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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8103154 | Hot air blower and system comprising a hot air blower and at least one coding unit A hot air blower has at least one fan impeller and at least one electrical heating device. The hot air blower is designed to interact with a coding unit provided with coding. The hot air blower is releasably connected to the coding unit. The coding unit is designed ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7860378 | Baffle device, hot air blower for solder treatment, and nozzle for same In a baffle device 20 fixedly provided in an air passage of a mechanism for blowing out hot air to a solder treatment portion, vanes inclined with a predetermined inclination angle with respect to an air flow are provided substantially radially with a predete... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7826724 | Electronic substrate non-contact heating system and method System and method for the non-contact heating of an electronic substrate using inline heating elements in combination with an automatically controlled airflow. Air heated by the elements is communicated to one or more plenums, which discharge the heated air towards ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7474842 | Thermal detonator with multiple light sources and reflective enclosure An air heater is provided for use in buildings or other structures. The air heater uses infrared lamps to generate a temperature rise in a forced air chamber that contains several infrared lamps, in which two ends of the chamber act as an inlet and an outlet, and in... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7361868 | Electrical heating device, especially for motor vehicles This disclosure relates to an electrical heating device, especially for motor vehicles, including a closed frame (2) which include rails (3, 4) and cross rails (5, 6), heating elements (7) which include elements made of electrically condu... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7334988 | Airflow guiding structure varying in inclinations of air-guiding rings for a heat-dissipating fan A heat-dissipating fan includes a casing having an air outlet, a base mounted in the air outlet, an impeller being mounted on the base and having a plurality of blades, a plurality of ribs each extending between the base and the casing along a radial direction of th... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7267462 | Light bar defogger A lighting apparatus comprises a housing assembly, a light bulb socket and a forced air generation device. The housing assembly includes a light opening in a front wall thereof and an air delivery opening in a bottom wall thereof. The light bulb socket resides withi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7231140 | System for removing snow and ice from a surface A system for removing snow and ice from a surface that includes a fan and a heating element contained within a hollow cavity open at one end, and a hollow duct positioned above the hollow cavity. The hollow duct is open at both ends; one end is positioned directly a... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7220381 | Method for high pressure treatment of substances under controlled temperature conditions A product carrier for use in pressure processing substances is substantially fluidically closed, and is insulated, to prevent heat transfer from the product being treated to the cooler wall of the pressure vessel. The insulating material has compression heating prop... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7212734 | Portable carbon monoxide generation apparatus for testing CO sensors, detectors and alarms An apparatus for generating carbon monoxide comprising an enclosure (6) having an inlet and an outlet at least one of which is provided with means (8) restricting air flow from the inlet to the outlet, a container (1) located within the enclosur... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7190887 | Portable thermal-stratifying space heater and powerplant package A portable room heater is provided comprising an upright enclosure defining an inlet at a lower end of the enclosure, an outlet at an upper end of the enclosure, and a passageway fluidly connecting the inlet and the outlet. The portable room heater further comprises... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187856 | Compact integrated forced air drying system A fully integrated drying or heating system for the printing, coating, or painting industries that utilizes forced air and electrical heaters. The method for heating the forced air incorporates a solid cartridge heater within a specially designed air distribution sy... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180039 | Heater with burnout protection A heater is provided that has a temperature sensing control system which can be used for both temperature control and over-temperature protection against element burnout. The temperature control system is comprised of an inlet temperature sensing assembly positioned... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7133604 | Infrared air heater with multiple light sources and reflective enclosure An air heater is provided for use in buildings or other structures. The air heater uses infrared lamps to generate a temperature rise in a forced air chamber that contains several infrared lamps, in which two ends of the chamber act as an inlet and an outlet, and in... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7123822 | Air heater An air heater is provided with a connecting case for the power supply and the air to be heated, as well as a heating element attached to the connecting case by means of a carrier. In the connecting housing, the carrier is connected via a plug connection with the con... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7075034 | Air supplying device for vehicle seat with airstream adjustment responsive to motor vehicle velocity An air supply device is provided for a vehicle seat of an open-top motor vehicle having at least one air outflow opening which is provided in the upper region of the vehicle seat and via which an airstream can be applied to the head area, shoulder area and nape area... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7039301 | Method and apparatus for hand drying After washing, the hands are dried rapidly and comfortably by using a shaped high speed flow of heated air. The air flows in a direction controlled by an air outlet shaped to retain much of the exiting forceful air flow and temperature at a distance where the hands ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7024104 | Boilerless steamer apparatus A boilerless steamer apparatus is provided having a steamer cavity formed of a steam generating space and a cooking space, wherein the steam generating space is separated from the cooking space by a removable steam lid. The present boilerless steamer apparatus can p... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7014431 | Forced air warming unit A forced air warming unit has a casing with inlet and outlet openings. The casing encloses a scroll housing with a curved inside surface in which a blower is disposed. A circuit board in the casing encloses the blower in the scroll housing. At least one opening pene... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004371 | Gripper and method for detaching packaged chip from PCB A gripper for detaching a packaged chip from a PCB. The gripper comprises a plurality of hooks, elastic slices, and a heating device. These hooks are used for gripping and hooking the packaged chip. Each hook includes a chip-upholding part and a chip-gripping part, ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6987928 | Recirculating air snow melting pad system A recirculated heated air mat system melts snow and ice from driveways or roofs, preventing its accumulation. The driveway sized, hollow mat of tough, pliable rubber, plastic is resistant to tearing and abrasion. A recirculating air electric heater provides heated a... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6963049 | Snow removal system A snow removal system for melting snow from the body of a vehicle is disclosed. The snow removal system includes a control assembly being designed for operationally coupling to a power supply of the vehicle. A plurality of conducting strips are operationally coupled... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6957500 | Attachment for handheld dryer An attachment for a handheld dryer includes a shell and a dryer barrel-receiving portion. A first passage is defined between the shell and the dryer and terminates in a shell inlet defined between the shell and the dryer barrel. The present attachment may be useful ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6959145 | Footwear snow melting device using heated air An apparatus melts snow off a person's footwear without the need for the wearer to take off the footwear. In particular, the apparatus is for melting ice and snow off the footwear, for example shoes, boots or sneakers, of the wearer by a directed and accurately diss... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6931205 | Compact integrated forced air drying system A fully integrated drying or heating system utilizes forced air and electrical heaters. A solid cartridge heater is enclosed within a compact air plenum with a circuitous air path arranged within the plenum in heat transfer communication with the heater. The plenums... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6922909 | Attachment for hair dryers By providing a plurality of portals in a housing which forms a hair dryer attachment which is merely fixed to the exist portal of any conventional hair dryer, a hair dryer attachment is realized which is capable of substantially reducing the drying time required for... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6873790 | Laminar air flow, low temperature air heaters using thick or thin film resistors An elongate heating element that includes an insulative substrate and a resistive coating that heats to a predetermined temperature when an electrical current is passed through the coating. The insulative material forming the substrate is preferably a ceramic such a... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6871013 | Heat nozzle for welding floor seams A portable, handheld seam welding gun for filling in seams between sheets of linoleum flooring is provided with a unique heat nozzle. The heat nozzle of the invention couples the heating barrel of a conventional floor seam welding gun to a conventional hollow weldin... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6739071 | Combined diffuser and concentrator for a hair dryer A hand-held hair dryer including a handle, a body connected to the handle portion, a barrel connected to the body portion and having an inner member defining a first air passageway, an outer member slidably coupled to the inner member and defining a second air passa... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6737615 | Heat conductor coil for heating a flowing gaseous medium and electrical resistance heating element A heat conductor coil for heating a flowing gaseous medium is configured to be attached to a support configuration and has a heat conductor wound in windings following an ascending line of a coil to form the heat conductor coil, wherein the ascending line of the coi... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6722148 | Vehicle seat air conditioning system having electric heater and blower unit Electric heaters and blower units are disposed inside an occupant seat having exterior cover members, each of which has a plurality of outlet openings. Each electric heater heats the corresponding exterior cover member, and each blower unit blows air through the out... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6700780 | Apparatus for cooling electronics The present invention relates to an apparatus for supplying heat to directly cooled electronics. To ensure that directly cooled electronics are maintained at a temperature above 0° C., a circulation fan is provided in a transverse junction between an out... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6665492 | High-velocity electrically heated air impingement apparatus with heater control responsive to two temperature sensors A high-velocity, accurately responsive impingement heater provides heated air at a substantially constant temperature to a process location to effect control of a process. The heater includes an air line for conducting air from an inlet thereof to the pro... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6621056 | Heater assembly with a non-uniform cross section A heater assembly includes a housing structure, a support structure, an insulator structure, and a heating structure. The housing structure conveys heat to be produced within the housing structure from a first portion to a second portion of the housing st... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6601318 | Dryer unit A drier unit (10) for drying printed products has a plurality of drier rails (12), which comprise in each case a supporting body (14) manufactured from a hollow section (16). The clear outer contour of the cross-sectional area of the supporting bodies (14... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6593547 | Air gap deicing device A deicer for an air gap between the rotor and stator of a rotating machine having a rotor and stator combination includes a heating assembly preferably disposed in the stator adjacent the air gap to heat the air in the air gap. Heating assembly includes a... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6304720 | Heat shrinking heat gun with fan-shaped nozzle with temperature and/or airflow variation along the nozzle A heat gun nozzle and a method of using the nozzle includes a fan-shaped or wing-shaped flow of air having a temperature and/or airflow variation along the nozzle. This provides for a variation in the shrink rate when the fan-or wing-shaped airflow is app... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6236030 | Method and means for hot-air cutting A method and device for hot-air cutting, wherein compressed air is forced into a hot-air unit in which the compressed air is heated, the hot air is then conducted through a cutting nozzle for hot-air cutting. A compressed-air unit is connected to a hot-ai... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6201930 | Chip removal and replacement system A chip removal and replacement system is designed for safely and easily removing or reattaching components from a printed circuit board. The system includes an automatic suction system for lifting a component which has been removed. A nozzle connection an... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6134387 | Process and device for hot gas welding of plastic sheets with electrically heated tubular gas flow conduit A process and device are used to weld plastic sheets with hot gas. Conventionally for welding with hot gas, the gas was conveyed over an electrically heated body. However, temperature fluctuations occurred that were difficult to correct and the result was... | 10/17/2000 |
