Electric heating inventions 09/06

20060207974 - Direct-acting electrode position controller for electrical discharge machine: A direct-acting electrode position controller is mounted on an electrical discharge machine between a Z-direction main shaft and an electrode clamp of the machine to directly elevate or lower the electrode clamp and an electrode clamped thereto within a predetermined travel distance while the main shaft is unmoved. The direct-acting...

20060207975 - High-speed, precision, laser-based method and system for processing material of one or more targets within a field: A precision, laser-based method and system for high-speed, sequential processing of material of targets within a field are disclosed that control the irradiation distribution pattern of imaged spots. For each spot, a laser beam is incident on a first anamorphic optical device and a second anamorphic optical device so that...

20060207976 - Laser material micromachining with green femtosecond pulses: Various embodiments of a system described herein relate to micromachining materials using ultrashort visible laser pulses. The ultrashort laser pulses may be green and have a wavelength between about 500 to 550 nanometers in some embodiments. Additionally, the pulses may have a pulse duration of less than one picosecond in...

20060207977 - Methods and systems for laser processing a workpiece and methods and apparatus for controlling beam quality therein: Laser processing methods, systems and apparatus having a super-modulating power supply or pumping subsystem and high beam quality (i.e., brightness) are disclosed. The methods, systems and apparatus have significant benefits, improved operation characteristics and material processing capability over currently available methods, systems and apparatus. In at least one embodiment, the...

20060207978 - Tactile feedback laser system: A robot surgical laser with haptic feedback. The device allows an operator to feel surfaces using only light, and synthesize haptic feedback through a robot arm held by the operator when the focal point of the laser is coincident with a real surface, giving the operator the impression of touching...

20060207979 - Method and apparatus for advance warning and controlled shutdown in an arc processing system: Warning and shutdown systems and methods are presented for providing advance warnings of pending fault conditions to an operator of an arc processing system. The warning system comprises an input, a logic system, and a signaling system, where the input receives a sensor signal indicative of an operational condition of...

20060207980 - Comprehensive identification and designation of welding procedures: System(s) and method(s) that facilitates comprehensive identification and designation of welding procedures. A configuration component facilitates configuring the welding system with respect to pre-defined procedures and/or parameters and facilitates naming of the configured welding system. A storage component that stores the configured welding system in a readily accessible memory location....

20060207983 - Pipe seam tack welding methods and apparatus using modified series arc welding: Welders and methods are presented for short-circuit arc welding a workpiece using a modified series arc welding configuration with two electrodes via a sequence of welding cycles, in which each cycle includes an arc condition a short-circuit condition, wherein one or both electrode currents are selectively reversed during a reverse...

20060207981 - Interchangeable wire drive for wire feeder and spool gun: A modular welding wire feed drive for use in a welding system. The welding wire feed drive is designed to be detachably connected to the welding wire feed system of the welding system. The welding wire feed drive includes a drive housing designed to be detachably connectable to the welding...

20060207982 - Welding equipment for consumable electrode: In a case where a motor 3 is stopped upon completion of welding, a motor stop can be effected irrespective of the length of control lines by disposing a first motor stop means 5a or a second motor stop means 5b in a feeding means 2....

20060207984 - Flux cored electrode: A flux cored electrode including a metal sheath surrounding a core of particles containing a flux system with dispersed magnesium particles in generally spherical shape and having a graded size to pass through a number 30 U.S. Standard sieve....

20060207985 - Bonding method and bonding apparatus: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bonding method, comprising disposing on a first body a second body with a bump interposed therebetween; and electrically and mechanically bonding the first body and the second body with the bump by passing a heating element between the...

20060207986 - Multi-function liquid container: A container is provided for heating or otherwise processing the contents of the container. For example, the container may be a kettle or kettle for heating fluids therein. The container may receive a command, desired characteristic or desired range for processing the contents of the container. The container may further...

