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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8030602 | Induction sealer system with temperature sensor An induction foil cap sealer of the present invention includes a cap foil sealer head installed along a conveyor. A controller is operatively connected to the cap sealer head. An infrared detector is adapted to obtain temperature data from a work piece on the convey... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7696457 | Adjustable magnetic separator A magnetic separator has a funnel-shaped inlet opening that is adapted to admit and align any misaligned workpieces moving into the separator. A view port for enables viewing of the pole pieces from a location other than the inlet opening and the outlet opening. The... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7544918 | Conveyor speed monitor An induction sealer system which includes a speed monitor to ensure proper sealing of containers. ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7528352 | Induction sealer system with temperature sensor An induction foil cap sealer of the present invention includes a cap foil sealer head installed along a conveyor. A controller is operatively connected to the cap sealer head. An infrared detector is adapted to obtain temperature data from a work piece on the convey... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7323666 | Inductively heatable components Aspects of the invention are found in a heating component having a composite material coated on a support. The composite material includes a fluorinated or silicone polymer and inductively-heatable particles. Additional aspects of the invention are found in a heatin... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7291817 | Scan induction heating An apparatus and process are provided for scan induction heating of a workpiece. The workpiece is moved through an inductor to inductively heat treat features of the workpiece with electric power of varying frequency and duty cycle to control the magnitude of electr... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7202450 | Induction coil design for portable induction heating tool A portable induction tool is provided for soldering or brazing sections of metal pipe together. A work coil head (with induction coil) is U-shaped, allowing placement of the head around lengths of pipe, heating a susceptor (e.g., the pipe) to form a joint, and then ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7176425 | Method and device for regulating the temperature of a drive element The invention relates to a device (11) and a method of regulating a temperature of a drive element (2) which can be employed in a deep-freezing application in particular, such as a band, belt or similar, in which at least a part-region of the drive ele... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7093480 | Method and apparatus to stress test medicament inhalation aerosol device by inductive heating A method and apparatus for heat stress testing medicament aerosol inhalation devices, such as a metered dose inhaler, is described. An electrical induction work coil is used to heat the inhalers to 55° C.±5° C. Heated inhalers are subsequently weighed to detect a... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7062845 | Conveyorized blind microvia laser drilling system A laser drilling system for drilling blind vias in printed circuit board panels, multichip modules and chipscale packages with top and bottom surfaces and which include multiple dielectric polymer and metal layers. The system includes a first laser module comprising... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7049565 | Inductive heating of semi-solid material The present invention utilizes a dynamically controlled frequency system for the process of induction heating semi-solid material. Semi-solid precursor material is machined into billets of a desired size. These billets are subjected to one or more heating processes ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7015436 | Apparatus for the heat treatment of foodstuffs and feedstuffs, in particular for the production of bakery products An apparatus for the heat treatment of foodstuffs and feedstuffs, in particular for the production of bakery products, such as wafer products, has a continuously moving conveying device, a device for depositing the product on the conveying device, and a device for r... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7015437 | Method device for heating fluids This present invention for an in-line fluid heater suitable for heating ultrapure fluids utilizes a radiant energy source that generates infrared radiation to heat a fluid. The fluid to be heated is passed through a vessel such as a tube. The vessel, formed of PFA o... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6963057 | Simultaneous induction heating of multiple workpieces Multiple workpieces are inductively heated by passing them through one or more induction heating coils. Passage of a section of each workpiece through a coil may oscillate in the forward and reverse directions, independent of the movement of the other workpieces, on... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6960746 | Device for instantly pre-heating dies A device for instantly pre-heating dies includes an inductive heating coil disposed between two dies. The inductive heating coil includes a spiral shape for generating high frequency induction heat energy. When the dies are separated by a mechanical arm, the inducti... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6940056 | Induction heat treatment method and coil and article treated thereby A method of induction heat treatment of articles having curved outer surfaces, such as differential housings. The method employs a semi-rectangular induction coil that is adapted to provide a plurality of lateral magnetic fields that are used to induce currents in, ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6903315 | Method and unit for wrapping an article in a sheet of thermoplastic wrapping material In a method for wrapping an article in a sheet of thermoplastic wrapping material, the temperature of an at least partly metal belt (5) looped and induction heated to seal wrapping material (4) is detected by detecting a first signal (S1) to the... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6875965 | Multiple head induction sealer apparatus and method A multiple head induction sealing system includes at least two ferrite cores mounted which are channel-shaped and arranged so that the open ends of the channels are aligned either perpendicular or parallel to a workflow direction established as the objects to be hea... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6867397 | Heating apparatus and heating stabilization device in thereof A heating apparatus includes a steel belt conveyer having a steel belt with a top part that transports and heats, and induction heating coils having an elliptical or a rectangular shape disposed under or over the top part of the steel belt such that the longitudinal... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6864461 | Fixing device for image forming apparatus A belt-type fixing device for an image forming apparatus is capable of raising a temperature to a level suitable for a fixing process in a short period of time with high heating efficiency. A fixing belt is entrained in spanning relation between a heating plate prov... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6794622 | Device and method for removal of rust and paint A method and a device for the removal of rust and paint from a metal surface, wherein induction heat is used for heating the metal surface. The device includes an electrical power supply coupled to an induction coil. A wheel and a tachometer on the device measure th... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6608290 | Method of heating metal strip and apparatus thereof The invention concerns heating metal strips or other coilable strand metal object to an elevated temperature, wherein the metal object is passed in a heating section through a furnace chamber that is made at least partly of an insulating and electrically ... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6285015 | Induction heater with a unit for preventing generation of sparks C-shaped inductors for induction heating a heated steel material that is carried via table rollers. Each C-shaped inductor includes a C-shaped iron core having a pair of legs facing each other by sandwiching a gap through which the heated steel material p... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6184508 | Apparatus for joining metal pieces using induction heating An apparatus for joining metal pieces using induction heating. Preceding and succeeding metal pieces are followed by a carriage which carries an inductor. The inductor has the ability to move in the longitudinal direction of the metal pieces relative to t... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6163562 | Induction oven for melting metals An induction heating device which raises the temperature of a metal to be heated for one of melting or hot machining while providing considerably energy saving, increasing yield and observing current safety standards. The device (10) uses a cavity (11) to... | 12/19/2000 |
| 5922234 | System apparatus and method for heating metal products in an oscillating induction furnace Disclosed is a heating system for heating metal products in an oscillating induction furnace and a method of operation of the heating system. The heating system includes an oscillating induction furnace that in turn comprises a plurality of induction coil... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5910185 | Device for the guidance of hot-rolled strip through an inductor An apparatus for guiding hot-rolled strips through an inductor, arranged between two adjacent roll stands, of an induction heating device, in particular within a finishing mill behind a strip-casting installation or thin-slab casting installation. The app... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5895599 | Induction heating device and continuous treatment installation including same A device for induction heating a continuously moving metal product in a protective atmosphere includes an induction system. A non-metallic and gas-tight enclosure is disposed around the moving product, between the product and the induction system. Uses in... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5844213 | Induction heating coil assembly for prevention of circulating currents in induction heating lines for continuous-cast products An induction heating coil assembly for use in a roller induction heating line has a magnetic shunt for receiving a portion of an electromagnetic field generated along the axis of the induction coil and directing that portion along a path parallel to a wor... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5821504 | Induction heating system for 360° curing of can body coatings A method and apparatus for 360° induction heating of a can body to cure or partially cure a protective coating applied thereto. The can bodies are inductively heated by placing them in a medium frequency, oscillating magnetic field generated by a multipl... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5752148 | Electromagnetic induction heating type fixing device and method A toner image formed on a recording member is fixed onto the recording member by a fixing device having a heatable member, a heater for heating the heatable member positioned on one side of the heatable member, the recording member being positioned on an ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5747780 | Apparatus for conveying and processing a wafer in a physically contact-free state At the front side of a wafer cassette fitted to a wafer feeding unit of a magnetic levitation wafer conveying device, a wafer stopper for preventing the wafer waiting in the wafer cassette from popping out is provided. The wafer supplied from the magnetic... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5550353 | Induction heating coil assembly for prevent of circulating current in induction heating lines for continuous-cast products An induction heating coil assembly for use in a roller induction heating line has a magnetic shunt for receiving a portion of an electromagnetic field generated along the axis of the induction coil and directing that portion along a path parallel to a wor... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5529703 | Induction dryer and magnetic separator Apparatus for inductively heating metal can lids operates at medium frequency, with a many-turn induction coil wrapped partly or entirely around the can closures. No focusing cores are required, nor need the conductors be water cooled. Can ends may be fed... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5519192 | Method and apparatus for inductively soldering electrical connector elements Electrical connector components, for example, a pin terminal constructed from a solid wire pin and a formed metal body, are attached to a web carrier and fed through an inductive heating station, thereby bonding the components together. The components are... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5483042 | Magnetic separator Apparatus for spacing a plurality of substantially plate-like ferromagnetic workpieces such as can lids, in face-to-face relationship along a row, comprises a plurality of magnetic elements, each extending longitudinally along the row and different ones o... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5448040 | Roller for furnaces, particularly for iron and steel making furnaces for heating slabs or the like A roller for furnaces, is used with a plurality of rollers substantially parallel to each other. The roller is provided with a plurality of annular collars which are side by side and spaced apart. The annular collars are cooled by means of a flow of cooli... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5308946 | Induction heating apparatus and method for heating metal strips and slabs This disclosure relates to an apparatus for and a method of electrical inductance heating of metal strips and slabs. The heating method involves a plurality of pairs of individual electrical coils exposed on opposite sides of a path of movement of a metal... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5048260 | Induction sealing machine and package wrapper useful therewith An apparatus for induction-sealing a package having sides formed of overlaying flaps with a thermoplastic material between the flaps serving as the adhesive has independently adjustable platens that bear against counter-rotating conveyor belts for applyin... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4894501 | Method and apparatus for induction heating of gear teeth A method and apparatus for induction heating and quench hardening of an undulating cylindrical surface, such as that defined by gear or sprocket teeth, provide a hardness pattern uniformly distributed to a controlled depth across and between the teeth sur... | 01/16/1990 |
