Quotables
"Radio has no future."
Lord Kelvin, British mathematician and physicist ; 1897
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 |
| 7810740 | Back illuminated photodiode array, manufacturing method and semiconductor device thereof A plurality of the recessed portions are formed in an array on the opposite surface side of the semiconductor substrate and a second conductive type semiconductor region composed of a second conductive type semiconductor is formed at bottoms of a plurality of the re... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7600696 | Hot water supply system A hot water supply system having a hot water supply system body. An operation box is inserted into a window opened in a front panel of the hot water supply system body, and a box cover having an opening to which an operation unit in a front center region of the oper... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7401743 | Holding bracket for hot-water baseboard A hydronic baseboard heater for use with PEX tubing has a hold-down bracket which is snapped into the baseboard enclosure to engage the tube of the finned tube element and provide additional support when flexible PEX tubing is used. ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7293606 | Heat exchanging apparatus A heat exchanging apparatus including a gas fuelled flameless heater and a heat exchanger loop. The heat exchanger loop includes a heat absorbing section which is contained within the flameless heater so that the flameless heater provides a heat source for the heat ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7111623 | Heat deflecting baffle for direct vent fireplace A direct vent fireplace includes a heat deflecting baffle comprised of a base member attached to the front top edge of the fireplace and an extension member telescopically attached to the base member. Each end of the extension member includes a vertical flange with ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7090142 | Hot air aggregate The invention relates to an arrangement in a hot air aggregate comprising a cover (2) having a built-in fan (3), an enclosed chamber (4) after said fan (3) which extends into a conically formed, front portion (5), to which a burner... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7028915 | Layover heating system for a locomotive A layover heating system (89) for a locomotive is provided. The layover heating system (89) is adapted to be used in conjunction with a conventional locomotive cooling systems. The layover heating system (89) includes a water tank and pump (9... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6938828 | Apparatus and method for combined generation of heat and electricity The present invention relates to an apparatus for heating fluid in a pipe system, comprising: a first burner for heating pipes of the fluid circuit; a feed for air and/or fuel for causing combustion of this mixture by the burner; a second burner for heating a head o... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6926077 | Foldable heat radiating sheet A foldable heat radiation board includes a plurality of elongated and narrow plate-like members with fluid tube embedding grooves provided therein, and the plate-like members are combined with each other in a quadrangular plan configuration. Fluid tubes are embedded... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6834710 | Pivot assembly for baseboard heater damper A pivot assembly for the damper vane of a hot water baseboard heater. The pivot asembly has a base which slides into the channels of the damper vane and a projection which snaps into a hole on a respective support bracket of the baseboard. Fingers of the projection ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6786422 | Infrared heating assembly A heating assembly for variably heating ambient air within a building. The heating assembly includes an elongated heating conduit. There may also be a plurality of heating assemblies 20 interconnected to each other to form a heating system for the building. I... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6776227 | Wellhead heating apparatus and method Apparatus and method for heating and preventing freeze-off of wellhead equipment utilize radiant heat from a flameless heater to heat fluid in a heat exchanger, such as a tank or finned radiator. A pump is used to circulate the heated fluid through a conduit loop de... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6736329 | Heating unit for heat-transfer fluid for a central heating installation A heating unit for heat-transfer fluid for a central heating installation including a tubular external wall, a first end wall and a second end wall forming a substantially cylindrical space; a first tubular internal partition located substantially concentrically wit... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6648236 | Apparatus for heat storage through a thermovector liquid This invention relates to the field of heating water for consumption, preferably but not exclusively water heated by solar energy, and more specifically the invention refers to a heat storage device which is characterized substantially by a special and in... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6626234 | Coil capacity modulator A coil modulator apparatus for use in connection with heat transfer coil assemblies found in commercial heating and air conditioning units is used to divert passage of water flow in certain sections of each tube in the coil assembly. The coil modulator ap... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6619557 | High-efficiency system for the thermoregulation of a room by silent radiant panels, particularly equipped to operate as doors A system for the thermoregulation of a room, including radiant panels, wherein the radiant panels are built up from thin rectangular cross-section channel elements which are assembled side-by-side, by inserting them by extremities thereof into slits made ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6609664 | Heating panel system A heating panel system comprises a cylindrical hot water pipe. The pipe is in a linear configuration. A plurality of rigid fins is provided. The fins have apertures. The apertures allow the fins to be positioned over the pipe. In this manner inlet opening... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6575379 | Frame structure with far infrared heating function The present invention discloses a frame structure with far infrared heating function, wherein a far infrared electro-thermal plate is mounted on the back of the canvas, and an energy chamber extends backwards from the back of the frame, and the energy cha... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6557774 | Non-pressurized space heating system and apparatus A non-pressurized hydronic space heating system for circulating heated fluid through coils placed within a dwelling or structure. The system includes a heat tank for heating liquid, and piping connected to the heat tank for receiving the heated liquid and... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6474561 | Heat supply system A heat supply system is provided which enables use of small pipes with the same diameter for both feed branch pipes and return branch pipes, thus reducing the initial cost and also suppressing heat emission loss. The heat supply system comprises a heat ex... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6299071 | Hydronic heating with continuous circulation In a hydronic heating system having a boiler hot supply water line and boiler return water line, a main hot supply water circulation loop from the boiler supply water line to the boiler return water line and one or more satellite stations in series along ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6227451 | Radiant heater system A radiant heater system of the type having an radiant energy emitter conduit, the radiant heater system comprising an emitter extending at least partly through the area to be heated. The radiant heater system further including a burner for burning fuel th... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6138662 | Heaters The invention provides a radiant heater comprising a radiative heating element (15, 16); a housing (1), the underside of which is recessed to receive the radiative heating element (15, 16), the radiative heating element being disposed beneath the housing ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6006998 | Apparatus for heating a building using a heat pipe An apparatus, based on a heat pipe, is provided for heating a building having at least one enclosed space that is bounded by a wall. The apparatus includes a plurality of passive heat transfer modules distributed along a dimension of the building and a ho... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5950720 | Ceiling radiator Ceiling radiators for the heating or cooling of rooms, with a compact design preferably made of a powder-coated, X- or similar shaped, aluminum, extruded profile. The radiator is of light weight and has high resistance to deformation, and is available up ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5479912 | Space heating appliances Space heating appliance of the radiant tube type has sheet metal or other shield formations mounted in the tube to extend downstream of fan induced gas flow from side edges of the mouth of a fluid fueled burner head which projects into the tube to feed ho... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5460415 | Integrated suspension and connection apparatus for tubular members Apparatus for suspending and connecting a pair of tubular members, particularly a pair of radiant heater tubes, wherein each tubular member has an expanded end and a straight end so that successive tubular members are connected by slip joints. The suspend... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5353986 | Demand radiant heating system A demand radiant heating system includes an elongated radiant heating tube and a burner operatively connected to the tube and a fuel regulator connected to the burner for providing fuel to the burner at a plurality of fuel pressures to provide demand heat... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5188288 | Greenhouse heating system A radiant heating system for a greenhouse utilizing radiator tubing formed from substantially gas impermeable plastic material. The system includes a radiator tube disposed overhead and formed from light transmitting material so that sunlight projecting i... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5165596 | Dual-purpose central heating boilers The connection strip is for use with a dual-purpose hot water and central heating boiler. The strip comprises four modules made of molded hard plastic and assembled side-by-side by being mutually juxtaposed with tie bars passing through them, the modules ... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5033450 | Radiant heater The present invention provides a high output radiant heater which uses a heat exchanger to obtain a variety of types of heat from a single power source. The heater is comprised of a housing; a combustion chamber in the housing, the combustion chamber defi... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4993630 | System for tempering spaces of a building System for tempering spaces of a building with ceiling or wall constructions of metal or nonmetallic parts which are fastened to the supporting or nonsupporting wall or ceiling of spaces, in which by a heat transport medium conducted through the ceiling o... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4842046 | Slim-line van heater/air conditoner unit A vehicle heater/air conditioner which includes heating and cooling coils enclosed within a housing and in flow communication with a blower member which pushes air through the housing. The housing containing the heating and cooling coils is positioned gen... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4823768 | Radiant heater The present invention provides a high output radiant heater which uses a heat exchanger to obtain a variety of types of heat from a single power source. The heater is comprised of a housing; a combustion chamber in the housing, the combustion chamber defi... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4766878 | Far-infrared radiating system In a far-infrared radiating system, a plurality of radiating units for allowing the combustion gas to pass therethrough are connected in series to form a multi-stage series-connecting construction. The combustion gas releases its heat energy in the form o... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4750546 | Automatic baseboard damper system Radiator housing assembly, for a hydronic baseboard heater for heating a room or area, forming a part of an overall building or zone heating system having a master thermostat, said assembly having a damper which is positionable between open and closed pos... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4714194 | Housing for wall mounted heating unit A sheet metal housing for containing a heater unit including an electric resistance heating element and a fan for circulating air through the heating element, and for protectively supporting such a heater unit within the interior space of a vertical build... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4712734 | Low-intensity infrared heating system with effluent recirculation A relatively low temperature, low-intensity infrared heating system in which at least a substantial portion of the effluent in the emitter tube is recirculated and mixed with the hot effluent from the burner of burners to produce a uniform system temperat... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4703889 | Space heating radiator A radiator comprising a plurality of longitudinally finned tubes formed from extruded aluminum and extending between upper and lower header pipes likewise of extruded aluminum. A water-tight joint is formed at the junction of each finned tube with the adj... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4676222 | Radiant heaters A radiant heater comprises first and second reflector portions (1, 2); first and second side reflector plates (3, 4); first and second end reflector plates (5, 6); first and second steel U-tubes (7, 8) received by the first and second portions (1, 2) resp... | 06/30/1987 |
