Electric heating inventions 01/06

20060016788 - Method for welding employing current: One method of the invention is for welding and includes obtaining first and second members each including an extrusion having a through hole and includes obtaining first and second electrodes each having an electrode portion. The second member is positioned to have the second extrusion nest in the first through...

20060016789 - Plasma arc torch: A plasma arc torch is provided that comprises a set of torch consumable components secured to a torch head, wherein a supply of cooling fluid flows coaxially through the torch to cool torch components and a supply of plasma gas and secondary gas flows through the torch to generate and...

20060016790 - Generation of efficient solid-state laser pulse trains: A device and method for generating laser pulse trains for delivery to a target including the use of a single laser generator which produces a plurality of pulse groupings of two or more individual laser pulses within each laser pulse train, generated at selected time intervals. The laser pulse train...

20060016791 - System and method for variable hot start of a welding-type device: A system and method for a variable hot start of a welding-type device is disclosed. The variable hot start includes determining at least one of a plurality of parameters of a welding-type device including a desired V/A output for a welding-type process. The variable hot start process also includes selecting...

20060016792 - Welding arc stabilization process: A system and method for stabilizing a welding arc is disclosed. The method of initiating the arc includes the steps of defining a wire feed speed based on a user selected wire feed speed and then abruptly reducing the wire feed speed before the wire feed speed reaches a relatively...

20060016793 - Electrical storage device heater for vehicle: A heater system for an electrical storage device, such as a high voltage traction battery, is connectable to an external AC power source maintain a proper temperature of the battery as long as the system remains connected to the external power source. The battery temperature can be maintained at a...

20060016794 - Strip-heating for building structures and infrastructures: System for heating building constructions (100) and infrastructures characterized by there being placed in structures (100), especially in their walls and floor (107), one or more lengths (111-113), laid side by side, of a strip having a constant transversal section and two substantially equal cores of very high electrical conductivity,...

20060016795 - Heatable external mirror for motor vehicles: A heatable external rearview mirror including a mirror housing for attachment to the vehicle and a mirror pane with a reflecting surface carried in the housing. A heating element is located adjacent the mirror pane for heating the pane to remove precipitation. A thermochromic heating indicator is provided in heat...

20060016796 - Bottom electric heating element systems and ovens: A bottom electric heating element for an oven wherein the electric heating element is positioned in a recessed portion in the oven bottom and comprises at least one corrugated ribbon of conductive material partially embedded in an insulating base. A glass panel is positioned over the recessed portion and on...

20060016797 - Electrically powered oven, in particular for baking or heating sliced bread, and heating procedure: The electrically powered oven, in particular for baking or heating sliced bread, comprises a box-shaped body inside which there are housed one or more electrical resistors adapted to radiate energy into the body for baking or heating sliced bread. A resistor is arranged into the body, so as to determine...

20060016798 - Electron source for food treating apparatus and method: A food treating apparatus and method wherein a reducing DC electric current is provided by a DC electric circuit, the food treating apparatus including a vessel and a handle, and wherein at least part of the electric circuit is integral with the handle and is operative to provide electrons to...

20060016799 - Automatic stove timer and alarm apparatus and method of use: A burner sensor is electrically interconnected with a control circuit, the burner sensor enabled for detection of burner operation, the control circuit providing a timing feature enabled, during burner operation, for continuous repetitive timing cycles each for a fixed selected time interval and for activating at least one of an...

20060016800 - Continuous capacitive slider controller for a smooth surfaced cooktop: A touch responsive capacitive control for a smooth surfaced ceramic cooktop provides a continuously variable control voltage which indicates the last touched position on an elongated control surface. An A.C. potential is applied between a transmitter plate and a pair of receiver plates all of which are positioned below the...

20060016801 - Oven temperature control system: An oven temperature control system for an oven cell having a top heating element with two separate heating conductors in a top portion of the oven cell, a bottom heating element with two separate heating conductors in a bottom portion of the oven cell, and a convection heating element and...

20060016802 - Sealing structure of ceramic heater: A ceramic heater is provided which may be built in a gas sensor to heat a sensor element up to a desired activation temperature. The ceramic heater includes a pair of electrical conductors formed on a ceramic body. Each of the conductors is equipped with a terminal. Leads are joined...