20060207987 - Position accuracy evaluation method and position accuracy evaluation apparatus: According to a related art for evaluating the position accuracy of heaters with respect to the plate, it is necessary to attach an energizing electrode to the heaters, and energize the heaters for a predetermined period to heat the entire plate, before measuring the temperature distribution map. Therefore, there is...

20060207988 - Control of a cooktop heating element: A user control generates a heat level input signal responsive to a user of a cooktop heating element. Logic generates an output signal having a duty cycle corresponding to the input signal. An electromechanical device connected to apply power from a source to the heating element in response to the...

20060201915 - Welding process for stainless steel piping: The present invention has an object to reduce residual stress in a tensile direction of a weld on the inner side in contact with reactor water of austenitic stainless steel piping, and to change the residual stress into compressive stress, to reduce stress corrosive cracking. The present invention provides a...

20060201916 - Method and apparatus for cleaning and surface conditioning objects using plasma: A method and apparatus for cleaning and surface conditioning objects using plasma are disclosed. One embodiment of the apparatus for cleaning conductive objects using plasma discloses at least one planar dielectric barrier plate having a first surface and a second surface, and at least one electrode proximate the second surface...

20060201917 - Process for monitoring and controlling of thermal spray process: A process for monitoring the spray stream during thermal spraying of spray material, which contains at least two different materials A and B, by means infrared thermography, wherein the thermographic measured values are divided into at least two regions of the radiation intensity and these are assigned or associated to...

20060201918 - Heater for semiconductor manufacturing device: A heater that enables a more even temperature distribution in the time from commencement of heating until completion of cooling, and a device is equipped with the same, are provided. The heater for a semiconductor fabrication device of the present invention comprises a substrate having a heating surface that heats...

20060201919 - Laser welding method and laser welding device: To this end, a laser welding process according to the present invention comprises the steps of allowing a laser beam outputted from a laser beam generating means 1 to enter into an optical fiber 10 through a light-introducing optical unit 9, and applying the laser beam exiting from the optical...

20060201920 - Laser beam processing machine: A laser beam processing machine comprising a chuck table for holding a workpiece, a laser beam application means for applying a laser beam to the workpiece held on the chuck table, a processing-feed means for moving the chuck table and the laser beam application means relative to each other in...

20060201921 - Consumable electrode arc welding method: The invention includes means for, when welding a crater in a welding termination portion, moving a torch in a direction allowing the whole of the torch to part apart from a molten pool and, therefore, the invention can prevent all welding wires from coming into contact with the molten pool....

20060201922 - Welding current controlling method in arc welding process using consumable electrode upon detection of constriction: A welding current controlling method is provided for an arc welding process using a consumable electrode and including an alternate repetition of a short-circuiting state and an arc generating state occurring between the consumable electrode and a base material. In the method, a neck detection is performed for the molten...

20060201923 - Method and system of determining wire feed speed: A system and method for controlling a wire feeder is disclosed. The speed by which a wire feeder delivers consumable weld wire to a weld is dynamically controlled based on feedback from a contact-less sensor. The contact-less sensor provides the feedback directly from the consumable weld wire as it is...

20060201924 - Hair iron: A hair iron comprising a pair of openable/closable hair-sandwiching arms that each store in void spaces shielded by shielding members a heat-source plate and a hair-heating plate positioned adjacent to the heat-source plate and sandwiches hairs when the arms are closed; wherein the pair of arms are openably/closably connected on...

20060201925 - Ceramic igniters: New methods are provided or manufacture ceramic resistive igniter elements that include extrusion of one or more layers of the formed element. Ceramic igniters also are provided that are obtainable from fabrication methods of the invention....

20060201926 - Banquet cart including heat retention material: A banquet cart includes a heater received in an opening in the bottom panel of the banquet cart. Plates of food are loaded into the interior compartment of the banquet cart in the kitchen. The heater includes a central heater unit and two heat retention material heating panels. The central...

