Electric heating inventions 04/07

20070090096 - Welding device: The invention relates to a welding device comprising electrode carriers (6, 12) which are actuated by a servomotor (9). The inventive welding device is characterized in that the servomotor (9) and the electrode carriers (6, 12) constitute a unit that is floatingly mounted on a linear guide (1) and that... Agent: Mark P. Stone

20070090098 - Abnormality determination and estimation method, and abnormality determination and estimation device for weld product: An abnormality determination and estimation device for a weld product in a welding process includes a jig device and an AE sensor. The jig device holds the product by a holding face, through which the jig device and the product are in close contact with each other. The AE sensor... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070090097 - Laser welding system for welding workpiece: An exemplary laser welding system for welding workpiece includes a laser generating system, a supporting system, and a control system. The laser generating system is configured for applying laser beams to the workpiece. The supporting system is configured for supporting the workpiece thereon. The supporting system includes a holder and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070090100 - Glass cutting method and apparatus therefor: In the case of forming a scribe line by irradiating a laser in an ultraviolet range in one stroke, the glass bending strength after glass is cut is about 50 MPa or less, and the glass is likely to be subjected to crack damage during use as liquid crystal panel... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070090099 - Laser machining using a surfactant film: A surface of a workpiece (12) to be laser machined is protected by a surfactant film (11) form debris (15) produced during machining with a laser beam (14) by reducing adherence to the surface of debris produced by the laser machining. The surfactant film is preferably sub-sequently removed together with... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070090101 - Seal device of light path system in laser beam machine: The invention provides a laser beam machine having a light path duct with improved dust proof property. A light path system of a laser beam machine comprises a light path duct 10 having a U-shaped cross-section with the upper end opened, and a light path 12 into which clean air... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070090102 - Device and method for welding drum in drier: An apparatus for welding a drum in a dryer and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes a welding electrode having a welding groove on which contact portions of an object to be welded are put and a heat dispersion end block provided to ends of the contact portions... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070090103 - Steam cooking apparatus: The present invention relates to a cooking apparatus, typically for microwave ovens and the like, that has separate compartments for different foods or food components. These separate compartments are such that food components are kept separate during storage, prior to cooking or heating, as well as during cooking or heating,... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC

20070090104 - Microwave-assisted peptide synthesis: An instrument and associated method are disclosed for the accelerated synthesis of peptides by the solid phase method. The instrument includes a microwave cavity, a microwave source in communication with the cavity, a column in the cavity formed of a material that is transparent to microwave radiation, a solid phase... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20070084832 - Method and apparatus for thermally processing microelectronic workpieces: An apparatus for thermally processing a microelectronic workpiece comprises a rotatable carousel assembly configured to support at least one workpiece. A driver is coupled to the carousel assembly and rotates the carousel assembly, moving the workpiece between a loading station, a heating station and a cooling station. The loading, heating... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/semitool

20070084833 - Method and apparatus for electrode dressing: An electric discharge machine template fixture (40) suitable for EDM redressing operations, the fixture (40) comprising a body (42) having means (44) capable of holding a template (50) and characterised in that the means (44) is capable of rotating the template (50) about its central axis (58) for consecutive redressing... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20070084834 - Plasma torch with corrosive protected collimator: To protect the collimator of a transferred plasma arc torch from premature failure due to corrosion, an anti-corrosive covering is applied on the exposed face surface and a portion of the inner exit bore of the collimator. The specification describes several methods for producing the collimator for a plasma torch... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070084835 - No gap laser welding of coated steel: Welding using a laser, which leaves keyhole portions at each pass, that allow gases to vent. That keyhole portion is an area within the interior portion, e.g., an inside of a spiral or a circular arc. The keyhole is not processed by the laser and gases can escape. The laser... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070084836 - Laser mark on an ic component: A laser mark is inscribed on an IC component, which character stroke consists of a plurality of laser paths inscribed by a laser beam. The width of the character stroke is greater than the widths of the laser paths. In addition, at least two of the laser paths, moving in... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070084837 - Real time target topography tracking during laser processing: An efficient method of and a system for performing topography measurement facilitates increasing laser machining throughput. Topography measurements at multiple points on a target specimen or continuous real time measurement and monitoring of the target specimen surface topography and target specimen thickness can be performed during a laser machining process.... Agent: Electro Scientific Industries/stoel Rives, LLP

