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Electric heating January USPTO class listing 01/08

20080023446 - Microreplication on a complex surface: A cutting tool assembly using a machined tool operating in a plunge mode of electrical discharge machining to make microreplicated features in a work piece having a complex surface. The microreplicated features can be non-adjacent and can have any geometric configuration and micron-scaled dimensions, as determined by the microstructured features... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080023448 - Plasma processing apparatus capable of adjusting temperature of sample stand: A plasma processing apparatus is provided which processes a sample held on a sample table arranged in a process chamber in a vacuum container by using a plasma formed in the process chamber. The plasma processing apparatus comprises: paths arranged in the sample table in which a coolant is supplied... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080023449 - Method and apparatus for automatically controlling gas pressure for a plasma cutter: A system for providing a dynamically controlled plasma cutting system includes a plasma cutting system having a proportional valve and a sensing device arrangement and a controller connected to this arrangement. The system is configured to dynamically control gas flow in a plasma torch. The system measures gas pressure at... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20080023450 - Customizable ion fusion formation system and process: A customizable ion fusion formation system and method is used to repair a targeted repair region of a workpiece with successive layers of feedstock material. The system includes a moveable positioning platform and a control platform positioned separate and apart from the moveable positioning platform. A positioning arm is mounted... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080023451 - Method and apparatus for automatically controlling gas pressure for a plasma cutter: A system for providing a dynamically controlled plasma cutting system. The plasma cutting system includes a proportional valve and a sensing device arrangement and a controller connected to this arrangement. The system is configured to dynamically control gas flow in a plasma torch. The system measures gas pressure at a... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20080023447 - Reducing coherent crosstalk in dual-beam laser processing system: A method of and system for forming two laser processing beams with controlled stability at a target specimen work surface includes first and second mutually coherent laser beams propagating along separate first and second beam paths that are combined to perform an optical property adjustment. The combined laser beams are... Agent: Electro Scientific Industries/stoel Rives, LLP

20080023452 - Co2 laser stabilization systems and methods: Systems and methods for stabilizing a CO2 laser are disclosed. The system includes a detector unit for measuring the power in a select portion of the output beam. The detector unit generates an electrical signal corresponding to the measured power. The modulation frequency of the signal used to modulate the... Agent: Allston L. Jones Peters Verny, L.L.P.

20080023453 - Methods and apparatus for delivering laser energy for joining parts: A method and apparatus for bonding a pair of tubular members are disclosed. First and second end portions of the tubular members are gripped for rotation about their axis. The tubular members are axially rotated and a laser beam is directed radially toward the tubular members to bond them together.... Agent: Higgs, Fletcher & Mack LLP

20080023454 - Workpiece positioning structure of laser machine: A workpiece positioning structure of a laser-cutting/carving machine for using on a working platform of the machine, comprises a fixing seat, at least a flexible connecting rod and an indicator to provide laser light spot, wherein one end of the flexible connecting rod is disposed on the fixing seat, the... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080023455 - Method of and system for setting laser processing conditions, laser processing system, computer program for setting laser processing conditions, computer readable medium and recording device on which laser processing conditions are recorded: A method of setting processing data for a computer-assisted laser processing apparatus is disclosed, along with a system for setting a laser processing data. The method comprises a function of setting a three-dimensional profile of a object and a processing pattern as processing conditions, a function of generating processing data... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20080023456 - Method of forming embrittled areas inside wafer for division: A method of forming embrittled areas in multiple layers inside a wafer so as to enable the wafer to be divided correctly even at areas where embrittled areas intersect. In a first direction embrittling step an embrittled area is formed as a bottom layer, in a second direction embrittling step... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080023457 - Method and apparatus for pulse and short circuit arc welding: A method and apparatus for multi process welding includes providing a controlled short circuit output and a pulse output in response to a user selection across a workpiece output stud and a torch output stud.... Agent: Corrigan Law Office