20060016803 - Carbon heater: Disclosed herein is a carbon heater. The carbon heater comprises a sheet-shaped carbon filament disposed in a tube. The carbon filament is arranged in the tube while being twisted. Consequently, radiant heat is uniformly emitted in all directions. Furthermore, support parts are formed at the twisted sheet-shaped carbon filament or...

20060016804 - Customer-engaging food merchandising module: An apparatus and method are disclosed for penetrating convenience store food markets with a customer-engaging food merchandising module. The customer-engaging food merchandising module comprises three units: a food storage and display unit attached to a food preparation and display unit, and a shell unit attached to at least one of...

20060016805 - Susceptor for hybrid microwave sintering system, hybrid microwave sintering system including same and method for sintering ceramic members using the hybrid microwave sintering system: A susceptor for a microwave hybrid heating system is provided, including a hollow member comprising a heat resistant material that does not substantially absorb or reflect microwave energy at room temperature and a substance contained within the hollow member. The substance substantially immediately couples to microwave energy at room temperature...

20060016806 - System and probe for detecting at least one parameter: A probe for detecting at least one parameter during thermal treatment of a food product comprises a sensor arrangement suitable for detecting a value of said at least one parameter, at least one antenna for communicating said value to a control device for controlling said thermal treatment in the absence...

20060011590 - Reducing plasma ignition pressure: A method in a plasma processing system for processing a semiconductor substrate is disclosed. The plasma processing system includes a plasma processing chamber and an electrostatic chuck coupled to a bias compensation circuit. The method includes igniting a plasma in a plasma ignition step. Plasma ignition step is performed while...

20060011591 - Control of plasma transitions in sputter processing systems: Methods and apparatus for controlling a plasma used for materials processing feature cooperative action of a resonant circuit and a switch unit coupled to a plasma vessel and a power supply. A sensor for acquiring a signal associated with a state of a plasma in the plasma vessel supports closed-loop...

20060011592 - Laser welding control: In laser welding of metallic workpieces, the energetic beam is moved over the workpiece surface to form a pool of molten weld metal that quickly solidifies behind the advance of the laser into a weld nugget. The laser beam produces a keyhole of plasma-containing vapor within the molten pool. Weld...

20060011593 - Method of cutting processed object: A method of cutting an object which can accurately cut the object is provided. An object to be processed 1 such as a silicon wafer is irradiated with laser light L while a light-converging point P is positioned therewithin, so as to form a modified region 7 due to multiphoton...

20060011594 - Processing apparatus using laser beam: A processing apparatus comprising holding means for holding a workpiece, and laser beam application means for applying a laser beam to the workpiece held by the holding means. The holding means has a holding surface on which the workpiece is placed, and the holding surface is defined by a holding...

20060011595 - Power source for electric arc welding: A power source for an electric arc welding process, wherein the power source comprises an input stage having an AC input and a first DC output signal; a second stage in the form of an unregulated DC to DC converter having an input connected to the first DC output signal...

20060011597 - Heated side window glass: A heatable side window assembly for an automobile, wherein the automobile includes a sideview mirror mounted generally adjacent the heatable side window assembly. The heatable side window assembly includes a glass sheet having an interior surface and an exterior surface and one or more continuous, electrical conductor strips mounted to...

20060011596 - Screen printed heater for vehicle elements: A layered screen printed conductive pattern is applied to a flexible surface for defrosting, such as in windows. A narrowed buss pattern coupled to a hexagonal grid of conductive silver is applied to vinyl to heat and defrost....

20060011598 - Vehicular lamp: A vehicular lamp with an outer lens made of resin, the outer lens having a built-in heater which is formed by a copper wire or a tungsten wire of 20 to 80 μm diameter....

20060011599 - De-icing cable jig construction: A de-icing cable jig construction (10) for a floating membrane roof drain (100) provided with a clamping collar (110) and a domed strainer (120) wherein, the jig construction (10) includes a base plate member (20) provided with drainage slots (22) and track arm recesses (21) that are adapted to receive...

