Electric heating inventions 09/07

20070221628 - Gas bottle for welding-type devices: A gas cylinder assembly for welding-type devices includes a gas cylinder having a neck portion, a base portion, and a body portion enclosing a cavity and constructed to receive a gas therein. The gas cylinder is configured to be enclosed in a welding-type device. A valve is disposed about the... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20070221629 - Resistance spot welding system and method: A method and system for controlling a welding system collects material thickness data and material type data for a plurality of materials to be welded. A non-linear power profile is generated having a discrete stepped approximation of power over a period of time based on the material thickness data and... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070221631 - Method for joining or repairing metal surface parts: A method of joining or repairing metal surface structures. Joinder and/or repair of metal or metal-polymer laminate panels may be carried out using so-called “cold metal transfer” gas metal arc welding techniques. Moreover, suitable zinc-copper-aluminum alloys may improve weldability, durability and strength. The reduced thermal input permits effective weld formation... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070221632 - Plasma processing method, plasma processing apparatus and storage medium: In performing an etching, a processing gas containing CF4 and C4F8 gas is supplied to a processing chamber and a high frequency power is supplied to a lower electrode such that the magnitude of the power divided by a surface area of a substrate is in a range from about... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070221633 - Plasma generation electrode, plasma reactor, and exhaust gas cleaning apparatus: A plasma generation electrode capable of subjecting predetermined components contained in a fluid to be treated to their respective reaction treatments with plasmas having different intensities optimized on a reaction basis, by passing merely once the fluid to be treated, is provided. In the plasma generation electrode, a unit electrode... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070221634 - Plasma torch spectrometer: A spectrometer is disclosed which comprises a plasma torch and an induction coil for generating a normal plasma within the torch. The torch has an outer tube and an inner tube. If the plasma collapses from a normal plasma state to a toroidal or faulty plasma shape, a photodiode detects... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070221630 - Steam boiler electrode: An apparatus is provided for preventing arcing in an electrode steam boiler including a nozzle directing water toward a primary electrode. The electrode includes a strike plate and at least one side edge portion. The apparatus comprises a non-conductive covering located on the side edge portion between the nozzle and... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20070221635 - Plasma synthesis of nanopowders: A process and apparatus for preparing a nanopowder are presented. The process comprises feeding a reactant material into a plasma reactor in which is generated a plasma flow having a temperature sufficiently high to vaporize the material; transporting the vapour by means of the plasma flow into a quenching zone;... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070221637 - Apparatus and method for clamping sheet-metal components description: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for clamping components (12) during machining, in particular during welding of sheet-metal components arranged in two or multiple layers, having a holder (10) for a machining head (11), in particular for a laser machining head, which can be fitted on an industrial... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070221639 - Apparatus and method for performing laser welding: A laser welding apparatus and method for easily adjusting a laser focusing position according to a distance from a laser irradiating device to a laser irradiating point on a work piece, or a welding point. A post-collimation laser diameter is measured when the laser emitting end has an optimal laser... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070221638 - Apparatus and method for performing laser welding operations: A laser welding apparatus and method reproduces a welding state substantially identical to an actual operation of a robot at a manufacturing site even when an operating speed of the robot is changed. When a moving speed of the robot is, for example, 50% of an override ratio, a welding... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070221636 - Welding flash protection apparatus: A welding flash protection apparatus for use with a welding machine with gas shielding is disclosed, the apparatus providing for delay of the welding flash thereby preventing the typically inherent fraction of a second delay between flash and lens darkening, hence protecting the eyes. The apparatus provides a complete helmet... Agent: Crossley Patent Law

20070221640 - Apparatus for thermal processing structures formed on a substrate: The present invention generally describes one ore more apparatuses and various methods that are used to perform an annealing process on desired regions of a substrate. In one embodiment, an amount of energy is delivered to the surface of the substrate to preferentially melt certain desired regions of the substrate... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070221641 - Laser peening for reducing hydrogen embrittlement: A laser peening process for the densification of metal surfaces and sub-layers and for changing surface chemical activities provides retardation of the up-take and penetration of atoms and molecules, particularly Hydrogen, which improves the lifetime of such laser peened metals. Penetration of hydrogen into metals initiates an embrittlement that leaves... Agent: The Regents Of The University Of California

20070221642 - Squeezing detection control method for consumable electrode arc welding: A squeezing detection control method is provided for consumable electrode arc welding in which a cycle of arc generation and short-circuiting is repeated between a consumable electrode and a base metal. First, squeezed droplet is detected as a premonitory sign of arc recurrence at the end of the short-circuiting. This... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070221643 - Gas-less process and system for girth welding in high strength applications including liquefied natural gas storage tanks: A welding system and method is disclosed for girth welding high strength materials, including liquefied natural gas storage tanks, using a short arc welding process and a self-shielding electrode. The welding system contains a welding apparatus which advances the self-shielding electrode towards a workpiece to be welded and controls the... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070221644 - Internal handlebar heater: A heating assembly used for providing heat to the hands of a person using equipment with handlebars. The heating assembly is installed internal to the handlebars and provides heat to the handlebar grips normally installed on equipment of this type. This system works with existing grips, i.e. special heated grip... Agent: Charles Gifford