20060201927 - Heating device for heating semiconductor wafers in thermal processing chambers: An apparatus for heat treating semiconductor wafers is disclosed. The apparatus includes a heating device which contains an assembly of light energy sources for emitting light energy onto a wafer. The light energy sources can be placed in various configurations. In accordance with the present invention, tuning devices which are...

20060201928 - Springless oven door latch assembly: A springless motorized door latch assembly for locking an oven door in a locked and sealed position for purposes of cleaning the oven. A motor and cam cause a latch member to move between three different positions. In one position the latch member prevents the oven door from opening. From...

20060201930 - Air conditioner, method of controlling the same, temperature setting device and method of controlling the same: An operating device provided to equipment such as an indoor unit of an air conditioner is equipped with an analog operating member for setting a set temperature of the equipment and outputting an indication value that is associated with the set temperature and continuously varies in accordance with an operation...

20060201929 - Resistance heating system: A resistance heating system is provided which includes a resistance heater, a source of alternating current electricity connected by conductors to the resistance heater, and a controller comprising a timer arranged to connect the source of alternating current electricity to the resistance heater for a selected time period and to...

20060201931 - Touch sensible display device, and driving apparatus and method thereof: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a display panel including a plurality of image scanning lines and a plurality of sensor scanning lines; a plurality of display circuits connected to the image scanning lines; a plurality of sensing circuits connected to the sensor scanning...

20060201932 - Heatable glazing panel: The present invention relates to an electrically heatable glazing panel comprising a substantially transparent, electrically conductive coating layer which is adapted to be electrically heatable and is divided into at least two zones, each zone comprising a pair of spaced bus bars and a conductive path located between the pair...

20060201933 - Patterned electrical foil heater element having regions with different ribbon widths: A patterned foil sheet heating element has a first discrete region patterned with a first plurality of holes forming multiple conductive ribbons and having a first sheet resistivity. It also has a second discrete region patterned with a second plurality of holes forming multiple conductive ribbons and having a second...

20060201934 - Electrical contact connection and method for forming such a contact connection: In order to make it possible to produce a secure and permanent contact connection between an electrical conductor made from a soft material, in particular an aluminum conductor, and a contact element made from a harder material, the conductor is encapsulated at least partially in a contact region by an...

20060201935 - Manufacturing method, brazing apparatus and metal article: Microwaves in a frequency range of 300 MHz to 300 GHz are applied to an assembled heat exchanger received in a metal case of a brazing apparatus to generate heat from the heat exchanger and thereby to cause brazing in brazing portions of the heat exchanger with a brazing material....

20060201936 - Method and apparatus for microwave phosphor synthesis: A method of microwave synthesis of phosphors includes a microwave furnace having a microwave chamber; providing starting material in the microwave chamber; and subjecting the starting material to microwaves, whereby the starting material is synthesized into phosphors. An insulation package for use in microwave synthesis is disclosed that includes an...

20060201937 - High-frequency dielectric heating device and printed board with thermistor: The present invention provides a high-frequency dielectric heating device comprises: a microwave output unit including an inverter unit using a semiconductor switching element, heat-radiating fins for radiating the heat generated by an IGBT, a printed board having a thermistor for detecting the temperature of the semiconductor switching element, wherein the...

20060201938 - Food serving arrangement: Various embodiments of a food serving arrangement and its components are disclosed....

20060196853 - Micro-joining using electron beams: A low power electron beam system can be utilized for micro welding, brazing, or heating a workpiece and as an imaging system for precise positioning of a micro electron beam with regard to a workpiece. A filament system produces a micro electron beam, which is then focused onto the workpiece....

20060196854 - Electrode and electrode holder with threaded connection: A threaded connection for an electrode holder and an electrode in a plasma arc torch is provided. The threaded connection has relatively low height, and the engaged portion of a male threaded portion of the electrode and a female threaded portion of the electrode holder are positioned at least partially...

