"That the automobile has practically reached the limit of its development is suggested by the fact that during the past year no improvements of a radical nature have been introduced."
Scientific American ; Jan. 2 edition, 1909
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7448866 | Preform heating module equipped with aerodynamically profiled air baffle A module for heating a plastic container perform, includes a longitudinal heating tunnel bounded transversely by the longitudinal vertical internal faces of two walls, one a heating wall, being equipped with a heating system, and the other wall having aeration orifi... | 11/11/2008 |
| 6761301 | Soldering machine A soldering machine using lead-free solders is provided which can uniformly heat a printed circuit board and electronic parts to be mounted thereon, and which can solder the electronic parts without thermally damaging them. A porous member having a number of holes f... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6663792 | Equipment for UV wafer heating and photochemistry The apparatus of the present invention provides for the dual use of a UV source to heat a substrate and to facilitate photochemistry necessary for the treatment of the substrate. The present invention also provides a method for processing a substrate by h... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6632087 | Infrared heating oven for the conditioning of plastic preforms Infrared oven for heating a plurality of preforms and comprising: a conduit through which said preforms move, a flow of outside air that flows through said conduit from an intake mouth to an exhaust mouth under the action of a blower, a plurality of infra... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6412681 | Soldering machine A soldering machine using lead-free solders is provided which can uniformly heat a printed circuit board and electronic parts to be mounted thereon, and which can solder the electronic parts without thermally damaging them. A porous member having a number... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6372042 | System for processing semiconductor wafers producing a downward laminar flow of clean air in front of baking units A photo process system for semiconductor wafers prevents air from flowing across the top of a baking region to produce a stable downward laminar air flow in front of baking units disposed at several levels in the baking region. The baking region is locate... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6149425 | Static furnace for the thermal decomposition of solids at high temperatures by thermal radiation A furnace for the thermal decomposition of solids by thermal radiation having an inlet for admitting the solids at an upper part with the solids dropping by gravity in the furnace. There is at least one heated radiator body within the furnace below the in... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6110289 | Rapid thermal processing barrel reactor for processing substrates A novel rapid thermal process (RTP) barrel reactor processes a larger batch of semiconductor substrates than was previously possible. The RTP barrel reactor is characterized by a short process cycle time in comparison to the same process cycle time in a c... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6046439 | System and method for thermal processing of a semiconductor substrate A semiconductor substrate processing system and method using a stable heating source with a large thermal mass relative to conventional lamp heated systems. The system dimensions and processing parameters are selected to provide a substantial heat flux to... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6033214 | Heating apparatus having multiple heating chambers movable between a first position with opposed open sides and a second position with opposed open sides Described is a heating apparatus which in case of need guarantees nonproblematic access to the objects to be heated, without incurring heat losses. Used in conjunction with lip rolling apparatuses, the heating apparatus features at least two movably arran... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5788484 | Rapid cycle treatment oven The invention provides an oven which can be used to rapidly heat and cool a workpiece. In one embodiment, the oven includes a first duct which defines an initial leg of an enclosed air flow path and which has an inner panel and a heat exchanger. This firs... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5609785 | Method and apparatus for improving the performance of a heating furnace for metal slabs The invention relates to a method and apparatus for improving the performance of a heating furnace for metal slabs. The elongated heating furnace includes a water cooled conveyor track for carrying metal slabs through the heating furnace and at least one ... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5200975 | Furnace for viscoelasticity measuring device with concentric gas cooling shield A double cylinder comprises an inside cylinder around which a heater wire is wound and a cylinder disposed outside thereof, and a furnace body filled an adiabatic material. Since cool air from a liquid vaporization type cooling device is passed through a ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 4792302 | Continuous solder reflow system An oven includes a plurality of pairs of upper and lower spaced non-focused infrared heater panels. Product is conveyed between these panels to effect solder reflow. To increase heat transfer and to achieve temperature uniformity, air is forced through eq... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4770630 | Heat treatment apparatus A heat treatment apparatus which comprises a treatment chamber formed with heat insulating walls, a graphite heater installed in the treatment chamber, a gas supply port supplying non-oxidizing gas to the chamber and an exhaust port for carrying gas out o... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4719333 | Firing of ceramic ware An electrically heated kiln (10) for firing ceramic ware has centrifugal fans (22) communicating with a lower region of the kiln, the fans (22) pulling atmospheric air from externally of the kiln through electric heaters (24) so that heated air is introdu... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4702696 | High temperature vacuum furnace A vacuum furnace for heating dental reconstructionproducts using sintered powder metal that includes a sealed vacuum tube made of a material having a relatively low thermal shock resistance characteristic. The vacuum tube is desirably relatively short. Th... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4355972 | Travelling baking oven In order to improve the thermal efficiency of a multi-zone, indirect-heated, travelling baking oven, with a closed-circuit gas heating system which heats at least the major part of the length of the oven and which includes at least two heaters which are s... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4299565 | Heating furnace A heating furnace, suitable for use in a continuous steel slab heating furnace, wherein slabs are heated by fuel combustion flames. Heat transfer converters each made of a heat-resistant material are disposed downstream of the flow of the combustion flame... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4268275 | Apparatus for converting organic material into fuel The apparatus includes a pyrolytic reactor in which an initial charge of charcoal is located. An inlet is provided for introduction of the organic material and an exit is provided for the resulting gases and ash products. The reactor is arranged to permit... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4266932 | Heating furnace A heating furnace, suitable for use in a continuous steel slab heating furnace, wherein slabs are heated by fuel combustion flames. Heat transfer converters each made of a heat-resistant material are disposed downstream of the flow of the combustion flame... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4229163 | Heating furnace A heating furnace, suitable for use in a continuous steel slab heating furnace, wherein slabs are heated by fuel combustion flames. Heat transfer converters each made of a heat-resistant material are disposed within and in the flow of the combustion flame... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4040778 | Baking pit furnaces Baking pit furnaces have flues cast in several inter-related parts in refractory concrete and which are assembled from the cast parts which are compacted during casting in mould means by inducing small vibrations at high frequency to the moulds in which t... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4008998 | Transfers dyeing by rolling up webs with a conductor Dry transfer printings are obtained by bringing the printed surface of a temporary carrier sheet into face-to-face contact with the surface of a substrate sheet to be printed, forming the joined sheets into a coil and heating the coil to a temperature and... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3982885 | Method and arrangement for inhomogeneous annealing of small parts An arrangement for providing controlled annealing of parts within a furnace comprising a series of heat radiation distributors, thermal conduction dosing devices and heat accumulators positioned within the furnace to provide a temperature gradient in the ... | 09/28/1976 |