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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7332140 | Air sterilization system An improved air sterilization system has unobstructed air passageways from a chamber substantially enclosing a volume of air to the air sterilization assembly unit in which the air sterilization assembly unit has heating elements located within air passageways in th... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7248792 | Dental water heater The present invention relates to a dental water heater. The water heater has a columnar body, and the body includes heating means extending in the axial direction of the body, and a plurality of layers of water channel sections arranged around the heating means. Eac... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7190886 | Instantaneous electric water heaters This invention relates to an electric water heater comprising one or more heating resistors and the means for supplying and controlling electric power supplied to the resistors. The heaters of the present invention are capable of heating incoming water to a desired ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188434 | Molecular filter dehumidification apparatus and plant A dehumidification apparatus including an outer tubular container (2) closed at its ends, a first (5) and a second (9) transverse grids located inside the tubular container (2), one grid element being spaced from the other and from a resp... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7173222 | Aerosol generator having temperature controlled heating zone and method of use thereof A temperature and flow rate controlled capillary aerosol generator includes two heating zones optionally separated by a region in which a pressure drop is induced. Power is metered or applied to the downstream, second zone to achieve a target resistance, and therefo... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7083115 | Spray gun with removable heat jacket A spray gun having a relatively simple outer heat jacket designed to accommodate a multiplicity of fluid supply lines connected to the spray gun while effectively heating and maintaining the supply fluids directed through the gun to the desired temperature for optim... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7003221 | Method of and apparatus for packaging light-shielding photosensitive material roll, and apparatus for heating and supplying fluid A packaging apparatus has hot air supply mechanisms disposed in association with light-shielding shrinkable films wound on a rolled photosensitive material sheet, for ejecting hot air locally to the light-shielding shrinkable films, and a drive mechanism for relativ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6993254 | Manifold and heater A manifold for supplying hot water to a heater such as a towel holder has a tubular outer body for mounting in a generally vertical disposition. The upper end of the outer body is closed off and an inner tube is mounted within the outer body, to communicate therewit... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6968125 | Suspendable industrial electrical liquid heater An electric heater for industrial liquids comprises a plastic flat box that contains a stainless steel pressure vessel holding a number of parallel electrical heating rods. These heating rods are interlaced with shorter “I” shaped Teflon rods which generates a t... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6913207 | Thermal spraying method and apparatus for improved adhesion strength A thermal spraying method includes the steps of: (1) preparing a speed-increasing means for adding energy to the heated material or the heating material to increase a flying speed of the material; and (2) adding energy to the heated material or the heating material ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6501052 | Aerosol generator having multiple heating zones and methods of use thereof A temperature and flow rate controlled capillary aerosol generator includes two heating zones optionally separated by a region in which a pressure drop is induced. Power is metered or applied to the downstream, second zone to achieve a target resistance, ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6327427 | Space heater and enclosure An electric space heater uses the heat generated by quartz-halogen lamps to heat air which may be supplied to heat a local space. The heater conducts air through a heater enclosure in which the lamps are installed. The air path is parallel to the longitud... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6144802 | Fluid heater for semiconductor device A fluid heater for a semiconductor device is provided to uniformly heat a gas, for thereby improving uniformity and speed of gas reaction and thus increasing the yield of semiconductor device fabrication. The fluid heater includes a main heater of a helic... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6078731 | Heater housing A fluid heater comprises a first elongated cylindrical housing having a first diameter, a first end for heated fluid exit, a second end for fluid entrance, and a longitudinal axis. An elongated cylindrical airflow member is fixedly positioned within the h... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5930458 | High efficiency ultra-pure fluid heater An apparatus for heating a fluid such as ultra-pure de-ionized (UPDI) water is disclosed. The fluid heater includes an intermediate body portion, a bottom end cap assembly secured to one end of the intermediate body portion, and a top end cap assembly sec... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5872890 | Cartridge heater system A linear cartridge heater has a cylindrical heater element and an integral, concentrically-mounted current collector element positioned within a fire retardant chlorinated PVC enclosure. The enclosure includes a unitarily-molded mounting flange for sealin... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5872891 | System for providing substantially instantaneous hot water A water heater tank is designed to be installed within a wall to provide substantially instantaneous and continuous hot water when the faucet is activated. The tank maintains water at a hot temperature to be mixed, if necessary, with standing water from t... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5787229 | Electric hot water tank with layered storage An electric hot water heater tank is fitted with a plurality of separators that divide the tank into a plurality of chambers surrounding the tank axis and extending between the top and bottom walls. The adjacent chambers communicate alternately in a direc... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5437003 | In line tankless water heater with upper heating compartment, lower wiring compartment, and microswitch compartment disposed therebetween A unitary electric resistance "in line" tankless water heater for interconnection to an electric power supply conduit, a cold water inlet line and a hot water supply line. The heater includes three separate stacked compartment sections of matching circula... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5400432 | Apparatus for heating or cooling of fluid including heating or cooling elements in a pair of counterflow fluid flow passages A heating or cooling vessel for heating or cooling a fluid as it flows through the vessel includes an outer tubular shell and an inner tubular member mounted to the outer tubular shell. The inner tubular member includes a central passage defining a first ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5351605 | Automatic noodle cooker An automatic noodle cooker which continuously and automatically supplies hot water while cooking long thin ingredients such as spaghetti. The noodle cooker comprises a hot-water boiler which is divided into several water storage spaces, for example four, ... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5278940 | Device utilizing a PTC resistor for electrically heating flowing liquid or gaseous media A device for heating flowing liquid or gaseous media has a heating element including a PTC resistor arranged between a pair of perforated metallic bodies serving as power supply terminals for the resistor. The heating element is positioned inside a tubula... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5257341 | Compact in-line thermostatically controlled electric water heater for use with dental instruments A compact, in-line electric water heater is provided for heating water to a temperature suitable for dental operations. The heater includes a cylindrical inner tube containing an electrical heater element and a cylindrical outer tube concentrically spaced... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5170462 | Apparatus for supplying heated water to a bidet A cleaning water heating and supplying device comprises a tank that has a body and a cover and is divided by a partition into a heating zone in which an electric heater is provided and a reserving zone in which a detector for detecting the level of the wa... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5117482 | Porous ceramic body electrical resistance fluid heater A fluid heater utilizing a porous ceramic, for example silicon carbide, electrically conductive body as an electrically energized heating element to heat a fluid passing through the pores thereof is provided. A plurality of interconnected annular fluid fl... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5054108 | Heater and method for deionized water and other liquids A heater for heating dionized water and other liquids which may be very aggressive solvents, the heater constituting one or more heating units having an external cylindrical housing of PTF Teflon or similar material and closed at each end with headers of ... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4984622 | Apparatus for supplying temperature regulated air to a calender roll An apparatus 10 is provided for supplying a high-velocity flow of temperature regulated air 5 to the calender roll 90 of a paper making machine. Ambient air 1 is received into the plenum chamber 20 and distributed therefrom through a longitudinally elonga... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4982068 | Fluid permeable porous electric heating element A heating element comprises a body provided by fibrous tubes of an electrically conductive material, a voidage between the tubes providing a path for a fluid to be heated. The material may be silicon, silicon carbide, or silicon rich-silicon nitride. The ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4899920 | Apparatus for removal and installing electronic components with respect to a substrate This invention relates to a method and apparatus for removing and installing surface mounted devices (SMD's) with respect to a substrate such as a printed circuit board (PCB).... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4864103 | Canister cover heater for automotive vapor canister A cover for an automotive vapor canister has a heat-spreading member heated by a self-regulating electrical resistance heater of positive temperature coefficient of resistivity for heating air which is periodically introduced into the canister for purging... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4786782 | Electric instantaneous water heater with enhanced temperature control An instantaneous water heater with enhanced temperature control and less variation in output water temperature has an output hot water pipe extending into a heating tank through the top thereof and surrounded by a coiled sheath electric heater for heating... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4762980 | Electrical resistance fluid heating apparatus Apparatus for electrically heating a fluid medium includes a housing (18) having an inlet channel (54) and an outlet channel (60) communicating with a central passage (62). A heating cartridge (38) is resident in the central passage (62) and has a web (90... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4738196 | Air heater for a calender roll diameter controller An electrical air heater for a calender roll diameter control device is described. The heater comprises a tube for directing a flow of air along the inside of the tube from a plenum toward an object which is to be heated. An electrically resistive heating... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4725715 | Apparatus for producing a jet of gas at high temperature A tubular case closed at its two ends respectively by a first side wall carrying two electric supply terminals and a second side wall carrying a hot gas outlet nozzle for discharging a jet of heated oxygen. A heating tube extends axially through the case ... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4604515 | Tankless electric water heater with staged heating element energization A tankless electric water heater includes a housing provided with a plurality of separate serially connected heating chambers defining a water flow path from a cold water inlet port to a heated water outlet port. Each chamber is provided with a separate e... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4594500 | Electrically heated pump for spas and swimming pools A pump for a spa or swimming pool adapted to heat the liquid being pumped includes a rigid plastic housing fabricated from (1) a first housing part having a volute portion defining a suction chamber enclosing a pump impeller and having an outlet therefrom... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4584463 | Electric continuous flow heater A continuous-flow water heater has an elongated closed tank with sidewalls and end closures. The tank is arranged with its longitudinal axis substantially vertical and is provided with a vertically disposed internal tubular baffle dividing the tank into i... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4562336 | Preheating device In order to achieve a constant, virtually optimal temperature of the fuel oil supplied to a burner and prevent any local overheating even when the burner malfunctions or is temporarily switched off, a preheating device for fuel oil to be installed in the ... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4536642 | Device for treating gases at high temperatures A device is provided for treating gases or mixtures of gases at high temptures, such as, for example, for the reaction, known as tetraconversion, of silicon tetrachloride with hydrogen to form trichlorosilane. The device has a heat-insulated housing havi... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4521674 | Electric fluid heater employing pressurized helium as a heat transfer medium An electric fluid heating apparatus includes a closed hollow metallic vessel filled with substantially pure gaseous helium at a pressure from about 30 psl absolute to about 100 psl absolute. At least one electric resistance heating element is disposed in ... | 06/04/1985 |
