Electric heating inventions 12/06

20060289391 - Arc spraying torch head: The invention provides an arc spraying torch head including: a pair of spray material guides attached to a head body so as to face forward and guiding a flexible wire-like spray material inserted therein; a main air nozzle attached to the head body, and jetting main air toward a melting... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20060289392 - Method and apparatus for clamping an electrode tube in edm drill equipment: A method and apparatus for clamping an electrode tube in an EDM drill equipment is incorporated with an elastic seal and a collet. The method providing an insert having a through hole disposed at the center to concentrically accommodate and restrict the elastic seal, placing the insert into the collet,... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Proprty Attorneys

20060289393 - Method of tig braze-welding using an argon/helium/hydrogen mixture: A method for the TIG braze-welding of one or more steel workpieces employing a TIG welding torch, a consumable wire and a shielding gas, characterized in that the shielding gas is a ternary gas mixture formed from helium, hydrogen and argon, containing less than 5% helium by volume; less than... Agent: Linda K. Russell Suite 1800

20060289394 - Tig welding or braze welding with metal transfer via a liquid bridge: The invention relates to a arc welding process employing a TIG torch provided with a non-consumable electrode and a consumable filler wire, the end of said consumable wire being progressively melted by an electric arc generated between the non-consumable electrode and at least one workpiece to be welded so as... Agent: Air Liquide

20060289395 - Cable monitoring system and monitoring method thereof: A cable monitoring system, which monitors failure of a plurality of cables connecting a power supply and a welding gun, has voltage detection lines connected to arbitrary two points of each of the cables, an insulating transformer a primary side of which is connected to the voltage detection lines of... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20060289400 - Catalytic combustion type gas sensor: A catalytic combustion type gas sensor includes a gas sensing unit 10, in which a sensing element having a heater coil embedded in a thermal conduction layer provided with an oxidation catalyst for causing a gas to be sensed to combust by contact, a compensation element having an equivalent heater... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20060289401 - Microwave plasma processing device and plasma processing gas supply member: A microwave plasma processing device and a gas supply member capable of forming a uniform thin film on a substrate to be processed. The microwave plasma processing device comprises fixing means of fixing a substrate to be processed onto the center axis in a plasma processing chamber, exhaust means of... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20060289403 - Method and apparatus for the creation and utilization of hydrogen ordering materials (hydrom): A hydrogen ordering material is provided. The hydrogen ordering material includes a metal having a lattice of metallic atoms forming elementary cells, and at least one hydrogen atom bound to the metallic atoms of the elementary cells to consume a portion of the elementary cells and establish a residual available... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20060289402 - Steel wire rod excellent in wire-drawability and fatigue property, and production method thereof: Disclosed is a steel wire rod is a steel wire rod, wherein the number of inclusions per 100 mm2 in a cross section including the axis of the steel wire rod is five or less: the inclusions contained therein being oxide inclusions 5 μm or more in width in the... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060289404 - Interchangeable plasma nozzle interface: The present invention provides a standard interface for providing mechanical location, mechanical orientation, electrical connections, and water chamber seals for the exchange of a variety of plasma forming nozzles each associated with a specific plasma plume characteristic. The flexibility of the nozzle attachment is improved over prior designs by providing... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20060289405 - Method and apparatus for fine particle liquid suspension feed for thermal spray system and coatings formed therefrom: This invention relates to a method by which liquid feedstock suspensions containing fine particles, micron- and nano-sized, are injected, with sufficient droplet velocity, preferably axially, into a thermal spray apparatus for the production of high-quality nanostructured coatings. The method allows complete entrainment of the droplets in a high temperature gas... Agent: National Research Council Of Canada 1200 Montreal Road

20060289406 - Cooled plasma torch and method for cooling the torch: The invention relates to a cooled plasma torch comprising an electrode, a plasma chamber surrounding the electrode, and a coolant space surrounding the plasma chamber with at least one common wall with the plasma chamber. The plasma torch further comprises means for feeding a coolant medium into the coolant space.... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20060289396 - Apparatus for cooling plasma arc torch nozzles: The invention relates to a nozzle for a plasma arc torch and methods of manufacturing the nozzle. The nozzle includes a nozzle body and a nozzle liner. The nozzle body has a cylindrical portion and the nozzle liner has a cylindrical section in close thermal contact with a majority of... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20060289397 - Arc plasma jet and method of use for chemical scrubbing system: A chemical scrubbing apparatus includes a first chamber configured to generate a non-rotating arc therein, a second chamber in communication with the first chamber, and a gas injector injecting a first gas into said arc to generate a plasma jet. The apparatus further includes a first inlet for injecting a... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20060289398 - Generating discrete gas jets in plasma arc torch applications: The invention is generally directed to a nozzle for a plasma torch, the nozzle having a rear portion that defines at least a portion of a plasma chamber and a front portion that includes a first end and a second end. The first end is adjacent the rear portion, and... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20060289407 - Composite electrode for a plasma arc torch: A plasma arc torch that includes a torch body having a nozzle mounted relative to a composite electrode in the body to define a plasma chamber. The torch body includes a plasma flow path for directing a plasma gas to the plasma chamber in which a plasma arc is formed.... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20060289408 - Gap measurement apparatus: A detection unit (8) is disposed for detecting the magnitudes of f1 and f2 frequency components of a composite signal which is passed through a center electrode cable (4). A detecting signal generating unit (9) generates a detecting signal corresponding to a gap between a nozzle (5) and a workpiece... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060289409 - Plasma source with discharge inducing bridge and plasma processing system using the same: A plasma source with discharge inducing bridges and a plasma processing system using the same. The plasma source may be constructed with a number of discharge inducing bridges, each discharge inducing bridge containing a magnetic core with a primary winding of a transformer. The discharge inducing bridges are positioned so... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20060289399 - Coupling device for a solid-state laser instrument: A device couples a laser beam into a laser light cable having a cable connection for the laser light cable. The device includes a safety element that is operable to move to a safety position only when the laser light cable is properly connected to the cable connection. The coupling... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20060289410 - Laser machining apparatus: A laser machining apparatus, provided with a stage on which a workpiece is placed, an emission device for emitting laser light toward a surface of the workpiece, an optical system for splitting the laser light into a plurality of beams, and for focusing the beams as a plurality of spots... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20060289411 - Laser system with multiple operating modes and work station using same: A method for manufacturing applied to workpieces, such as large flat-panel liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and the like, including identifying and classifying targets on the workpiece, mounting workpiece on a stage, and controlling a laser to generate pulse of light on a single beam line that are adapted to the... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20060289412 - Laser beam irradiation apparatus and pattern drawing method: A laser source emits a laser beam. A diffractive optical element is disposed at a position which the laser beam emitted from the laser source is incident on. The diffractive optical element splits the incident laser beam into laser beams. The laser beams are incident on a first zoom lens... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20060289413 - Torch for arc welding: A welding torch has a nozzle; a contact tip positioned within the nozzle; a tube extending from the nozzle; wherein the tube has a gooseneck portion having a radius, and the tube has a second portion adjacent the nozzle which has a longitudinal axis which is substantially collinear with a... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Lincoln