20060011600 - Soldering device with cartridge type battery pack: A battery powered soldering device with a cartridge type battery system which includes a number of different optional battery packs or connections which can be utilized to provide a full range of soldering features in a cartridge type soldering tip device....

20060011602 - Ceramic heater, glow plug, and ceramic heater manufacturing method: A ceramic heater which includes: a cylindrical substrate including an insulator; a resistor provided in one end side of the substrate; a pair of lead parts provided in the substrate, connected to the resistor and extending to an opposite end side of the substrate; and a pair of electrode parts...

20060011601 - Igniter systems: Resistive igniter systems are provided that comprise a metal substrate with an associated resistive igniter element in electrical connection through braze applied to the metal substrate. Igniter systems of the invention can enable significantly simplified manufacturing as well as notably higher yield production of more robust igniters. In preferred systems,...

20060011603 - Melting and vaporizing apparatus and method: An apparatus and method for heating materials or substances in an oven at an oven temperature below their melting and/or vaporization points to either melt and/or vaporize the substance. Substances are inserted into a substantially spherical envelope. The envelope is sealed at a preset pressure. The solid...

20060011605 - Bake system: Provided is a bake system. The bake system includes a heating plate having a heating plate having a substrate on an upper surface. A case is disposed below the heating plate to support the heating plate; a first cover is disposed above the heating plate and coupled to the case...

20060011604 - Oven for heating moving thermoplastic material container blanks: The invention concerns an oven (1) for heating moving thermoplastic blanks (preforms, intermediate containers), comprising conveying means (2) supporting and moving the blanks sequentially while rotating each of them about its own axis and heating means (3) arranged laterally to said conveying means (2) for heating the moving blank bodies;...

20060011606 - Method and apparatus for a self-cleaning oven: An oven assembly that includes a first oven cavity including a self-cleaning feature, a first pair of opposing walls, and a second pair of opposing walls, wherein the walls are coupled together to define a first volume within the first oven cavity, and a second oven cavity coupled to the...

20060011607 - Heating apparatus for cooking: A heating apparatus for cooking having a steam-generating device, which is easily cleaned and hygienically used and has improved steam-generating effects. The heating apparatus includes a main body having a cooking chamber; a hot air chamber formed in at least one surface of both side and rear surfaces of the...

20060011608 - Cover system for heating unit: A cover system for a heater unit includes a tray and a cap formed around the mouth of the tray. The tray holds a liquid medium that may be heated to various temperatures. The cap and the tray are coupled to prevent the passage of air and water. As a...

20060011609 - Effusion cell and method for use in molecular beam deposition: An MBE effusion cell is configured to produce an inverted temperature gradient; that is, the top surface of the melt is not cooler than the bottom surface of the melt. In one embodiment, the MBE effusion cell comprises a crucible having tip, central and base regions. First filaments are located...

20060011611 - Substrate heating apparatus: A substrate heating apparatus, comprises a base group including a plurality of bases, which are arranged into substantially a plate with a gap interposed between the bases and form a substrate mounting surface, and a resistance heating element provided for at least one of the bases....

20060011610 - Substrate heating apparatus and manufacturing method for the same: A substrate heating apparatus comprises a ceramic base including a heating surface on which a substrate is placed, and a resistance heating element buried in the ceramic base, wherein the heating surface is a concave which a central part is the lowest point and a peripheral part is the highest...

20060011612 - Control panel for an electrical appliance and method for manufacturing the control panel: In order to enable an electrical appliance, in particular for a domestic appliance, an economically produced control panel for different models of the appliance is provided. The control panel has a sensor film forming a switch panel with a plurality of individual switch zones. Each of the switch zones can...

20060011613 - Temperature calibration method for a cooking appliance: The present invention is a method for calibrating the temperature of a cooking appliance. It has been discovered that the calibration can vary widely, depending on when during the heating cycle it is performed. In accordance with the principles of the invention, temperature calibration is judiciously performed only when the...

20060011614 - Encapsulated electrically resistive heater: Electrically resistive heating element, with metal strip electrodes secured thereto, and with electrical wires secured to said metal strip electrodes, is encapsulated with thermoset-molding compound....

