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| 7297902 | High performance defrosters for transparent panels The present invention provides a window assembly having a transparent panel and a conductive heater grid formed integrally with the transparent panel. The conductive heater grid has a first group of grid lines and a second group of grid lines, with opposing ends of ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290482 | Toaster with removable imaging plates A toaster system having selectively removable imaging plates is provided. The system includes a toaster having at least one toast receiving compartment with heating elements disposed along both sides thereof for facing the food item to be toasted. The system also in... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7212718 | Apparatus and method for heat-treatment of optical fiber reinforcing member and optical fiber fusion splicing apparatus A heat-treatment apparatus according to the present invention comprises a sheet-like heating body, which is bent like a letter “U”, and a heat equalizing plate constituted by a metal plate bonded to a heat generating part of the sheet-like heating body. The heat... | 05/01/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7154072 | Method of using open coil resistance heater in appliances with right and left hand installation capability An open coil resistance heater assembly is made for universal mounting between left and right hand installations in an appliance or other equipment. The heater assembly has its coils arranged symmetrically about a bisecting plane of the heater assembly and/or a cent... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7064303 | Tubular heater and method of manufacture A tubular heater that is manually bendable to fit into a channel comprises a heating element positioned in an insulative material such as magnesium oxide and encased in a continuous inner nickel tubular sheathing. An outer sheathing, in a preferred embodiment, compr... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7003985 | Method and apparatus for removing polymeric coatings from optical fiber in a non-oxidizing environment In accordance with the invention, the polymeric coating is removed from a coated optical fiber by disposing the fiber within a non-oxidizing environment and applying sufficient heat to volatilize at least a portion of the polymeric coating. The result is that the co... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7005617 | Apparatus and method for thermally cycling samples of biological material with substantial temperature uniformity An apparatus for thermally cycling samples of a biological material including a thermal block assembly including a plurality of sample holders for receiving samples of biological material; a heat sink thermally coupled to the thermal block assembly, the heat sink tr... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6949718 | Frost removal device for thawing frozen ground in work areas A device used to thaw a volume of frozen ground where there is a need to dig a posthole, concrete footing, grave, or other cavity, essentially comprises an inverted housing having a closed top and open bottom and one or more light bulbs for providing heat, which are... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6949725 | Zone heating of specimen carriers The present invention relates to heating of samples in specimen carriers, and more particularly to the heating of zones of a specimen carrier for differential heating of samples in a specimen carrier, including a specimen carrier in the form of a metallic sheet, in ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6518551 | Apparatus and a method for heating a protective member for an optical fiber fusion splicing part A heating apparatus includes a heater 6 which includes a first heating conductor pattern 1, a second heating conductor patterns 2 and an elongated plate-shaped member 3 made of heat-resistive and insulated material. The first heating conductor pattern 1 i... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6463999 | Multiloop temperature control system A multiloop temperature-control system has a hydraulic bus connected to a plurality of loops for the temperature-control medium and respective hydraulic modules connected to the hydraulic bus, and through the hydraulic bus, to these loops. Plug connectors... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6452135 | Heating unit with selectively energized heating modules A heating unit is provided with heating modules in a housing. Each module has a heating element. An electrical connection is attached to each heating module such that each heating module can be selectively energized to heat its heating element to a high t... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6437299 | Heating apparatus for splice protector with separate heating conductor patterns A heating apparatus includes a heater 6 which includes a first heating conductor pattern 1, a second heating conductor patterns 2 and an elongated plate-shaped member 3 made of heat-resistive and insulated material. The first heating conductor pattern 1 i... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6414281 | Hot-toe multicell electric heater A multicell heater is shown with typically round outer tubing, containing a plurality of resistive heating elements having a common inner sheath. The inner sheath has a preferably non-circular cross-section and is given a hairpin bend to form a "U" shape.... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6330849 | Stand for an electric pot A stand for an electric pot has a support extending out from a peripheral edge of a base of the stand and a plate integrally formed with the support and being adapted to receive and support cups on the plate. When the water within the electric pot is boil... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6323472 | Radiant electric heater for a microwave oven A microwave oven (1) comprises an oven cavity (3) containing a rotatable turntable (4) for supporting one or more items to be heated. A radiant electric heater (5) is arranged for location above the turntable (4) and comprises at least one first heating e... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6273625 | Wax applicator with removable side cover A wax applicator for depilation has one of its side walls forming a removable cover having transparent or partially transparent properties. The body of the applicator presents a U-shaped outline designed to permit insertion of a wax cartridge. The cover h... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6091059 | Heat roller device A low cost, compact heat roller device is provided which includes a heat generating resistance for increasing the temperature of the heat roller wherein the heat generating resistance is divided into two parts in order to correspond to passage widths of d... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6002116 | Heater coil mounting arrangement There is disclosed an arrangement for mounting a heating coil relative to a supporting wall of a clothes dryer heater housing. An insulator has a main body portion adapted to secure the heating coil relative thereto and a base portion adapted to be seated... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5928544 | Cooking appliance with movable base unit having two heating elements providing heat from above or below the food to be cooked A cooking appliance having a hob surface is provided with a hob heating element provided in the top surface of a base unit. The base unit is arranged to be capable of being raised above the level of the hob surface in order to expose a further heating ele... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5925273 | Electric multi-stage heater assembly An electric multi-stage heater assembly that provides multi-level heating using a plurality of separately controllable heating elements within a housing that is readily interchangeable with standard single-stage heater housings that can be controlled by c... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5896915 | Rethermalization system A rethermalization system for heating refrigerated food on trays, maintaining the food in a refrigerated condition until heated, and heating some of the food to a desired temperature at a serving time while maintaining the rest of the food in a refrigerat... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5797445 | Refrigerated rethermalization cart An integrated refrigeration and rethermalization system for storage of prepared meals in a refrigerated state, rethermalization of the meals in accordance with a rethermalization program, and maintenance of the rethermalized meals at a desired serving tem... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5771959 | Rethermalization system A rethermalization system for heating refrigerated food on trays, maintaining the food in a refrigerated condition until heated, and heating some of the food to a desired temperature at a serving time while maintaining the rest of the food in a refrigerat... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5765471 | Tortilla warming device An apparatus for warming one or a plurality of tortillas or other unleavened breadstuffs individually, on both sides at once, and simultaneously in a traditional manner. The electric kitchen appliance of this device is efficient and easy to use and meets ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5454427 | Rethermalization system having microcontroller computed start times and microcontrollers controlling heaters A rethermalization system for rethermalizing refrigerated foods in an institutional food service setting is disclosed. A rethermalization cart is provided with a plurality of trays for supporting food items to be served. The trays are supported on heater ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5320030 | Pancake maker A pancake maker in which several batter-filled containers are simultaneously placed within a heating device to make pancakes. All the resulting pancakes are uniformly shaped and cooked and can be quickly produced. This invention is applicable to the indiv... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5183524 | Device for insertion by welding of a plastic pipe section into a shaped plastic piece A device for insertion of a plastic pipe section into a shaped plastic piece for welding in accordance with a heating element method. Two carriages, which each have a clamping element, are positioned on a base frame and can be displaced with respect to ea... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5154338 | Solder reflow furnace A reflow furnace has a tunnel through which a conveyor for printed circuit boards passes. A plurality of pairs of panel-type blowers capable of blowing hot gas are disposed in the tunnel. The two panel-type blowers in each pair are disposed opposite one a... | 10/13/1992 |
| 4512133 | Device for sterilizing a thermoplastic strip used for the hot-forming of sterile containers and sterile packaging installation using the device An apparatus for sterilizing a thermoplastic strip moving forward stepwise and used in the production of hot-formed containers which, after forming, are filled and sealed in a sterile atmosphere, wherein prior to the strip softening operation, the surface... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4489235 | Hydrocolloid conditioner apparatus A microprocessor controlled hydrocolloid conditioner comprising a frame, a bath tank separably supported by said frame for containing water heated to a pre-determined temperature useful in the conditioning of hydrocolloid material, heating means comprisin... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4398083 | Electric heating apparatus for pre-heating and molding fillet-forming wax strips An electric heating apparatus for softening and molding fillet wax strips used in foundry molds and castings includes a housing supporting a plurality of electric radiant heaters, such as lamps, above a platform for holding strips of fillet wax during pre... | 08/09/1983 |