20070084838 - Method and cutting system for cutting a wafer by laser using a vacuum working table: A laser cutting system for cutting a wafer includes a working table capable of holding a wafer with a vacuum device. The wafer is monitored on a first side by an electronic micro camera for positioning the wafer to a cutting location. A laser device mounted above the working table... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070084839 - Thermal forming systems and active cooling processes: Thermal forming systems and processes for actively cooling a workpiece during laser forming generally includes adapting a nozzle of the laser forming system to simultaneously form a liquid curtain about a gas channel, wherein thermal energy produced by the thermal forming system propagates through the gas channel and onto the... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070084840 - Method and apparatus for welding with cv control: A method and apparatus for welding is disclosed. The output is preferably a cyclical CV MIG output, and each cycle is divided into segments. An output parameter is sampled a plurality of times within one or more of the segments. The CV output is controlled within the at least one... Agent: Corrigan Law Office

20070084841 - Method of manufacturing heating mat assembly: The invention relates to constructing a heating mat that employs electrical resistance foils to provide a uniform heat. In embodiments of the invention applicable for providing heat to individuals, the mat provides this uniform heat at a comfortable temperature. The heating mat structure comprises protective layers surrounding the heating element... Agent: Arthur Kaesler

20070084842 - Impulse heat sealer: An impulse heat sealer includes an elongated resistance element attached to a heater circuit and press mechanism. The resistance element includes a zigzag portion formed with a plurality of serpentine portions and slits. The slits have a small width to prevent a gap corresponding to the slits being formed in... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070084843 - Spot warming device, and method: The invention is a spot-warming device, and a method of making the same.... Agent: David E. Herron Ii

20070084844 - Heated hydration system: A method and portable hydration system can include a conduit coupled to a bite valve and a reservoir. The conduit and the bite valve facilitate human consumption of fluid in the reservoir. The system may also include an active heating assembly to prevent the fluid from freezing while in the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070084845 - Sheated-element glow plug having a particularly embedded contact element: A sheathed-element glow plug for an internal combustion engine is described. It includes a plug housing, a connection part for the electrical current that is situated on the plug housing as well as a sheathed-element heater, which is usually in the form of a tube including an embedded heating element.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070084846 - Warmer for warming wiper and fluid container simultaneously or alternatively: A warmer includes: a main casing adapted for storing a wiper box therein; a drawer casing slidably engaged in the main casing and operatively withdrawn outwardly for storing a fluid container including nursing bottle or beverage cup in the drawer casing; and a heating device provided in the casing for... Agent: Tsang-hung Hsu

20070084848 - Heat treating apparatus and method: A heat treating apparatus includes halogen lamps for preheating a semiconductor wafer to 400 to 600 degC., and xenon flash lamps for heating the substrate preheated by the halogen lamps, to 1,000 to 1,100 degC. in about 0.1 to 10 milliseconds by irradiating the wafer with flashes of light.... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070084847 - Stage, substrate processing apparatus, plasma processing apparatus, control method for stage, control method for plasma processing apparatus, and storage media: A stage onto which is electrostatically attracted a substrate to be processed in a substrate processing apparatus, which enables the semiconductor device yield to be improved. A temperature measuring apparatus 200 measures a temperature of the substrate to be processed. A temperature control unit 400 carries out temperature adjustment on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070084849 - Systems and methods for controlling oven cooking: A control system for an oven includes a temperature sensor configured to detect a cavity temperature within the cavity, and a controller operatively coupled with the sensor. The oven includes a body having a cavity defined therein and at least one heater positioned within the cavity. The controller is also... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20070084850 - Electrical connector assembly for an arcuate surface in a high temperature environment and an associated method of use: An injection molding system injection molding system having at least one heater with an arcuate surface and a nozzle that is in thermal communication with the heater and an associated method of use. This injection molding system includes an electrical connector assembly for a heater having at least one electrical... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20070084851 - Heatable serving container with heating portion and heating element: A heatable serving container with a heating portion is described. The container includes a first container and a second container. The first container is formed to be placed against a heating module and hold a heatable food product (e.g., chip dip) therein. The second container is formed to hold a... Agent: Tope-mckay & Associates