20060011615 - Door mirror heater: To provide a door mirror heater for a vehicle such as a motor vehicle or the like on which a high voltage battery is mounted, a door mirror heater compliant to a high voltage battery having a heat generating circuit provided with a PTC layer corresponding to a heating element...

20060011616 - Radio frequency and microwave radiation used in conjunction with convective thermal heating to expedite curing of an imprinted material: A system and method is provided in which a radio frequency transmitter and/or a microwave frequency transmitter applies radio and/or microwave frequency energy, respectively, to an imprinted material to cure the imprinted material. In some embodiments, an oven may be used to apply thermal energy to the imprinted material in...

20060011617 - Automated laser cutting of optical lenses: A laser engraving device is adapted to process a plurality of lens blanks in a single processing run. The lens blanks are cut or edged serially where the laser cutter path for each blank is calculated by software which interprets lens blank optical parameters, prescription parameters and frame trace parameters,...

20060011618 - Microwave-assisted processes and equipment therefor: The present invention provides for a system for effecting microwave assisted processes, the improvement comprising the combination of a source for generating microwave radiation, for example with a solid state generator, a self-adjusting cavity for receiving microwave radiation and for receiving a sample to be treated with the microwave radiation;...

20060011619 - Heating element: The invention provides a warmer for heating a dining plate from beneath, said plate having a ridge on its lower surface for resting on a supporting surface, wherein said warmer comprises a heat absorbing material, and wherein when said plate is set on said warmer said heat absorbing material contacts...

20060011620 - Microwave packaging with indentation patterns: Indentation patterns in microwave packaging materials can enhance the baking and browning effects of the microwave packaging materials on food. The indentation patterns can provide venting to either channel moisture from one area of the food product to another, trap moisture in a certain area to prevent it from escaping,...

20060011622 - Microwave having a top vent: A filter system for a wall mounted type microwave oven, which has an external enclosure surrounding an oven cavity. The external enclosure includes a bottom closure wall having a suction opening. The external enclosure also includes a top vent opening. An air exhaust path is formed between the external enclosure...

20060011621 - Wall mounted microwave oven having an exhaust ventilation system: A wall mounted type microwave oven having an external enclosure including a bottom closure wall which includes a suction opening and a top vent opening and an oven cavity which is supported within the external enclosure. The oven cavity has a rearwardly stepped portion to maximize the usable space provided...

20060006147 - Method for welding heat exchanger tube to tubesheet: One method for welding includes obtaining a heat-exchanger tube having an outward fold. The tube is inserted at least partially through the orifice of a tubesheet with the fold contacting one of the outward and inward facing sides of the tubesheet. A first electrode is positioned in contact with the...

20060006148 - Welding apparatus for resistance welding heat exchanger tube to tubesheet: Welding apparatus includes a first electrode having an electrode surface adapted to contact an outward end fold of a heat-exchanger tube which is positioned in an orifice of a tubesheet with the fold contacting an outward-facing side of the tubesheet. A second electrode has an electrode surface adapted to contact...

20060006149 - Jointed hollow arc gouging rod: A jointable hollow carbon rod used for arc gouging includes one or more hollow carbon rods joined together end-to-end. Because of the hollow nature of the rods, more electrical current can be delivered to the rods, resulting in significantly faster material removal. Since the rods are jointable, the arc gouging...

20060006150 - Electrical discharge machining apparatus and electrical discharge machining method: An electrical discharge machining apparatus includes a work electrode adapted to support a work immersed in a working fluid, a tool electrode located opposing the work electrode with a predetermined gap, a capacitor that is connected between the work electrode and the tool electrode to provide a series of voltage...

20060006151 - Extending the life of an amorphous hardface by introduction of pellets: Apparatus and method for hardfacing a workpiece such as a cylindrical hollow pipe. The workpiece is moved past a stationary deposition head and a pellet-metering device. The deposition head and pellet-metering device are spaced far enough apart that the hardening pellets are dispersed uniformly onto and throughout the depth of...

20060006152 - Spot welding gun and a gun accessory: A spot welding rod for resistance welding of object comprises a rod which is moveable axially, and two electrode arms provided with electrodes, wherein the electrodes face towards each other and the welding gun is adapted to press together objects to be welded located between the electrodes by axial movement...