20070221645 - Electric blanket controller and electric blanket with such controller: In general, the controller of the present invention senses the temperature of the electric blanket in which the controller is used, and controls the temperature accordingly. The temperature is sensed using both the PTC and NTC methods discussed below, and contained within the wire. The controller adjusts the power delivered... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070221646 - Method for manufacturing an electric hearing mirror and the mirror thereof: There are provided a method for manufacturing an electric heating mirror and the mirror thereof. An electrode pattern is printed on a metal-coated surface of the mirror in which the metal-coated surface is formed on a rear surface of a glass plate, or printed on a rear surface of the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070221647 - Multi-layer heating element: A heating element and, in particular, a ceramic heating element, such as ceramic heating elements used in high temperature glow plugs for diesel engines and gas igniters. The heating element includes an electrical insulator and an electrically conductive layer. The conductive layer is formed from a single material and single... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070221648 - Heating device: A heating device includes a substantially cylindrical shaft joined to a joint surface of a plate-shaped ceramic substrate opposite to a heating surface, the ceramic substrate including a resistance heating element embedded in the ceramic substrate. The shaft includes a flange portion formed in the end joined to the ceramic... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070221649 - Heating device: A heating device includes an insulating ceramic base having a heating surface for heating a heating object. A high frequency electrode is embedded in the insulating ceramic base in the vicinity of the heating surface, and a heating body is embedded in the base more apart from the heating surface... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070221650 - Constructive arrangement applied to vessel for heating: Comprise a vessel for heating 1 having an adequate form, provided with an outer wall 2 and an inner wall 3, in such a way that there is a space 4 defined between such two walls, being the outer wall 2 open in its base 5, in such a way... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070221651 - Cooking vessel with lid: A cooking vessel assembly having a cooking vessel and a lid. A shape-conforming element mounts to one of the lid and vessel to retarded heat or steam from migrating from the vessel between the lid and vessel.... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20070221652 - Heating appliance: A space heat appliance 2 employs an electrical heating plate 4 incorporating a resistance type heating element, sandwiched between a pair of heat-distributing corrugated metal plates 6, 8 having vertically arranged corrugations, provided adjacent a stone slab 10 whereby heat from the heating plate 4 provides heating of the stone... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070221653 - Cooking appliance: A cooking appliance for producing flatbreads or other foodstuffs is provided. The cooking appliance includes a base, lower heating assembly, and an upper heating assembly. The lower heating assembly includes a lower cooking surface, and the upper heating assembly includes an upper cooking surface. The upper cooking surface is translatable... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070221654 - Interchangeable glass ceramic tops for a cooking stove: The cooking stove top can be equipped with two different glass ceramic tops with different IR transmission spectra, which each have at least one cooking area, which is heated by a radiant heating body cooperating with a temperature-limiting adjusting device, which limits a surface temperature of the glass ceramic top... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070221655 - Digital multi-zone thermometer: A multi-zone temperature sensor system includes a plurality of temperature sensors associated with multiple zones in an appliance, such as a gas barbeque. A display and control panel is coupled to the sensors to display temperatures in each zone and controls to set desired temperatures in each zone. A timer... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070221656 - Method and circuit for controlling at least a heating element of a heating device: The invention relates to a circuit layout for controlling at least one heating element, in particular a heating element for an electric cooking and/or baking device, with at least one electric temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the heating element and/or a surface heated by said heating element and... Agent: Hoffman, Wasson & Gltler, P.C.

20070221657 - Semiconductor manufacturing equipment and heater: Semiconductor manufacturing equipment includes a heater element configured to heat a wafer, a first connection part and a second connection part which are integrated with the heater element, configured to apply voltages to the heater element, a first electrode contacted with and fixed to the first connection part on a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070221658 - Electric heating element: The invention relates to an electric heating element comprising a conductive fabric, a patterned conductive layer on at least a first side of the conductive fabric, and at least 2 buses on the conductive fabric, wherein the patterned conductive layer is disposed between the buses.... Agent: Legal Department (m-495)

20070221659 - Electrical sleeve heater: An electrical sleeve heater for an element having a generally cylindrical outer surface. The heater has a generally helical coil centered on an axis and having a pair of opposite coil ends, a pair of generally coaxial, axially aligned, and similar tubes each fixed to a respective one of the... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20070221660 - Portable grounding mat with improved terminal: This invention relates to a portable grounding mat, and more particularly to a mat specifically designed to protect electrical workers by providing a zone of equi-potential. The mat has a flexible base to which is attached at least one conductive element laid out in a grid pattern. A novel terminal... Agent: Thomas E. Malyszko

