Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7302170 | Heating device for smoke generator A heating device for a smoke generator includes at least one heating rod and a vaporization tube. The vaporization tube includes a longitudinal passageway. The vaporization tube coils around the heating rod and includes an end connected to an outlet of a pump of a s... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7159905 | Material feed hose system and method of constructing a material feed hose system A material feed hose has a multilayered hose with an inflow end, an intermediate length, and an outflow end. The hose has an an armored crush-resistant outer layer and a heating layer disposed between an inner layer and an intermediate insulating layer. A pair of ho... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7066396 | Method and apparatus for enhanced heat recovery from steam generators and water heaters A heating system having a steam generator or water heater, at least one economizer, at least one condenser and at least one oxidant heater arranged in a manner so as to reduce the temperature and humidity of the exhaust gas (flue gas) stream and recover a major port... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6926923 | Method of forming coat on inner surface of bearing and apparatus for the same There is provided a method of forming a coat on an inner surface of a bearing, in which a jig 13 is attached to a rotor 2 while holding four bearings 12 for example, so as to form those in a cylinder shape. Then, while the rotor 2 is rota... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6915070 | Quick heater for drinking water A quick heater for drinking water includes a helical water pipe defining a narrow space therebetween for fitting an electric heating tube and having a water inlet and a water outlet. The water pipe and the electric heating tube are wrapped up with a support base hav... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6911631 | Plate heat exchanger The device concerns among other things a plate heat exchanger having at least one pile of plate elements, each of which plate elements has a central heat transferring part and an edge part (15) surrounding this part, the heat transferring parts of the plate e... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6594447 | Heating system for potable water and relatively small areas A supplemental heating system for heating a first fluid such as potable water. The supplemental heating system is configured for use in a recreational vehicle having a primary heating system that also heats the first fluid. The supplemental heating system... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6275655 | Heating system for potable water and relatively small areas A supplemental heating system for heating a first fluid such as potable water. The supplemental heating system is configured for use in a recreational vehicle having a primary heating system that also heats the first fluid. The supplemental heating system... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6260608 | Windshield clearing and de-icing system A windshield clearing and de-icing system including a first housing having air inlet and outlet ports extending through walls of the first housing and further having fluid inlet and outlet ports extending through the walls of the first housing, and also i... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6157778 | Multi-temperature control system and fluid temperature control device applicable to the same system A fluid temperature control device is improved to be simpler in structure, less in fluid temperature non-uniformity, and able to heat a fluid having a small light absorbability. The fluid temperature control device has a cylindrical inner vessel (20), a c... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6037567 | Vehicle air-conditioning system with heat exchanger having integrated electric heaters and temperature control system A vehicle air-conditioning system includes electric heating devices to accelerate a rise in temperature of air for heating a passenger compartment by accelerating a rise in temperature of warm water used to heat the air and by directly heating the air. El... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5784531 | Instantaneous fluid heating device and process Instantaneous fluid heating device and process including an instantaneous fluid heating device which features forced fluid recirculation past/through heating elements/vessel featuring immersible electrical heating elements in a plurality of heating vessel... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5606641 | Device for thermal regulation of a circulating fluid comprising a stacked corrugated plate heat exchanger with heat transfer and cooling paths and electrical heating element therebetween A device for the thermal regulation of a pressurized circulating fluid includes a plurality of elementary assemblies, each formed by a stack of ribbed or corrugated plates. Seals define fluid circulation circuits for conducting coolant fluid and heat tran... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5367607 | Brewed beverage maker with unpressurized boiler vessel steam generator tube and common heating element An espresso coffee making system includes an unpressurized boiler vessel with an electric heating element arranged outside the boiler vessel for heating water in the boiler vessel for delivery to a perforated filter holder of the espresso coffee maker. A ... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5127465 | Heat exchanger A cast aluminum body has a plurality of stainless steel conduits and an electrical heating element cast therein. Water is circulated through one of the conduits, and the fluid to be heated is circulated in the remaining conduits. The electrical heating el... | 07/07/1992 |
| 4792661 | Electric heating apparatus for regulating the temperature of a plurality of liquids Apparatus for adjusting the temperature of a plurality of liquids which includes temperature adjusting means having a corresponding plurality of separate flow paths, a pump arrangement for circulating the liquids through said separate paths and means for ... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4667084 | Electrically heated hose for heating melted adhesive and atomizing air fed to a spraying head An electrically heated hose for simultaneously heating and feeding melted adhesive and pressurized air to an adhesive spraying head includes a tubular central flexible plastic core for feeding the adhesive therethrough, a resistance heating type helically... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4641011 | Improved safety thermostat system for electric beverage making device The hot water storing container of a beverage making device is provided with a high wattage electric immersion heating element having a plurality of coil loops located in the lower portion of the container and extending around the interior of the containe... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4641012 | Thermostat sensing tube and mounting system for electric beverage making device The hot water container of a beverage-making device is provided with a removable cover sealed thereto and has arranged therein, an electric immersion coil-type heating element controlled by a running thermostat and a safety thermostat for heating a volume... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4599992 | Anticipatory thermostat with reset for domestic hydronic boiler control A hot water heating system for a building has a hot water storage tank, a combustor, a burner for firing the combustor, a plurality of radiators, a pump for circulating hot water to and from the plurality of radiators, a first thermostat for measuring the... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4587401 | Electric water heating appliance A heating appliance operable with a single heat source to heat both circulating water and water for domestic use includes an upright cylindrical reservoir containing water for household use and having an inlet at its lower end and an outlet at its upper e... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4575615 | Hot water supplying device A hot water supplying device is provided with a hot water supplying tank which includes first and second tank chambers. Warm water of about 85° C. is stored in the first tank chamber and hot water, which is higher in temperature than the warm water in th... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4469935 | Combined domestic use and space heating electric water heater An electric water heater for heating a first volume of water for domestic use and a second volume of water for space heating includes a tank receiving water to be heated for domestic use by a first electric heating element mounted in a lower part of the t... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4458138 | Fast recovery electric fluid A high efficiency fast recovery electric fluid heating system includes a closed elongated housing having thermostatically controlled high-wattage electric immersion heating elements extending from the housing ends into the interior thereof. The housing is... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4448113 | Coffee refreshener An apparatus is disclosed for making a drip-type coffee beverage wherein the apparatus has a separate flow path for receiving and reheating a previously filtered coffee brew.... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4154368 | Feeder for apparatus for ejecting a mixture of a plurality of liquids, with heated hoses A feeder for apparatus for ejecting a mixture of liquids, e.g. urethane foam, comprises a pair of swash plate proportioning pumps one individual to each of the liquids, e.g. resin and isocyanate, each proportioning pump being fed by a gear pump from a sup... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4065057 | Apparatus for spraying heat responsive materials In apparatus for spraying heat responsive materials, a serpentine path is provided so that a flow of compressed air or an inert gas first traverses the inside surface of the housing in order to maintain the outside surface of the apparatus in a relatively... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4038519 | Electrically heated flexible tube having temperature measuring probe A flexible heating tube especially for medical use, e.g. for taking blood away from and returning it to the body, in which a flexible pipe of transparent plastics material is provided with at least one electrical helical resistance heating conductor and a... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4026025 | Dental syringe An improved dental syringe for injecting pressurized warm water and air into the oral cavity of a dental patient. A syringe, having an elongate tip for guiding water and air under pressure into a patient's oral cavity and atomizing the water with the air,... | 05/31/1977 |
| 3976230 | System for dispensing polyurethane and the like A polyurethane foam dispensing system wherein electrical lines in the conduits thereof are used to controllably heat the foam precursor materials and to maintain such material at optimum temperature for foam formation. A thermistor at the dispensing end o... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3968346 | Method and apparatus for electrically heating a fluid A compact and fast acting tankless heater has an elongated tubular casing having water inlet and outlet conduits at opposite ends. A elongated generally helically twisted inner tube is disposed coaxially within the casing to define helical channel means b... | 07/06/1976 |