20080023458 - Sheet boring apparatus and image forming apparatus: A sheet boring apparatus is configured to bore a hole in a sheet bundle by processing a portion of the sheet bundle along and inside an outline of the hole to form a remaining portion and by dropping the remaining portion. The sheet boring apparatus includes a laser processing unit... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080023459 - Oven and a food delivery vehicle comprising said oven: A convection oven for use in a food delivery vehicle comprises an oven cavity with an air inlet and an air outlet, an air feed conduit for feeding an air feed into the oven cavity through the air inlet and a heating arrangement for heating the air feed before it... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080023460 - Garment with heating assembly: A heat producing garment with a separate control. The garment comprising a power source and a heating package located at the specific part of the garment and including; a heating device energized by the power; and a control circuit for controlling the heating status of the heating device; and a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080023461 - Appliance control with ground reference compensation: Appliance control with ground reference compensation is provided. Ground reference compensation can be desirable when a device or component of an appliance is powered by a higher power source, and is controlled by a controller that is powered by a lower power source. In such a situation, a voltage difference... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080023462 - Food service apparatus and methods: In general, this invention involves various improvements relating to food service apparatus, including an energy-compensation feature to compensate for the transfer of heat from one food-holding compartment to another food-holding compartment, and an energy-limit feature for preventing overheating of the apparatus in the event it is incorrectly programmed by an... Agent: Senniger Powers

20080023463 - Electric liquid-heating: An electric liquid-heating appliance includes a housing, an upper fill hole which is defined by a rim (9), heating elements, a spout and a lid. The lid includes: a lock which can engage with a retaining element; a locking control element which is connected to the lock and which can... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080023464 - Circuit arangement for protection of a heating element from overheating heating device and method for fused protection of the heating device: A circuit arrangement is provided for protecting from overheating a heating element whose resistance value is a function of its temperature. The circuit arrangement includes a power supply, a switch, and a switch control circuit, a current sensor providing a signal proportional to the current flowing through the heating element,... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080023465 - Heat sink for electronic device: A heat sink for the electronic device is disclosed. The heat sink comprises a hub, a plurality of first supporting elements and a frame. A fan is axially connected to the hub. The first supporting elements are positioned along the periphery of the hub and protrude outwards extending from the... Agent: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.

20080023466 - Component heater: A heater for fluid flow components is disclosed. The heater has heat transfer surfaces that engage the component. The transfer surfaces are mounted on jaws that are movable to engage the component. The jaws have massive portions that act as heat reservoirs to maintain a constant temperature in spite of... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20080023467 - Method for manufacturing ceramic heater and ceramic heater: A ceramic heater and method for manufacturing the ceramic heater, the ceramic heater including a core material and a ceramic sheet covering the core material, and wherein a side of the ceramic sheet opposite the core material is an outer side of the ceramic heater, the method including forming a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080023468 - Magnetic head: A magnetic head has a read head in which a read element which converts recording magnetic flux emitted from the magnetic disk into an electric signal is disposed between a pair of shield layers on a substrate, and magnetically records information by emitting magnetic flux generated by a write current... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080023469 - Microwave heating construct: A blank for a construct comprises a main panel including a removable panel at least partially defined by a line of disruption, a plurality of side panels extending from the main panel along respective fold lines, and a microwave energy interactive element overlying at least a portion of the main... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20080017615 - Apparatus and method for electric discharge machining and method of discriminating electric discharge: An electric discharge machining apparatus comprises a power supply (5) for applying a voltage to a work gap formed between a tool electrode (E) and the workpiece (W) and a motor (7) that moves the tool electrode relative to the workpiece. An electric discharges counter (45) counts a number of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080017614 - Electric-discharge-machining power supply apparatus and small-hole electric-discharge machining apparatus: In order to obtain an electric-discharge-machining power supply apparatus that can flow discharge current pulses through the machining gap uniformly and efficiently, and can realize reduction of the amount of electrode wear in machining in the alternate current pulse system, in an electric-discharge-machining power supply apparatus (2) for applying electric-discharge-machining... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080017616 - Microwave plasma nozzle with enhanced plume stability and heating efficiency: Systems and methods for generating relatively cool microwave plasma are disclosed. The present invention provides a microwave plasma nozzle that includes a gas flow tube through which a gas flows, and a rod-shaped conductor that is disposed in the gas flow tube and has a tapered tip near the outlet... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080017617 - Sheet post-processing apparatus: A sheet post-processing apparatus which is capable of reliably producing desired labels and suppressing increases in user office expenses, job time, and environmental load. A laser cutting unit cuts a sheet being conveyed along a sheet conveying path or a sheet discharged onto a post-processing tray, with a laser beam,... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080017618 - On-the-fly laser beam path error correction for specimen target location processing: A laser-based workpiece processing system includes sensors connected to a sensor controller that converts sensor signals into focused spot motion commands for actuating a beam steering device, such as a two-axis steering mirror. The sensors may include a beam position sensor for correcting errors detected in the optical path, such... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20080017619 - Method of and system for setting laser processing conditions, laser processing system, computer program for setting laser processing conditions, computer readable media and recording device on which laser processing conditions are recorded: A method of setting processing data for a computer-assisted laser processing apparatus is disclosed, along with a system for setting a laser processing data. The method comprises a function of setting a profile of a three-dimensional object and a processing pattern, a function of generating processing data representing the processing... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20080017620 - Laser conversion systems and methods for converting laser systems for operation in different laser safety classifications: Laser conversion systems and methods for converting laser systems for operation in different laser safety classification modes are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a laser system includes a laser configured to emit radiation greater than about 5 mW and an exterior housing containing the laser. The exterior housing has a... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080017621 - Method and apparatus for arc welding with arc control: A method and apparatus for providing welding power with an arc-width control is disclosed. The power supply includes a power circuit that provides a welding output characterized by a plurality of welding output parameters, and the power circuit receives at least one control input. A controller provides control signals to... Agent: Corrigan Law Office