20070221662 - Heating device: A heating device includes a high-frequency electrode embedded substantially in parallel with a heating surface of a ceramics base in the vicinity of the heating surface. A conducting hole toward this high-frequency electrode is formed in a back face of the ceramics base. This high-frequency electrode has a trapezoidal cone-like... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070221661 - Ceramic heater and method for manufacture thereof: A ceramic heater comprising a ceramic body, a heat generating resistor buried in the ceramic body, an electrode pad that is electrically connected to the heat generating resistor and is formed on the surface of the ceramic body and a lead member bonded onto the electrode pad.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070221663 - Heated tray: The present invention is an apparatus for heating the contents of a vessel wherein said vessel has a conducting plate that contacts the interior vessel contents and actuates a thermostat based on the temperature of interior contents.... Agent: Robert M. Schwartz, P.A.

20070221664 - Touch key and induction heating cooking device employing the same: A touch key detects that an object touches the touch key. The touch key includes an electrode arranged to be touched with the object, an oscillator for outputting a high-frequency voltage and applies the high-frequency voltage to the electrode, a rectifier for rectifying and smoothing the high-frequency voltage output from... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070221665 - Method of and apparatus for processing of semi-solid metal alloys: Apparatus for producing a semi-solid metal alloy from a molten charge includes vertically aligned treatment zones which are provided by vertically aligned passages defined by a plurality of spirally wound flow pipes which are interspersed between spirally wound induction coils. A container is mounted on a charging arrangement which displaces... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070221666 - Susceptor with apertured support: A construct for heating, browning, and/or crisping a food item in a microwave oven includes a microwave energy interactive element at least partially joined to a dimensionally-stable support and at least one an aperture extending through the microwave energy interactive element and support. The aperture has an elongated shape with... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070221667 - Buffet sever: A buffet sever (100) includes a base (10) with a heating device, a food tray (40) which the food items is disposed, and a receptacle (20) for holding heating mediums. The receptacle is set on the base. A bottom or a wall of the food tray is immersed in the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070221668 - System and method for food preparation: A food preparation system includes a non-contact power supply for energizing a cooking appliance. The food preparation system includes a communication system for enabling communication between a food appliance and the system. The appliance transmits an identifier to the system. If the appliance does not have a transmitter, the system... Agent: Warner, Norcross & Judd In Re: Alticor Inc.

20070221669 - Raised platform for microwave cooking of a food product: A raised platform for a microwave cooking of a food product that includes a support surface, a pair of generally rectangular legs depending from opposing sides of the support surface, a pair of leg extensions attached to each of the generally rectangular legs, and a susceptor surface disposed on the... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20070215578 - Apparatus for melting off injection needles: The invention relates to injection needle melt-off apparatuses that allow the life of the electrode rollers to be extended and processing costs to be reduced. An injection needle melt-off apparatus is made up of: a melt-off mechanism including two electrode rollers that can come into contact with the injection needle... Agent: Judge & MurakamiIPAssociates

20070215579 - Arrangement of a stress transducer on one arm of welding pliers, and method for mounting said stress transducer: An arrangement of a stress transducer (8) mountable on one arm (31) of welding pliers, wherein an insert (10) is positioned between the arm (31) of the pliers and the stress transducer (8). A method for mounting said stress transducer is also provided.... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20070215580 - Plasma processing apparatus and electrode used therein: A plasma processing apparatus performs a specific plasma processing on a target substrate by disposing a first and a second electrode to face each other in a processing chamber, and supplying high-frequency electric power to at least one of the first and the second electrodes to thereby generate a plasma... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070215581 - Laser beam machining method and laser beam machining apparatus: In a laser beam machining method and a laser beam machining apparatus, a higher improvement in machining ability is required for grooving and cutting of a semiconducting material or a ceramic material. In order to meet this requirement, the invention provides a laser beam machining apparatus and a laser beam... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070215582 - Method for production of a multi-layer analysis element: The invention relates to a method for production of a multi-layer analysis element for liquid samples, with at least one test field for the analysis of the liquid samples, in which method an analysis element blank composed of at least two superposed material layers is made available. The multi-layer analysis... Agent: Bose Mckinney & Evans LLP

20070215583 - Laser configuration: A laser configuration for machining a workpiece includes a plurality of laser light sources for introducing a laser radiation into a predeterminable working area. Some or all of the laser light sources are disposed on an arc of a circle.... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070215584 - Method and apparatus for bonding electronic elements to substrate using laser beam: In a method and apparatus for bonding an electronic element to a substrate, a laser beam is generated, pressure is applied to the substrate, a connecting medium, and an electronic element, which are stacked, and the electronic element is bonded to the substrate through heat fusion of the connecting medium... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070215585 - High current ac welder: An electric arc welding assembly comprising a charging circuit and regulator coupled to an input power source, an energy storage element connected in parallel with the charging circuit and regulator to increase the power available for the weld output, and a weld output controller connected in parallel with the energy... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Lincoln