20070084852 - Electronic power control for cooktop heaters: An electronic cook top control system has a cooktop including a heating element. An electronic controller is operatively connected to the cooktop. A rotary position input is operatively connected to the electronic controller. The electronic controller controls a heating level of the cooktop in a first manner in response to... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070084853 - Electric cooking apparatus: Various embodiments of an electrical cooking apparatus are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electrical cooking apparatus includes a substantially continuous cooking surface, a plurality of electrical heating elements disposed under the substantially continuous cooking surface, and at least two temperature controllers configured to allow independent control of temperatures of at... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070084854 - Household appliance comprising an operating strip: Known household appliances for integrating into a sector of a worktop include an operating strip containing at least one operating element and having a supporting surface on the lower side thereof for supporting the household appliance on the worktop, and a housing part provided with a fixing flange to which... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070084855 - Cooking area, particularly a gas cooking area: The invention relates to gas cooking areas comprising at least one heating element, a power controller for setting a heating output of the heating element, which operates according to the set heating output in a first operating mode or in a second operating mode, and an indicating device that indicates... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070084856 - Assembly packaging using induction heating: An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to package a device. Heat is localized on a die having bumps on a package substrate using a first induction heater operating at a first frequency. Heat is localized on at least an integrated heat spreader (IHS), a thermal interface material... Agent: Intel/blakely

20070084857 - Induction heating apparatus: An induction heating apparatus is provided with a control circuit 5 which comprises a resonance waveform detector 6 for detecting a high frequency AC waveform supplied from an inverter circuit 3 to a heating coil 4 to produce a detection signal DS1 corresponding to high frequency AC power waveform; a... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070084858 - Electrical heating device, particularly for an automobile vehicle: The invention relates to a heating device comprising a housing (15), through which air to be heated can pass and which delimits a heating space controlled by a powersupply control circuit connected to a power source. The heating spacecomprises electric heating modules (14), each heating module consisting of a first... Agent: Ronald Courtney Valeo Climate Control Corp

20070084859 - Utensil for conventional heating and microwave heating: A utensil for conventional heating and microwave heating comprises a base coated with a microwave absorbing coating made of refractory material. The base of the utensil is made of metal and the microwave absorbing coating has a high thermal conductivity. The body of the utensil is fully or partially coated... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070084860 - Microwave susceptor incorporating heat stabilized polyester: This invention relates to microwave susceptors useful in microwave cooking. More specifically, this invention relates to a process for microwave cooking using microwave susceptors comprising an metalized heat-stabilized polyester substrate. Further, this invention relates to a process for microwave cooking, wherein the optical density of the metalized film coated or... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070084861 - Method for the design of 3-d rf-welding electrodes: A technique for the design of 3-D RF welding electrodes by first modeling the surface of the welded part perimeter as a spline in a 3-D CAD program, and then dividing the spline up into multiple, small straight segments. The straight segments are offset simultaneously in opposite directions from the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070080145 - Method and device for producing an internal thread by automatically machining in a bore: The invention relates to a method for producing a thread in a bore (2) by remote automatic machining characterized in that said method consists in introducing into the bore (2) an electrode (11) provided with a thread (20) whose shape and dimensions are pre-determined according to the shape and dimensions... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070080146 - Coloured laser marking: The invention relates to the colored laser marking and laser inscription of plastics based on welding of a polymer-containing inscription medium to the plastic surface.... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070080147 - Apparatus for generating a rotating laser beam: The present invention relates to an apparatus (1) for generating a rotating laser beam (5) which may used for various applications including welding, cutting, drilling or ablation of materials. More particularly, the apparatus (1) according to the present invention is able to produce a fast rotating and accurate laser beam,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070080148 - Short-pulsed laser treatment for angularity adjust with minimized heat loading of a hard disk drive component: An apparatus for producing a heat affected zone in at least one thin surface layer of metal of a component suitable for use in an HDD comprises: a radiation device for generating a first beam of pulsed laser radiation; an optical device for transmitting the first beam of pulsed laser... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP Third Floor

