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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7336892 | Reflection plate for semiconductor heat treatment and manufacturing method thereof It is provided that a reflection plate of semiconductor heat treatment, which is resistant to cracks or deformations by controlling the adsorption of foreign materials and the production of reaction. Said reflection plate 1 for semiconductor heat treatment is... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7254319 | Heating system comprising at least two different radiations A heating system includes a reflector having a concave section symmetrical with respect to an axis of symmetry. In addition, a first radiation system having at least a first radiation member is capable of emitting a first type of radiation and a second radiation sys... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7238920 | Modular bat warming system Disclosed is a baseball and/or softball bat warmer system. Each individual bat heater includes an elongated outer tubular member having a closed bottom surface. An inner tubular member is spaced inwardly from the outer tubular member forming a space therebetween. A ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7229519 | Burning equipment for green sheet of plasma display panel and method of burning the same An apparatus for burning green sheets of a plasma display panel comprises a feeding part that feeds a green sheet to a plasma display panel substrate, a heat and pressure roller that heats and compresses the green sheet and the plasma display panel substrate from ab... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7218848 | Diffuse-pattern radiant heater with non-parabolic reflector apparatus and method A radiant heater includes a radiant heat source and a reflector to direct the bulk of the heat generated by the radiant source in one direction. The shape of the reflector determines the radiant pattern of the heater, and generally defocuses the output to provide a ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7184656 | Infrared lamp, heating apparatus, and method for manufacturing infrared lamp An infrared ray lamp having a structure wherein a groove is formed in the vicinity of each of both end portions of a substantially plate heating element formed of a carbon-based substance, a carbon-based adhesive is applied to a region including the groove, and the ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7109443 | Multi-zone reflecting device for use in flash lamp processes A method, apparatus, and system including a reflecting device having a plurality of reflecting zones with associated reflectivities for reflecting light from a flash lamp, are described herein. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7089718 | Apparatus for heat-shrinking film onto an open-topped container and method of using same A system for heat-shrinking a film onto an open-topped container is provided, including at least one reflective cup having a reflective interior surface, and at least one radiant energy source. The reflective cup and the radiant energy source may be rotationally mou... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7081127 | Far infrared physiatric unit A far infrared physiatric unit has a frame, an emitter and two adjustment knobs. The frame has two side boards and a supporting unit. The supporting unit is mounted between the side boards. The emitter is pivotally mounted between the side boards in the frame. A pat... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7046921 | Radiant heating element reflective bracket with ventilation openings A reflective bracket for a radiant refrigerator defroster includes a channel fabricated from a reflective material and a plurality of ventilation openings through the sides and bottom of the channel. The ventilation openings reduce the operating temperature of the h... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6998580 | Thermal processing apparatus and thermal processing method A light source comprising a plurality of flash lamps emits flashes thereby flash-heating a semiconductor wafer held by a thermal diffuser and a hot plate. The current distance of irradiation between the thermal diffuser and the hot plate holding the semiconductor wa... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6963692 | Heat-treating methods and systems A method involves increasing a temperature of a workpiece over a first time period to an intermediate temperature, and heating a surface of the workpiece to a desired temperature greater than the intermediate temperature, the heating commencing within less time foll... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6951996 | Pulsed processing semiconductor heating methods using combinations of heating sources Pulsed processing methods and systems for heating objects such as semiconductor substrates feature process control for multi-pulse processing of a single substrate, or single or multi-pulse processing of different substrates having different physical properties. Hea... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6941063 | Heat-treating methods and systems A method involves pre-heating a workpiece to an intermediate temperature, heating a surface of the workpiece to a desired temperature greater than the intermediate temperature, and enhancing cooling of the workpiece. Enhancing cooling may involve absorbing radiation... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6936797 | Thermal processing method and thermal processing apparatus for substrate employing photoirradiation Each of a plurality of flash lamps forming a light source is a bar lamp having an elongated cylindrical shape. The ratio of the distance between the flash lamps and a semiconductor wafer to the distance between the flash lamps and a reflector is set to not more than... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6657168 | Toaster This toaster consists of a casing (1) that is essentially parallelepiped in shape and thermally insulated, and at least one electrical resistor (6) which constitutes a radiant heating element and is enclosed in the casing. The side walls (3, 4) of the cas... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6594446 | Heat-treating methods and systems Methods and systems for heat-treating a workpiece are disclosed. A first method involves increasing a temperature of the workpiece over a first time period to an intermediate temperature, and heating a surface of the workpiece to a desired temperature gre... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6549725 | Heating system for use with a transport carrier The present invention relates to a heating system for use with a transport carrier. The present invention makes the workability of a transport carrier compatible with the maintenance of positioning accuracy and imparts a general-purpose property. An elect... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6521083 | Vehicle assembly line-side heat activation of a "ready-to-install" window fixing adhesive for attachment of a vehicle window to a vehicle A method of and apparatus for activating a ready-to-install heat activated adhesive for attaching a vehicle panel to a vehicle is disclosed which provides a "ready-to-install" panel assembly. The panel assembly includes first and second spaced apart surfa... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6426486 | Optical apparatus and method for shrinking heat shrink tubing, fusing wires and solder and unsolder packaged electronic components Optical heat-generating apparatus and methods that rapidly, controllably deliver energy (heat) to heat shrink tubing disposed over wires or other components and that may be used to fuse insulated wires together, and solder and unsolder packaged IC chips. ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6393211 | Heat radiator assembly A heat radiator assembly having at least one heat radiator unit which comprises in combination a base and a primary reflector mounted on the base, the primary reflector having an elongated body with side walls (with a parabolic configuration in cross-sect... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6385396 | Reflector structure for improving irradiation uniformity of linear lamp array A reflector structure is provided for improving irradiation uniformity of a linear lamp array applied in a semiconductor process. The reflector structure includes a central reflector, two side reflectors, and two inclined reflectors. The central reflector... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6345149 | UV oven for curing magnet wire coatings An UV oven comprises a compact longitudinal elliptical reflector with first and second focal lines; a longitudinal small diameter bulb disposed along the first focal line that generates short wavelength UV radiation, IR radiation, visible radiation and he... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6304721 | Arrangement for creating heat irradiation of a surface A radiant heater useful for softening and removing paint from a surface is disclosed. The heater has a main component in the form of a box that opens at one side. The open side allows for heated air to heat a surface. The box has a suction opening and an ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6188836 | Portable radiant heater with two reflectors A portable radiant heater comprises an electrically energized heating element extending along a vertical axis. A first, multi-faceted, concave reflective surface is positioned to the rear of the heating element. A second reflector is positioned forward of... | 02/13/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6054001 | Vehicle assembly line-side heat activation of a "ready-to-install" window fixing adhesive for attachment of a vehicle window to a vehicle A method of and apparatus for activating a ready-to-install heat activated adhesive for attaching a vehicle panel to a vehicle is disclosed which provides a "ready-to-install" panel assembly. The panel assembly includes first and second spaced apart surfa... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5991506 | Dryer unit A dryer unit intended especially for drying printed products, has a frame in which two sides of the frame are formed by portions of profile material of the kind used also for the manufacture of rail main bodies of heating rails.... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5668921 | Hot-air dryer with infrared heater and slit-shaped outlet An elongated housing has a pair of radiation-transparent strips defining a slit from which hot air is directed at an article to be dried. The air passes over a radiant heater in the housing parallel to the slit and preferably through holes in a reflector ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5345533 | Photoemission radiant heater A photoemission radiant heater includes a chamber having an interior reflective surface, a first end and a second end; a means for generating photons within the chamber wherein photons are reflected off the interior reflective surface of the chamber; a bl... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5329094 | Portable radiant heater for performing splices in waterstop A portable radiant heating apparatus is provided for performing splices in waterstops. The heating apparatus includes a pair of radiant quartz heating elements that are mounted intermediate the end members of a generally rectangular-shaped frame. The heat... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5142795 | Infra-red lamp module An apparatus for drying a moving web includes an elongate support frame, disposed transverse the web, and a number of heater modules releasably attached thereto. The heater modules each include a housing and an inner panel assembly releasably captured the... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5060289 | Portable tube shrinking tool A radiant heating device including a pair of concave surfaces for directing radiant energy toward an object positioned through an access opening in a receiving space therebetween with these concave surfaces extending to either side of this opening.... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5049725 | Hingeable radiant heating structure A radiant heating structure having a formed first sheet and a pair of reflectors therein removably postioned so as to be hingeable with another similar radiant heating structure. A pair of radiant energy tube holders are positioned within the formed sheet... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5025137 | Thermoplastic heating apparatus An apparatus for heating thermoplastic sheet material which includes a knockdown frame which slideably supports a plurality of heating rods thereon. The heating rods have a configuration adapted to localize heat on the thermoplastic sheet material and is ... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4910382 | Infra-red hair dryer A hair drying apparatus consists of a curved radiation element for radiating of infrared rays and a reflector for supporting the radiation element and for reflecting infrared rays radiated from the radiation element. A rotating member is provided for rota... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4857704 | Apparatus for thermal treatments of thin parts such as silicon wafers An apparatus for the thermal treatment of a thin part (1) includes a thermal light source including linear lamps (17) of very high unitary power such as "tungsten-halogen" lamps, and a housing (2) containing the part to be treated. The apparatus includes ... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4809677 | Heater traverse mechanism for infant care center A heater traverse mechanism used with an infant care center is disclosed. The traverse mechanism allows the heater that is focused on or about the infant positioned on the infant care center to be moved aside for better access to the infant, yet, as the h... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4773105 | Collapsible sauna box A collapsible sauna box is disclosed, which comprises a collapsible box body consisting of front and rear wall members, inwardly foldable left and right side wall members and a ceiling member provided at one end and heaters pivoted for angle adjustment to... | 09/27/1988 |
