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Electric heating June archived by invention type 06/08

20080149600 - Method and apparatus for welding: A method and apparatus for MIG welding is disclosed. When in an ac mode the output is unbalanced, or the balance may be controlled. The balance may be controlled to provide a desired deposition rate and/or to obtain a desired dilution. The frequency may be any frequency, for example 30... Agent: Corrigan Law Office

20080149601 - Driving unit of welding equipment: The invention provides a driving unit of welding equipment capable of steadily implementing rotation-stop of a pressure application shaft without enlarging the diameter of a hole of a rotary shaft of the motor while the entire length of the welding equipment is shortened and an entire gun is rendered downsized,... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.c.

20080149602 - Welding and plasma cutting method and system: A system, in some embodiments, includes a multi-torch power supply. The power supply has a first circuit configured to control output to a first electrical torch, and a second circuit configured to control output to a second electrical torch. The power supply also has a power source configured to supply... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20080149603 - Arc detector for plasma processing system: An arc detector is provided for a plasma processing system including a HF power source, a plasma processor, and a voltage/current signal detector. The arc detector includes a calculator for the phase difference between the AC voltage signal and the AC current signal, a calculator for an effective voltage based... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.c.

20080149604 - Laser microperforated fresh produce trays for modified/controlled atmosphere packaging: A system for laser microperforated fresh produce trays for use in modifying or controlling the flow of oxygen and carbon dioxide into and/out of a fresh produce container, where the microperforations are specifically tailored such as by size, location and number for the specific produce. The packaging system tailors microperforated... Agent: Vern Maine & Associates

20080149605 - Positioning device: A positioning device of the type described characterised by the incorporation of the puck into a closed circuit gas system from which the puck establishes the flow of fluid to provide the fluid cushion. Typically the positioning device is characterised by the provision of a heat transfer mechanism incorporated in... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080149606 - Arc start control method in consumable electrode arc welding: An arc start control method is provided for consumable electrode arc welding. According to this method, a welding wire, supplied through a welding torch, is brought into contact with a work. Then, an initial current is applied to the welding wire and the work that are held in contact with... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.c.

20080149608 - System and method for identifying welding consumable wear: A system and method for determining a wear condition of a welding consumable includes a welding torch having a consumable component and a wire delivery system configured to deliver wire to the welding torch during a welding process. The welding system also includes a power source configured to deliver power... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080149607 - System and method for tracking welding-type parameters, machine setup and job packet coding for workflow: A system and method for identifying, recording, and storing specific settings for an interface device of a welding-type system includes a bezel forming a marking surface that extends about a portion of a periphery of the interface device to display user markings and allow the markings to be selectively erased.... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080149609 - Apparatus and method for making bag assembly: An apparatus for forming a bag assembly includes opposing die members. Each die member has a perimeter-welding portion for forming a perimeter-weld of the bag assembly and a tube-welding portion for forming a tube-weld of the bag. During operation, first the perimeter-welding and tube-welding portions weld the bag assembly simultaneously,... Agent: Tyco Healthcare - Edward S. Jarmolowicz

20080149610 - Method and apparatus for controlling a welding system: A method and apparatus for controlling a welding-type power supply includes providing a current wave form having an arc current portion and a short circuit current portion. An arc state is entered by retracting a welding wire, and a short circuit state is entered by advancing the wire. The current... Agent: Corrigan Law Office

20080149611 - Wire feeder packaging and transport system: A portable wire feeder system is disclosed that includes a wire feeder disposed in a hands-free carrying case or backpack. The hands-free carrying case or backpack may include a hip mount, a shoulder mount, or a combination thereof. Additionally, the backpack may include a welding torch receptacle. The system may... Agent: Tait R. Swanson Fletcher Yoder

20080149612 - Heating support for patients: A heating support (1) for a patient comprises a heating mat or a heating blanket (2) of a heat-insulating material, at least one heating element (3) that is integrated into the heating mat or heating blanket (2), and at least one temperature sensor (4). The heating support (1) is divided... Agent: Kohler Schmid Moebus