20080017622 - Welding system having a wire-specific interface: A system having a welding wire hub with a wire-specific interface. The wire-specific interface may be configured to enable mounting with a first wire spool and configured to prevent mounting with a second wire spool. In some embodiments, the first and second wire spools have different welding wire types.... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20080017623 - Ohmic heating systems with circulation by worm: An installation for heating products, in particular, a food composition formed from a heterogeneous mixture of a liquid phase and solid particles, including at least one heating pipe of tubular cross-section, the heating installation being supplied by a feed pump opening directly into the heating tube and driven by a... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20080017625 - Passenger seat device having occupant detector embedded in seat of automotive vehicle: A passenger seat device includes a seat heater embedded in a seat and a detector electrode embedded underneath the seat heater. Electric power is supplied to the seat heater from an on-board battery through seat heater switches. Alternating voltage or current is supplied to the detector electrode. The detector electrode... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080017624 - Resistance heated cowl tray and hvac intake: A vehicle having an occupant cabin, a cowl, and a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system is provided with a cowl tray and adjoining HVAC intake. The cowl tray, HVAC intake, or both are constructed from a resistively conductive polymeric material, a polymeric material having embedded resistively conductive fibers,... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20080017626 - Rotary door heater system: A revolving door deicer/dryer system including a floor grate having a bottom side and a heating system associated with the bottom side of the floor grate. The heating system includes at least one shaped plate and at least one heating element serpentinely routed on the at least one shaped plate.... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20080017627 - Wafer heating apparatus and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus: A wafer heating apparatus which is capable of quickly cooling by improving the cooling rate of the heater section is provided. The wafer heating apparatus comprises a plate-shaped member having two opposing principal surfaces with one of the principal surfaces serving as a mounting surface to mount a wafer thereon... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080017628 - Multizone heater for furnace: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for heating a semiconductor processing chamber. One embodiment of the present invention provides a furnace for heating a semiconductor processing chamber. The furnace comprises a heater surrounding side walls of the semiconductor processing chamber, wherein the heater comprises a plurality of... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20080017629 - Steam oven: A steam oven is disclosed. The steam oven includes an oven, a water storing element, a steam generating element, a first conveying element, a second conveying element and a heating element, herein the oven includes an orifice. Both of the water storing element and the steam generating element are disposed... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080017630 - Protective device for a heating unit: To achieve an effective cooling effect, it is proposed that the protective device for a heating unit comprises a shielding element (68), which is provided for this purpose to shield a space (46) provided for a cold cooling air flow (42) for cooling the heating unit (14) against the hot... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080017631 - Hot-air blower having artificial intelligence: Disclosed herein is a hot-air blower for supplying hot air in order to prevent freeze-rupture of a water pipe or the like. The hot-air blower is installed in the interior of a room. According to the present invention, at the state where the electric power is continuously supplied, the heater... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080017632 - Heater for heating a wafer and method for fabricating the same: The invention is to provide a heater capable of having a high uniform heating characteristic and substantially equally heating a wafer etc. mounted thereon, and a wafer heating device using the same, as well as a method thereof. In order to solve the above object, the invention provides a heater... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080017633 - Induction heating cooking apparatus: An induction heating cooking apparatus includes a top plate on which a cooking pot is placed, a coil, an inverter board, a supporting bed, a board holder and elastic bodies. The coil induction-heats the cooking pot. The inverter board is mounted with components for driving the heating coil. The supporting... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080017634 - Method for inductive heating of a workpiece: A method for inductive heating of an electrically conducting workpiece, by rotating the workpiece in a magnetic field of a direct-current carrying coil arrangement comprising superconductive windings about a rotation axis that forms an angle with the principal axis of the magnetic field, allows temperatures that differ from each other... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20080017635 - Microwave crisping platform system: A microwave crisping platform system that is opened and locked by the consumer prior to heating food within a microwave. The microwave crisping platform system includes a platform, a first end and a second end pivotally attached to opposing ends of the platform, a base extending between the first end... Agent: Neustel Law Offices, Ltd.

