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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7372054 | Radiator module Radiation module for thermal or UV irradiation processing procedures with a large number of radiation sources essentially adjacent and parallel to one another for electromagnetic radiation whose main effective range is in the UV spectrum, visible spectrum, and/or ne... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7345260 | Heater and method of manufacturing the same A heater including a plate-shaped substrate having a heating surface for heating an object and a heater element provided in the substrate or on its surface. A central axis C2 of a circumscribed circle of the heater element and a central axis C1 of the ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7200920 | Method for the implementation of electronic components in via-holes of a multi-layer multi-chip module The substrate (2) containing the via-hole (3) is inserted into an electrophoretic cell (1) and an electrode (6) (the “first electrode”) is placed on top of a first orifice of the via-hole(s) (3), to be implemented with electric... | 04/10/2007 |
| 6864467 | Heater for gaseous media An electric heater for gaseous media with at least one support plate and at least one helix of corrugated, electric resistance heating wire wound continuously around the support plate and whose turns are held by means of heating wire bend-offs on the longitudinal ed... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6308008 | IR-source with helically shaped heating element An infrared radiation lamp that includes an electrically heated filament and a reflector. The filament is a high temperature element that is wound to a helical configuration. The helical filament is free-standing at operating temperatures, and it is posit... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6285013 | Heat coil support assembly and method An insulating support structure for a helical wire heating coil for an electric resistance heating element includes a plurality of insulating standoff members supported by a metallic support frame. The insulating standoffs each include a pair of wedge por... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6215108 | Multiple electric element mounting system An electric element mounting system including a housing and at least one heating element. Each element includes a frame having a longitudinal axis and a distal end, a heating coil and a wire terminal for electrically and mechanically coupling the element ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 5954983 | Heating coil standoff and support structure An insulating support structure for a helical wire heating coil for an electric resistance heating element includes a plurality of insulating standoff members supported by a metallic support frame. The insulating standoffs each include a pair of wedge por... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5335310 | Modular heating assembly with heating element support tubes disposed between hangers A modular type heating unit or assembly having particular utility for use in a high temperature electric furnace, preferably in a group arrangement, comprises an insulating fibrous refractory block, a pair of spaced apart support rods, inner and outer sup... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5324919 | Open coil heater for efficient transport with nestable heating elements An heater includes an electric heating coil that extends above the sidewalls of an air flow channel. The coil is formed in sections that extend transversely to the channel and are spaced by the width of a coil section to allow two heaters to be arranged f... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5298723 | Heater element support assembly A support assembly for an open coil heating element including a planar mounting plate having longitudinally spaced and offset cutouts therethrough with a separate insulator positioned within each cutout by sequentially introducing the insulator through th... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5124534 | Heating coil support and insulation mechanism The improved heating coil support and insulation mechanism of the present invention is intended for use in regard to electrical heating assemblies which include heating coils supported and electrically insulated by means of coil support insulators, and ea... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5122640 | Heating element coil support An insulating support for a helical wire heating coil for an electric resistance heating element includes a coil supporting notch into which a single helical coil turn is inserted and locked into position without twisting the coil and without unduly stret... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4857707 | Flexible frame heater element for dryer A longitudinally flexible electrical heating element for a dryer is provided which permits the heating element to be inserted into and removed from a vertical air inlet conduit located behind the dryer drum from the front of the dryer. A front panel of th... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4647757 | Hair dryer heater section providing uniform outlet air temperature distribution A heater section for hair dryers utilizing spirally wound sinusoidally shaped electric resistance heating wire wound about a plurality of radially extending insulating mica boards. The mica boards are axially aligned along the external surface of a centra... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4628189 | Electric resistance heater An insulator for a coil-type electric resistance heater is disclosed in which the insulator has inclined side faces forming the outer end of the insulator angling inwardly toward one another with side notches in the insulator at the base of the inclined s... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4528441 | Electrical resistance heating assembly An electrical resistance heating assembly having specially designed electrical insulators is disclosed. The electrical insulators have arms shaped to retain an electrical resistance heating coil which can be quickly, easily, and reliably mounted on the ar... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4472624 | Electric resistance heater A heater is disclosed having an elongate wire heating element with the heating element including at least two generally parallel runs supported on a frame by insulators with the portion of the heating element consituting the runs being formed generally in... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4458141 | Electric heater and coil support insulator therefor An electric heater incorporating simple support structure therefor. A frame is insulated from an electric resistance heater coil by insulated supports mounted within beam members of the frame. The supports incorporate structural features enabling the use ... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4350872 | Electrical heating element for fluid media and method for producing same An electrical heating element for fluid media, more particularly for hot air appliances, comprising a support member of insulating material and at least two heating conductors which are made of resistance wire and which surround the support member, the he... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4325049 | Electrode for a liquid rheostat, and a liquid rheostat including such an electrode An electrode for a liquid rheostat comprises a plurality of globally annular elements arranged successively and electrically connected together two at a time. The annular elements progressively decrease in size. The electrode can be formed from a continuo... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4321456 | Electrical hot air appliance A heating element for a hair dryer, fan heater or other hot air appliance has heating-conductor support means comprising a length of tube in the interior of which an electronic control arrangement is placed. Where the said arrangement comprises a plate or... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4319216 | Discharge resistor A discharge resistor adapted to be mounted on a rotatable shaft of a dynamo-electric device comprises a pair of spirally wound, insulated resistor elements and means for supporting these elements approximately coaxially with the shaft. Each of the resisto... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4268742 | Resistance heater assembly The coiled resistance heating wire is supported on electrical insulating stand-offs in a figure 8 pattern on each side of a metallic radiation panel. The radiation panel and the figure 8 arrangement of the coil each contribute to increased heat transfer t... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4251710 | Resistor type arc welding machine A resistor type arc welding machine comprises a housing capable of containing a cooling liquid; first and second main resistors serially connected to each other, the free end of the first resistor being connected to the current line of an alternating curr... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4238756 | Electric resistance unit An electric resistance unit characterized by a support rod with a plurality of insulating refractory bodies thereon, which bodies have grooves to fit the rod, a continuous resistance winding mounted around the bodies, and flexible metal mounting means in ... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4225775 | Hair dryer A hair dryer is provided having a first cup-shaped plastic housing with an air inlet and generally tangentially directed outlet to be connected to a hose coupling and thence to a soft bonnet on the head of the user. A sheet metal plate provides a motor an... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4213033 | Electric toaster Electric toaster with a toasting chamber which has heaters on at least two broad sides and is terminated by crosswise walls on two narrow sides, wherein the heaters have insulating parts supporting heater conductors and are supported by the crosswise wall... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4209686 | Electrical resistance heater An electrical resistance heater comprises a unitary ceramic coil support and mounting member having a horizontally elongated coil support portion around which a helical coil of conductive wire is wound and a vertically downward extending leg portion at ea... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4155063 | Temperature sensor means A probe-like temperature sensor assembly has a body carrying thereon a length of electrical resistance wire coiled thereabout and having ends of such coiled resistance wire electrically connected to respective terminal means; the resistance wire changes i... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4129849 | Fault current limiting resistor A fault current limiting resistor for high energy dissipation includes a frustro-conical support structure where the resistor wire is wound on the support structure in the form of a three dimensional spiral. This provides optimum voltage clearances even w... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4122329 | Electrical air heating appliance An electric air heating appliance includes a housing defining an air flow path in which is positioned a resistance heater assembly which includes a plurality of air vanes for reducing air swirling. The heater assembly includes a semi-rigid assembly of mic... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4048472 | Vibratory spiral conveyor chute and a resistance heating element Heating for a vibratory spiral conveyor used to react powdery and gaseous substances is accomplished by an expanded metal resistance heater element positioned between adjacent turns of the conveyor.... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4028793 | Method of assembling helical resistor A power resistor including a resistance element of metal ribbon formed into an edgewound helix, and an internal three-point support structure axially disposed within the interior of the helix. The support structure includes three insulating assemblies eac... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4001761 | Helical resistor and method for assembling A power resistor including a resistance element of metal ribbon formed into an edgewound helix, and an internal three-point support structure axially disposed within the interior of the helix. The support structure includes three insulating assemblies eac... | 01/04/1977 |