20060006153 - Microwave plasma nozzle with enhanced plume stability and heating efficiency: Systems and methods for generating relatively cool microwave plasma are disclosed. The present invention provides a microwave plasma nozzle that includes a gas flow tube through which a gas flows, and a rod-shaped conductor that is disposed in the gas flow tube and has a tapered tip near the outlet...

20060006154 - Plasma torch life duration detecting device: A plasma torch life duration detecting device according to the present invention aims at detecting a life duration of a plasma torch, detecting a life duration of a plasma torch in accordance with a requested processing precision, and detecting contact between a nozzle protection cover and a workpiece at a...

20060006155 - Device for assembling a banded fuel cell stack: A device for assembling a banded fuel cell stack with at least one custom-fit band comprises a frame, a base to support the stack while assembling, a press plate that is movable toward and away from the base to compress the stack under a constant force, band folding means to...

20060006156 - Laser welding method and apparatus: A laser welding method includes providing a storage medium containing stored data about possible welding defects and associated repair welding parameters, welding a workpiece with a laser to produce weldings on the workpiece, monitoring the produced weldings for defective weldings, and, in response to detecting a defective welding from among...

20060006157 - Method and apparatus for repairing or building up surfaces on a workpiece while the workpiece is mounted on a machine tool: A method and apparatus are provided for adding material to a workpiece mounted on a machine tool, while the workpiece is mounted on a machine tool, by melting a portion of the workpiece, in a zone of addition of the workpiece, using a material addition device including a laser, to...

20060006158 - Continuous motion laser shock peening: A continuous motion laser shock peening apparatus and method for laser shock peening a workpiece. A laser controller modulates and fires a laser beam from a laser unit. A motion controller is controllably connected to a manipulator and to the laser controller to fire the laser beam based on axis...

20060006159 - Method and apparatus for welding with cv control: A method and apparatus for welding is disclosed. The output is preferably a cyclical CV MIG output, and each cycle is divided into segments. An output parameter is sampled a plurality of times within one or more of the segments. The CV output is controlled within the(at least one segment...

20060006160 - Less smoke fume-dispersing device for welding operations: A fume-dispersing device and welder combination for removing unwanted gases from a welding work area comprises a welder including a grip portion having an axis, and a welding tip extending in an axial direction from said grip portion and providing a distal welding end that affects a welding operation; and...

20060006161 - System and method for information handling system peripheral heating element thermal failsafe: Information handling system peripherals that use a heating element are protected from catastrophic failure due to overheating by a thermal failsafe associated with the heating element that fails the heating element if excessive temperatures are reached. For instance, the failsafe releases the vacuum from a heating element bulb so that...

20060006162 - Multispiral for a pre-heating pencil spark plug: A sheathed-element glow plug, in particular for internal combustion engines, includes a housing, a glow plug situated on the housing and having a heating and regulating filament situated in the glow tube, current being applicable to this heating and regulating filament via a terminal stud situated in the housing. The...

20060006163 - Convection oven with forced airflow circulation zones: At least two blowers are controlled with baffles to create circulating zones of airflow which circulate in a substantially horizontal plane within a convection oven cavity. This airflow minimizes the potential for airflow paths to be broken up or blocked by the configuration of objects placed in the oven. The...

20060006164 - Versatile semi-toroidal processing furnace with automatic and reconfigurable wafer exchange: The present invention comprises a fully automated, fabrication compliant furnace with the advantages of the horizontal and most of the advantages of the vertical furnace. One embodiment of the present invention is that it implements a multi-degree motion robot arm to move wafers from a loading area to a WIP...

20060006165 - Control device for electric blanket: A control device for an electric blanket includes a voltage drop rectifier circuit connected to an AC power source, a control gate circuit, a zero-across detecting circuit connected to the AC power source, a central processing circuit connected to the zero-across detecting circuit, an activating circuit, and a button circuit....

20060006167 - Forced-air heater control system and method: The present invention relates to a forced-air electric heater control system for HVAC systems. One embodiment utilizes two heat sensors which are positioned upstream and downstream, equidistant from the heating element(s). The control system, in this embodiment, takes the difference between the temperature signals, thereby eliminating any radiant heat factor,...