20080017636 - Revolving base of microwave oven: A revolving base of microwave oven, comprising the upper chassis, the nether chassis movably locating under the upper chassis, the upper distribution box locating on the bottom of the upper chassis, the nether distribution box locating on the top side of the nether chassis, idler wheel groups cooperating between the... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080017637 - Ultraviolet lamp system with cooling air control: A microwave-excited ultraviolet lamp system includes a microwave chamber supplied with cooling air from an air source. At least one of a pressure sensor or a temperature sensor is positioned within the system to sense a pressure associated with the flow of cooling air or a temperature of the lamp... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (nordson)

20080011721 - Copper-plating free solid wire assembly for gas-shielded arc welding: P

20080011720 - Process for laser-arc hybrid welding aluminized metal workpieces: The invention relates to a process for laser welding at least one metal workpiece (1) by a laser beam (3), said workpiece having a surface coating (2) containing aluminium, characterized in that the laser beam (3) is combined with at least one electric arc (4) so as to melt the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080011722 - Laser processing device: Disclosed a laser processing device capable of recognizing a failure of pulsed laser beam irradiation during a process of pulsed laser beam irradiation and taking appropriate measures. A first judgment section and a second judgment section monitor respectively whether a pulsed laser beam is actually irradiated by an oscillation of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080011723 - Laser beam processing machine: A laser beam processing machine comprising a chuck table for holding a workpiece, a laser beam application means for applying a laser beam to the workpiece held on the chuck table, a processing feed means for moving the chuck table and the laser beam application means relative to each other... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080011724 - Method for generating optically perceptible laser-induced cracks in brittle material: The invention is directed to a method for generating optically perceptible laser-induced cracks in brittle material, wherein a laser beam, followed by a coolant jet, is guided relative to the surface of the brittle material in order to advance a crack trail into the material starting from an initial crack,... Agent: Gerald H. Kiel, Esq. Reed Smith LLP

20080011725 - Laser beam processing machine: A laser beam processing machine comprising a chuck table, a laser beam application means for applying a laser beam to a workpiece held on the chuck table, and a processing-feed means for moving the chuck table and the laser beam application means relative to each other in a processing-feed direction,... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080011726 - Method of deciding focal plane and method of crystallization using thereof: A crystallization method and system are provided which improve a crystallization process by deciding a best-fit focal plane for a laser beam using a test mask and then applying the decided best-fit focal plane to the crystallization process. The crystallization method includes loading a test mask on a mask stage;... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080011727 - Dual fillet welding methods and systems: Methods and systems are provided for dual fillet or T-joint welding, in which two electrodes are directed to opposite sides of a joint between two workpieces and the electrodes are energized with DC pulse or AC welding waveforms at a controlled waveform phase angle. The systems include a synchronizing controller... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Lincoln