20060196855 - Plasma display panel control circuit: A method and circuit to control of a circuit for addressing at least one line electrode of a plasma display panel having, for each line, a line selection stage formed of two switches in series between two input terminals of the selection stage, the method including use of a first...

20060196856 - Laser beam welding structure, laser beam welding method, and vehicle control unit using the laser beam welding structure: In a laser beam welding structure for welding two workpieces 1, 2 by emitting laser beam 4 onto a the work portion between the two workpieces, wherein resin members covering the workpieces 1, 2 are provided at the position receiving the reflected laser beam from surface of a melting portion...

20060196858 - Method and system for laser marking in the volume of gemstones such as diamonds: A method and an apparatus for laser marking indicia in the volume of gemstones such as diamonds, the indicia being made up of a plurality of microscopic dot-shaped marks whose build-up can be initiated by exposing naturally-occurring internal defects or impurities in the volume of a gemstone to a tightly...

20060196857 - Methods of manufacturing electrical contacts having solder stops: A method of forming an electrical contact for use in an electrical connector that includes a contact body made of metal and having a contact head, a contact tail, and an anti-wicking region disposed between the contact head and the contact tail arranged to prevent wicking of a fusible material...

20060196859 - Laser cutting of thick metal pieces with a double-focal lens: Methods for laser beam cutting metal workpieces with a thickness between 4 mm and 25 mm. A double focusing lens is provided to make it possible to focus a laser beam on a first focusing and a second focusing point. These points are separate from each other and both lie...

20060196860 - Device for cutting material by means of a laser beam: Device for cutting material by means of a laser beam, which device (1) comprises a laser source (2) for generating a laser beam (3) with an optical axis (10) and a focussing lens (8) for focussing said beam (3), characterized in that between said laser source (2) and said focussing...

20060196861 - Manipulation apparatus for system that removes material from a surface of a structure: A manipulation system controllably moves a head relative to a surface of an inhabitable structure for irradiating the surface with energy waves from the head. The manipulation system includes a positioning mechanism coupled to the head. The positioning mechanism includes a first-axis position system adapted to move the head along...

20060196852 - Positioning method, apparatus and a product thereof: A method of laser micro-machining a work piece, with a laser, including the steps of: locating the workpiece on a carrier forming a part of a transport system, the carrier can be displaced along a path parallel to an X-axis of the workpiece, a Y-axis lying transverse the path, and...

20060196862 - Welder with integrated wire feeder having single-knob control: A welding-type component is disclosed having a single user input that requires a user to input only a single parameter to identify a welding-type process. From the single input, operating parameters for the welding-type process automatically are set or otherwise determined. The invention streamlines the welding-type process prescription process by...

20060196863 - Electrode liner tube: The purpose of the invention is to provide a filler wire guide tube, wherein the feeding resistance of the wire is lower than earlier, the deposition of material on the inner surface is smaller and that is sufficiently stiff to prevent formation of sharp bends. These problems are solved so,...

20060196864 - Electrically heated seat apparatus for a vehicle, vehicle incorporating same, and method of using same: A seat heating element and electronic temperature selector is provided for use in a motorcycle or other saddle-type vehicle, driven by an engine as a source of power. A vehicle seat is provided with first and second heating elements, and the temperature selector controls a supply of electric power to...

20060196865 - High performance defrosters for transparent panels: The present invention provides a window assembly having a transparent panel and a conductive heater grid formed integrally with the transparent panel. The conductive heater grid has a first group of grid lines and a second group of grid lines, with opposing ends of each group being connected to first...

20060196866 - Device for keeping heating wires in position in a horizontal oven: Device for keeping a heating wire (2) in position in a horizontal oven includes a ceramic bar (3) and a number of ceramic spacer elements (4). Each spacer element consists of a bar-shaped part, on which a Y-shaped part (6) is placed near the centre of the bar-shaped part. The...