20060289414 - Single retainer mounted riser: A motor vehicle car body framing apparatus for use at a welding station, the apparatus including a gate having a frame structure and a plurality of tooling members carried by the frame structure for use in positioning components of the vehicle body at the welding station for welding. The tooling... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20060289416 - Heating element induction of time-varying thermal gradient in elongated beam to cause one or more elongated beam oscillations: One or more heating elements comprise a heating element. One or more elongated beams comprise an elongated beam. The heating element is coupled with the elongated beam and induces a time-varying thermal gradient in the elongated beam to cause one or more oscillations of one or more of the one... Agent: Carmen B. Patti & Associates, LLC

20060289415 - Micromechanical device having integrated heating: A micromechanical device having a micromechanical component and a heating element and a method for controlling and/or regulating the heating element. In this context, the heating element is used to bring the micromechanical component, which preferably has electrical components, and/or a passivator surrounding the micromechanical component to a specifiable temperature.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060289419 - Fuser and image forming device: A fuser includes a magnetic flux generation unit to generate a magnetic flux, a heating member which is heated by electromagnetic induction of the magnetic flux, a fuser member to contact the heating member and heat a toner image so as to fuse the toner image onto a recording medium,... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

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20060289420 - Heating device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device which fixes a toner image on a recording medium. The fixing device includes a heating device. The heating device includes a heat-generating member, an exciting member, and a changing device. The heat-generating member is subjected to electromagnetic induction heating. The exciting member... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060289418 - Infrared ray lamp, heating devices and electronic device: The invention provides a heating apparatus which has a high heating efficiency, can locally heat a part to be heated, can achieve a rated temperature for an extremely short time after starting the heating, reduces a large rush current and flicker at a time of lighting, has a long service... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060289422 - Electric circuit for wiring a heating element: An electric circuit for wiring at least one heating element has a first and a second selector switch (2, 3), which has a neutral position (3a) and at least one non-fixable switching position (3b, 3c), a relay (4), which has a relay-actuated contact (5) that is open when the relay... Agent: Robert P. Renke

20060289421 - Portable heated seating: In accordance with principles described herein, portable heated seats, and methods and systems for using the same, are provided that overcome some (or all) of the problems commonly associated with existing seats. These portable heated seats are easily transportable, and are preferably provided with cushion material to compensate for various... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20060289423 - Mirror heater assembly: A mirror heater assembly that eliminates the adhesive layer used for attaching the heater to the back plate includes, in one embodiment, a back plate having one or more slots formed or cut into the back plate. The slots further define one or more protrusions. The heater may include one... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20060289424 - Double feed detecting apparatus and image forming apparatus: A double feed detecting apparatus includes an ultrasonic wave transmitter configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave to a sheet, an ultrasonic wave receiver configured to receive the ultrasonic wave transmitted by the ultrasonic wave transmitter, a comparison device configured to compare the signal received by the ultrasonic wave receiver with... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20060289425 - Internal combustion engine provided with a heating device in a combustion chamber and a control method for the heating device: An internal combustion engine comprising at least one cylinder provided with at least one glow plug adapted to heat a variable volume combustion chamber within the cylinder, and an electronic control unit which in turn comprises an estimation module adapted to estimate the temperature of the glow plug within the... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20060289426 - Electric food warming system and method: A device is disclosed for warming tortillas and other foods. The device operates with a standard electric alternating current ranging from 110 to 120 volts in the US and 220v -240v in other countries. This appliance is to be used in homes or in businesses for the purpose of warming... Agent: Robert E. Krebs Thelen Reid & Priest LLP

20060289427 - Roaster oven having lid with hinged portion: A roaster oven for the heating of foodstuffs includes an outer housing with an opening and a heating element disposed proximate an interior surface for heating thereof. A lid, removably positioned on the outer housing to at least partially cover the opening, has a stationary portion and a hinged portion... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20060289428 - Apparatus for decorative caparison for an ice chest or cooler: A decorative caparison engaging a cooler or ice chest. The caparison is devoid of insulating material and provides a changeable decor that can fit different tastes and environments and is removable for care, storage, and cleaning. An upper section of the caparison is adapted to engage the cover of the... Agent: Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

20060289430 - Device and method for stabilizing a package: A device and method for stabilizing packets, each having two portions connected to each other by glue, the device having a conveyor for feeding the packets successively along a path; a number of heating members located along the path to heat and dry the glue to stabilize the packets; and... Agent: Ostrolenk, Faber, Gerb & Soffen