20080011728 - Multiple arc welding system controls and methods: Multiple arc welding systems are provided, along with welding system controllers and control methods, in which a single user selected system setpoint value is used to derive individual machine setpoints for a plurality of welding machines in the multiple arc welding system.... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Lincoln

20080011729 - Apparatus and method for storing welding consumables: Exemplary embodiments of the present technique relate to a welding storage structure. In one embodiment, a welding system includes a welding chassis and a storage structure that rotates outwardly from the welding chassis. In another embodiment, a welding system includes a welding storage unit having a storage base with a... Agent: Tat R. Swanson Fletcher Yoder

20080011730 - Coaxial welding cable assembly: A lighter weight, more flexible coaxial welding cable assembly, and a system and method for constructing same. An embodiment of the coaxial welding cable assembly comprises a central electrical conductor length having a first cross-sectional area and a first insulating jacket surrounding the central electrical conductor length. The coaxial welding... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20080011731 - Carbon to weld metal: Various flux compositions for increasing carbon contents in welds are disclosed. The flux compositions can be provided in a variety of different forms such as in an agglomerated form, fused form, sintered form, or provided as a coating. The fluxes are particularly adapted for use in submerged arc welding processes.... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Lincoln

20080011732 - Passenger seat having occupant detector for automotive vehicle: An electrode unit for detecting whether a seat is occupied or not (occupancy conditions) is embedded in a seat of an automotive vehicle together with an electrically powered seat heater. Both of the electrode unit and the seat heater are flat, and the electrode unit is laminated on the heat... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080011733 - Vehicular mirror with heater circuit module: A vehicular mirror system includes an exterior mirror assembly having a reflective element for providing a rearward view to an occupant of a vehicle and a power distributor for distributing power from a single electrical power connector to a plurality of functional elements associated with the reflective element. The power... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20080011734 - Heat-treating apparatus: A processing gas is prevented from entering into a space below a placement table. A supporting surface 62 for supporting the lower face of a placement table 58 is provided at an inner circumferential portion of the upper end of a support 56. A circumferentially extending purge gas groove 64... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080011735 - Heat treatment equipment: In an embodiment, heat treatment equipment comprises a process tube, an exhaust duct connected to the process tube, and, during operation, exhausting gases present within the process tube. The heat treatment equipment also comprises a hollow pressure control member interposed between the process tube and the exhaust duct, the pressure... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080011736 - Method and apparatus for controlling the energization of a cooking appliance: A control system for an oven includes a first and a second temperature sensor, and a controller. The oven has a first cavity and a second cavity and includes, a first electrical heating element positioned within the first oven cavity, and a second electrical heating element positioned within the second... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20080011737 - Hot plate and process for producing the same: A hot plate for heating a substrate placed on the hot plate. The hot plate comprises a silicon base having pin insertion holes through which support pins for supporting a substrate from below and elevating the substrate above the hot plate pass; a heater composed of a resistor made of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080011738 - Apparatus and method for manufacturing a semiconductor device with a sapphire substrate: A supporting base, including a supporting plate and holders, holds a sapphire substrate so that one substrate surface faces a hot plate and the other substrate surface faces a radiant heat absorbing plate mounted on the supporting plate. Radiant heat from the hot plate passes through the sapphire substrate and... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20080011739 - Connector and heater that equip this for closeness of a heating pipe: A connector closing a heating pipe and a heating apparatus having the connector are disclosed. The connector of the present invention includes a plug unit (110), which conductive members (112) and a plug body part (111), and a socket unit (120), which includes a socket body part (121), having through... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080011740 - Device for heating a drinking vessel: A device (10) for heating a drinking vessel (5), particularly for a drink machine (1), whereby said device (10) has a receptacle mechanism (11) for the drinking vessel (5) with a steam delivery (13) into the interior (5a) of the drinking vessel (5). In order to create a device of... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080011741 - Inductive heating element: An inductive heating element includes a substrate and an insulating layer covering the substrate. The substrate contains a carbonaceous material such as glassy carbon. The inductive heating element effectively exchanges heat with a flowing gas to be heated and thereby efficiently heat the gas.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080006613 - Short resistant welder: A short resistant welder that includes, in some embodiments, a short circuit sensor configured to transmit a first signal indicative of a short circuit between a workpiece and a stud, and a stud welding controller communicatively coupled to the short circuit sensor. In certain embodiments, the stud welding controller is... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20080006610 - Method for airtightly joining reinforced platinum hollow tube with platinum flange: The present invention provides a new method for airtightly joining a hollow tube made of a reinforced platinum and a flange made of platinum or a platinum alloy, which prevents decreasing of mechanical strength of the hollow tube made of a reinforced platinum due to its joining with a flange.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080006611 - Wire-guide nozzle assembly for a robotic tig welding torch: The invention relates to a wire-guide/nozzle assembly (11, 13) for an electric arc welding torch, comprising at least one nozzle (11) for delivering gas and at least one wire-guide system (13) for guiding at least one consumable wire, characterized in that the downstream end (20) of the wire-guide system (13)... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080006612 - Method and device to build-up, clad, or hard-face with minimal admixture: An electric arc device and methods to build up, clad, join, or overlay an alloyed metal onto a parent metal with minimal admixture. The methods employed in the electric arc device provide a high frequency waveform with a high amplitude pulse, a low amplitude background current, and a special shorting... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20080006614 - Method and apparatus for automatic gas control for a plasma arc torch: A method and apparatus for controlling a gas supply to a plasma arc torch uses a proportional control solenoid valve positioned adjacent the torch to manipulate the gas flow to the torch, thereby extending electrode life during arc transfer and shutdown. Swirl ring design can be simplified and gas supply... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20080006615 - System and method for gemstone microinscription: A gemstone micro-inscription system, comprising an energy source, a spatial light modulator, and a control, the control controlling a spatial light pattern modulation of the spatial light modulator, wherein the spatial light modulator exposes a photoresist on the gemstone, which selectively impedes an etching process to produce a pattern on... Agent: Milde & Hoffberg, LLP