20060196867 - Plate type of solid-oil melting heater: Disclosed is a plate type of heating device for melting solid oils comprising a sheathed heater, a plate-like metal covering for enclosing the major part of the sheathed heater in thermal conducting relation with the metal covering, an external cladding body joining with the opposite ends of the sheathed heater,...

20060196868 - Heating structure and its temperature control method: A heating structure and its temperature control method having therein a heat generating line and a controller. The heat generating line includes a PTC element and a short circuit line serially connected having an insulating fusible layer separating them. When a user sets a heating temperature, electric current is conducted...

20060196869 - Electrical heating assembly: An electrical heating assembly (2) includes a control system (26). The control system (26) comprises cooking mode selection means (34) having a plurality of settings whereby a predetermined cooking mode is user-selectable for the electrical heating assembly (2), and cooking value selection means (36) adapted for user-selection of a cooking...

20060196870 - Transversal field heating installation for inductively heating flat objects: The invention relates to a transversal field heating installation (1) for inductively heating flat objects (5) that can be transported in an advancing direction (V), said installation comprising at least one inductor unit (2) extending transversally in relation to the advancing direction (V) over the width of the flat object...

20060196871 - Microwave heating device: Microwave heating device intended for heating load(s) and comprising a cylinder-shaped cavity (2) enclosed by a periphery wall, said cavity is provided with a microwave feeding means (10). The heating device comprises a dielectric wall structure (8) arranged inside said cavity between said periphery wall and said load(s), wherein said...

20060196872 - Fan oscillating device: A fan-oscillating device includes a housing unit mounted to a fan head, a control rod movable between an engagement position and a disengagement position, and a rotatable wheel rotatable on the housing unit only when the control rod is disposed in the engagement position. A link-connecting member is disposed rotatably...

20060196853 - Micro-joining using electron beams: A low power electron beam system can be utilized for micro welding, brazing, or heating a workpiece and as an imaging system for precise positioning of a micro electron beam with regard to a workpiece. A filament system produces a micro electron beam, which is then focused onto the workpiece....

20060196854 - Electrode and electrode holder with threaded connection: A threaded connection for an electrode holder and an electrode in a plasma arc torch is provided. The threaded connection has relatively low height, and the engaged portion of a male threaded portion of the electrode and a female threaded portion of the electrode holder are positioned at least partially...

20060196855 - Plasma display panel control circuit: A method and circuit to control of a circuit for addressing at least one line electrode of a plasma display panel having, for each line, a line selection stage formed of two switches in series between two input terminals of the selection stage, the method including use of a first...

20060196856 - Laser beam welding structure, laser beam welding method, and vehicle control unit using the laser beam welding structure: In a laser beam welding structure for welding two workpieces 1, 2 by emitting laser beam 4 onto a the work portion between the two workpieces, wherein resin members covering the workpieces 1, 2 are provided at the position receiving the reflected laser beam from surface of a melting portion...

20060196858 - Method and system for laser marking in the volume of gemstones such as diamonds: A method and an apparatus for laser marking indicia in the volume of gemstones such as diamonds, the indicia being made up of a plurality of microscopic dot-shaped marks whose build-up can be initiated by exposing naturally-occurring internal defects or impurities in the volume of a gemstone to a tightly...

20060196857 - Methods of manufacturing electrical contacts having solder stops: A method of forming an electrical contact for use in an electrical connector that includes a contact body made of metal and having a contact head, a contact tail, and an anti-wicking region disposed between the contact head and the contact tail arranged to prevent wicking of a fusible material...

20060196859 - Laser cutting of thick metal pieces with a double-focal lens: Methods for laser beam cutting metal workpieces with a thickness between 4 mm and 25 mm. A double focusing lens is provided to make it possible to focus a laser beam on a first focusing and a second focusing point. These points are separate from each other and both lie...

20060196860 - Device for cutting material by means of a laser beam: Device for cutting material by means of a laser beam, which device (1) comprises a laser source (2) for generating a laser beam (3) with an optical axis (10) and a focussing lens (8) for focussing said beam (3), characterized in that between said laser source (2) and said focussing...