20060289429 - Drive circuit board and flat panel display apparatus having the same: A drive circuit board and a flat panel display apparatus having the same includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a plurality of circuit devices connected to the PCB, and at least one radiation member positioned between the circuit devices to absorb heat generated by the circuit devices and to radiate... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20060289434 - Apparatus and method for reducing stray light in substrate processing chambers: A method and apparatus for heating semiconductor wafers in thermal processing chambers is disclosed. The apparatus includes a non-contact temperature measurement system that utilizes radiation sensing devices, such as pyrometers, to determine the temperature of the wafer during processing. The radiation sensing devices determine the temperature of the wafer by... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20060289433 - Optimizing the thermal budget during a pulsed heating process: An approach for optimizing the thermal budget during a pulsed heating process is disclosed. A heat sink or thermal transfer plate is configured and positioned near an object, such as a semiconductor wafer, undergoing thermal treatment. The heat sink is configured to enhance the thermal transfer rate from the object... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20060289432 - Substrate heat treatment apparatus: A substrate heat treatment apparatus for heat-treating a substrate includes a bake plate having projections on an upper surface thereof, a seal unit disposed peripherally of the upper surface of the bake plate for closing a lateral area of a minute space formed between a lower surface of the substrate... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20060289431 - Substrate processing method and manufacturing method of semiconductor device: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a single substrate processing method which continuously heats substrates to be processed to which films containing solvents are applied, by use of a heating apparatus having an opening/closing mechanism, including supplying a gas containing a solvent contained in a film... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060289435 - Oven: An oven that is capable of minimizing heat transfer between adjacent cooking spaces along the wall of a cooking chamber. The oven includes an oven body having a cooking chamber, a partition to partition the cooking chamber into a plurality of cooking spaces, and insulating grooves formed at a wall... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060289436 - Multi-mode convection oven with flow control baffles: An airflow control system for an oven having an oven cavity and a fan having a first operating mode for generating a first flow of air and a second operating mode for generating a second flow of air is provided. A baffle is included adjacent the fan to direct the... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20060289437 - Structure and method for constructing 2-ply upper board of dry heating system: A structure of a dry heating system, and a method for constructing the same are disclosed. An upper board stacked on a heat radiator has a double-layer structure comprising first upper board elements and second upper board elements in order to prevent steps from being formed at seaming portions formed... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20060289439 - Food steamer with plurality of compartments: A cooking device including a base having a water reservoir divided into a first region and a second region; a first heating element disposed within the first region to produce steam from water in the first region; and a second heating element disposed within the second region to produce steam... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20060289440 - Hygienic wipes steamer: Provided is a hygienic wipes steamer having a housing assembly with a liquid container and a generally planar heater assembly being supported thereby. The housing assembly may be configured for supporting either a stack of individual sheets of hygienic wipes material or a roll of hygienic wipes material. The individual... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20060289438 - Method of steam cooking: A method of cooking food with steam in an automatic household oven comprises receiving a user inputted cooking temperature, receiving a user inputted steam level, and implementing a preprogrammed steam cooking cycle based on the user inputted cooking temperature and the user inputted steam level.... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20060289441 - Oven including smoking assembly in combination with one or more additional food preparation assemblies: An oven is disclosed having a first food preparation apparatus in the form of a convection heat source and/or a steam production assembly and/or a radiating heat source, and a second food preparation apparatus in the form of a smoking assembly. The oven can operate at least one of the... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20060289442 - Microwave oven cleaner: Embodiments provide apparatuses and methods for cleaning microwave devices, such as microwave ovens. In one example, the apparatus may contain an enclosure at least partially enclosing a cleaning solution and a wiping article. The cleaning solution may contain water, a surfactant, and a fragrance, and the enclosure may contain a... Agent: John-paul F. Cherry

20060289443 - Household electric heating cooker with detachable power outlet: This invention provides a kind of household electric heating cooker with detachable power outlet. The cooker has a control box detachably attached at the front of its shell, wherein the control box comprises electric heating elements and control elements. By means of the detachable power outlet, the power cord is... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20060289444 - In-case computer charging system: A case configured to enclose a portable electronic device includes a plurality of externally accessible electrical contacts, enabling electrical current to flow to or from the device while enclosed in the case. The invention is applicable to all types of portable devices, including laptop, notebook and palm-top computers, as well... Agent: John G. Posa Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle,

20060289445 - Temperature controlled food storage and serving tray: A pan including a shelf dividing the interior thereof into a lower chilling element and an upper portion disposed in heat relationship with the lower portion and a lid for covering the top of the container and having a serving surface for display of food thereon.... Agent: Fulwider Patton Lee & Utecht, LLP

20060289446 - Electric heater for flasks and such like: It is composed of a heating body (1), made from material resistant to corrosion and high temperatures, with a cylindrical top and a spherical cap for a bottom, around which, in its outer upper part, is placed a plated resistor, or heating blanket (2), the action whereof will cause the... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20060289449 - Heater and method of manufacturing the same: A heater including a plate-shaped substrate having a heating surface for heating an object and a heater element provided in the substrate or on its surface. A central axis C2 of a circumscribed circle of the heater element and a central axis C1 of the substrate are not on the... Agent: Burr & Brown

20060289448 - Heater for semiconductor manufacturing device and heating device equipped with the same: A heater is provided with which the temperature distribution from cooling start to cooling end can be made more uniform, as well as an device provided which the same. The heater includes a heating surface for heating a heating-subject article that is placed on the heating surface or separated a... Agent: Judge & MurakamiIPAssociates

20060289447 - Heating chuck assembly: A heating chuck assembly for wafer processing is provided, including heating modalities for same. The assembly generally includes hermetically sealed opposingly paired discs, and housed therebetween, a ceramic element interposed between first and second heating elements. The first heating element is adjacent a first disc of the opposingly paired discs... Agent: Nawrocki, Rooney & Sivertson Suite 401, Broadway Place East

20060289450 - Kitchen cooktop system: A cooking apparatus including a cooking appliance mounted over a sink basin so that the cooking appliance can be rinsed into the sink. The cooking appliance can preferably be raised vertically, from a lowered position where the base of the cooktop is seated into the sink basin to a raised... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20060289451 - Multifunctional griddle: A multifunctional griddle having hinged top and bottom heating plate assemblies which receive reversible cooking plates or, alternatively, interchangeable cooking plates for cooking different types of foods such as waffles, pancakes, and hot sandwiches. In one embodiment the reversible cooking plates are nested in face-to-face contact with mating top and... Agent: Clifford F. Rey

20060289452 - Reversible grill with differing tilt angles: The invention relates to a reversible cooking grill (1) with a heated cooking plate (2), provided with a means for heating (2), first and second cooking surfaces (3, 4), arranged on opposing faces of the means for heating, which can be selectively turned. The grill (1) further comprises rest means... Agent: Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-cohen LLP

20060289453 - Apparatus and method for laminating tape on electrode of rechargeable battery: An apparatus for laminating tape on an electrode for a rechargeable battery includes a supplying section for supplying an electrode having a current collector with surfaces on which active materials are coated at constant distances from each other. The electrode is wound a plurality of times on the supplying section.... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20060289454 - Heat blanket: The heat blanket (10) comprises an operative unit (20) and a control/power supply unit (40) which can be electrically connected on one side to the power mains and on the other side to the operative unit (20). The operative unit (20) comprises a foldable sheet (21) and a linear heating... Agent: Husch & Eppenberger, LLC