20080149613 - Glow plug for internal combustion engine: A glow plug has a heating coil made of an alloy of iron, chromium and aluminum, a control coil made of nickel and serially connected with the heating coil, a heater case made of an inconel material and accommodating the coils therein, and a current line through which an electric... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080149614 - Portable blanket warmer: A blanket warmer is disclosed. The blanket warmer is lightweight, portable, and consumes minimal power.... Agent: Stockwell & Smedley, Psc

20080149616 - Horizontal carousel conveyor: A horizontal carousel conveyor moves in a horizontal plane by using vertically-oriented conveyor links. When used with an oven, it continuously moves foods and other items in a closed, horizontal loop.... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080149615 - Inclined heating element: A heating element that extends upwardly from a horizontal surface at an angle, can be used to evenly heat foodstuffs having inclined surfaces. The heating element can be flat or curved to be convex or concave.... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080149617 - Oven for cooking cone-shaped foods: A horizontal carousel conveyor carries cone-shaped foods and other specialty-shaped foods through an oven, rotating the food on a heating station as it passes by heating elements and through the oven.... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080149618 - Household sectional oven and warmer cooking apparatus: A household sectional oven and warmer cooking apparatus includes an electric heating device with a switch for controlling the heating temperature and time of an oven. The apparatus further includes openings at the top and lateral sides of the oven for carrying a hotdog broiler composed of parallel cylinders or... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080149619 - Titanium foil as a structural heater element: An electrothermal heater assembly, configured to be embedded inside a component for anti-icing and/or deicing the component, includes a titanium foil configured for use as a heating element, at least one reinforcement layer adjacent the titanium foil, and an adhesive configured to bond the titanium foil to the at least... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.a.

20080149620 - Electric heating textile: An electric heating textile is provided. The electric heating textile includes an electric heating layer, plural heat-insulating layers and a protective layer. The electric heating layer includes at least one conductive yarn capable of generating heat and plural aromatic polyamide fibers. The heat-insulating layers are under the electric heating layer.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080149621 - Induction heating unit, fixing device and method for attaching coil for induction heating unit: The present invention provides an induction heating unit enabling to attaching coil on coil attaching surface of bobbin with a high degree of accuracy, and a fixing device capable of maintaining the distance between the coil and the member to be heated at a high degree of accuracy, ensuring uniformity... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080149622 - Scan induction heating: An apparatus and process are provided for scan induction heating of a workpiece. The workpiece is moved through an inductor to inductively heat treat features of the workpiece with electric power of varying frequency and duty cycle to control the magnitude of electric power as the frequency changes. Alternatively the... Agent: Philip O. Post Indel, Inc.

20080149623 - Modular microwave processing system: A modular microwave processing system includes a microwave source, a transmission line, and a detachable processing cavity or chamber. The chamber is adapted to maintain a controlled atmosphere surrounding a workpiece, and further contains an interface to engage the microwave transmission line so that power for heating the workpiece is... Agent: Robert J. Lauf

20080149624 - Temperature control device: A temperature control device which can control the temperature of an object to be processed even after supply of radio waves or electromagnetic waves from a high-frequency heating apparatus is stopped. The temperature control device includes a temperature sensor detecting the temperature of the object to be processed heated by... Agent: Eric Robinson

20080149625 - Device for soil sterilization, insect extermination, and weed killing using microwave energy: A method and apparatus for controlling agricultural pests in soil using microwave energy. The apparatus is an agricultural implement having a means for directing a layer of soil from the ground onto a conveyor which carries the soil through a microwave energy application area, and then disperses the soil back... Agent: Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C

20080149626 - Apparatus and method for microwave cooking of a food product: A cooking apparatus includes a susceptor surface configured to contact a plurality of locations around greater than 180 degrees of the circumference of the food product. Such contact provides for greater surface area contact between the food product and the susceptor for more uniform cooking and crispness. Further, the weight... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080149627 - Apparatus for microwave cooking of a food product: A cooking apparatus includes a susceptor surface configured to contact a plurality of locations around greater than 180 degrees of the circumference of the food product. Such contact provides for greater surface area contact between the food product and the susceptor for more uniform cooking and crispness. Further, the weight... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080149628 - Food support for use in a microwave oven: A food support for use in a microwave oven comprising a plurality of surfaces for supporting a plurality of food items at different heights with respect to the base of the oven. The plurality of surfaces comprises a first set of surfaces at a first height and a second set... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.l.p.

