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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5625742 | Thermally insulating jacket under reversible vacuum utilizing hydrogen getter in combination with non-evaporable promoter getter A thermally insulating jacket under reversible vacuum, having an inner wall, an outer wall and an hollow space between these walls. The hollow space is in fluid communication with an outer housing containing a reversible non-evaporable hydrogen getter loa... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5552577 | Multi-purpose cooker for steaming, drying or boiling foodstuffs A multi-purpose cooker for steaming, drying or boiling foodstuffs includes a base having a switch, an electric heater mounted on the base, a bottom plate mounted on the electric heater, a water container mounted on the bottom plate, a water collector moun... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5519191 | Fluid heater utilizing laminar heating element having conductive layer bonded to flexible ceramic foil substrate Flow-through fluid heaters useful, e.g., for the preheating of exhaust gas streams prior to catalytic treatment thereof, are made by bonding an electrically conductive metallic film or foil to at least one pre-sintered flexible ceramic foil substrate to p... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5495551 | Fast recovery circuit for heat pump water heater An external circuit that works in conjunction with the existing tank thermostatic controls to control both a water heating heat pump and the existing resistance elements in a water heater. The existing resistance elements are disabled to allow the heat pu... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5444813 | Infrared lamp mounting arrangement using spaced mounting holes enabling desired positioning thereof In order to simplify mounting and rearrangement of the infra-red lamps, and to minimize the size of unheated zones, an assembly plate (1) is formed with a pattern of assembly apertures (3) having at least three-fold symmetry. The bases (2) of the lamps (6... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5408071 | Electric heater with heat distributing means comprising stacked foil layers A heat distributing device which includes a concentrated heat source and a stack of metal foils wherein the heat source is encapsulated between two of the layers of metal foil. The heat source can be a resistance heated wire which extends linearly and has... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5406053 | Heating probe having a heated tip forming a thermocouple A heated probe and sensor tip incorporating a thermocouple located near the distal end of the probe. Improved temperature monitoring and control are achieved through placement of a thermocouple at or near the heating surface. In one embodiment of the devi... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5403997 | Rethermalization system and cart A rethermalization cart having top and bottom sides connected together by at least two side walls. Attached to the side walls at a plurality of vertically spaced positions are a plurality of tray supports. Attached adjacent and below the tray supports and... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5404420 | Cooking oven using far-infrared tube heater A quick-cooking oven equipped with a far-infrared heating tube. Heat and far-infrared radiation are generated from ceramic heating tubes. A motor for rotating a cooling fan and the heating elements are completely shielded to prevent motor failure. The coo... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5400430 | Method for injection well stimulation A method of stimulating injection wells having a wellbore. The method includes the steps of placing a heater at or near the bottom of the well, adjacent to the area to be treated, energizing the heater to release heat energy, flowing a solvent past the he... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5397873 | Electric hot plate with direct contact P.T.C. sensor Electrical heating apparatus (10) is used in an electric stove (R) having a glass/ceramic cooking surface (S). A pan (12) is mounted adjacent an underside of the cooking surface. An electrical heating element (20) installed in the pan heats a defined area... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5397871 | Light beam heating system with inert gas shield A light beam heating system is suited for use in performing local heating. The light beam heating system includes a light source for emitting light, an optical lens assembly for converging the light emitted from the light source on an object to be heated,... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5397875 | Portable appliance for heating towels and for dispensing heated fluid such as body oil to facilitate the administration of a massage A portable appliance for heating towels and for dispensing heated fluid such as body oil has a suitcase-like housing with hinge-connected base and lid components that define a plurality of compartments for heating towels and liquid when the housing is "op... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5396049 | Sterilization apparatus using electrically heated inert material as sterilizing media A sterilization apparatus for sterilizing medical instruments such as scalpels, tweezers, needles and the like utilizes an electrically heated inert material as the sterilizing media. Instruments to be sterilized are positioned in the inert material and b... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5396047 | Electric heating unit with alternately heated surface areas A heating unit (1) for a cooking point has an outer heater (3) and an inner heater (4) located concentrically for separately heating an associated surface area (13, 14) of the overall heating surface (2). The two heaters (3, 4) can be differently regulate... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5394507 | Heated tube with a braided electric heater A heated tube with a electric heater comprising a braid structure of bare strands of resistance wire connected in an arrangement to form a number of resistance circuits in parallel in a zone formed between exposed core portions of an electrical feeder lin... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5393958 | Heater with a pretensioned heating element Heating resistors and/or series resistors (10) are curved in flat corrugation manner from flat band and are so pressed into the bottom (7) of an insulation (3), that they are only prevented by friction from rising from the bottom (7). The resistor (10) ha... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5391859 | Iron comprising humidity responsive motion detector and electrostatic charge detector for controlling the heating element An iron comprises a heating element (97), heating-control (96) for the heating element (97), and a motion detector. The motion detector can be an electrostatic detector (35) which determines an amount of electrostatic charges present at the fabric. The mo... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5388180 | Electrical steam generator with multiple passages of unequal cross-section A steam generator has a body (4) of heat conductive material, an electric heating element (6) located within the body (4), an inlet (14) for water to be vaporized, one or more discharge orifices (20) for steam, and one or more elongate convoluted passagew... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387779 | Rice oven with forced residual heat exhaust An electric rice oven which can prevent rice from scorching and producing a fluffy, tasty and delicious rice comprising an electrical heater arranged in the lower part of an oven body, exhaust outlets in the upper part of said oven body, and a vent hole 2... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5388177 | Heating element for deodorization A heating element for deodorization contains a metallic substrate, an enamel layer formed on the surface of the metallic substrate, a catalyst layer comprising at least an active alumina, a platinum group metal and a zeolite and formed on the enamel layer... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386099 | Self-cleaning process utilizing fuzzy logic and stove for carrying out the process A pyrolytic self-cleaning stove includes at least one wall region defining an oven chamber, a muffle disposed in the at least one wall region, a heating element with additional ambient air heating for operating the muffle, an ambient air blower for ventil... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5386491 | Electrical appliance with U-shaped lamps having filaments of different power consumption An elctrical appliance for preparing food is provided which contains several incandescent lamps (2, 2') disposed side by side. Incandescent lamps (2, 2') for use in the appliance have a U-shaped tubular lamp vessel (4) in the first (8) and the second leg ... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5384889 | Heater for heating a plastic sleeve about a portion of a wire harness A heating device for recovering a heat-recoverable plastics sleeve about a portion of a wire harness comprises a housing having a heating location when the portion of the harness and heat-recoverable sleeve are introduced, and a heating unit that is movab... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5384888 | Vaporizer with electrode positioning A vaporizer having first and second substantially parallel electrodes with upper ends connected to a voltage source and free lower ends projecting into a boiler chamber; a compartment defining the boiler chamber and enclosing the electrodes; and a locator... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5384448 | Thermally stable solenoid utilizing wound electric heating wire A thermally stable solenoid including a heater coil and an inductive coil wound around the same axis. The current in the heater coil is controlled by the current in the inductive coil through a control circuit. The heater coil is energized in such a way a... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5380982 | Metallic conduction - hot gas soldering-desoldering system A solder-desolder system includes a hand held tool having an electrically heated soldering tip which is a hollow tube through which molten solder may be removed from the workpiece by a steady inward flow of air or by a strong impulse, vacuum stroke. Also ... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5381510 | In-line fluid heating apparatus with gradation of heat energy from inlet to outlet A disposable, in-line heating cassette and apparatus for raising the temperature of fluids. The cassette comprises a spacer defining a sinuous or serpentine flow pathway interposed between flexible foils and mounted on a frame. The frame comprises inlet a... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5377220 | Apparatus for drying of granular or powdered carbon by electrical resistance heating An apparatus for drying moist or wet carbon particles in a series of tubular drying sections by electrical resistance heating where the current is introduced into the column of carbon particles through a graphite block positioned at the center of the top ... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5374807 | Domestic cooking apparatus A domestic cooking appliance having a housing whose top surface is formed with a flat cooking surface made from a layer of ceramic material of high thermal shock resistance capable of being heated to a temperature of at least 200° C. A foil heating eleme... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5374806 | Pen base electric heat sealer An electric heat sealer comprises a pen-shaped housing including a power supply unit and an end portion, preferably in the form of a tapered socket, containing an electric heat seal unit. The heat seal unit includes a heat sealing tip projecting from an o... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5371829 | Rotatable heating apparatus for articles of food A heating apparatus for articles of food comprises a receptacle (4) where the articles of food which are to be heated are brought and which may rotate around a axis during heating. The apparatus further comprises a cover (6) which forms with the receptacl... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5369723 | Tobacco flavor unit for electrical smoking article comprising fibrous mat A tobacco flavor unit is provided for use in a smoking article for delivering to a smoker a tobacco flavor substance, the smoking article having electrical heating means disposed in a cavity. The tobacco flavor unit includes a carbon fibrous mat and tobac... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5369245 | Method and apparatus for conditioning an electronic component having a characteristic subject to variation with temperature An electronic component is conditioned to remove distortion in a temperature response characteristic due to a temperature hysteresis effect, by subjecting the component to a controlled temperature variation prior to operation of the component at a given t... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5369246 | Temperature control for laminator A laminator temperature control includes a control circuit having a sensing amplifier that drives a triac to control power to PTC heating elements. A temperature sensor at an input of the sensing amplifier causes power to be inhibited to the heating eleme... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5367602 | Control apparatus and method for electric heater with external heat source A water heating system, including both a conventional water heater and an external heat source such as a heat pump, is controlled in accordance with the present invention. The water heater includes a water storage tank, an electrically resistive heating e... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5367606 | Multi-zone illuminator with embedded process control sensors A multi-zone illuminator for processing semiconductor wafers is described which comprises a plurality of source lamps and dummy lamps embedded in the reflector side of a lamp housing. The source lamps are arranged in a plurality of concentric circular zon... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5367601 | Supplemental heat control system with duct temperature sensor and variable setpoint A heating system has a primary heat source such as a heat pump, with a capacity that occasionally needs to be supplemented from a supplemental heat source such as an electrical resistance heater. The heating system heats and circulates a medium such as ai... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5365039 | Humidity controlled food warmer A humidity controlled food warmer includes a humidity control for adding moisture to a closed environment. A heater for the enclosure maintains the air temperature within a certain range, for example 1° F., and in this condition the humidity control heat... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5362942 | Battery heating system using internal battery resistance A battery heater uses the internal resistance of the battery as the battery heating element. In one embodiment, a DC battery charger and a programmable battery load, is used in a closed loop temperature control system. In another embodiment, a DC battery ... | 11/08/1994 |