20070215586 - Nickel alloy welding wire: In accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention, a nickel alloy welding wire is made from a material comprising from about 4.75 to 5.25 wt % chromium, from about 5.5 to 5.8 wt % aluminum, from about 5.6 to 6.2 wt % tungsten, from about 8.0 to 8.3... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20070215587 - Removable nozzle-cooling mechanism: A removable cooling collar is provided for cooling the nozzle of a welding nozzle. This collar includes first and second parts in fluid communication with a chamber that extends circumferentially within a hollow structure. Cooling fluid circulating through the chamber facilitates dissipation and/or extraction of heat in the nozzle, in... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yode

20070215588 - Method and apparatus for the uniform resistance heating of articles: A method for providing a controlled heating profile in an article being heated in a resistance heating process is provided. The method includes contacting the article with a plurality of electrodes, selecting a first correlated group that includes at least two electrodes, and establishing a flow of electrical current between... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070215589 - Heated floor panel for transit vehicle: A system for generating radiant heat in a transit vehicle includes at least one floor panel having at least one heating element disposed therein, and a power switch operably disposed intermediate a power supply source and the heating element for selectively providing and discontinuing a supply of a predetermined power... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070215590 - Device and method: A device for removing a composition from the skin (e.g. a depilatory composition) has a handle (44) and a non-shaving head (46), having an under-surface from which one or more fins (48) projects transversely. The device is held by the handle (44) and moved over the skin so that the... Agent: Traskbritt, P.C./reckitt Benckiser

20070215591 - Mounting device gas igniter: A gas igniter comprising an heating element and a mounting bushing. The heating element includes an elongated high resistance cylindrical nose coil and two rear terminal elements electrically insulated from each other, and an input lead connected to each of the elements. The bushing is formed from a generally rigid... Agent: Robert V. Vickers Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070215594 - Cover support mechanism and image forming apparatus incorporating the same: A cover support mechanism regulates an opening angle of an openable cover with respect to a chassis of an electronic device. The cover constitutes a portion of the chassis. The mechanism has a cord shaped or tape shaped stopper, and a support unit. The stopper has a first end portion... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070215593 - Diaper rash prevention apparatus: An apparatus is provided that includes an enclosure with an aperture which is adapted for being placed in communication with an anus for the purpose of directing fecal matter into the enclosure. In one embodiment, the enclosure may include a polyethylene material with a thickness of less than 50 microns.... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20070215592 - Oven with a heat circulating device: An oven with a heat-circulating device includes a housing provided with a chamber for roasting and steaming; a motor fixed on a rear surface of a rear wall of the chamber; a fan; a heater; a separating plate positioned in front of the fan; a steaming device; a tray and... Agent: Ching-hsiang Wang

20070215595 - Steaming structure for a steam oven: A steaming structure for a steam oven includes a housing having an accommodating groove and a draining hole communicating with each other. The accommodating groove has a connecting pipe connected with a water-pumping motor connected with a duct, which is connected with a water-feeding pipe positioned in the housing. An... Agent: Ching-hsiang Wang

20070215596 - Semiconductor batch heating assembly: A heat treatment apparatus for use in batch heating/wafer processing is provided, which comprises a process chamber for receiving a wafer boat, at least a heating element comprising a substrate body configured to form an electrical heating circuit for at least one heating zone and encapsulated in a continuous overcoat... Agent: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.-quartz C/o Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070215597 - Heating device and manufacturing method thereof: A heating device includes: a plate-shaped heating substrate; and a hollow rod material an end face of which is joined to one surface of the heating substrate, and the heating substrate includes a lateral surface portion and a concave surface portion in the vicinity of a joint with the hollow... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070215598 - Controller for a heater and an associated method of use: A controller for at least one heater, which includes a regulated voltage supply that is electrically connected to the at least one heater, at least one sensor operatively associated with at least one heater, at least one digital signal processor that is operatively connected to the at least one heater... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20070215599 - Systems and methods for predicting the time to change the temperature of an object: Systems and methods for estimating the time for the internal temperature of an object to reach a desired temperature are disclosed. One system includes a control unit configured to determine a temperature ratio, the temperature ratio including a relationship between a change of internal temperature of the object from an... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070215601 - Combined sensor and heating element: The invention relates to a combined sensor and heating element (1) which is suitable, in particular, for the seat of a motor vehicle. Said element comprises a sensor mat provided with a heating arrangement. According to the invention, the sensor mat is embodied as a flexible conductor path comprising a... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070215600 - Compensation for induction heating in coil welding equipment: A method to optimize the welding energy input into the heating coil of a heating coil fitting is disclosed. In particular, the invention pertains to a compensation method for the effects on the welding energy input from using a fundamental frequency outside the tolerance range for the AC welding voltage... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20070215602 - Heating and cooling module: A heating and cooling module wherein the calorific value can be increased in a heater for mounting and heating a semiconductor chip, and the heating and cooling module is not damaged when the semiconductor chip is rapidly heated and cooled. The heating and cooling module of the includes a ceramic... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070215603 - High frequency heat treatment method for fine bottom-closed hole: A high frequency heat treatment method for a fine bottom-closed hole comprises preparing a coil so as to be completely inserted into the fine bottom-closed hole, preparing a core for controlling a magnetic flux within the coil such that the core protrudes from upper and lower sides of the coil,... Agent: Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