20080149629 - Microwave oven with a mask for wave trap: f

20080149630 - Cooking apparatus: A cooking apparatus is provided. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking cavity, an upper space formed above the cooking cavity, lateral side spaces formed to at opposite lateral sides of the cooking cavity, a rear space formed behind the cooking cavity, and a lower space formed below the cooking cavity.... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080149631 - Cooking apparatus: A cooking apparatus is provided. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking cavity, an upper space formed above the cooking cavity, lateral side spaces formed to at opposite lateral sides of the cooking cavity, a rear space formed behind the cooking cavity, and a lower space formed below the cooking cavity.... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080149632 - Cooking apparatus: A cooking apparatus is provided. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking cavity, an upper space formed above the cooking cavity, lateral side spaces formed to at opposite lateral sides of the cooling cavity, a rear space formed behind the cooking cavity, and a lower space formed below the cooking cavity.... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080149633 - Cooking apparatus: A cooking apparatus is provided. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking cavity, an upper space formed above the cooking cavity, lateral side spaces formed to at opposite lateral sides of the cooking cavity, a rear space formed behind the cooking cavity, and a lower space formed below the cooking cavity.... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080142487 - Automatic wire threader: An automatic wire threader (1) for threading a wire electrode (2) through upper and lower wire guides is provided with means for annealing and fusing the wire electrode. Upper and lower energized electrodes (20, 22) are provided above the upper wire guide (3) for supplying heating current to the wire... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080142488 - Compound electrode, methods of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same: Disclosed herein is a compound electrode comprising a first portion comprising graphite; and a second portion comprising a metal; wherein the first portion is in continuous communication with the second portion along a length of the compound electrode. Disclosed herein too is a compound electrode comprising a first portion comprising... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080142489 - Apparatus for covering contoured surface of metal workpiece with inert gas: A self-adjusting trailing shield for maintaining a volume of inert gas over a portion of a metal workpiece being subjected to a metal processing operation. The shield has segmented side walls, each segment being independently vertically displaceable as the shield is carried in a horizontal plane across a contoured surface... Agent: Dennis M. Flaherty, Esq. Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman P.c.

20080142490 - Gas-shielded arc welding method: A gas-shielded arc welding method uses a shielding gas and a solid wire for pulsation welding. The solid wire contains S, Si, Mn, C and P in predetermined S, Si, Mn, C and P contents, and other elements including Fe and unavoidable elements. A pulsating current used for pulsation welding... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080142491 - Stud welding method and stud welding device particularly for stud welding without a support foot: The invention relates to a stud welding method, particularly for welding without a supporting foot, which makes it possible to securely detect the presence or the absence of a part to be welded in the stud holding device. For this purpose, in a first embodiment of the method, the stud... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080142492 - Laser processing method, laser processing apparatus and spring arm manufacturing method: A laser processing method includes the steps of: preparing a long metal object to be irradiated; and irradiating the object with a laser beam at a certain portion in a longitudinal direction of the object. The irradiation is performed along a width direction of the object for both a first... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080142493 - Welding arc stabilization process: A system and method for stabilizing a welding arc is disclosed. The method of initiating the arc includes the steps of defining a wire feed speed based on a user selected wire feed speed and then abruptly reducing the wire feed speed before the wire feed speed reaches a relatively... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20080142494 - Thermally regulated heater for motor vehicles: A thermally regulating heater and a heated seat made using these heaters wherein the resulting heated seat provides enhanced temperature control without the need of any temperature control system. The heaters include the use of a polymeric positive temperature coefficient composition that operates at lower trip temperatures than previous polymeric... Agent: Sabic - 08ct Sabic Innovative Plastics - Ip Legal