20060196861 - Manipulation apparatus for system that removes material from a surface of a structure: A manipulation system controllably moves a head relative to a surface of an inhabitable structure for irradiating the surface with energy waves from the head. The manipulation system includes a positioning mechanism coupled to the head. The positioning mechanism includes a first-axis position system adapted to move the head along...

20060196852 - Positioning method, apparatus and a product thereof: A method of laser micro-machining a work piece, with a laser, including the steps of: locating the workpiece on a carrier forming a part of a transport system, the carrier can be displaced along a path parallel to an X-axis of the workpiece, a Y-axis lying transverse the path, and...

20060196862 - Welder with integrated wire feeder having single-knob control: A welding-type component is disclosed having a single user input that requires a user to input only a single parameter to identify a welding-type process. From the single input, operating parameters for the welding-type process automatically are set or otherwise determined. The invention streamlines the welding-type process prescription process by...

20060196863 - Electrode liner tube: The purpose of the invention is to provide a filler wire guide tube, wherein the feeding resistance of the wire is lower than earlier, the deposition of material on the inner surface is smaller and that is sufficiently stiff to prevent formation of sharp bends. These problems are solved so,...

20060196864 - Electrically heated seat apparatus for a vehicle, vehicle incorporating same, and method of using same: A seat heating element and electronic temperature selector is provided for use in a motorcycle or other saddle-type vehicle, driven by an engine as a source of power. A vehicle seat is provided with first and second heating elements, and the temperature selector controls a supply of electric power to...

20060196865 - High performance defrosters for transparent panels: The present invention provides a window assembly having a transparent panel and a conductive heater grid formed integrally with the transparent panel. The conductive heater grid has a first group of grid lines and a second group of grid lines, with opposing ends of each group being connected to first...

20060196866 - Device for keeping heating wires in position in a horizontal oven: Device for keeping a heating wire (2) in position in a horizontal oven includes a ceramic bar (3) and a number of ceramic spacer elements (4). Each spacer element consists of a bar-shaped part, on which a Y-shaped part (6) is placed near the centre of the bar-shaped part. The...

20060196867 - Plate type of solid-oil melting heater: Disclosed is a plate type of heating device for melting solid oils comprising a sheathed heater, a plate-like metal covering for enclosing the major part of the sheathed heater in thermal conducting relation with the metal covering, an external cladding body joining with the opposite ends of the sheathed heater,...

20060196868 - Heating structure and its temperature control method: A heating structure and its temperature control method having therein a heat generating line and a controller. The heat generating line includes a PTC element and a short circuit line serially connected having an insulating fusible layer separating them. When a user sets a heating temperature, electric current is conducted...

20060196869 - Electrical heating assembly: An electrical heating assembly (2) includes a control system (26). The control system (26) comprises cooking mode selection means (34) having a plurality of settings whereby a predetermined cooking mode is user-selectable for the electrical heating assembly (2), and cooking value selection means (36) adapted for user-selection of a cooking...

20060196870 - Transversal field heating installation for inductively heating flat objects: The invention relates to a transversal field heating installation (1) for inductively heating flat objects (5) that can be transported in an advancing direction (V), said installation comprising at least one inductor unit (2) extending transversally in relation to the advancing direction (V) over the width of the flat object...

20060196871 - Microwave heating device: Microwave heating device intended for heating load(s) and comprising a cylinder-shaped cavity (2) enclosed by a periphery wall, said cavity is provided with a microwave feeding means (10). The heating device comprises a dielectric wall structure (8) arranged inside said cavity between said periphery wall and said load(s), wherein said...

20060196872 - Fan oscillating device: A fan-oscillating device includes a housing unit mounted to a fan head, a control rod movable between an engagement position and a disengagement position, and a rotatable wheel rotatable on the housing unit only when the control rod is disposed in the engagement position. A link-connecting member is disposed rotatably...