20070215604 - Method of manufacturing a hydrogen separation substrate: The hydrogen permeable substrate comprises a copper plate, a stainless steel plate, an insulating member, and hydrogen permeable metal. The hydrogen permeable substrate is formed by locating the insulating member between the stainless steel plate and a combined member formed by embedding the hydrogen permeable metal in through-holes made in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070215605 - Heating device for a planar heater with induction heating elements: A heater for a glass ceramic hob is disclosed, whereby a number of individual modules with induction coils are provided with converters and a converter control for each induction coil. Said modules may be independently handled and are arranged close together beneath the glass ceramic hob and electrically connected. Each... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070215606 - Wonder-flex induction coil: Induction heating coil for use in all types of induction heating applications. This coil is made from several strands of different size conductors incased inside of elastic, hose or tubing to contain fluid such as water or a mixture to cool the induction coil during operation. This induction coil can... Agent: Timothy O. Albaugh

20070215607 - Apparatus and method for heating semiconductor wafers via microwares: An apparatus for heating a semiconductor wafer includes the following: a microwave source; an applicator cavity; and, a fixture for supporting a wafer in the applicator cavity. The fixture comprises a dielectric member providing mechanical support for the wafer and a metallic ring disposed generally parallel to and concentric with... Agent: Robert J. Lauf

20070215608 - Microwave heating method and device therefor: In a microwave heating method for supplying microwaves into a heating chamber 11 storing therein an object to be heated to heat the object to be heated, microwaves are supplied into the heating chamber 11 to heat the object to be heated; the temperature of the object to be heated... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070215610 - Freezable/microwavable packaging films and venting packages: Multilayer freezable/microwaveable films and packages having both low temperature resistance to withstand subzero freezer storage temperatures and high temperature resistance to withstand microwave cooking temperatures. The freezable/microwaveable films and packages include, for example, a film having at least three coextruded layers comprising an inner heat sealable layer, at least one... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070215611 - Container with microwave interactive web: One aspect of the present invention is a container that includes a microwave interactive web at least partially overlying and joined to a three-dimensional support, wherein the three-dimensional support may be formed prior to having the microwave interactive web mounted thereto. The three-dimensional support may be a preformed container that... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070215609 - Freezable/microwaveable packaging films: A multi-layer freezable/microwaveable film having both low temperature resistance and high temperature resistant to withstand subzero freezer storage temperatures and microwave cooking temperatures. The freezable/microwaveable film includes a three-layer coextruded film having a polypropylene/alpha-olefin copolymer inner, heat sealable layer, an adjacent polypropylene or high density polyethylene core layer, and an... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070215612 - Apparatus and method for microwave processing of materials: A microwave heating apparatus is designed to improve distribution of the microwaves introduced into a multi-mode microwave cavity for heating or other selected applications. The microwave heating apparatus includes a microwave signal generator and a waveguide to convey microwave power to the cavity. A perforated metal plate disposed within the... Agent: Robert J. Lauf

20070215613 - Extracting and processing hydrocarbon-bearing formations: A hydrocarbon bearing formation which is heated using a variable frequency automated capacitive radio frequency dielectric heating in situ process. Hydrocarbons or other substances natural to a hydrocarbonaceous formation may be produced by heating specific chemical compositions with or without the use of a carrier medium. Separation of desired hydrocarbons... Agent: Dwight Eric Kinzer

20070210033 - Electric spot welding head: A spot welding head is described wherein an electrical conductor for connection of one electrode connection to an electric transformer is guided into a tubular sheath whose ends are rigidly connected to the rear ends of the supporting bodies of the electrodes. This tubular sheath defines a substantially stiff loop... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070210036 - Plasma processing method and plasma processing apparatus: A plasma processing is performed by using a plasma processing apparatus which includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed relatively movable to the first electrode between which an object to be processed is disposed, and a solid dielectric material disposed to be continuously connected to at least processing... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070210037 - Cooling block forming electrode: The present invention is a cooling block that forms an electrode for generating a plasma for use in a plasma process, and includes a channel for a cooling liquid, the cooling block comprising: a first base material and a second base material respectively made of aluminum, at least one of... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell Suite 800

