat a turbine wheel while the rotor shaft is in the horizontal position. An adapter interfaces the wheel to a handling spool who... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4158742 | General purpose rocket furnace A multi-purpose furnace for space vehicles used for material processing experiments in an outer space environment. The furnace contains three separate cavities designed to process samples of the widest possible range of materials and thermal requirements.... | 06/19/1979 |