20080142495 - Cosmetic product applicators, particularly a device for spreading a hair remover wax on the skin thereof: The invention relates to a device for spreading a hair remover wax on the skin, characterized in that it comprises: a first part (1) serving to house a heating device having means capable of heating a blade up to a controllable and constant temperature between 35° C. and 55° C.,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080142496 - Glow plug and method for manufacturing the same: A glow plug including a center pole extending along an axial direction; a heater including a heating element capable of generating heat upon energization, which heater is connected to a leading end portion of the center pole so as to constitute together with the center pole an integrated heater/center pole... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080142497 - Rapid conductive cooling using a secondary process plane: A method and apparatus for thermally processing a substrate is described. The apparatus includes a substrate support configured to move linearly and/or rotationally by a magnetic drive. The substrate support is also configured to receive a radiant heat source to provide heating region in a portion of the chamber. An... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20080142498 - Multifunction and safe electric pressure cooker: This type of product declare a multifunction safe electric pressure cooker comprises lid, outer body, warm-keeping Container, control panel, inner tank, sealant washer, heating plate under the inner tank, control device. The control device comprises the control circuit, pressure switch, temperature control device. The pressure switch and the temperature control... Agent: Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman LLP Suite 1150

20080142499 - Grommet assembly associated with work surfaces for heating and cooling liquids: Grommet assemblies (600, 700, 800) maintain liquids or other materials within vessels (606, 706, 806) at desired temperatures selectively above or below ambient. Certain of the grommet assemblies (600, 700) are receivable within apertures (612, 712) within a work surface (604, 704). A thermoelectric device (638, 738) is utilized in... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20080142501 - Heating device: A heating device has a ceramic base with a heating surface, and a heating body embedded in the ceramic base. The heating device includes a thermal conductive member between the heating surface and the heating body in the ceramic base. The thermal conductive member has thermal conductivity higher than the... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080142500 - Method of measuring a heating plate temperature, substrate processing device and computer-readable recording medium with computer program recorded thereon for measuring the heating plate temperature: When a heating plate performs heat treatment on a substrate by a wireless wafer provided with a temperature detecting portion, a storing portion and a controller, the temperature of the heating plate is measured readily and accurately while suppressing lowering of a heating operation efficiency due to a measuring operation.... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080142502 - Food preparation range with built-in cooking pots: A food preparation range having built-in cooking pots and a detachable heated griddle is disclosed. The cooking pots are formed into the cooking surface of the top of the range. The range includes water fill and drain valves for each cooking pot. The built-in cooking pots are self cleaning. An... Agent: Ipa

20080142503 - Portable electric grill: A portable electric grill including an exhaust fan for indoor grilling is disclosed. The present grill is constructed to permit its supporting frame to be folded from an open position wherein the horizontally disposed grilling plates are supported by folding leg members to a closed position wherein the grilling plates... Agent: Clifford F. Rey

20080142504 - Grommet assembly for warming liquids on work surface: A liquid warming grommet assembly (400, 500) maintains liquids or other materials in a vessel (406) at a desired temperature. The grommet assembly (400, 500) includes a grommet (408) receivable within an aperture in a work surface (404). A heating element (440) is receivable within a casing (410) of the... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20080142505 - Low simmer heating element with mechanical switches: For a cooktop such as those associated with a stove or range, a dual coil heating element with a dedicated low temperature, low wattage coil for continuous operation when the heating element is in operation and a high wattage coil controlled by a graduated switch providing selective power application to... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080142506 - Ceramic heater: A ceramic heater according to the present invention includes a heating portion made of ceramics, and a cooling plate portion. In the heating portion, a belt like printed electrode is formed continuously in a spiral shape along a circumferential direction, and in the printed electrode, slits extended in a width... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080142507 - Method for controlling an apparatus having electric heating: A procedure to the control of a device with an electric heating, especially a cooking device with a cooking chamber and or a cook area, that shows at least two switch apparatus to the divided on and switching off of an electric voltage supply of the heating and cyclically actuated... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080142508 - Temperature setting method of thermal processing plate, computer-readable recording medium recording program thereon, and temperature setting apparatus for thermal processing plate: In the present invention, a thermal plate of a heating unit is divided into a plurality of thermal plate regions, and a temperature can be set for each of the thermal plate regions. A temperature correction value for adjusting a temperature within the thermal plate can be set for each... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080142509 - Food cooking/warming appliance: A food cooking/warming appliance includes a housing, a top panel covering the housing and having an aperture, a shroud depending from the top panel through the aperture, a food vessel located within the shroud, a heating element located within the housing beneath the shroud, and control knob for controlling energy... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20080142510 - Heated transfer pipe: Apparatus and method for inductive heating of a transfer pipe having a bore for transporting a flowable material. A heating coil assembly is disposed along an exterior length of the pipe for generating a magnetic flux for inductively heating the pipe and/or a material flowing in the bore. The coil... Agent: Rissman Jobse Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20080142511 - Apparatus with moderating material for microwave heat treatment of manufactured components: An apparatus for heat treating manufactured components using microwave energy and microwave susceptor material. Heat treating medium such as eutectic salts may be employed. A fluidized bed introduces process gases which may include carburizing or nitriding gases The process may be operated in a batch mode or continuous process mode.... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.c.