20060006166 - On-chip power supply regulator and temperature control system: An on-chip temperature control system includes a temperature sensor, which monitors a temperature of a chip, and a hysteresis comparator which checks whether the temperature is in an acceptable range. A reference adjustment circuit is responsive to the hysteresis comparator to adjust an on-chip voltage to control the temperature locally...

20060006168 - Electric heating/warming fabric articles: Electric heating/warming composite fabric articles have at least a fabric layer having inner and outer surfaces, and an electric heating/warming element, formed, e.g., of die cut metallized textile or plastic sheeting or metal foil, affixed at a surface of the fabric layer and adapted to generate heating/warming when connected to...

20060006169 - Heating apparatus with temperature detection system for identifying and notifying the user that the material to be heated is wound around the induction heating element: A heating apparatus has a magnetic flux generator and a rotatable induction heating element for generating heat through electromagnetic induction by the action of magnetic flux generated by the magnetic flux generator, and heats a material to be heated by causing the material to be heated to contact the induction...

20060006170 - Controlled flow instrument for microwave assisted chemistry with high viscosity liquids and heterogeneous mixtures: A controlled-flow microwave instrument for chemical synthesis that includes heterogeneous or highly viscous materials includes a fluid reservoir for supplying or receiving fluids, a fluid pump in fluid communication with the reservoir for pumping fluids to or from the reservoir, a microwave transparent reaction vessel in fluid communication with the...

20060006171 - Distillation and distillate method by microwaves: A microwave energy emitter (108) is positioned in a chamber within a material holding cavity of a containment vessel (106) that is transparent to microwave energy absorption that is further surrounded by a microwave reflective component to reflect the waves back into the vessel. The vessel (106) encloses a material...

20060006172 - Microwave fluid heating and distillation method: A microwave energy emitter (108) is positioned in a microwave transparent chamber (123) within a fluid holding vessel (106) of a microwave containment vessel (122). The fluid holding vessel (106) may be transparent to microwave energy and is further provided with a microwave reflective component outward, on, or beyond an...

20060006173 - Bar-code reading cooking apparatus and method: Disclosed herein is a cooking apparatus that is capable of performing an optimal cooking process irrespective of the state of food. A cooking method of the same is also disclosed. The cooking method includes reading and interpreting a bar-code storing cooking information, confirming the state of food to be cooked...

20060000810 - Method of and system for dynamic laser welding: A method of welding a first material of an apparatus to a second, semi-crystalline material of the apparatus. The method includes the acts of heating a weld area with a first power intensity for one time period and heating the weld area with a second power intensity (not equivalent to...

20060000812 - Method and apparatus for controlling and adjusting the intensity profile of a laser beam employed in a laser welder for welding polymeric and metallic components: A method and apparatus is provided for forming a fusion bond between two materials such as two components of a catheter. The method begins by forming a bond site by positioning a portion of a first body with respect to a portion of a second body so that a fusion...

20060000813 - Laser-assisted coating removal method: Stripping is accomplished with a pulsed laser beam that targets the material and area to be stripped. The wavelength laser beam may be selected or adjusted to the absorption behavior of the material to be stripped without damaging the underlying base material. A control unit may operably adjust an optical...

20060000814 - Laser-based method and system for processing targeted surface material and article produced thereby: A laser-based method and system for processing targeted surface material and article produced thereby are provided. The system processes the targeted surface material within a region of a workpiece while avoiding undesirable changes to adjacent non-targeted material. The system includes a primary laser subsystem including a primary laser source for...

20060000811 - Diffractive optical element changer for versatile use in laser manufacturing: A DOE array apparatus includes a plurality of different interchangeable DOEs for use with lasers in manufacturing for versatile tasks such as drilling holes or vias of various sizes and shapes and multiple ablation or material transformation patterns in a surface of an object. A method of using the apparatus...

20060000815 - Method of optimizing optical power use in a parallel processing laser system: The present invention relates to optimizing optical power from a laser processing system, and more specifically to a method of optimizing the optical power by employing parallel laser processing techniques to maximize fabrication quality and yield. The method in the present invention includes the steps of: determining the specification for...