20070210038 - Coaxial microwave plasma torch: A coaxial microwave plasma torch, comprising, an outside conductor (1) formed in a cylindrical shape, a cylindrical electric discharge tube (3) fixedly inserted into an axial hole (2) formed in the outside conductor on one end face (4) side, and a coaxial cable (6) having one end fitted to the... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20070210034 - Electrode for a contact start plasma arc torch and contact start plasma arc torch employing such electrodes: An electrode for a contact start plasma arc torch includes an elongated electrode body formed of an electrically conductive material. The electrode body is movable relative to the torch. A resilient element is used for passing substantially all of a pilot arc current between a power supply, a power connection... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20070210035 - Electrode for a contact start plasma arc torch and contact start plasma arc torch employing such electrodes: An electrode for a contact start plasma arc torch includes an elongated electrode body formed of an electrically conductive material that defines a longitudinal axis and a distal end for housing an emissive element. The electrode includes a second end positioned adjacent the electrode body. The second end defines an... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20070210039 - Cooling device and system for a plasma arc torch and associated method: A plasma arc generation system is provided, comprising a power module operably engaged with a plasma arc torch head portion and adapted to provide an electrical current for causing an arc at the torch head portion or generating a plasma. A cooling device is operably engaged with the power module... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070210040 - Apparatus and method for laser welding: A laser welding apparatus and method reduce the effect of the fume resulting from a weld. An air injecting nozzle is installed at a laser processing head. The injecting direction of air from the air injecting nozzle is set such that the air flows across a laser beam irradiated from... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070210041 - Automatic focusing of electron beams using a modified faraday cup diagnostic: The present invention relates to a method and system for automatically focusing an electron beam. Such an invention is based on a Faraday Cup diagnostic system, often a Modified Faraday Cup (MFC) system that enables tomographic reconstruction of the beam so as to measure beam parameters. Such a reconstruction method... Agent: Michael C. Staggs Attorney For Applicants

20070210042 - 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 moveable through a locus of points relative to the substrates and each other to weld the substrate together. The moveable lasers assist in controlling a formation of a... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070210043 - Method of preparing upholstery for installation on an article of furniture: A method of preparing upholstery for installation on an article of furniture having a plurality of panel surfaces, and resultant articles, are provided. The method comprises receiving a single-source of fabric; cutting said sheet into a plurality of cut fabric pieces shaped to cover the panel surfaces; and modifying at... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070210045 - Laser processing apparatus, laser processing head and laser processing method: A laser processing apparatus is provided. The laser processing apparatus includes a laser processing head having a transmission window, an opening portion, an outlet hole, a first vent hole and a second vent hole. The transmission window transmits laser light by which a processing object is irradiated. The opening portion... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070210044 - Method for checking a bore hole: Pulsed laser drilling is used to produce bore holes having a small diameter, for example, in hollow workpieces. Turbine blades, e.g., have a multitude of fine cooling air bore holes, which are able to be produced by this method, e.g., with high positional accuracy and in an automated manner. A... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070210046 - Roller adjusting device of optical laser-lens seat: A roller adjusting device of an optical laser-lens seat, the roller adjusting device is used on a laser-engraving machine for adjusting rollers in order that the rollers slide stably on guiding rails. The roller adjusting device includes a sheet member, and is provided on two ends of the sheet member... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070210047 - System and method for automatically clamping a tube in an orbital welder: A novel orbital welder includes a body defining a tube passage, a weld tip, a light source disposed to emit light toward the tube passage such that the emitted light will impinge upon one or more tubes placed in the tube passage, a detector to detect the light emitted by... Agent: Henneman & Associates, PLC

20070210048 - Pulsed arc welding method: Disclosed is a pulsed arc welding method using a pulse current of alternately repeating first and second pulses as a weld current, wherein the first pulse and the second pulse have a pulse waveform of a different pulse peak current level and a different pulse width, respectively, and the following... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070210049 - Contact tip assembly for a welding torch: A securement member for securing a contact tip to a welding torch assembly is provided. A channel extends axially therethrough and has an internal shoulder that extends into this channel. This internal shoulder abuts against a shoulder on the contact tip, capturing the contact tip between the shoulder and a... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20070210050 - Steering wheel for vehicle: The present invention provides a steering wheel that is covered by an electric heat coating layer through simple process of applying electric heat paint on the surface of the rim. According to the invention, it is facilitated to manufacture a steering wheel having a heat-generating function, so that manufacturing cost... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070210051 - Garment incorporating functional electrical circuit: Disclosed is a breathable heater element for a garment or for the lining of a garment such as an outdoor jacket, e.g. a waterproof jacket. The heater element is formed from porous metallised fabric such a nickel plated woven polyester fabric by photochemical etching of a suitable track pattern onto... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070210052 - Microwave source system: A microwave source system 1 extracts power in a predetermined microwave frequency band out of thermal noise power generated by a resistor (3) by using filter means (4), amplifies the power through a first amplifier (5) and a second amplifier (7), and outputs the power. The first amplifier (5) is... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070210053 - Ceramic heater, method of producing the same, and glow plug using a ceramic heater: In a ceramic heater (1) including: a rod-shaped support (2) which is made from an insulative ceramic; and a resistor member (3) including a heating portion (31) embedded in a tip end part of the support (2), and a pair of lead portions (33) which extend from the heating portion... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070210054 - Waste bin assembly: A waste bin assembly for the collection and storage of waste material. The waste bin assembly includes a bin with a floor and one or more walls extending from the floor to at least partially define a cavity. One or more of the floor and the walls includes one or... Agent: Valentine A Cottrill