20060289455 - Fluid heating device and cleaning device using the same: A washing water inlet for receiving washing water is provided on an upper surface at one end of a case main body in a fluid heating device, and a washing water outlet for feeding heated washing water to a pump is provided on an upper surface at the other end... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060289456 - Device for monitoring the exterior of a motor vehicle: A method for controlling the operation conditions of a probe associated with a mechanism purifying exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine. The method compares an output signal of the probe with a reference value, and acts on the probe to decrease a difference between the output signal and the... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060289458 - Fogging detecting system for an automotive vehicle and method for controlling the system: An automotive vehicle defogging system prevents dissipation of energy required to defog the automotive vehicle wind shield. A surface temperature sensor mounted on the wind shield detects the glass surface temperature. A humidity sensor spaced from the wind shield glass by a predetermined distance detects the humidity around the wind... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20060289457 - Heating device comprising an adjustable heater plub/flame monitor: A heater for a vehicle is provided with a glow plug/flame detector and a control device for controlling the electrical wattage supplied to the glow plug during the starting phase of the heater. In order to devise a vehicle which offers a high safety standard and reduced emission of pollutants... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20060289459 - Method for cooking in a pan: A cooking method for a cooking device with at least one cooking container, such as in the form of a pan or similar, which can be filled at least partly with a fluid cooking medium, especially water or milk, so that the cooking product can be cooked, especially boiled or... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20060289461 - Overheat-sensing circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit device having the same: An overheat-sensing circuit includes a temperature-sensing circuit for outputting a temperature-sensing voltage, a reference voltage generation circuit for outputting a reference voltage, and a comparison circuit that compares the temperature-sensing voltage with the reference voltage and outputs an overheat-sensing signal based on a result of the comparison. The reference voltage... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20060289460 - Temperature sensor based on resistance measurement and radiant heater with such a temperature sensor: A temperature sensor is disclosed comprising a sensor element having a temperature-dependent resistance that is enclosed with a tube. In one embodiment, the tube is a quartz glass tube. In another embodiment the temperature sensor is a conventional halogen lamp, designed for use as a light source. The temperature sensor... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20060289462 - Air heater unit for vehicle and air heater system for vehicle: A purpose is to provide an air heater unit for a vehicle and an air heater system for a vehicle, capable of easily controlling energization to an air heater. An air heater system 200 for a vehicle includes an air heater 101 having an electrothermal heating element 120 and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060289464 - Electric pcb heating component, electronic circuit board and heating method: The disclosed embodiments generally relate to an electric PCB heating component for heating electric components coupled to an electronic circuit board. The PCB heating component includes a fastening element, a heating element for generating thermal energy, and a heating body. The heating body emits thermal energy via a heat radiating... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20060289463 - Temperature controller and temperature control method, and heating wire therefor: The present invention relates to a non-electromagnetic wave temperature controller for a heating cable and a method therefor, which can perform heating and temperature detection in a non-electromagnetic fashion without short-circuiting one end of the heating cable that is used in warmers, such as electric floors, electric mats and electric... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20060289465 - Control for a domestic appliance and display of information: A control and a method for controlling a domestic appliance, especially a cooking device, including a display unit for displaying information, the control controlling the display of information on the display unit. The control includes a separate input element for retrieving information so that the user can retrieve the information... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060289466 - Deicing systems: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a deicer system for heating water within a fluid receptacle to prevent ice from forming including a main body configured to be positioned within the fluid receptacle, a heating element adapted to heat the water, a temperature sensor adapted to detect a temperature... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20060289467 - Systems and methods for smart deicers: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a deicer system for heating water within a fluid receptacle to prevent ice from forming, the system including a main body configured to be positioned within the fluid receptacle, a heating element adapted to heat the water, a temperature sensor adapted to detect... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20060289469 - Flexible electrically conductive circuits: A flexible electrical circuit formed from a flexible fabric of a nonconductive material that forms a sheet and one or more conductive circuits attached to the fabric and formed at least partially from silver. The conductive circuits may be formed from at least one conductive fiber formed from a core... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20060289468 - Snow and ice melting mat: A flexible electric heating mat includes a grounding substrate sheet arranged in relation to electrical conductors and resistive elements of an electric heater element so as to provide safe and reliable operation of the mat in environments in which the mat will be subjected to moisture and physical stresses.... Agent: Norris Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20060289470 - Removable rack mount frame: A removable rack mount frame for securing goods within a container while permitting unfettered access to the goods includes forming an inner frame assembly and an outer frame assembly. Nesting the inner frame assembly within the outer frame assembly in a manner that permits the inner frame assembly to slide... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20060289471 - Covering body for heating pipe and heating structure for heating pipe: The present invention provides a covering body for heating a pipe to be attached to the pipe so as to surround the pipe and to conduct external heat to heat the pipe, the covering body having: a pair of half-cylinder parts each having a halved shape of a cylindrical body... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20060289472 - Flexible heating mat and production method thereof: A longitudinal flexible heating mat includes a thin conductive metal strip (3) which is intended to be supplied with electric current at the ends (C, D) thereof and which is trapped between two flexible, insulating sheets (1, 1′) . The conductive strip includes at least two elements (3a, 3b) which... Agent: Young & Thompson

20060289473 - Heating assembly with track-like electrical resistor: The invention relates to a heating assembly, comprising: a carrier provided with at least one track-like electrical resistor arranged on one side of the carrier, and a support member engaging on the carrier on the side of the track-like electrical resistor, wherein the carrier is flexible and the support member... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20060289474 - Tubular heater and method of manufacture: A tubular combination that is manually bendable to fit defined curve comprises an inner operational tubular element and an outer sheathing with defined slits therein. The slits are positioned and sized to control the bendibility of the combination by providing manually sensible radial bending limits as well as resistance to... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20060289475 - Electric heating device: An electric heating device includes an electric heater (10) and at least one heat radiator (30, 40) thermally attached to the electric heater. The electric heater includes a pair of electrode plates (12, 14) parallel to each other and a plurality of PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficient) heating elements (16) sandwiched... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20060289477 - Folded heater element and method of manufacturing same: The invention relates to a folded heater element and a method of manufacturing a through-flow spatial structure in a folded heater element of a track material of a heater substance lying in an initial surface, whereby in the track material a heater meander is produced by parting the track material... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20060289476 - Self-regulating electrical heating cable: A series resistance heating cable comprises a heating element extending longitudinally along the cable. The element comprises a material having a positive temperature coefficient.... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

20060289478 - Method for sorting positive temperature coefficient (ptc) elements: In a method for sorting PTC elements having different resistance-temperature characteristics, a predetermined voltage that allows a current to sufficiently decay is applied to each of PTC elements A and B, and the PTC elements are sorted on the basis of the difference between the times required for the currents... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20060289479 - Apparatus and method for manufacture of a driveshaft: An apparatus (30) and method for forming of a vehicle's driveshaft (32) is provided which makes use of a PMF process. The coil device used in the PMF apparatus is assembled around the shaft from two or more coil sections (40, 41, 43; 42, 44, 45) firmly attached to one... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20060289480 - Method of induction weld forming with shear displacement step: A shear-assisted solid state welding method for joining of metal parts, involves a first step of heating opposing surfaces in a non-passivating environment to a temperature in the hot working temperature range of the metal. A second step involves bringing the opposing surfaces into contact while still in the hot... Agent: Donald V. Tomkins C/o Tomkins Law Office