20080006616 - Method and apparatus for short arc welding: A short circuit arc welding system is disclosed. The control scheme uses a current command signal comprised of a long-term current command that sets the long-term current command level and a real-time or short-by-short current command to drive the output current. Feedback is used to determine if the desired arc... Agent: Corrigan Law Office

20080006617 - Thermal wafer processor: A thermal processor may include a cooling jacket positionable around a process chamber within a process vessel or jar. A heater can move into a position substantially between the process chamber vessel and the cooling jacket. A holder having multiple workpiece holding positions is provided for holding a batch or... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/semitool

20080006618 - Heater unit: The present invention provides a heater unit which can improve temperature uniformity of a heated object at the time of heating the object. A second heat conductor 32 which is the radial internal part of shaft 22 has a lower heat transfer ratio than a first heat conductor 30 which... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080006619 - Zone control heater plate for track lithography systems: A substrate heater comprising a bake plate having an upper surface, a lower surface and a peripheral side surface extending between the upper and lower surfaces, the bake plate including at least one heating element, at least one temperature sensor and a plurality of wires including at least one wire... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080006620 - Heating unit and method of manufacturing the same: A heating unit and a method of fabricating the heating unit are provided. The heating unit includes a heating member provided in a tube, with an outer surface of the heating member spaced apart from an inner surface of the tube. The heating member may be connected to an external... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080006621 - Ice removal for a pond: An ice removal for a pond to emit heat from its surface; the ice removal comprises a disk shaped upper cover, a disk shaped lower cover and a heat emitting cup, it can float on the surface of water. An electric circuit board is mounted on an inner bottom of... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080006622 - Image heating apparatus: A manufacturing method for an image heating apparatus for heating an image on a recording material by a heat from a heat generating element for producing heat by a magnetic flux generated by magnetic flux generating means, the apparatus including a magnetic flux confining member for confining a magnetic flux... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080006623 - Multi-compartment microwave heating package: A construct for heating, browning, and/or crisping a food item in a microwave oven comprises a plurality of compartments, at least one of which is defined at least partially by a microwave energy interactive insulating material that includes a layer of microwave energy interactive material supported on a polymer film,... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC