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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7415198 | Quartz heater tube A quartz heater tube consists of a tube body whose two ends being respectively sealed with a plug, and each plug is provided with a built-in electrode. The inner cavity of the tube body is filled with an inertia gas after being evacuated, and the inner surface there... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7067773 | Food warming device and methods for its manufacture A food warming is provided with a partially open housing having an open side extending along a longitudinal length of the housing. A heating element is also provided, extending along the longitudinal length of the housing. A support member is disposed to maintain a ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6943362 | Infrared radiation source An infrared radiation source has a radiation-transparent, gas-tight tube made of electrically insulating material, in which a heat conductor made of carbon strip is arranged. The heat conductor has two ends, which are respectively electrically and mechanically conne... | 09/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6909841 | Infrared emitter element with cooling tube covered by reflector An infrared emitter element includes: at last one emitter tube made of silica glass, which has two ends; at least one electrical conductor arranged in the emitter tube as a radiation source; a cooling tube made of silica glass, which surrounds the at least one emitt... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6713945 | Coolable infrared radiator element of quartz glass A coolable infrared radiator element of quartz glass with at least one heating tube, which has a gas-tight current lead-through at each of its two ends. A long, stretched-out electrical heating conductor in the heating tube serves as the radiation source. At least o... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6687456 | In-line fluid heater An in-line fluid heater including a heater housing that contains a parabolic lamp vessel which houses an infrared lamp. A parabolic reflection vessel in the heater housing is separated from the parabolic lamp vessel by a convex lens. A quartz plate seals ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6387209 | Film sealing apparatus having an optical energy source An apparatus for sealing films together along a path includes a sealing shoe and a counter shoe defining a clearance through which the films pass. The sealing shoe includes an elongated optical energy source having a length dimension oriented generally pa... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6242717 | Removable reflector rack for an ultraviolet curing oven A removable rack for supporting a reflector in an oven having a light source where the reflector focuses light emitted from the light source in a predetermined manner. The preferred removable rack is arranged and configured to support a mirror array there... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6195505 | Method and apparatus for photopyrolitically removing a contaminant A method for safely removing a contaminant from a substrate surface without the need for any precoating of the substrate. Because the resultant molecular decomposition of the contaminant occurs relatively faster than heat transfer to the underlying substr... | 02/27/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6016383 | Rapid thermal heating apparatus and method including an infrared camera to measure substrate temperature A rapid thermal heating apparatus including an infrared camera located outside an evacuable chamber to sense infrared radiation emitted from different regions of a substrate.... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5805856 | Supplemental heating system A heating system includes an electric heater having coupled thereto a temperature controller and a power activation relay switch coupled to the temperature controller and a meter system coupled to a power terminal on the electric heater to provide an inte... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5790751 | Rapid thermal heating apparatus including a plurality of light pipes and a pyrometer for measuring substrate temperature A rapid thermal heating apparatus in which lamps are disposed in a plurality of light pipes arranged to illuminate and supply heat to a substrate. The light pipes are positioned so that the illumination patterns overlap. The energy supplied to the lamps i... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5767486 | Rapid thermal heating apparatus including a plurality of radiant energy sources and a source of processing gas A rapid thermal heating apparatus including an evacuable chamber having a window, a plurality of radiant energy sources and reflectors associated with the radiant energy sources. The radiant energy sources are disposed outside of the chamber and positione... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5751897 | System for photopyrolitically removing a contaminant A system for safely removing even a hazardous contaminant from a substrate surface includes a light energy source whose output is controlled to selectively provide components primarily in the visible and infrared spectrum, and a power unit for energizing ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5659657 | Pivotally mounted radiant heating apparatus with adjustable heaters A heater element support frame is pivotally mounted at one edge to a support member attached to a reflector for movement between a first position disposing the frame adjacent to the reflector and a second position in which the frame is spaced from the ref... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5561735 | Rapid thermal processing apparatus and method An apparatus and method for rapidly and uniformly heating a workpiece includes a plurality of walls defining a first chamber, a first source of radiation for producing incident radiation on a first energy transfer surface of the workpiece, a holder for ho... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5502788 | Radiant-heat drier strip with cooling air distributor element A radiant-heat drier for printing presses or the like has a plurality of spaced radiant-heat drier strips (22) which extend transversely with respect to the conveyance direction and which each have in turn a radiator bar (44) and a cooling air distributor... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5400697 | Electric toaster An electric toaster includes a grate heating body having a reflector. A barlike heating element is disposed in front of the reflector. A shielding device is disposed in front of the heating element. The shielding device includes a field having a plurality... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5296686 | Heating element A heating element having at least one filament. The filament(s) are supported by an insulating trough which reflects heat and insulates a rear wall of a refractory tube within which said trough is mounted. The element may incorporate a metal rod located w... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5276763 | Infrared radiator with protected reflective coating and method for manufacturing same In infrared radiators whose heater is disposed in an envelope tube of transparent or opaque fused vitreous silica, radiation losses can be reduced by a reflective coating, for example of gold, placed on the envelope tube. To improve the thermal stability ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5214739 | Localized heating unit for desks A heating unit includes a frame and a substantially flat radiant heating surface supported by the frame. A generally parabolic trough with a reflective inner surface is mounted along one edge of the periphery of the heating surface, and contains an elonga... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5196674 | Cooking apparatus, for example an oven having a protector for an electric heating element Cooking apparatus such as, for example, an oven includes a cooking chamber (1) having at least one electrical heating element (9) having a tubular envelope (10) of fragile material of the type of quartz or glass which is mounted in supports (16, 17) secur... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5196676 | Oven unit for heat treating sealant material An oven unit for heat treating sealant strip material applied to the perimeter edges of a window unit includes an oven box having a pair of spaced-apart sidewalls and an upstream end for receiving the window unit and a downstream end for egress of the win... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5155336 | Rapid thermal heating apparatus and method A rapid thermal heating apparatus in which lamps are disposed in a plurality of light pipes arranged to illuminate and supply heat to a substrate. The light pipes are positioned so that the illumination patterns overlap. The energy supplied to the lamps i... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5155798 | Quick-response quartz tube infra-red heater An infra-red heater for a hybrid oven drying a web with an elongate foil having transverse corrugations heating element within a quartz tube. A thermocouple sensor is used to provide a control signal to a controller to regulate the infra-red output.... | 10/13/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4914273 | Hair processing apparatus utilizing a plurality of infrared units positionable about the head An infrared hair dryer has four infrared units positionable about the head. Two of the infrared radiating units are fixedly mounted to the top of a framework by a pair of conduits. Side infrared radiating units are mounted to each side of the framework by... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4908495 | Heating lamp assembly for ccvd reactors A heating lamp assembly for use with semiconductor reactors has a reflector assembly constructed of tubes joined together by heat conductive spacers to provide for water cooling of the reflector assembly, has mounting pins for providing variable spacing o... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4835363 | Electric steam iron heated by halogen lamp and having a ceramic sole plate An electric iron wherein a cermic sole plate transmits infrared light and is heated by one or more halogen lamps within a reflector in the housing of the iron whose concave surface faces the lamp or lamps and reflects heat upon the sole plate. The reflect... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4835367 | Portable electric radiant fan heater utilizing ceramic panel shielded halogen lamp A portable fan heater wherein the housing has a front opening in register with a ceramic panel which transmits infrared radiation. The panel is located in front of one or more halogen lamps, such as quartz lamps, whose radiation is directed toward the pan... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4812620 | Concentrated radiant energy heat source unit A heat source unit for concentrating radiant rays from a heat source lamp onto the processing site of the material to be processed by, for example, soldering, so as to bring this site to a requisite high temperature, comprises a mirror assembly composed o... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4728777 | Grilling arrangement A grilling arrangement comprises a compartment including two tungsten-halogen lamps mounted adjacent the top of the compartment behind a screen of infra-red-transmissive material. The lamps are emissive of infra-red radiation, which grills food supported ... | 03/01/1988 |
