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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7226334 | Apparatus for making high buffer gas pressure ceramic arc tube An apparatus for making a ceramic arc tube for high intensity discharge (HID) lighting applications is provided wherein the arc tube contains a high buffer gas pressure and RF induction heating is used to melt a frit material to form a hermetic seal. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7119314 | Radio frequency and microwave radiation used in conjunction with convective thermal heating to expedite curing of an imprinted material A system and method is provided in which a radio frequency transmitter and/or a microwave frequency transmitter applies radio and/or microwave frequency energy, respectively, to an imprinted material to cure the imprinted material. In some embodiments, an oven may b... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7066731 | Method for conditioning/heat treatment A method for heat treatment of printing plates includes arranging a plurality of printing plates into a stack, interspersing a plurality of thermally conductive plates at a plurality of levels in the stack, and placing the stack of plurality of printing plates with ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6617557 | Apparatus for RF active compositions used in adhesion, bonding, and coating An RF heating system. In one aspect of the present invention, the RF heating system includes a first elongated electrode connected to a first node within an impedance matching circuit and a second elongated electrode connected to a second node within the ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6359273 | Method and apparatus for producing a unified laminated body by dielectric heating and method for dielectrically preheating a laminate structure for the unified laminated body A method of preheating a polymer plate by dielectric heating by applying a radio frequency voltage to a laminate in the direction of its lamination through electrodes; a method of producing a laminate, comprising dielectric heating a polymer plate by appl... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6225612 | Electrode structure for dielectric heating A dielectric heating or drying system incorporating an electrode structure, which is provided with wings that projects toward the opposite electrode along each side of a planar central portion of the electrode and function to improve electric field unifor... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6184510 | Cakeboard and methods of manufacturing and use A cakeboard useful for direct transfer of a cake from the oven, for finishing and serving, without the need for a cooling rack. The cakeboard can have a first layer of corrugated cardboard and a second layer of PET. The first layer can have its top liner ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6124584 | Moisture measurement control of wood in radio frequency dielectric processes A method of determining the moisture content of charge of wood having a moisture content below fiber saturation and being subjected to a Radio Frequency dielectric heating process to the degree required to control the process (e.g., terminate drying) by m... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5387782 | Apparatus for smoothing paper webs The invention relates to an apparatus for the generation of smoothness in paper. The paper (1) is thereby supplied to the rolls (2) of the smoothing mechanism with a moisture distribution which is characterized in that the moisture content in the inner la... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5300749 | Method and apparatus for the reduction of distance-dependent voltage increase of parallel high-frequency electrodes The invention concerns a method and equipment for the compensation of voltage increase in electrodes of a apparatus used to process dielectric materials. In the apparatus the electrodes are arranged parallel, at a constant distance from each other across ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5290490 | Method and apparatus for differentially heating and thermoforming a polymer sheet A method and apparatus for thermoforming 3-dimensional articles of chosen wall thickness dimensions from a polar polymer sheet. The polymer sheet is dielectrically heated, the heating being controlled to impress a predetermined thermal pattern on the shee... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5245154 | Method and apparatus for heating a wood material A wood material, into which a synthetic resin solution or the like is injected, is held from its surface and back by heating plates in a closed container. The inside of the heating plate is provided with a heating medium passageway through which a heating... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5175406 | Resonant high-frequency or micro-wave applicator for thermal treatment of continuously moving flat material A resonant high-frequency or micro-wave applicator for the thermal treatment of a flat material is disclosed. This applicator comprises a flat capacitor between the plates of which the material moves and an inductor which is constituted by a metal band ex... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5162629 | Radio-frequency veneer dryer A continuous radio frequency dryer that includes a dryer housing and a conveyor extending through the housing. The conveyor is made up of a series of conveyor rolls spaced from each other, and a pressure roll is above and parallel to each conveyor roll. P... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5116682 | Process for producing anti-wicking polyester yarn and product produced thereby A process for producing anti-wicking and water repellant polyester yarns at high processing speeds. Polyester yarn or other heat stable yarn is continuously fed to a coating station, the yarn is then coated with a fluorocarbon polymer emulsion or dispersi... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5074055 | Apparatus for heating a dielectric web or sheet material or for decreasing its moisture content The invention concerns equipment for drying of a web material (1) or for equalization of its moisture content by means of induction heating. The web is passed between the rolls in two or more pairs of rolls (2,3; 4,5; 6,7). High-frequency energy is passed... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5024004 | Radio frequency air float bar A radio frequency air float bar for use in floating and drying a continuous planar web of a material in a dryer. Radio frequency energy in an air bar accelerates drying, or evaporation of solvents, or curing of planar web material passing in proximity to ... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4873407 | Dielectric cross machine moisture control In a method for applying heat to a web, the web is subjected to dielectric heating in discrete segments, arranged transverse to the web, by modules containing pairs of electrodes. The heat thus generated can be used to vary the moisture and/or temperature... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4845329 | Moisture removal from visual glass surfaces by dielectric heating In an automotive vehicle having a visual glass pane subject to collecting vision obscuring moisture in the form of ice, frost, mist, fog, etc., apparatus is provided for removing the collected moisture. Specifically, the apparatus comprises a transparent ... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4499358 | Driving circuit for radio frequency dryer A driving circuit for supplying a radio frequency electrical signal to the applicator section of a radio frequency dryer includes a voltage controlled oscillator, supplying a signal to an amplifier circuit. The amplifier circuit supplies an amplified sign... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4353355 | Solar energy collectors An improved method of making a solar energy collector is disclosed. The method involves fusing a collector panel to headers using a high frequency magnetic field. End fitments are also fused to the headers. Other improvements in solar energy collectors pe... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4316709 | Continuous belt press with capacitative heating means A continuously operating heat-treatment press in which a continuously advanced layer (7) of material under pressure, for example including glue-coated wood chips, is heated dielectrically. The press is of the kind which comprises at least one endless, con... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4296555 | Methods and apparatus for conditioning plywood veneer with high frequency radio energy There are disclosed in the present application, methods and apparatus for reprocessing sheets of veneer which have received an unsatisfactory first drying treatment resulting in wide variations in the percentage of moisture in various parts of a given she... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4258240 | Method and apparatus for radio frequency drying of lumber In a method of drying boards by radio-frequency heating a stack of boards is passed between live and earthed electrodes. The connections to the electrodes are periodically reversed so that each is alternately live and earthed; this increases the uniformit... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4242805 | Method and apparatus for drying a thick wet layer coated on one face of a cardboard sheet A method for drying a thick wet layer coated on one face of a cardboard sheet, the method being, of the type in which the coated cardboard sheet is fed continuously and a high frequency electric field is applied thereto in such manner that the lines of fo... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4156805 | Machine for heat treating objects of great length The machine comprises two electrodes connected to a high frequency electric current generator and adapted to subject the object to be heated to an electric field. The first electrode comprises a table provided with at least one opening through which proje... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4135957 | Method for sealing plastic sheets A method and apparatus are disclosed for sealing flexible plastic sheets together. The method is performed by use of a die wherein a pair of longitudinal grooves are provided at the edge of the sealing area. The die is connected to a source of radio frequ... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4124430 | Electronic sealing apparatus An apparatus for use in sealing layers of thermoplastic material together from one side of the layers includes a heat sealing electrode having a first conductive element mounted on a support and adapted to be connected to a source of high frequency energy... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4083745 | Apparatus for promoting the setting of adhesive on stacks of sheets in bookbinding machines A bookbinding machine wherein stacks of signatures are transported by the holders of an endless conveyor which moves the stacks seriatim along a paster. The paster coats the backs of successive stacks with wet adhesive and the stacks are thereupon transpo... | 04/11/1978 |