20080142512 - Cooking appliance: A cooking appliance includes at least one heating element; a heat sink connected to the heating element, to radiate heat generated by the heating element; a cooling fan located at one side of the heat sink, to blow cooling air to the heat sink; and a flow guide covering at... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080135527 - Superalloy micro-heating apparatus and method of manufacturing the same: A superalloy micro-heating apparatus includes a substrate, an isolation layer on a front surface of the substrate, a patterned heating resistor, and a contact electrode on the heating resistor. The material of the heating resistor includes superalloy material that has the advantages of corrosion-resistance, high-resistance, rapid-thermal increase, and high-temperature resistance.... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080135528 - Clamping device for the tool of a machine tool, especially a plunge electrical discharge machine: A clamping device, having a first and a second coupling part, for the tool of a machine tool. The first coupling part is eccentric and comprises small rails having angular off-sets in relation to each other and limiting surfaces for exactly positioning the second coupling part in the xy plane.... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.c.

20080135529 - Method of resistance butt welding: A method of resistance butt welding in which a current-conducting insert is placed into a gap between the parts being welded, axial pressure force is applied and electrical current is passed. The current-conducting insert is a shaped metal insert having cavities filled with a welding flux and is placed in... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20080135530 - Method of modifying the end wall contour in a turbine using laser consolidation and the turbines derived therefrom: Disclosed herein is a method comprising creating a weld pool using a laser; wherein the weld pool is created on a part of a turbine; and wherein the weld pool comprises molten metal or ceramic derived as a result of a heat interaction between the laser and the part of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080135531 - Mechanical arrangement for processing pipes by cutting using a cutting beam: A mechanical arrangement for processing pipes by cutting using a cutting beam has a cutting head, a pipe holder, a catching lance and a stripper. The stripper is transferable relative to a processing axis of the cutting head in the longitudinal direction of the pipe to various positions by means... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080135532 - Method of and an apparatus for forming a perpendicular crack in a brittle substrate: The forming of a heated spot (10) by using a laser beam irradiated to a brittle substrate along a predetermined scribing line (S) and the ejecting of a cooling medium, after interruption of irradiation of laser beam, to impinge on the spot to thereby form a cooled spot (20) constitute... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080135533 - Elevated welding-type cable support system: A cable management system for a welding-type system includes a support column extending in a first direction from a first end supported by a welding-type device to a second end arranged above the welding-type device. The cable management system also includes a cable support arranged on the second end of... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080135534 - Apparatus and method to make a metal cell for furniture, and metal cell for furniture thus made: Apparatus and method to make a metal cell for furniture, which comprises two flanks (12a, 12b, 12c) and a central body (13a, 13b, 13c) located between them. Each flank (12a, 12b, 12c) is provided with a first polygonal base (14a, 14b, 14c) with standardized height (h) and depth (p), and... Agent: Flaster/greenberg P.c. 8 Penn Center

20080135535 - Added electrical heater for a heating system or air conditioner of a motor vehicle: The invention relates to an added electrical heater (1), especially for a heating system or air conditioner of a motor vehicle. A plurality of heating elements (2) are provided which are formed by PTC elements while being fitted with at least one electrically conducting coating (3).... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080135536 - Electric heating system, in particular for use as an auxiliary heating system for automobiles: e

20080135537 - Apparatus and method for cordless electric curling iron with adjustable diameter barrel: A cordless electric curling iron having a barrel that adjusts in diameter to achieve curls of varied tightness and bounce. The barrel adjusts by means of a dial proximate to a handle. A flexible, resilient grasping arm conforms to the curvature of the barrel so that it maintains an adjacent... Agent: Patent, Copyright & Trademark Law Group

20080135538 - Cooking appliance having multiple operating configurations: A cooking appliance is provided. The cooking appliance is coupled to a power supply that includes a first hot wire, a second hot wire and a ground wire. The cooking appliance includes a cabinet and a cavity defined within the cabinet. The cooking appliance also includes at least one heating... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20080135539 - Heating systems and methods for a cooking appliance: A heating system for a cooking appliance includes a first upper heating element and a second upper heating element positioned within a cooking cavity defined by a cabinet of the cooking appliance. The cooking cavity is configured to support a food item therein during a cooking process. Each of the... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20080135540 - Container and cooker: A cooking set includes a heating unit, and a container. The heating unit has a top platform and a heat source provided thereon for generating heat. The container includes a container body and a heat enhancement arrangement. The container body includes a bottom wall and a surrounding wall upwardly extended... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20080135541 - Heating apparatus for appliances: A heating assembly (100) for appliances. Assembly (100) comprises a tray shaped base support (102) for holding parts together, a heater plate (104) installed above support (102) for thermal diffusion and for supporting cooking utensils, a sidewall (106) extended from the peripheral outer rim of plate (104) downward to a... Agent: Zhaoxia Xu

20080135542 - Ceramic heater and methods of manufacturing same: Heaters and methods of manufacturing ceramic heaters are provided. The heater includes a ceramic cylindrical-shaped body and an electrical connector connected at one end of the body. The electrical connector may be a screw-in connector. The heater also includes one or more resistance coils, filaments, wires or the like, that... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080135543 - Warm window buss bar system and safety mechanism: Disclosed is a warm window system that utilizes individual buss bars that are placed within the space between an inside window pane and an outside window pane and creates sufficient physical force to create an electrical contact on the tin oxide layer on the inside surface of the inside pane... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young Llc

20080135544 - Insulated packages for microwaveable foods: Various packages for heating a food item therein are disclosed.... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Pllc

20080128392 - Welding head: The invention relates to a welding head for a welding device for welding components which are not rotationally symmetrical onto workpieces such as for example metal sheets, with a head attachment, the head attachment having a holding device for the component and being designed for carrying a welding current to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080128393 - Chromium-free welding consumable: A chromium-free welding consumable and a method of welding stainless steel to reduce the presence of chromium emissions. The consumable is made from an alloy that reduces the emission of chromium during a welding process, and include predominantly nickel, with between approximately five and twenty five percent by weight copper,... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080128394 - Monitoring and repair method for adhesive bonding: A method for monitoring the presence of an adhesive between two metal workpieces includes measuring the depth of indentation made by electric resistance weld electrodes by measuring the advance of the weld electrodes, and comparing the measured depth of indentation with the depth of indentation that is known to occur... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080128395 - Method and device for combined laser-arc welding with control of laser unit according to welding torch: The invention relates to a method for combined laser-arc welding and to a device for combined laser-arc welding, comprising a laser unit for producing a laser beam, a welding torch for producing an arc, a supply unit for the laser unit and a supply unit for the welding torch. In... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080128396 - Laser beam machining system: A laser beam machining system includes a chuck table for holding a work, a laser beam irradiation unit for irradiating the work held on the chuck table with a laser beam, a machining feeding unit for effecting relative machining feed of the chuck table and the laser beam irradiation unit,... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080128397 - Laser patterning of nanostructure-films: A novel nanostructure-film patterning method is discussed, wherein a laser is employed to etch a nanostructure-film. The laser may be a solid state UV laser, and the nanostructure-film may be patterned while mounted and moving on a roll-to-roll apparatus.... Agent: Unidym

20080128398 - Electrode holder: A hand held electrode holder has a power on/off switch on the handle of the electrode holder and a trigger to open the clamping jaws that clamp the electrode. The holder has internal parts which operate such that the trigger cannot open the clamping jaws while the switch is in... Agent: Martin P. Hoffman Hoffman, Wasson & Gitler, P.c.