20070210055 - Regenerating equipment: In order to provide equipment for heating up, keeping hot, cooling and/or keeping cold food and/or beverages comprising at least one cold compartment and/or at least one hot compartment which is usable in a versatile manner, it is proposed that the equipment comprise at least one regenerating device for heating... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070210056 - Infrared oven: The disclosed invention relates to an oven for cooking foodstuffs such as pizza by infrared radiation. The oven includes heating elements formed of Fe—Cr—Al alloy wire in a sealed quartz tube heating elements. The heating elements may receive power continuously or in pulses to generate infrared radiation over selected time... Agent: John A. Parrish Law Offices Of John A. Parrish

20070210057 - Domestic appliance, especially cooking appliance: A household appliance includes a body having a front, an appliance port including a cooling air inlet port and/or a vapor exhaust port disposed on the body, and a door. A console-type user control and display unit is provided including a control and display element, a housing, and control electronics... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070210058 - Steam cooker: In a steam cooker, a tray-shaped case (51) of a steam temperature-raising device (50) has a recessed part (51a) into which steam from a steam generator flows through steam supply ports (95A-95C) provided in a first sidewall (91). First and second steam superheaters (52, 53) are placed in the recessed... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070210059 - Steam cooker: In a steam cooker, a tray-shaped case (51) of a steam temperature-raising device (50) has a recessed part (51a) into which steam from a steam generator flows through steam supply ports (95A, 95B, 95C) provided in a first sidewall (91). The recessed part (51a) has a planar shape roughly axisymmetrical... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070210060 - Electric oven: An electric oven includes a body, a food container and a lid covered on the food container. The body includes an outer body and an inner body combined together, with a heat-insulating layer formed between the outer and the inner body. A heating tube and a heat preserving material are... Agent: Ming-tsung Lee

20070210061 - Slow cooker: A slow cooker for heating of food stuffs includes a housing having a base and a side wall extending therefrom to define a heating cavity within the housing. A heating element is disposed within the housing to heat the heating cavity. A container has a generally hollow interior and a... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070210062 - Slow cooker and method of operation: A cooking appliance for cooking a foodstuff over a period of time including a shell having a heating cavity and a heating element to heat the heating cavity. A container is removably positionable within the heating cavity and includes a food cavity for receiving the foodstuff. A temperature probe is... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070210063 - Method and apparatus for cooking using a combustible gas produced with an electrolyzer: A cooking appliance comprising an electrolyzer which produces a combustible fuel, a burner downstream from the electrolyzer, and, an electrically heatable cooking surface on which food is receivable for cooking, the electrically heatable cooking surface being operable simultaneously with the electrolyzer.... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070210064 - System for warming food: A system for heating food includes a heated surface which may comprise a mineral an organic resin and any of a number of suitable inorganic or organic fillers.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070210065 - Heating unit: A heating unit includes a heater that generates radiant heat, and a reflector that reflects radiant heat generated by the heater toward an object. The reflector includes a side portion shaped as an involute, a central elevated portion of a predetermined height, and a connecting portion that connects the side... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070210066 - Heat transfer device for use in barbeques: The invention relates generally to heat transfer devices for natural gas or propane barbeques. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of a knitted wire mesh with an open loop structure as a heat transfer device in barbeques.... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070210067 - Water heating systems and methods for detecting dry fire conditions: The present disclosure generally pertains to water heating systems capable of detecting for dry fire conditions. A water heating system In accordance with one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a controller that determines at least one ambient condition, such as ambient temperature, and that then checks for a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070210068 - Fluid heating system and method: A fluid heating system configured to regulate a temperature of a fluid within a fluid receptacle having a fluid reservoir includes a processing unit, at least one fluid temperature sensor in electrical communication with the processing unit, and a heating element in electrical communication with the processing unit. The at... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070210069 - Gas cooker appliance with an orientable control panel: The cooker appliance (1) has a horizontal cooking surface (10) of a given height (Hw), a gas “G” manifold assembly (2) with a plurality of taps (8) provided with a rotary shaft (9) for regulating the gas flow (Q), supported in a fixed position apart from one another on a... Agent: The Kline Law Firm, PC.

