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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173937 | Heat treatment apparatus emitting flash of light Flash lamps connected to short-pulse circuits and flash lamps connected to long-pulse circuits are alternately arranged in a line. The duration of light emission from the flash lamps connected to the long-pulse circuits is longer than the duration of light emission ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8071918 | Controller for a food holding oven A controller for a food holding oven determines one or more time periods during each of which heat is directed at a pre-cooked food item. By controlling the heat intensity and the time over which different amounts of heat are provided to different types of pre-cooke... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7935913 | Apparatus and method for thermal processing of substrate A thermal processing apparatus (1) comprises a chamber body (6), a holding part (7) for holding a substrate (9) inside the chamber body (6), a light emitting part (5) for heating the substrate (9) through light irradi... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7851727 | Method of controlling an oven with hybrid heating sources Cooking food in a hybrid conveyor with both electric and gas-fired infrared heaters. The heat output from the gas fired infrared heater is controlled by cycling or pulsing the gas supply to one or more burners that emit infrared heat by heating a nichrome screen wir... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7800023 | Conveyor oven with hybrid heating sources A conveyor oven is provided with both electric and gas-fired infrared heaters. The heat output from the gas fired infrared heater is controlled by cycling or pulsing the gas supply to one or more burners that emit infrared heat by heating a nichrome screen wire.... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7718926 | Film deposition apparatus, film deposition method, monitoring program for film deposition apparatus, and recording medium thereof In order to detect a change in the temperature of a substrate (2) and a change of the distribution of oxygen radical concentration near a surface of the substrate (2), a lamp power in each zone of a heater (3) and a pressure in a reactor (1 | 05/18/2010 |
| 7683292 | Method for cooking a food with infrared radiant heat An oven using radiant heat at infrared wavelengths optimized for producing rapid and uniform cooking of a wide variety of foods. The infrared oven toasts, bakes, broils, and reheats food at a much faster speed while maintaining high quality in taste and appearance o... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7528348 | Apparatus and method for measuring the temperature of substrates An apparatus for measuring an object temperature of an object, and including at least one heating apparatus having at least one heating element for heating an object via electromagnetic radiation. Also included is at least one first radiation detector that detects r... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7432475 | Vertical heat treatment device and method controlling the same A vertical heat processing apparatus includes a process chamber (5) defining a process field (A1) configured to accommodate a plurality of target substrates (W) supported at intervals in a vertical direction. The apparatus further includes a heating fu... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429718 | Heating and cooling of substrate support A substrate support assembly and method for controlling the temperature of a substrate within a process chamber are provided. A substrate support assembly includes an thermally conductive body comprising a stainless steel material, a substrate support surface on the... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429717 | Multizone heater for furnace The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for heating a semiconductor processing chamber. One embodiment of the present invention provides a furnace for heating a semiconductor processing chamber. The furnace comprises a heater surrounding side walls ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7414223 | Method and apparatus for monitoring safety glass production or controlling a treatment process The invention relates to a method and apparatus for monitoring safety glass production or controlling a treatment process, such as a tempering process. Information representing a load of glass panels is used in controlling a treatment process, such as heating of gla... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7402778 | Oven for controlled heating of compounds at varying temperatures An oven is provided for curing or reflowing compounds on objects, such as lead frames or other substrates. The oven comprises a heating chamber, a heating assembly mounted in thermal communication with the heating chamber to provide heat thereto, and a support assem... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7381928 | Thermal processing apparatus and thermal processing method A light source including a plurality of flash lamps emits flashes thereby flash-heating a semiconductor wafer held by a thermal diffuser and a hot plate. The current distance of irradiation between the thermal diffuser and the hot plate holding the semiconductor waf... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378618 | Rapid conductive cooling using a secondary process plane A method and apparatus for thermally processing a substrate is described. The apparatus includes a substrate support configured to move linearly and/or rotationally by a magnetic drive. The substrate support is also configured to receive a radiant heat source to pro... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7371998 | Thermal wafer processor A thermal processor may include a cooling jacket positionable around a process chamber within a process vessel or jar. A heater can move into a position substantially between the process chamber vessel and the cooling jacket. A holder having multiple workpiece holdi... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371997 | Thermal processing apparatus and thermal processing method In a thermal processing apparatus, using a lamp for heating a substrate, an opening is formed for a camera unit, which is used to image portions of an auxiliary ring supporting the substrate, to obtain the position of the center of the auxiliary ring. The camera fur... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7358200 | Gas-assisted rapid thermal processing A system, method and apparatus for processing a semiconductor device including a processing chamber and a heating assembly positioned within the processing chamber. The heating assembly including at least a plate defining an internal cavity configured to receive gas... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358462 | Apparatus and method for reducing stray light in substrate processing chambers A method and apparatus for heating semiconductor wafers in thermal processing chambers is disclosed. The apparatus includes a non-contact temperature measurement system that utilizes radiation sensing devices, such as pyrometers, to determine the temperature of the ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351936 | Method and apparatus for preventing baking chamber exhaust line clog A method and apparatus involve providing a supply of nitrogen gas, heating the supply of nitrogen gas to a temperature, and ejecting the heated nitrogen gas through the exhaust line of the baking chamber on a periodic basis. The temperature is between a temperature ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348521 | Electric oven Provided is an electric oven. The electric oven includes a cavity having an electric component room, a light wave generating unit mounted on a top surface of the cavity, the light wave generating unit including a halogen heater emitting heat and light and a connecto... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344059 | Apparatus and method for mounting an electrical connector to a glass sheet of a vehicle window An electrical connector is soldered or affixed to a conductive element of a glass sheet of a vehicular window via radiation heating of a layer of solder with an infrared radiative heating device. The heating device may include an infrared lamp and a reflector, which... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7339137 | Electric grilling appliance A food heating appliance is disclosed that comprises a chamber portion and a lid portion that defines a heating chamber. The chamber portion has a perimeter wall extending about the heating chamber and an upper opening into the heating chamber. The perimeter wall is... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335859 | Combination toaster/caramelizer oven A combination toaster/caramelizer oven for treating food products comprising: a housing; at least one heating element; a removable platen; and at least one conveyor disposed opposite the platen for conveying the food products through the housing, wherein the platen ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335858 | Toaster using infrared heating for reduced toasting time A toaster uses radiant heat at infrared wavelengths optimized for producing rapid and uniform toasting of a food product. The infrared wavelengths of the radiated heat are selected for optimum speed and quality (browning and moisture content) of the food product. Th... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335267 | Heat treating apparatus having rotatable heating unit An apparatus includes a stationary supporting base for mounting a semiconductor wafer thereon, and a rotatable heating unit having a plurality of heating lamps located above the wafer. The stationary supporting base is fixed and the rotatable heating unit rotates ho... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332691 | Cooling plate, bake unit, and substrate treating apparatus A bake unit includes a cooling plate for cooling a substrate and a lift pin assembly for loading a substrate on the cooling plate. When a wafer is cooled on the cooling plate, a guide groove is formed at the cooling plate to allow a space between the wafer and the c... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329553 | Method of fabricating one-way transparent optical system A method of fabricating a one-way transparent optical system by which external light is effectively intercepted and internal light passes nearly without loss is provided. The method includes: forming a photoresist on an upper surface of a transparent substrate; heat... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323663 | Multi-purpose oven using infrared heating for reduced cooking time An oven using radiant heat at infrared wavelengths optimized for producing rapid and uniform cooking of a wide variety of foods. The infrared oven toasts, bakes, broils, and re-heats food at a much faster speed while maintaining high quality in taste and appearance ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321722 | Method for thermal processing a semiconductor wafer A method for thermal processing a semiconductor wafer is disclosed. A rapid thermal processing (RTP) chamber encompasses a heating means, a rotation means, and a cooling system for cooling walls of said RTP chamber. A semiconductor wafer is loaded into the RTP chamb... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7317174 | Reconfigurable food heating apparatus A food heating or cooking appliance has at least one electrical heating element within its interior that is adjustable in position so as to be able to be moved close to thin or small food items under the control of a manually actuated control. A separator plate that... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316313 | Heated equipment bag This is a sports equipment bag that can be heated to provide comfort for the user of various equipment, particularly those sports involved in extremely cold temperatures, such as hockey. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317173 | Oven including smoking assembly in combination with one or more additional food preparation assemblies An oven is disclosed having a first food preparation apparatus in the form of a convection heat source and/or a steam production assembly and/or a radiating heat source, and a second food preparation apparatus in the form of a smoking assembly. The oven can operate ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312423 | Cooking device A heating cooker (100) for heating to process an object placed on a mounting base of a heating chamber (51) including at least a single piece of a rod-like heater arranged along a face member forming the heating chamber (51) and a heat shielding... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312422 | Semiconductor batch heating assembly A heat treatment apparatus for use in batch heating/wafer processing is provided, which comprises a process chamber for receiving a wafer boat, at least a heating element comprising a substrate body configured to form an electrical heating circuit for at least one h... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7307243 | Dynamic radiant food preparation methods and systems A continuous oven for heating a food product having an outer surface and an interior includes an enclosure with a first heating zone and a second heating zone. A conveyor is configured to convey the product from the first heating zone to the second heating zone. At ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7301127 | Cooking device The cooking device of the present invention operates in the 100 to 250 volt AC range acting as either, a grill, a smoker, an oven or a rotisserie. The cooking device is compact, being portable or fixed so as to allow the user to maximize limited space such as on a b... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297903 | Faster universal contact toaster A new toaster technology is provided for toasting food items. The toaster includes an inlet for receiving food items, an outlet for discharging the foot items after they are toasted and a toasting chamber located between the inlet and the outlet. In the preferred em... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294812 | Non-contact radiant heating and temperature sensing device for a chemical reaction chamber An apparatus and methods are provided for heating and sensing the temperature of a chemical reaction chamber without direct physical contact between a heating device and the reaction chamber, or between a temperature sensor and the reaction chamber. A plurality of c... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291811 | Oven for heating moving thermoplastic material container blanks An oven for heating moving thermoplastic blanks (preforms, intermediate containers), which includes conveying devices for supporting and moving the blanks sequentially while rotating each of them about its own axis. A heating device is arranged laterally to the conv... | 11/06/2007 |