20060289485 - Fixing device: In a fixing device according to this invention, a coil bobbin around which coils are formed into a predetermined shape is formed at an induction heating portion including a plurality of coils. To minimize the axial temperature difference of a heating roller, the coil bobbin has a shape with which... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20060289484 - Heating device and fixing device: A CPU detects a temperature of a central part of a heating roller. If the detected temperature does not exceed 180° C., the CPU drives a central coil or a side-end coil for 0.4 second in accordance with a temperature difference between the central part of the heating roller and... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20060289482 - Image heating apparatus: An image heating apparatus is constituted by a coil unit, an image heating member, and a heat transfer member for transferring heat from the coil unit to the image heating member. The heat transfer member is disposed between an inner surface of the image heating member and the coil unit.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060289481 - Induction heated fuser and fixing members and process for making the same: A coated member includes a substrate and a coating layer over the substrate where the coating layer includes at least one of ferromagnetic and magnetic particles dispersed in a binder. The member, which is suitable for use in an electrostatographic printing process, can be in the form of a fuser... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20060289483 - Inductive heating roller device: An inductive heating roller device, in which support rods fixed in an inductive heating mechanism are inserted into the drive shafts of a roller and are supported on the inner faces of the drive shafts through bearings so that the inductive heating mechanism is held in a floating manner. Elastic... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20060289486 - Cookware having a reinforced rim: A cookware article in which the multiple continuous layers of metal form both the bottom cooking surface and surrounding sides that define the fluid containing region has a protected rim formed on the inner laminated layers, which curls over and is then bonded to the outermost layer of the laminate... Agent: Meyer Corporation, U.s. Attn: Edward S. Sherman, Esq.

20060289487 - Double walled induction heated article of cookware: A dual wall cookware article is formed by bonding a ferromagnetic metal base plate to an assembly that includes an inner vessel, a thermally conductive layer and an outer vessel frame. The outer vessel frame has upright walls that surround a bottom having plural perforations. The bonding process causes the... Agent: Meyer Corporation, U.s. Attn: Edward S. Sherman, Esq.

20060289489 - Induction cooktop with remote power electronics: A range having an induction cooktop and a conventional oven is disclosed. The power electronics of the induction cooktop can be located remotely with respect to the induction elements such that detrimental effects caused by heat from the oven are mitigated and any service work required greatly simplified. A fan... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20060289488 - Induction oven excitation arrangement for aircraft: An aircraft induction oven excitation arrangement includes at least one connection for an on-board power supply system, at least one power supply rectifier that can be connected to a phase of the power supply system, a converter that is arranged downstream of the at least one power supply rectifier and... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20060289490 - Integrated decontamination/aeration system for vehicles: An integrated duct system is utilized to admit an antimicrobial vapor into a vehicle to decontaminate the contents and surfaces of the vehicle and subsequently to remove the vapor. The ducts comprise an air conditioning and/or heating duct, a decontamination duct for admitting an antimicrobial vapor, an auxiliary circulation duct... Agent: Hudak, Shunk & Farine, Co., L.p.a.

20060289491 - Thermal and high magnetic field treatment of materials and associated apparatus: An apparatus and method for altering characteristics, such as can include structural, magnetic, electrical, optical or acoustical characteristics, of an electrically-conductive workpiece utilizes a magnetic field within which the workpiece is positionable and schemes for thermally treating the workpiece by heating or cooling techniques in conjunction with the generated magnetic... Agent: Michael E. Mckee Attorney At Law

20060289492 - Induction heating system and method of output power control: A system and method for inductively heating a work piece. The induction heating system is coupleable to at least one temperature feedback device. The temperature feedback device is disposed within the induction heating system to provide a signal representative of the temperature of an induction heating system component. The induction... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20060289493 - Induction heating system output control based on induction heating device: In one exemplary embodiment, the induction heating system includes an induction heating power source. The induction heating power source is operable to identify an induction heating device coupled to the induction heating power source. The exemplary induction heating power source is operable to automatically limit power based on the identity... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20060289494 - Gradient induction heating of a workpiece: An apparatus and process are provided for gradient induction heating or melting of a workpiece with a plurality of induction coils, each of the plurality of induction coils is connected to a power supply that may have a tuning capacitor connected across the input of an inverter. The plurality of... Agent: Philip O. Post Indel, Inc.

20060289495 - Induction heating system having multiple temperature input control: A system and method for inductively heating a work piece. The induction heating system is coupleable to a plurality of temperature feedback devices operable to provide a signal representative of work piece temperature. The induction heating system is operable to control the output of the induction heating system based on... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20060289496 - Microwave fabrication of airfoil tips: A method of producing a metallic component includes: providing a body made of a first alloy; providing a preform comprising a metallic powder made of a second alloy and formed in the shape of an extension of the body; and heating the preform with microwave energy to sinter the metallic... Agent: Adams Evans P.A.

20060289497 - Door closure system: A door structure, said structure for use particularly, although not necessarily exclusively, to selectively close an opening between a first environment which is at a temperature which is lower than the temperature of the environment on the opposing side of the opening. The door is provided with a structure so... Agent: Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.

20060289498 - Cooking apparatus using barcode: A cooking apparatus using barcodes, including: a barcode reader which reads a barcode including cooking information recorded in the barcode; a cooking information calculator which analyzes the basic cooking information based on an analysis rule for analyzing the cooking information and calculating a final cooking condition based on the analyzed... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060289499 - Cooking apparatus using barcode: A cooking apparatus using barcodes, including: a barcode reader which reads a barcode including cooking information recorded in the barcode; a cooking information calculator which analyzes the basic cooking information based on an analysis rule for analyzing the cooking information and calculating a final cooking condition based on the analyzed... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060289500 - Semiconductor memory card comprising semiconductor memory chip: A semiconductor memory card includes a circuit board and a cover case. The circuit board has a semiconductor memory chip on one surface and an electrode on the other surface. The cover case has a first storage section on one surface. The first storage section contains the semiconductor memory chip,... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060289501 - Method of manufacturing honeycomb structure: There is disclosed a honeycomb structure manufacturing method which is capable of efficiently and inexpensively manufacturing a honeycomb structure for preferable use in a filter for trapping particulates in an exhaust gas or the like by use of a long-life grinding member whose satisfactory grinding performance is retained for a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060289502 - Microwave fluid heating and distillation method: A microwave energy emitter (108) is positioned in a chamber within a vessel (106) that is transparent to microwave energy absorption that is further surrounded by a microwave reflective means to reflect the waves back into the vessel. The vessel (106) encloses a material that absorbs microwave energy through molecular... Agent: Steven R. Sedlmayr

20060289503 - Uniform microwave heating method and apparatus: A method and apparatus for creating uniform heating of an microwave absorptive target. A circularly polarized waveguide mode is created that promotes uniform heating of the microwave absorptive target by rotating a propagated non-uniform field pattern around a central axis of a cylindrical cavity or waveguide. In the process of... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20060289505 - Information processing apparatus and fan control method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a fan which rotates from a stopping state upon supplying a voltage not less than a predetermined voltage value, a first detector which outputs a signal indicating whether the fan is rotating or not, a storage which stores voltage information indicating... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20060289504 - Scanned rapid thermal processing with feed forward control: A thermal processing system and method including scanning a line beam of intense radiation in a direction transverse to the line direction for thermally processing a wafer with a localized effectively pulsed beam of radiant energy. The thickness of the wafer is two-dimensionally mapped and the map is used to... Agent: Law Offices Of Charles Guenzer Attn: Applied Materials, Inc.

20060289506 - Apparatus and method for controlling cooling time of microwave oven: An apparatus and method for controlling cooling time of a microwave oven that is capable of controlling an initial cooling time, which is given to secure stable operational characteristics of a sensor, when sensor-based automatic cooking is performed, thereby reducing total cooking time. The cooling time control method includes determining... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060289507 - System for controlling humidity: An apparatus for cooking foods comprises a cooking chamber provided with humidity-detecting device arranged in such a way as to detect the humidity in said cooking chamber, wherein said humidity-detecting device comprises a capacitive sensor; a system for controlling the humidity in a chamber for cooking foods comprises a humidity... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20060289508 - Microwave oven using bar code and method for controlling the same: A microwave oven cooking food using a bar code, and a method controlling same. The microwave oven comprises a bar code scanner for obtaining bar code data from the bar code attached to the food; and a controller for obtaining cooking data corresponding to the microwave oven from the bar... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060289509 - Inverter power source control circuit for high-frequency heater: An oscillation control signal generated by an inverter power source control circuit (12) includes a reference voltage setting signal for approximating the current waveform of the AC output form the AC power source (1) to a sinusoidal wave by making both sides of the waveform generate current according to the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060289510 - Thermal probe systems: A thermal probe system has a Wollaston thermal sensor connected in one arm of a bridge. The other arms of the bridge are provided by resistors and a voltage is applied from a low-noise source via several op-amps. The output of the bridge is connected with a primary winding of... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20060289511 - High- frequency heater inverter power source control circuit: At least one of a start abnormality detector (31), a temperature abnormality detector (32) and a voltage abnormality detector (33) has a latch inhibiting circuit for inhibiting retention of a detecting state when one of the abnormality detectors detects an abnormality, so that a current abnormality detector (34) can be... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060289512 - Cooking heater: The present invention provides a cooking heater which continues cooking without apparently stopping the operation of the cooking heater when a door switch is momentarily turned OFF due to a shock during operation of the cooking heater though the door is not actually opened as far as continuation of the... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20060289514 - Apparatus for cooking food products on both sides thereof: Apparatus for cooking food products on both sides thereof, comprising a base member (2) associated to a bottom heating surface (3) adapted to support food products to be cooked, an upper member (4) associated to a top heating surface (5) and joined in an articulated manner to the base member... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20060289513 - Container for preparing a comestible article in microwave oven, and a self-contained comestible article utilizing the same: A container (10) for preparing a comestible article in a microwave oven includes a storage chamber (18) into which a comestible article (c) cooked by exposure to microwave energy is displaced, the storage chamber (18) being characterized by the presence of a microwave shielding material (28) disposed therearound.... Agent: George M Medwick E I Du Pont De Nemours & Company

20060289515 - Meal tray with snap-fit lid that can be opened by peeling: The present invention relates to a meal tray comprising a container (1) provided with an opening (6) designed to be closed by a lid (7) that includes an upper wall (8) and a lateral wall connected to the latter. The lid (7) can be fastened on the container (1) by... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20060289516 - Elevated microwaveable carton and susceptor portion and methods: A carton for use in microwave ovens includes a base and a removable cover. The base has a cooking surface at least partially covered with a microwave susceptor material. The base defines an aperture arrangement. In preferred embodiments, the carton is triangular-shaped with an apex region. The apex region does... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20060289518 - Microwave cooking package for food products and associated methods: A microwave cooking package and combination of a food product and microwave cooking package. The cooking package intimately contacts and substantially surrounds the food product as the food product is cooked in a microwave oven. The package provides for venting of moisture in specific regions of the food product and... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20060289519 - Microwave cooking package for food products and associated methods: A microwave cooking package and combination of a food product and microwave cooking package. The cooking package intimately contacts and substantially surrounds the food product as the food product is cooked in a microwave oven. The package provides for venting of moisture in specific regions of the food product and... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20060289522 - Microwave packaging for multicomponent meals: Various constructs are provided for heating a plurality of different food items to their respective desired serving temperatures in a microwave oven in about the same amount of time.... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20060289517 - Microwave platform for generating marks on food products and method of using same: Microwave platforms for generating marks on microwavable food products are presented. In an embodiment, the microwave platform comprises a microwave susceptor and a corrugated tubular member having flutes for containing insulated air, the tubular member attached to the microwave susceptor to form the microwave platform, wherein the microwave platform defines... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC

20060289520 - Package for storage and dispensing of small items: A package (10) for an item (70) includes a closeable cover (21). The cover (21) is provided with at least one aperture (60). A pierceable layer (71) is provided to cover or otherwise close the aperture (60) and a deformable layer (80) is provided to at least partially enclose the... Agent: Douglas J. Hura, Esquire Dentsply International Inc.

20060289521 - Thermally activatable microwave interactive materials: A microwave energy interactive web includes a reagent that is responsive to heat. The microwave energy interactive web may be used to form a package for heating a food item.... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20060289523 - Solder process system: A system for solder processing includes a heating zone at a first pressure; a cooling zone at a second pressure higher than the first pressure, the heating and cooling zones in communication with each other and adapted for receiving a component to be soldered; and an outlet in communication with... Agent: Boc, Inc.