20080128399 - Solid wire: A solid wire contains C of 0.020 to 0.100 mass percent, Si of 0.25 to 1.10 mass percent, Mn of 1.20 to 1.65 mass percent, P of 0.008 to 0.017 mass percent, S of 0.045 to 0.150 mass percent, O of 0.0050 mass percent or less, N of 0.0050 mass... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080128400 - Modular robotic weld system: A weld assembly includes a fixture having a plurality of mounting mechanisms and a plurality of modular welding skids operable in concert with one another to perform coordinated welding functions. Each welding skid includes a base configured for coupling to a vehicle for transport, a robotic weld arm supported on... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.a.

20080128401 - Electrical heating device: An electrical heating device for a motor vehicle has a layer structure held by a retaining device. The heating device has several heat generating elements and heat dissipating elements between the heat generating elements, and a control device for controlling the heat generating elements. The heating device has a sound... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080128402 - Heat treatment apparatus: A heat treatment apparatus capable of ensuring a uniform temperature distribution on a substrate and reducing the generation of a sublimate includes a housing, a mounting table being arranged to move up and down within the housing, and a first heater being provided on the mounting table to heat a... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080128403 - Heating systems and methods for a cooking appliance: A heating system for a cooking appliance includes at least one heating element positioned within a cooking cavity defined by a cabinet of the cooking appliance. The cooking cavity is configured to support a food item therein during a cooking process. A controller is in operational control communication with the... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20080128404 - Cooking subassembly for oven and method: A cooking assembly for an oven includes a plurality of heat distribution plates. A radiant heating element is disposed adjacent each of the heat distribution plates.... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20080128405 - Cooking device: A cooking device including a cooking cavity, a fan located in the cooking device, the fan being configured to force air into the cooking cavity, and at least one optical heater to supply optical wave energy to heat the forced air provided by the fan.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080128406 - Electric grill: An electric cooking assembly includes a main body portion that defines a cooking area. First and second cooking surfaces are contained within the cooking area. A first electric heating element arranged to provide heat to at least a portion of the first cooking surface, and a second electric heating element... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080128407 - Shaving razor dryer: A razor blade is dried by inserting a razor into a device having an electrically operated fan that turns on when a user places the razor into or onto it. The controller that controls the fan includes at least a suitable switch or sensor and a power source but can... Agent: Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva. Pc

20080128408 - Image forming apparatus: An image heating device has a magnetic flux generator, a heat generating element for generating heat by a magnetic flux from the magnetic flux generator; a magnetic flux confining member, the magnetic flux confining member including a magnetic flux confining portion for confining the magnetic flux directed toward a predetermined... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080128409 - Combination oven assembly and method: A combination oven assembly includes a housing defining an interior cavity. A microwave cooking subassembly is configured to direct microwave energy into the interior cavity. A turntable is disposed in the interior cavity. A radiant heating element is disposed outside of the interior cavity.... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20080128410 - Device for the controlled and quick heating of fluid material, in particular food: A device for the quick heating of fluid material, in particular food, comprises: a container (20) for the fluid material and a heater (12). According to the invention said heater consists of a microwave generator (12), or magnetron, equipped at one end with an antenna (14). Said container (20) comprises... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.c.

20080128411 - Process, method, and device for the production and/or derivation of hydrogen utilizing microwave energy: This invention is directed toward a process, method and device for the production and/or derivation of hydrogen utilizing microwave energy through use of a microwave susceptor that absorbs/assimilates microwave energy and converts it to radiant/heat energy which is imparted to iron and alters its physical characteristics such that water in... Agent: Eric Hanscom