Bizarre Patents
Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7504605 | Heating apparatus The heating apparatus of a surface-heating type, includes a rotary member, an opposing member that forms a nip with respect to the rotary member, and a heating member for heating a portion of a rotary member surface other than the nip, in which temperature used for ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7427727 | Fixing apparatus and an image formation apparatus A fixing apparatus and an image formation apparatus are disclosed. The fixing apparatus includes two or more heaters with temperature detecting function that generate heat with electric current and detect temperature; a heating unit that includes the heater with the... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7314696 | Electrophotographic toner and development process with improved charge to mass stability Toners and developers are disclosed. The toner of the present invention contains at least one toner resin, at least one charge control agent, at least one surface treatment agent, and optionally at least one release agent and/or colorant. The toners of the present i... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7294810 | Heater, fixing device and image forming apparatus A heater includes: a hollow tube sealed hermetically and reduced in pressure, the interior of the hollow tube being divided by at least one partition wall into a plurality of regions arranged side by side in a longitudinal direction of the tube; an electron source p... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7193180 | Resistive heater comprising first and second resistive traces, a fuser subassembly including such a resistive heater and a universal heating apparatus including first and second resistive traces A resistive heater adapted for heating a fuser belt is provided. The heater comprises a substrate, a first resistive trace formed over the substrate, and a second resistive trace formed so as to at least partially overlap the first resistive trace. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7016632 | Electrophotographic toner and development process using chemically prepared toner Development systems and methods for developing using chemically prepared toners are disclosed. The present invention further discloses developers used in development systems. The use of chemically prepared toners with hard magnetic carrier particles with a non-magne... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6944394 | Rapid response electric heat exchanger A fluid heat exchanger for use in a fluid heating system is disclosed that includes a rapidly heatable inside tube surrounded by a hollow outside tube for heating a fluid flowing between the inside tube and the outside tube for circulation through the fluid heating ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6782802 | Roller grill assembly for cooking human food A roller grill assembly for cooking human food has a plurality of horizontally aligned roller tubes which can be arranged to extend at an angle of about 3° to 5° are rotatably mounted to a housing frame. A sealing assembly comprises a bearing member and an annular... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6744014 | Apparatus for controlling temperature of moveable electrically heated objects/drums A temperature controlled apparatus comprising: an object having a surface and being rotatable about an axis; an electrical heater assembly thermally coupled to the surface of the object; a temperature sensor assembly mounted on the object for sensing the temperature... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6594455 | Electrical connection between an external power supply and a heater for a fusing roller hermetically sealed within the fusing roller used in an electrophotographic image formation apparatus A fusing roller having an electrical connection between the heater and the external power supply of an electrophotographic image formation apparatus is provided. The fusing roller having an electrical connection between the heater and the external power s... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6486448 | Method for heating of a roll and a heatable roll A heated roll and a method for heating of a roll, in particular of a press roll or calender roll in a paper or board machine. The roll has a hollow, tubular roll mantle. The roll is heated with electric current by means of electrical resistors fitted insi... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6393971 | Roller grill assembly for cooking human food A roller grill assembly for cooking human food has a plurality of roller tubes rotatably mounted to a housing frame. A sealing assembly comprises a bearing member, and an annular sealing member. The bearing has a bore for receiving a roller tube. The bear... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6248978 | Heater comprising temperature sensing element positioned on electrode A heater includes a substrate having a high heat conductivity; a resistive layer on the substrate, for generating heat up on electric power supply; an output electrode on the substrate; and a temperature sensing element having an output portions placed on... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6051819 | Method and device for temperature control of hot tap-water A method and a device for controlling the temperature of hot tap-water, which is heated on the secondary side of a heat exchanger. In order to achieve a quick response and a good temperature stability, the changes of the temperature and the flow of the ho... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6007971 | Apparatus, system, and method for processing photothermographic elements An apparatus, system, and method for processing photothermographic elements. The apparatus thermally develops a photothermographic element by heating the photothermographic element between a heated member, having a resilient layer, and a plurality of roll... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5821499 | Heated roller assembly A heated roller assembly (10) is disclosed having a rotatable roller (12). The roller (12) has a generally cylindrical section (20) with an outer diameter D and includes an inner insulative layer (36) thereover, a conductive layer (38) over the inner insu... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5737664 | Overheating prevention device for a fixing unit When the surface temperature of a heating roller exceeds a predetermined temperature, bearings that rotatably support the heating roller melt. Thus, a pressuring roller causes the heating roller to move toward a temperature detecting device. Thus, the hea... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5726425 | Tubular Heating element with elastic electrode A heating element having an electrically heatable layer comprises a support tube (16) provided with an electrically resistive heating layer (14), and electrodes for applying a voltage to the resistive heating layer (14). At least one electrode is provided... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5693243 | Method and apparatus for heat treatment of an element by treatment devices engaging the element on both sides In the apparatus (10) and the method according to the invention, two temperature treatment devices (e.g., laminating rollers 14, 16) which are to be contacted with an element to be subjected to heat treatment (e.g., proof 50 with color particles 52), are ... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5677719 | Multiple print head ink jet printer An ink jet printer has multiple print heads for ejecting ink in response to signals supplied in sequence to cause ejection of ink in forming an image. The ink is ejected upon an ink transfer medium, and an energy source is adapted for application of heat ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5666593 | Resistance Temperature Detector (RTD) sensor for a heat and pressure fuser A temperature sensor for use in connection with a heat and pressure roll fuser which minimizes the problem of gloss variation due to fuser roll wear caused by sensor contact with the fuser roll surface. To this end, one or more Resistance Temperature Dete... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5624593 | Yarn advancing heated godet having temperature controlling sensors Described is a godet (2) for guiding and advancing endless filament yarns, which comprises one or several heating zones along its casing (3), the heat that is applied by the heating elements (7-10) to the godet casing (3) being scanned by a multiple tempe... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5532807 | Heating roller having electrodes for supplying power to a heating element In a heating roller, electrode members come in contact with power supplying members for supplying power to a heating element. The electrode members are resiliently fitted to the heating element. Power is supplied from the power supplying members to the he... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5475200 | Field replaceable thermistor wear tape A wear resistant member is loosely disposed about a thermistor in contact with a thermistor bead such that it is between the bead and a heated fuser member and completely surrounds the components of the thermistor. The wear resistant member is in the form... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5402211 | Heated fixing roller with selectively heatable portions A fixing roller device which is capable of dividing the heating area into a plurality of separately heatable different parts both in the circumferential direction of the heater roller, as well as in the direction parallel to the axis of the heater roller.... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5286950 | Fixing device and heat roller therefor The invention relates to a technique which enables good electric contact to be surely made between a heat roller and conducting terminals serving as feed means. The heat roller comprises a heating portion and shaft portions which are integrally molded fro... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5245160 | Heat pipe roller with temperature sensor A heat pipe roller includes a rotatable outer tube having a primary internal chamber for containing a fluid, a heater operable to heat the fluid and hence the tube, and a sensor. The sensor has a movable member which communicates with the primary chamber ... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5191381 | PTC ceramic heat roller for fixing toner image A heating device, which can be used in the fixing unit of an image forming apparatus, such as an electrophotographic copying or printing machine, for fixing a toner image on a sheet of image transferring medium, includes a ceramic heat roller whose body i... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5164570 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus comprising a heat roll for fusing an toner image transferred onto a sheet by heating; a switching device for starting conduction of a heater installed within the heat roll; a temperature control device for controlling the surf... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5159166 | Drawroll unit The drawroll unit has a heatable galette in which the shaft of the gallette is mounted in bearings which, in turn, are mounted via vibration damping devices in a stationary housing. The vibration damping devices may be in the form of bodies of interlaced ... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5101087 | High-temperature rollers utilizing fluidized bed A mill roll having a pair of ceramic, hollow rollers with the chambers defined in each filled with a plurality of particles with spaces defined therebetween including means to enter fuel therein to be burned to heat the rollers to incandescent temperature... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5074019 | Roll with induction heating arrangement In a roll with a roll shell or jacket which is rotatable about a support or beam, the inner side of the rotatable roll shell or jacket is heated by means of an induction coil which is operated at high frequency and provided, for example, at a support elem... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5019693 | Temperature control method and apparatus for fusing roller The surface temperature of a fusing roller is controlled by sensing both the surface temperature and the temperature of a source of heat for said roller. Each temperature is compared to a nominal temperature for each to derive two error signals. The two e... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4891495 | Temperature control device for heat-roll fusing apparatus A temperature control device adapted to increase the roll surface temperature to the fusing temperature after initiation of power supply. When the roll surface temperature is to be increased from a level below a reference temperature, the current is suppl... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4883941 | Filament wound foil fusing system An instant-on fuser having a cylindrical, relatively thin fiber wound cylinder supporting a resistance wire, heating foil, or printed circuit secured on the outside surface of the cylinder or embedded to the surface of the cylinder. The interior of the cy... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4818846 | Electric hotplate and apparatus for the connection thereof The present invention relates to an apparatus for connecting appliance lines to cooking plates, hobs or hotplates. Our of the bottom of the electric hotplate, connecting pins (19b) extend for connection to connecting members (33) of a connecting piece (31... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4745430 | Malfunction detecting device in use for the fixing device of an image-forming apparatus A temperature control device uses a thermo-sensitive element to detect the temperature of an imaging system heated fixer device member. A comparator compares the potential generated by the thermo-sensitive element corresponding to the detected temperature... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4736090 | Electric heating circuit A temperature sensitive control circuit for an electrically heated rotatable drum (11) including an internally disposed electric heater (27) and an electric temperature sensor (28) and, outside of the drum, an electric supply (30) for heating the heater a... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4714819 | Directly heating fixing apparatus having current collecting bearings A directly heating type fixing apparatus for use in an image forming device such as an electronic copying machine, has a heating roll which includes an heat generating electric resistance layer and a toner releasing layer both formed on the surface of a c... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4693179 | Temperature controlled rotary screen printing apparatus A rotary screen printing apparatus for delivering coating fluid from the inside of a print cylinder through patterned openings onto an adjacent advancing substrate, having a print cylinder support frame, a drive mechanism for rotatably driving the print c... | 09/15/1987 |