20060289524 - Microwavable, sealable food/vegetable draining storage container, also known as the ''old maid catcher popcorn bowl\": A sealable, microwavable food container for draining and storing washable goods such as salads and vegetables which includes a main storage chamber dimensioned to accept the washable goods of interest, a reservoir positioned beneath the storage chamber and an easily removable filter positioned above the reservoir and connected to the... Agent: Kathleen Clara Ludwig And John Lyle Zortman

20060289525 - Microwave leakage indicator card: The present invention discloses a microwave oven leakage detector comprising: a) A support member. b) An antenna formed on said support layer that has a region of resistive coating capable of being heated by microwave radiation due to current flow through said antenna which includes said resistive region. c) A... Agent: George B. Hovorka Idolon Techologies

20060289526 - High-frequency heating device and method for controlling same: In order to resolve the above-described problem, according to a high frequency heating apparatus of the invention, a high frequency heating apparatus 1 for heating a heated object by irradiating a microwave having a frequency of 5.8 GHz to the heated object is constituted by mounting a plurality of pieces... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20060289527 - Method for opening tray door of optical disc device and its structure: The present invention relates to a method for opening a tray door of an optical device. The method comprises the steps of first driving the tray door to move horizontally and attain to a position that no interference between the tray door and a front panel occurs, and then driving... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060289528 - Microwave antenna for medical ablation: A microwave antenna suitable for cardiac ablation, in particular for catheter ablation, and a method for making such an antenna. The antenna comprises a transmission line having an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and a dielectric insulator to provide insulation between the inner and outer conductors. An energy emitting antenna... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20060289530 - Hideaway oven door: An oven having a retractable hideaway door comprising an oven body, an oven door hingedly connected to the oven body, a cavity in the oven body adapted to receive the oven door, and a slide device for moving the oven door into the oven body when it is in the... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20060289529 - Vacuum microwave thawing method and vacuum microwave thawing machine: A thawing cycle, wherein after reduced-pressure process (G) is carried out to reduced-pressure balanced range (B), pressure restoration process (F) is started, and when the reduced-pressure of pressure restoration process (F) reaches a lower limit (P1) at which vacuum discharge does not occur, irradiation of microwaves is started, and after... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20060289532 - Axial fan: The invention discloses an axial fan. The axial fan includes a base, a rotor, a guide and a plurality of blades. The guide connects to a guide tube to provide airflow. Each blade has a passive part and an active part, wherein the passive part is driven by the airflow... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060289533 - Laundry dryer: A laundry dryer is provided. The laundry dryer includes a cabinet, a drying drum, a heating unit and a blower fan, a cabinet cover, an outer cover, and a fringe frame. The cabinet is opened at a side thereof. The drying drum is disposed within the cabinet, to insert articles... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20060289531 - Microwave oven: Microwave oven including a base plate (100), a front plate (110) and a rear plate (130) vertically mounted at front and rear edges of the base plate (100), an inner case (200) between the front plate (110) and the rear plate (130) having a curved rear part to form a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060289535 - Method of driving organic light-emitting element, display panel for driving the same and display device having the same: A method of driving an organic light-emitting element is provided as follows. The organic light-emitting element includes a first switching element electrically connected to a gate line and a data line, a second switching element electrically connected to a bias controlling line and a bias signal line, and a driving... Agent: Dla Piper Rudnick Gray Cary Us, LLP

20060289534 - Microwave oven: A microwave oven includes a cooking chamber; a magnetron for generating a microwave; a waveguide for guiding the microwave from the magnetron toward the cooking chamber; an antenna between the cooking chamber and the waveguide for propagating the microwave guided by the waveguide into the cooking chamber; and a driving... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060289536 - Subsurface electrical heaters using nitride insulation: Certain embodiments provide a heating system configurable to heat a subsurface formation. The system includes an electrical conductor configured to generate an electrically resistive heat output during application of electrical current to the electrical conductor. An electrical insulator at least partially surrounds the electrical conductor. The electrical insulator includes a... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20060283843 - Device for controlling the on & off time of the metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (mosfet), a device spark coating the surfaces of metal workpiece incorporating the said control device and a method of coating metal surfaces using the: The present invention is a device for coating surfaces of metallic work pieces with an electrically conductive material by employing short duration high current packets of pulses in which the work piece forms the cathode and the consumable coating material forms the anode, which are connected to a generator for... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20060283844 - Laminated cookware: A process to form laminated cookware vessels starts with individual metal sheets, which are first formed into individual fluid containing vessels. The fluid containing vessels are nested together and bonded in a multi-step process that deploys laser welding to form the vessels rim. The process provides great flexibility in combining... Agent: Meyer Corporation, U.s. Attn: Edward S. Sherman, Esq.

20060283845 - Laser processing: The invention provides a system and method for vaporizing a target structure on a substrate. According to the invention, a calculation is performed, as a function of wavelength, of an incident beam energy necessary to deposit unit energy in the target structure. Then, for the incident beam energy, the energy... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20060283846 - Method and advice for laser treatments, particularly for treating sanitary products and components thereof: A device for subjecting to laser treatment articles, in particular articles chosen between sanitary products and components of said products, comprises a laser-beam source configured for applying to the articles a laser spot with a diameter of between 50 μm and 2000 μm. Preferentially, the laser spot has a wavelength... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20060283847 - Arc welding control method and arc welding machine: An arc welding control method for repeating alternately a short circuit period allowing a welding wire to short circuit with respect to a member to be welded and an arc period allowing arc recurrence and arc discharge to thereby weld the member to be welded, in which a welding output... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20060283848 - Method of ac welding: A method of AC welding, said method comprising: supplying from a power source an AC current with a given waveform between an advancing electrode and workpiece to melt the electrode and deposit metal from the electrode onto the workpiece by using an electrode with a particulate arc stabilizing compound of... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Lincoln

20060283849 - Ceramic-metal assembly and ceramic heater: A ceramic-metal assembly including: a ceramic base; an electrode pad provided on a surface of the ceramic base; a connection terminal for external electrical connection; and a joining portion which joins the connection terminal to the electrode pad. The electrode pad has a first layer which is in contact with... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060283850 - Automated glass entrance door assembly for walk-in coolers: An automated glass cooler entrance door assembly for an opening in a walk-in cooler comprising at least one fixed, stationary side door that defines a walkway about the opening for ingress and egress into the cooler, at least one opposing sliding door operatively suspended from a concealed drive mechanism above... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP Attn: Stefan V. Stein/IPDept.