20070080149 - Wireless communication system for welding-type devices: A welding-type device has wireless communications to transmit wireless signals comprising at least identification information or location information. The information may be transmitted either automatically or in response to request signals. Such a welding-type device may be configured to communicate with other welding-type devices, a monitoring device, or both. A... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20070080152 - Wireless communication system for welding-type devices: A welding-type device has wireless communications to transmit wireless signals comprising at least identification information or location information. The information may be transmitted either automatically or in response to request signals. Such a welding-type device may be configured to communicate with other welding-type devices, a monitoring device, or both. A... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20070080150 - Wireless system for monitoring theft of welding-type devices: A welding-type device has wireless communications to transmit wireless signals comprising at least identification information. The information may be transmitted either automatically or in response to request signals. Such a welding-type device may be configured to communicate with other welding-type devices, a monitoring device, or both. A wireless communication system... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20070080151 - Wireless system for prevantative maintenance of welding-type devices: A welding-type device has wireless communications to transmit wireless signals comprising at least maintenance information. The information may be transmitted either automatically or in response to request signals. Such a welding-type device may be configured to communicate with other welding-type devices, a monitoring device, or both. A wireless communication system... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20070080153 - Wireless tracking and inventory monitoring for welding-type devices: A welding-type device has a wireless communication unit to transmit wireless signals comprising at least identification information or location information. The information may be transmitted either automatically or in response to request signals. Such a welding-type device may be configured to communicate with other welding-type devices, a monitoring device, or... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20070080154 - Remote wire feeder using binary phase shift keying to modulate communications of command/control signals to be transmitted over a weld cable: The present invention is directed to a system and method of remotely controlling a welding machine with command signals transmitted to the welding power source across a weld cable connecting the power source to a remote device, such a wire feeder. A transmitter transmits the control commands containing desired welding... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20070080155 - Heating blankets and pads: An electric heating blanket includes a flexible sheet-like heating element, a first unheated flap extending from a first edge of the heating element, and a second unheated flap extending from a second edge of the heating element. A flexible water-resistant shell may cover the heating element.... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20070080156 - Heat treatment equipment and method of driving the same: Heat treatment equipment and a method of driving the same are provided. The heat treatment equipment includes: a process tube having an aperture at one side thereof; a sealing unit for opening or closing the aperture; and a pressure sensor for measuring sealing pressure between the sealing unit and the... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20070080157 - Integrated low application temperature hot melt adhesive processing system: An autofeeding low application temperature hot melt application system comprising a hot melt tank, a compact integrated auto feed, and operates at temperatures of not more than 260° F.... Agent: National Starch And Chemical Company

20070080158 - Heat cooking apparatus, cooking tool and heat cooking system: A heat cooking apparatus includes a supporting unit for supporting a cooking tool, a heating unit for heating the cooking tool, a receiving unit capable of receiving temperature data of the cooking tool transmitted in the form of infrared rays from the exterior, and a controlling unit for controlling the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070075048 - Welding teaching point correction system and calibration method: Disclosed is a welding teaching point correction system, including: a robot; a spot welding gun comprising two welding tips provided to be opposed to each other; an imaging apparatus to image a welding point of a workpiece, the imaging apparatus being provided detachably to or exchangeably with at least one... Agent: Venable LLP

20070075049 - Method and apparatus for improved cooling of resistance welding cap: According to the invention a hollow cylindrical shank of electrically conducting metal is connected to a resistance welder. A coolant supply tube passes through the shank and has an interior coolant supply passage. The coolant supply tube has an outer diameter less than the inner diameter of the hollow cylindrical... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070075052 - Metal oxide nanoparticles and process for producing the same: There is disclosed a process for producing metal oxide nanoparticles. The process includes the steps of: a) providing at least two precursor metal salt materials, b) passing the at least two precursor metal salt materials through a plasma torch forming a vaporized material, and then c) condensing the vaporized material... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070075051 - Plasmas and methods of using them: Plasma devices and methods for using such plasma devices in analytical measurements are disclosed. In certain examples, a low flow plasma may be operative using a total argon gas flow of less than about five liters per minute, and in some embodiments, a plasma argon gas flow of less than... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070075053 - Inductively-driven plasma light source: An electromagnetic radiation source includes a toroidal chamber that contains an ionizable medium. The electromagnetic radiation source also includes a magnetic core that surrounds a portion of the toroidal chamber. The electromagnetic radiation source also includes a pulse power system for providing pulses of energy to the magnetic core for... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20070075050 - Semiconductor failure analysis tool: Systems and methods for removing material from a packaged electronic device of the type encapsulated with a protective material that forms an outer surface of the device. An exemplary system includes a stage for placing the device in a first position for receiving laser radiation to remove the material by... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

20070075054 - Display method for laser irradiations state and display system of laser irradiation state: A method for displaying laser irradiation state and a system of displaying laser irradiation state, enabling to monitor laser irradiation state correctly and rapidly even when a laser irradiation direction varies, and a scanner head and a work are relatively apart, characterized that laser light is irradiated at the surface... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070075055 - Laser welding system, laser welding method, and emitting device: A laser welding system includes a robot control unit that acquires movement amount measurement values from encoders provided on axes of the robot and calculates the current position of a laser processing head based on the measurement values. Based on the calculated current position of the laser processing head, the... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070075056 - Soldering device and method for forming electrical solder connections in a disk drive unit: A soldering device for forming electrical solder connections in a disk drive unit includes a bond head, a laser unit, a pressurized gas supply, and a solder ball supply. The bond head includes a housing that provides a primary passage and two supplemental passages that communicate with the primary passage.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070075058 - 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... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070075057 - Method for fine tuning circuit and controlling impedance with laser process: A method for actively controlling he fine-tuning and impedance matching using a laser process is provided, including the use of a laser process equipment, a monitor device, and a feedback controller. The laser process equipment is for performing laser soldering or laser etching. The monitor device is for monitoring the... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070075059 - Laser machining method and laser machining apparatus: There is provided a laser machining method and a laser machining apparatus whose machining accuracy and quality excel without lowering machining efficiency. One hole is machined by a split beam that is a first pulsed laser beam and another split beam that is a second pulsed laser beam whose irradiation... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070075060 - Method of manufacturing a medical device from a workpiece using a pulsed beam of radiation or particles having an adjustable pulse frequency: A method of manufacturing a medical device from a workpiece is provided. The method begins by generating a pulsed beam of radiation from a radiation source. The pulsed radiation beam is characterized by a prescribed pulse frequency. The pulsed radiation beam is directed onto the workpiece and the workpiece is... Agent: Mayer & Williams PC

20070075061 - Method and apparatus for adjusting static attitude of magnetic head: Provided is a method for adjusting static attitude of a magnetic head attached to a flexure that is disposed near a free end of a head support. The free end is a distal end in a longitudinal direction of the head support. The method includes generating an adjustment condition by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070075062 - Ablation layers to prevent pitting in laser peening: A hybrid ablation layer that comprises a separate under layer is applied to a material to prevent pitting resulting from laser peening. The underlayer adheres to the surface of the workpiece to be peened and does not have bubbles and voids that exceed an acceptable size. One or more overlayers... Agent: Alan H. Thompson Deputy Lab. Counsel For Intellectual Property

20070075063 - Method and system for laser machining: The invention provides a method of rapidly machining multiple, often similar or nearly identical, features using a LASER machining system. During LASER machining, light of a wavelength and intensity that will modify the workpiece to be machined is directed at the workpiece and interacts to produce the desired change. If... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20070075064 - Welding apparatus: A welding apparatus capable of effecting welding completion processing which is reliable and free of wasteful time, by transmitting the completion of wire fusion prevention processing to a welding machine 11, by transmitting the detected result to a controller 17 upon completion of the subsequent wire fusion detection processing, and... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070075065 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A fixing device fixes a toner image on a recording material. The fixing device has a fixing member having a heat source, a sensor which senses a surface temperature of the fixing member, a measuring section which obtains temperature-rising time information of the fixing member based on information from the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070075066 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus using the same: The fixing device fixes a toner image on a recording material. The fixing device has a fixing member having a heat source; a temperature sensor which senses a surface temperature of the fixing member; an abnormality determining section which obtains temperature-rising time information in a predetermined temperature range that enables... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070075067 - Combination bread toaster and steamer device with shared wattage and method: A combination bread toaster and steamer device and method includes inserting at least one piece of bread into a bread slot of a combination bread toaster and steamer device; placing water into a heater pan of a steamer compartment on the combination bread toaster and steamer device; placing another food... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20070075068 - Method and device for heating a strip-shaped carrier: According to a method and a device for heating a strip-shaped carrier in an oven, a carrier is passed through the oven in a direction of conveyance. The carrier is supported by a heatable plate, which together with the carrier is moved through the oven stepwise with a predetermined step... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070075069 - Method and apparatus for determining type and quantity of food prepared in a cooking appliance: A system for monitoring the type and quantity of food prepared in at least one appliance includes at least one appliance for processing at least one type and quantity of food. A controller associated with the appliance controls the processing performed by the appliance. A backoffice application server is in... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070075070 - Open coil resistance heater with right and left hand installation capability: An open coil resistance heater assembly is made for universal mounting between left and right hand installations in an appliance or other equipment. The heater assembly has its coils arranged symmetrically about a bisecting plane of the heater assembly and/or a center line of its terminal assembly aligned with the... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070075071 - Pipe heater: A heater for heating elongated objects includes an elongated strip of flexible material having first and second ends and elongated opposite side edges defining a width therebetween. The strip of material comprises a fiber reinforced elastomeric material having at least a first portion that is set in a spiral. The... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070075072 - Microwave or radio frequency device including three decoupled generators: A microwave or radio frequency device including an applicator for receiving an object to be processed, and a plurality of generators supplying power to the applicator via propagation guides. According to the invention, three propagation guides propagating the microwaves or radio frequencies generated by three respective generators are mounted on... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070075073 - Shielding door device for radiation inspection system: The present invention relates to a radiation inspection system discloses a shielding door device for a radiation inspection system, comprising a door body, two guides located on two opposite sides of the door body, a rack, a gear and a motor. The two guides are fixed on an upper surface... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.