20060000816 - System for and method of zoom processing: A laser processing system for precision manufacturing is operated by adjusting a scan lens within the system to create a wide variety of features on a workpiece. The zoom scan lens is adjusted continuously within the system to alter radius of an annulus of the processing beam(s), resulting in change...

20060000817 - Torch cable disposition structure for arc-welding robot: A first wrist element 11 is rotatably provided around an axis line A, on the front end of a forearm base 10 of a robot 1. A second wrist element 12 is rotatably provided around a second axis line B, on the first wrist element 11. A welding torch 2...

20060000818 - Surface treatment agent for welding wire and welding wire surface-treated with the same: Disclosed herein is a surface treatment oil for treating the surface of a welding wire. The surface treatment oil comprises at least one alkali metal compound and/or an alkaline earth metal compound, a Zn compound, and a hydrocarbon compound wherein the hydrocarbon compound contains at least two functional groups selected...

20060000819 - Image heating apparatus and heater used therefor: The image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording material includes a heater having a substrate and first and second heat generating resistors, most of the region of said first heat generating resistor having smaller resistance value per unit length toward an end in the longitudinal direction...

20060000820 - Heart-shaped electrically heated hair curler set: An electrically-heated hair curling appliance includes housing having a transparent lid covering a base member mounting a plurality of miniature sized heating posts, each arranged to mount and heat a miniature curler. The interior heating is accomplished by means of heated, mounted tubular rods on which the curlers are supported,...

20060000821 - Oven with a system for generating steam: An oven comprises a housing defining a cooking cavity, a steam generator defining a chamber and having an evaporation element located in the chamber for generating steam that is introduced into the cooking cavity, and a water reservoir in fluid communication with the chamber and positioned relative to the chamber...

20060000822 - Ceramic heater, wafer heating device using thereof and method for manufacturing a semiconductor substrate: [Problems]In a ceramic heater comprising a heating face at one main side of a plate-shaped ceramic body and arc-shaped resistance exothermic body at another main side of it, there has been problems that when the rapid raising and lowering of temperature are repeated, cracks are generated between the plate-shaped ceramic...

20060000823 - Polymer compositions exhibiting a ptc property and methods of fabrication: Various embodiments of the invention provide polymeric compositions including PTC composites that exhibit highly non-linear PTC effects together with extremely rapid, repeatable switching within a predetermined temperature range. In one embodiment, the polymer composite includes a polymer base material with dispersed conductive particles that have very low densities and very...

20060000824 - Standoff for use with uncoiled bare wire and insulated runs of an open coil electric resistance heater, method of use, and an open coil resistance heater using the standoff: An open coil resistance heater uses one or more standoffs to engage and support the generally straight or uncoiled run of bare or insulated wire that is part of the resistance wire of the heater. The standoff has slots, which are sized to engage the bare or insulated wires for...

20060000825 - Image forming apparatus: A heating apparatus includes a heat generation member for generating heat using magnetic flux; a coil for generating the magnetic flux by electric power supply thereto, the coil being disposed in the heat generation member, wherein a material to be heated is fed and introduced in a heating portion of...

20060000826 - Billet support system for induction heating: An apparatus and process are provided for supporting a billet inside an induction coil while the billet is being heated by electric induction. Two or more rails of a heat resistant ceramic material provide a curvilinear surface on which the billet can slide into and out of the coil and...

20060000827 - Microwave oven: A microwave oven has a main body including a cooking compartment, and a component compartment in which a heating component is installed. An outer casing encloses the main body A fan is provided at the component compartment corresponding to the heating component, and blows outside air to cool the heating...

20060000828 - Microwave susceptor for food packaging: The present invention relates to a susceptor for the microwave heating of food products that includes a metallized component and a printed component. In another aspect, the invention relates to a method of fabricating a susceptor for the microwave heating of food products that includes a metallized component and a...

20060000829 - Bag for heating liquids and means for heating the bag: The invention proposes a liquid heating bag 1, in particular, a blood heating bag and a bag heating means 30 for heating liquids, e.g. cooled blood, which flow through the liquid heating bag 1, to a temperature suitable for transfusion. The liquid heating bag 1 has a flow volume 3...