20070210072 - Control circuit for semiconductor device having overheating protection function: A control circuit includes a drive circuit which applies a drive voltage to a semiconductor device having an overheating protection function according to an externally supplied signal; and a current detecting circuit which outputs a detection signal when a drive current flowing through the semiconductor device exceeds a predetermined threshold... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070210071 - Adaptive startup control method for electric drives: A controlled start up technique may eliminate the excessive peak junction temperature by controlling the speed of the electric device. Lower speed may result in reduced power to the load. Reduced power may result in reduced losses to maintain reliable operating junction temperatures. Once the junction reaches the predetermined temperature... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070210070 - Recording disk drive with reduced noise thermal flyheight control: A system and method for preventing crosstalk noise from being superimposed on a read signal due to noise from a heater line for a slider in a recording disk drive is disclosed. A heater line pair to the slider is not grounded but is in a floating state with respect... Agent: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc.

20070210073 - Composite ice protection heater and method of producing same: The invention includes a composite ice protection heater for an aircraft. The composite heater includes at least one electrically insulating layer, and at least one electric heater element comprising an electrically conductive layer bonded to the insulating layer. The conductive layer may include a pre-impregnated woven fabric that includes a... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC Goodrich Corp.

20070210074 - Surface heating element and method for producing a surface heating element: The invention relates to a surface heating element comprising a fabric, which has electrically conductive and electrically non-conductive threads. Several electrically conductive threads are joined together to a heating strip, in which case different heating strips can be wired in any chosen way. Moreover, the invention relates to a method... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20070210075 - Induction heater: A heating system and method for heating fluids are provided. The heating system includes an enclosure with an inlet and outlet for fluid flow, an induction coil, thermal transmitters placed in the enclosure, and a power source for the induction coil. In one preferred embodiment, the fuel processing system includes... Agent: Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'armond, Mccowan & Jarman, L.L.P.

20070210076 - Low frequency heating device and article made therefrom: A low frequency heating device comprises for heating a machine component comprising a low frequency power supply connected to a coil, a housing having an interior for placement of a machine component, the coil being wound around the housing. A machine component is formed by heating with a low frequency... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070210077 - Non-invasive microwave analysis methods: A non-invasive microwave analysis method determines scattered phase and/or amplitude data for a liquid in a container. A transmitter antenna transmits microwaves that scatter from the container and the liquid in the container. One or more receiver antennas convert the microwaves into microwave electronic signals that are processed to determine... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070210078 - Field director assembly having arc-resistant conductive vanes: A field director assembly includes electrically conductive vanes configured to prevent arcing in an unloaded microwave oven.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070205184 - High-speed, ultra precision manufacturing station that combines direct metal deposition and edm: A direct-metal deposition (DMD) processing stage and a 5DOF (degree of freedom) dry micro-EDM (mEDM) stage are integrated to provide the submicron scale resolution necessary for the ultra-precision processing of work pieces. The DMD processing stage includes optical feedback for dimensional control utilizing a high-power, fiber-coupled diode laser with fast... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070205185 - Laser exposure apparatus and laser annealing apparatus: A laser exposure apparatus is disclosed. The laser exposure apparatus includes: a laser light source including a multi-transverse mode semiconductor laser; a far-field pattern forming optical system for forming a far-field pattern of multi-transverse mode laser light emitted from the laser light source; a condensing optical system for condensing the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070205186 - Flexible scan field: An energy beam machining system includes an emitter for emitting an energy beam and beam adjusting optics, such as a zoom telescope, for adjusting the pupil size of the system to multiple values. The adjusting of the pupil size can be carried out automatically, semi-automatically, or manually. In manual modes,... Agent: Maine & Asmus

20070205187 - Laser processing apparatus and laser processing method: A laser processing apparatus is provided including: a laser generator generating a light beam; a branching means for branching out the light beam to a plurality of beams arranged at equal intervals; a shifting means for shifting the plurality of beams at a pitch equal to a multiple of natural... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070205188 - Heating process of a boiler of a coffee maker: In a coffee maker (1) having a boiler (6) and heating means (62) for heating a content of the boiler (6), safety measures are taken to prevent breakdown of the coffee maker (1) in the case in which the heating means (62) are activated while the boiler (6) is empty.... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070205189 - Method of repairing a stationary shroud of a gas turbine engine using laser cladding: A stationary shroud of a gas turbine engine made of a base metal is repaired by removing any damaged material from a flow-path region of the stationary shroud to leave an initially exposed base-metal flow-path surface; and applying a base-metal restoration overlying the initially exposed flow-path surface. The base-metal restoration... Agent: Mcnees, Wallace & Nurick LLC