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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7177534 | System and method for controlling heating and ventilating systems A system and method for controlling a heating and ventilating system is provided. The method includes determining a demand for heat and creating an air flow. In addition, the method includes sensing an outlet discharge temperature of the air flow and increasing the ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165341 | Hair dryer with minus ion generator A hair dryer is provided, which includes a housing having an air outlet, fan disposed in the housing, a pair of air flow channels extending toward the air outlet in the housing, a partition wall for separating the channels from each other, heater disposed in only on... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7143766 | Temperature controlling device for aerosol drug delivery A portable air temperature controlling device useful for warming air surrounding an aerosolized drug formulation. Warming the air of an aerosol makes it possible to reduce the diameter of aerosol particles produced by an aerosol generation device. Additionally, warm... | 12/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7123823 | Programmable manual hair dryer with multiple functions The dryer includes in its programmable control circuit a microprocessor to which are connected at least a temperature sensor, a static pressure sensor, a motor revolution sensor, a ion generator, a resistor battery with its selector switches in series, and the respe... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119308 | Forced-air heater control system and method The present invention relates to a forced-air electric heater control system for HVAC systems. One embodiment utilizes two heat sensors which are positioned upstream and downstream, equidistant from the heating element(s). The control system, in this embodiment, tak... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7109444 | Electronic control circuit for household appliances including humidifiers An electronic control circuit for use with a heater, a fan, a humidifier, a cooking apparatus, or any device utilizing a power mode switch and a condition sensor, and optionally time-automated switching of modes of operation. The circuit includes a single control sw... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104793 | Light polymerization device A light polymerization device particularly suitable for the polymerization of dental material. The device includes a housing, a fan installed in the housing, the fan being in particular an axial fan, and a light source which emits polymerization radiation. The rotat... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7063453 | Enhanced thermal conduction in apparatus for plasticating resinous material An apparatus for plasticating rubber, thermoset or thermoplastic materials according to this invention includes a barrel having a wall extending axially and laterally and having an outer surface and an inner surface. The wall has a thickness formed with mutually spa... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055763 | Mist generating device A mist generating apparatus having a casing that is divided into a storage chamber, a pump chamber, a waterwheel chamber and a mist chamber. The storage chamber is provided with a water storage tank having a heater, while the pump chamber is provided with a pump. A ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7038171 | Household electric appliances A household electric appliance including a heating part and titanium oxide particles to be activated by heating, the heating part being a heating device inherently possessed by the household electric appliance and/or an additional heating device not inherently posse... | 05/02/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7012223 | Forced-air heater control system and method The present invention relates to a forced-air electric heater control system for HVAC systems. One embodiment utilizes two heat sensors which are positioned upstream and downstream, equidistant from the heating element(s). The control system, in this embodiment, tak... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6987250 | Control circuit for kitchen appliances An electronic control circuit for use with a heater, a fan, a humidifier, a cooking apparatus, or any device utilizing a power mode switch and a condition sensor, and time-automated switching of modes of operation. The circuit includes a single control switch to man... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6976519 | Portable curing system for use with vacuum bag repairs and the like A portable curing system includes a carrying case, a controller located within the carrying case and having a microprocessor, a vacuum pump located within the case and having at least two vacuum ports for connection of vacuum lines, at least two vacuum sensor connec... | 12/20/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6934242 | Recording medium and information storage apparatus A recording medium and an information storage apparatus having high formatting efficiency are provided. The recording medium and the information storage apparatus give IDs for data to be stored. In one embodiment, one ID is provided for two data areas, and no two ID... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6928235 | Forced air dryer for infant's bottom A forced air dryer designed to dry an infant's bottom during the diaper changing process comprises a housing having an end piece designed to reduce skin abrasion, skin heating, and air flow blockage. In one embodiment, the device is powered by a rechargeable electri... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6782636 | Device for drying and styling hair The present invention comprises a hot air generator having hand fastening means; projecting therefrom there is a rigid tube with a lower outlet, tilted so as to face the hair, and a rotatably mounted flexible hose, attached in the same manner at its other end and ha... | 08/31/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6732450 | Electrothermal rack of hair dryer An electrothermal rack of a hair dryer includes a main body including a plurality of support wings each having a mediate portion formed with a positioning section formed with a plurality of inner insertion recesses. Each of the support wings has an outer side formed... | 05/11/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6570139 | Electronic control circuit An electronic control circuit for use with a heater, a fan, a humidifier or any device utilizing a power mode switch and a condition sensor, the electronic control circuit including a single control switch for controlling both power output and responding ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6447734 | Vaporization and cracker cell apparatus An apparatus for vaporizing and cracking chemical elements for use in a deposition process is provided. The apparatus includes a vaporization cell integrally connected with a thermal cracker cell. The vaporization cell has an inlet section in communicatio... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6393717 | Foot dryer device with diffused heated air flow system A foot dryer device for completely drying the feet of the user that utilizes a heat/blower mechanism in connection with an air diffusion assembly that diffuses a heated air stream so as to prevent uncomfortable hot spots from occurring on the feet of the ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6351602 | Upright radiant electric heating appliance An upright radiant electrical heater has a reflector assembly supporting a vertically-extending heating element assembly that radiates energy through substantially 360 degree. The reflector assembly includes heat reflective panels that disperse heat horiz... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6222987 | Pizza box heater, components therefor and method A pizza box delivery bag has disposed therein a flat container with a heater and fan within an insulating enclosure connected to an electrical outlet for the bag. The plug used for the connection has a cooling fan within the plug for blowing cooling air o... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6215955 | Heating/dryer system for use in repairing chips in glass The heating/dryer apparatus includes a casing having a top and a bottom, a heating element inside a tubular member incorporated in the casing and frictionally engaged therewith, a fan incorporated in a housing in the casing located above the heating eleme... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6167196 | Radiant electric heating appliance A portable electric space heater having a power cord with a male electrical plug and having easily replaceable quartz heating elements so that an unskilled person can remove and replace a heating element with a minimum of time, tools and skill. The heatin... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6130991 | Convection space heater with interconnected housing segments using hair dryer as heated air source An electric hair dryer is connected to a portable housing having a plurality of angularly adjustable housing segments. The air passes through the segments and out spaced air outlet openings formed in the housing segments.... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6067724 | Interchangeable brush head hair dryer A hair drying assembly has a hair dryer that is particularly suited for using one of a plurality of interchangeable brush heads. The hair dryer has an ellipsoid shaped housing with a cylindrical outlet section at one end and a pivotal grip section at the ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6018614 | Portable compressed air heater system A portable compressed air heating system for delivering a flow of heated air directed at a substrate. The system first includes a hot air distribution member for placement in juxtaposition with the substrate and thereafter distributing heated air collecte... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5979072 | External auditory canal drying apparatus An external ear canal drying apparatus 10 comprising a hinged clam shell style housing 11 containing a forced air generating unit 12 having a blower motor 25 and a heating element 26 operatively associated with an air intake and exhaust conduit 22 that ha... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5943786 | Container drying device A container drying device for quickly drying containers such as glasses, bottles, jars, and mugs. The container drying device includes an air blower with intake and an output with an elongate conduit fluidly connected to the output of the air blower. The ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943470 | Low-voltage generation in mains-powered hot-air appliances having a fan motor A hot-air appliance comprises a fan motor connected in series with a heating element to receive a.c. mains voltage. The alternating voltage across the motor is rectified and serves to power additional electronic circuits in the appliance.... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5940980 | Hands-free hair dryer A hands-free hair dryer is described which includes (a) a hair dryer body including heating element and fan, (b) an elongated bendable tubing connected at one end to the hair dryer body, and preferably (c) a spring clamp secured to the other end of the tu... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5930455 | Automobile fog clearing system A fog clearing system, for clearing fog in front of an automobile, comprising at least one blower mounted in the front of the vehicle. The blower comprises a turbine and an outlet tube. The turbine directs air through the outlet tube, where it is heated b... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5787601 | Portable hair dryer system with rechargeable battery pack A hair dryer system that includes a rechargeable battery pack for supplying electrical power to both the air heating element and the blower fan; that includes an air filter holder for holding a replaceable air filter that can be replaced when clogged by l... | 08/04/1998 |
