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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7332694 | Heating resistances and heaters A heating resistance 1 comprises a shaped body of a band made of a conductive material obtained by bending the band in a shape of a wave. The heating resistance 1 is fixed to a substrate made of an insulating material to obtain a heater. Alternatively,... | 02/19/2008 |
| 6963050 | Paver and heating element A paver having a paving screed and at least one working component which is heated by at least one electric heating element and a smoothing plate, with the heating element being secured in heat tampering condition at a heating area of the working component. The heati... | 11/08/2005 |
| 5850073 | Electric heating element and heater assembly Disclosed is an improved electric heater assembly suitable for heating molten metal, the electric heater assembly having a sleeve comprised of a closed end suitable for immersing in the molten metal. The sleeve is fabricated from a composite material comp... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5235311 | Magnetic variable resistor A magnetic variable resistor has an elongated band of electrically resistive magnetic material, with the side edges tapered to a sharp point so that the skin effect causes current to migrate to the edges to create greater resistance. A layer of insulating... | 08/10/1993 |
| 4754124 | Resistance heaters A resistance heater for performing heat treatment of the braze-affected area of a metallic sleeve attached by brazing within and to a metallic tube, comprises a metal tube (10) of which a portion (16) is formed with a spiral groove (11) which penetrates t... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4700170 | Condition sensing rheostat and method of manufacture A wound wire rheostat for a fuel level sender or other condition sensor and its method of manufacture, that eliminate wire snapping by heat staking selected portions of the wire into its plastic support board.... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4553125 | High voltage resistance element A resistance element capable of withstanding a high voltage is formed through impurity diffusion in a single crystal island of a semiconductor integrated circuit substrate. The resistance element includes a resistive region formed in an exposed surface of... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4477717 | Fast start glow plug A glow plug has an outer metal housing have a wall defining an internal axially extending bore and a tubular heater that has an external tubular sheath of metal with a heated end of the sheath extending outwardly of the housing and an opposite internal en... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4423309 | Quick heat self regulating electric glow heater A sheathed electric heater especially of the type used as diesel engine glow plugs has a dual coil heating element including separate tip heater and PTC body control coils thermally isolated by a low resistance connector section made from interengaging sm... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4393299 | Electric radiant heater unit for a glass ceramic top cooker An electric radiant heater unit for a glass ceramic top cooker includes an inner circular heating coil and an outer annular coil surrounding the circular coil. The two coils are separated by a dividing wall of thermal insulating material and the annular c... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4230933 | Electric air heating element An electric air heating element is designed for positioning in the cylindrical or conical outlet tube of a hair dryer. It consists of a star-shaped coil carrier in the shape of four fins extending radially from a common center line in the axis of the outl... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4169128 | Coal liquefaction apparatus Disclosure is made of an apparatus for reacting carbonaceous material with heated hydrogen to form hydrocarbon gases and liquids suitable for conversion to fuels wherein the reaction involves injection of carbonaceous material such as pulverized coal entr... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4163146 | Electrical heating element comprising a helix of wire wound on at least one insulating plate A heating element comprises a resistance heating wire formed with closely adjacent zigzag loops and wound helically on an insulating plate or a pair of such plates mounted crosswise and possibly narrowing conically towards one end. Opposite loops engage t... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4143262 | Sheath glow plug for rotary piston engines A glow plug for rotary piston engines adapted to be mounted in an engine plug hole so as not to project from the plug hole and to be traversed by a flow of fuel-air mixture temporarily trapped in the plug hole. The plug includes an elongated protective tu... | 03/06/1979 |
| 3970823 | Electric heater An electric heater having a ceramic core with a heating element surrounding the core and a jacket surrounding the heating element such that the heating element is secured to the jacket but there is no chemical bonding between the heating element and the c... | 07/20/1976 |