20060278615 - Continuous rolling method and continuous rolling apparatus: The continuous rolling method and the continuous rolling apparatus provide good product quality and product yield by successively joining pluralities of traveling hot steel pieces by flash welding, and by rolling thus prepared endless steel piece, thus preventing generation of flaws in the rolling step, thereby manufacture steel rods, wires,... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20060278616 - Method for estimating nugget diameter and weld parameters: A method for estimating weld nugget diameter includes receiving current and voltage inputs, a time input, and a force input. In certain embodiments, the method also uses other weld parameters including type of material, type of stack, stack thickness, applied force, preheat current, RMS value of weld current, weld level,... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20060278617 - Laser welding of battery module enclosure components: A through transmission laser welding system for a battery module enclosure includes a first battery module enclosure component. A second battery module enclosure component interfaces with the first battery module enclosure component. A laser source focuses a laser beam on a junction between the first and second battery module enclosure... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060278618 - System and methodology for zero-gap welding: A method for welding includes providing a pair of substrates with no gap between them. The welding process uses lasers that are movable through a locus of points relative to the substrates and each other to weld the substrate together. The movable lasers assist in controlling a formation of a... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20060278619 - Arrangement for severing a flat workpiece of brittle material multiple times by means of a laser: Flat workpieces of brittle material be severed in a time-saving manner by an arrangement according to the invention by inducing thermomechanical stresses by laser radiation particularly along severing lines in the same orientation in alternating directions, in that the arrangement has two coolant nozzles which selectively direct coolant to the... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20060278620 - Method and apparatus for material processing: An apparatus processes a surface of an inhabitable structure. The apparatus includes a base unit adapted to provide energy waves to an interaction region, the energy waves removing material from the structure. The base unit includes an energy wave generator and a head coupled to the energy wave generator. The... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20060278621 - Arc welding robot: Accommodating a welding control cable for connecting a welding power supply and a robot main body and a wire feeder sensor cable connected to a wire feeder encoder in a robot main body driving power cable connecting the robot main body and the robot controller of an arc welding robot.... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20060278622 - Positioner for arc welding and arc welding robot system having the positioner: A positioner for arc welding having a few movable members and a simple structure, an arc welding robot system including the positioner and an arc welding robot, whereby the orientation of the workpiece corresponding to a welding site of the workpiece may be suitably changed by a minimum motion of... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20060278625 - Torch having multi-path gas delivery system: A torch and a welding system having a pair of gas paths are disclosed. The torch includes a wire feed assembly and is connectable to a welding-type power source and a source of shielding gas. A power signal suitable for welding applications and a shielding gas are communicated through the... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20060278626 - Torch headtube assembly: A torch assembly and welding system are disclosed. The torch assembly includes a handle section having a wire feeder attached thereto. A conduit having a barrel positioned thereabout is positioned between the handle section and a nozzle. The conduit communicates a shielding gas and a consumable weld wire from the... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20060278624 - Torch feed roll adjustment lever: A torch and a welder having a torch constructed to pull a consumable weld wire thereto are disclosed. The torch includes a wire feeder assembly having a first feed roll and a second feed roll. Operation of the feed rolls pulls a consumable weld wire to the torch. A lever... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20060278623 - Wire feed control assembly: A wire feed assembly and torch and welding systems are disclosed. The wire feed assembly includes a motor drivingly connected to at least one roll of a pair of rolls. A controller is connected to the motor and is constructed to control the operation thereof. A knob is rotatably connected... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20060278627 - Electrode tip: A welding electrode comprising a metal core and a coating material that includes flux compounds is at least partially coated on an outer surface of said metal core. The tip of the welding electrode is beveled and a portion of the beveled tip has an end coating material which includes... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Lincoln

20060278628 - Heated inflatable air bed: A top vinyl layer, a bottom vinyl layer and a side vinyl layer are all heat welded together along peripheral edges forming a mattress. A cloth cover has a heating pad removably attached to at least two of its peripheral edges and the cloth cover is removably attached at is... Agent: Larson And Larson

20060278629 - Electronically controlled outdoor warmer: An electronically controlled warmer with a user interface, a venting/cooling system, a fan, and an element uses one or more seals to protect objects in the chamber from the elements and facilitate use outdoors. The system is controlled by way of a user interface that interacts with the electronic control... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz, S.c.

20060278630 - Steam generating apparatus and oven including the same: A steam generating apparatus, and an oven including the same. The apparatus includes a water tank adapted to enable convenient cleaning, and is adapted to heat water in the water tank via an induction heating method to generate steam rapidly. The water tank is provided with a steam discharging pipe.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060278631 - Laminate fabric heater and method of making: A laminate fabric heater includes a heating element having a conductive fabric layer patterned to define an electrical circuit having first and second ends and an adhesive layer adhered to a first side of the conductive fabric layer. First and second electrical leads are electrically coupled to the conductive fabric... Agent: Jones Day

20060273073 - Method of producing cooling holes in highly contoured airfoils: An EDM electrode curved in both the the Z and the Y planes permits the formation of film cooling holes in a highly contoured article.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20060273074 - Laser machining method and laser machining machine: The position data column to move the laser beam is formed by assigning each position coordinate to the holes H11 and H12 in a T1 code one by one, assigning each position coordinate the holes H21 and H22 in a T2 code two by two, and assigning the position coordinate... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20060273075 - Methods and apparatus for improved low current ac/dc tig welding and starting: A TIG welder and methodologies are disclosed for providing an output welding current in a welding circuit, wherein the welder comprises main and background power supplies, wherein the main supply comprises an SCR network operable to selectively connect a transformer secondary winding to the welding circuit according to SCR control... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Lincoln

20060273076 - Electric arc welding system: An electric arc welding system and method for creating a first AC welding arc with a first current waveform between a first electrode and a workpiece by a first power supply and a second AC welding arc with a second current waveform between a second electrode and a workpiece by... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20060273077 - Weld bead shape control: Disclosed are techniques and compositions for arc welding consumables such as electrodes that reduce the energy otherwise required for the welding. Particularly, the techniques and electrode compositions can reduce the extent of contamination of weld metal in an arc welding operation. The techniques and compositions promote exothermic reactions during the... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Lincoln

20060273078 - Ptc rod assembly and pre-heater including the same: A positive temperature coefficient (PTC) rod assembly having PTC elements including a channel-shaped, lower PTC rod, a contact plate with through-holes, and an insulator with protrusions penetrating through the through-holes. The insulator is coupled to and wraps a portion of the contact plate, and includes first and second seating sections... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20060273079 - Wrist rest equipped with a heating device: A wrist rest equipped with a heating device has a base, a heating device and a cushion. The base has a recess and a chamber. The heating device is mounted in and on the base and has a controller, a heating element, a switch and a power source. The controller... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20060273080 - Conveyor speed monitor: An induction sealer system which includes a speed monitor to ensure proper sealing of containers.... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen