Electric heating inventions 02/09

20090050606 - Changeable welding head assembly: A welding head assembly for use with a torch. The torch has an electrical contact and a gas passage for operatively supporting an electrode with a working end of the electrode at a first location. The welding head assembly has a body, a gas flow path, a gas outlet, an... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20090050607 - Spot welding tongs including a compensation unit equipped with a curved connector element: The invention relates to spot welding tongs with tong compensation, including a tong base body (4), two tong arms (6, 7) and a compensation unit (17) movably connecting one of the tong arms (6, 7) with the tong base body (4) and designed to convert a rotational movement into a... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090050608 - Method for joining iron member and aluminum member: There is provided a method for excellently joining an iron member and an aluminum member. A steel sheet (1) composed mainly of iron and an aluminum sheet (3) composed mainly of aluminum are joined, wherein the steel sheet (1) has a zinc-containing zinc plated layer (2) formed on a joining... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090050609 - Welding torch with a fixing element for the gas nozzle, said element being capable of extension; process control method for a welding system equipped with said welding torch; gas nozzle for said welding torch; and contact tube for said welding torch: The invention relates to a single- or multi-wire welding torch (6), more specifically to a laser-hybrid single- or multi-wire welding head provided with the welding torch (6) which can be connected to a welding device via a hose pack and consists of several parts such as a torch handle, a... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090050610 - Method and apparatus for scribing brittle material board and system for breaking brittle material board: The mother glass substrate is suction-chucked onto the first securing table and the second securing table via suction by a vacuum pump and that alike from suction holes set up on the surfaces of the first securing table and the second securing table. Unequal internal stresses existing at this time... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20090050611 - Laser beam positioning systems for material processing and methods for using such systems: Laser beam positioning systems for material processing and methods for using such systems are disclosed herein. One embodiment of a laser-based material processing system, for example, can include (a) a radiation source configured to produce a laser beam and direct the beam along a beam path toward a material processing... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090050612 - Arrangement and method for the on-line monitoring of the quality of a laser process exerted on a workpiece: wherein the arrangement (1) is provided with a tilted non-focussing mirror (5) such that the laser beam (4) which is transmitted by the laser source is let through the tilted non-focussing mirror (5) towards the working piece (3), and the electromagnetical radiation (7) emitted from the process zone on the... Agent: James C. Wray

20090050613 - Methods, apparatus and products for welding rotating work pieces: An arc welding tool which includes a circular frame defining a passage for receiving a work piece, a carriage moveably positioned on the frame, and an electrical connector supported by the carriage, with an electrical path defined between the frame, carriage and electrical connector.... Agent: Gilbreth & Associates, P.C.

20090050614 - Vehicle side window heating systems: In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a heating system for a side window of a vehicle is provided. The heating system comprises a belt seal and a resistive element. The belt seal is configured to be installed on the vehicle at a location at least partially... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gm)

20090050615 - Heater covers and methods of using the same: Heater covers and methods of using the same are disclosed. The covers can be used on stand-type movable or fixed patio heaters or table top heaters. The covers can be removably attached to the heaters. The covers can have body covers separate or attached to head covers. The covers can... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20090050616 - Heating and cooling mat: The invention concerns a heating and cooling mat (1) with a carrying sheet (2) having a top side (9) and a bottom side (11), and at least one heating and cooling unit (5) located on the carrying sheet (2), an adhesive being located on the bottom side (11) of the... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090050617 - Method and device for melting snow and ice: Modular mats connected physically and electrically with heating wires in the mats to melt snow and/or ice that would otherwise settle or form on the mats. Mats may be added or subtracted to increase or decrease the size of the total carpet of mats while maintaining an electrical circuit in... Agent: Uzi Ezra Havosha & Partners

20090050618 - Circuit device for steam engine: A circuit device for a steam engine having a power unit is electrically connected to a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the power unit includes a switching unit having a positive voltage contact set and a negative voltage contact set and is switchable between a first mode, in... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090050619 - Electric oven with multiple broil heaters and method for preheating the electric oven: A electric oven is provided that includes a body, a cooking chamber located within the body for receiving food, the cooking chamber having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a rear surface joining the upper surface to the lower surface, at least one of a convection heater located at... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090050620 - Contact heating arrangement: The characteristic feature of the arrangement is that it comprises a sub pressure system (113-119) that is capable of creating sub pressure between said support (104,204) and said microdevice (101) via the support when the microdevice (101) is placed on the support (104,204).... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20090050621 - Wafer holder, heater unit used for wafer prober having the wafer holder, and wafer prober having the heater unit: A wafer holder that prevents positional deviation of the wafer mounted on the wafer-mounting surface of a chuck top and enables better thermal uniformity of the wafer, as well as a heater unit including the wafer holder and a wafer prober mounting these are provided. The wafer holder has a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090050622 - Heat treatment of flexibly rolled strip: The invention relates to a process for the continuous heat treatment of steel strip material whose thickness d1, d2 periodically varies along its length, more particularly of strip flexibly rolled with a roll gap varying as a function of time, wherein the continuous heat treatment of the strip material takes... Agent: Wyatt, Gerber & O'rourke, L.l.p

20090050623 - Apparatus for brewing and method for making the same: Apparatus for brewing a brew substance with a liquid comprises: a container for storing the liquid, the container including at least one aperture for dispensing liquid therefrom; a sealed packet of filter paper containing the brew substance; and a layer of heat sensitive film encapsulating the sealed packet, the encapsulated... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20090050624 - Top-a-plate: The Microwavable Food Heating Package is an invention that combines two products into one product. A disposable, microwavable, paper plate and a disposable, microwavable cover that is molded to fit over the plate are sold together to form one product. The Microwavable Food Heating Package is mainly used for heating... Agent: Wendy Ventura

20090045172 - Method of open root welding: A method of welding the ends of two pipe sections at the open root between said spaced ends, said method comprising: selecting a metal cored welding wire having a metal sheath and a core, the wire comprising about 0.08-0.13% by weight of carbon, about 0.60-1.20% by weight manganese, and about... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20090045173 - Stud welder chuck assembly: A chuck assembly for a stud welding gun includes a current passing member parallel to and separated from an electrically isolated member forming a stud retaining gap. The current passing member provides a path for a welding current and includes a contact surface for releasably retaining and transmitting the welding... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090045175 - Thermal cutting machine: Adhesion and accumulation of spatter onto a covering member that encloses the outer periphery of a torch is minimized and flying of spatter is confined within a narrow area. To this end, a covering member for enclosing a specified angular range of the outer periphery of a plasma torch 9... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090045174 - Device for exchanging a nozzle of a vapor plasma burner and nozzle and guard ring: The invention relates to a device for exchanging a nozzle (21) of a vapor plasma burner (6), comprising a housing, a cathode (38) connected to a cathode support, and an anode, configured as a nozzle (31) and having an exit opening (22). The nozzle (21) can be connected to a... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090045176 - Device for drilling and for removing material using a laser beam: A device for drilling and for removing material using a laser beam comprises: a rotating image rotator (2); a beam manipulator (1) which, when viewed in the beam direction, is arranged in front of the image rotator and which serves to adjust the angle and position of the beam relative... Agent: Milde & Hoffberg, LLP

20090045177 - Hybrid laser processing apparatus: d

20090045178 - Laser engraver: A laser engraver comprises a glass laser tube and a modulation mechanism. The glass laser tube is used for outputting laser beam utilized by the laser engraver. The modulation mechanism is provided on the optical path of the output laser beam from the glass laser tube for adjusting the frequency... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20090045180 - Masking device for laser machining system and method: A laser machining system for machining a workpiece is disclosed. The workpiece may have a primary surface and a secondary surface. The system may have a laser emitter configured to emit a laser beam. The system may also have a masking device having an absorbing portion formed from corundum. The... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090045179 - Method and system for cutting solid materials using short pulsed laser: A method of cutting a solid material using a pulsed laser includes providing a pulsed laser beam, selecting a target point in the solid material, focusing the pulsed laser beam on the solid material such that at the target point in the solid material the pulsed laser beam has at... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090045181 - Systems and methods for processing thin films: The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for processing a thin film samples. In an exemplary method, semiconductor thin films are loaded onto two different loading fixtures, laser beam pulses generated by a laser source system are split into first laser beam pulses and second laser beam pulses,... Agent: Wilmerhale/columbia University

20090045182 - Pulsed laser anneal system architecture: Embodiments of the present invention provide method and apparatus for annealing semiconductor substrates. One embodiment of the present invention provides a semiconductor processing chamber comprising a first substrate support configured to support a substrate, a second substrate support configured to support a substrate, a shuttle coupled to the first substrate... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20090045183 - Welding torch and end piece as well as contact tube for a welding torch: The invention relates to a welding torch (10) having a torch body (46) in which at least one device (32) for feeding a welding wire (13) and a contact tube (30) having a bore (33) and a guide bore (34), running concentrically thereto, for guiding the welding wire (13) in... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090045184 - Electric oven having convection cover formed with sub-outlets: An electric oven having a convection heater and a convection cover. The convection cover including a main outlet located at or near the periphery of the convection cover, and a sub-outlet, more centrally located near the convection heater relative to the main outlet. Together, the main outlet and the sub-outlet... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090045185 - Food holding oven with matte finish food holding tray: A food holding oven, which is used to keep previously-prepared foods hot until they are served, is provided with a food holding tray having a roughened or matte finish. The matte finish keeps the tray's service temperature lower and easier to handle than prior art trays with highly reflective, shiny... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090045186 - Energy-saving cooker: The present invention is to provide an energy-saving cooker comprises an outer pot (1), a heating element (2) in the outer pot, an inner pot (3) is able to position into the outer pot (1), a thermal storage block (4) inside a bottom of the inner pot (3). The thermal... Agent: Sally Chang

20090045187 - Adaptive temperature controller: The adaptive temperature controller includes a device for measuring resistance, an electrically-conductive material, a power supply, and a device for controlling power. In operation, the controller determines the resistance of material at one or more temperatures and therefore determines the resistance of the material through a range of operating temperature.... Agent: Crain, Caton & James

20090045188 - Adjusting device for adjusting tension of heating straps on heating assembly: A heating strap assembly includes a of heating strap engaged with positioning recesses of supports which are connected between two sides of a rectangular frame which includes a first end board, a second end board and the two sides connected between the first and second end boards. Two positioning bars... Agent: Shu-lien Chen

20090045189 - Microwaveable package: A package for containing food to be heated in a microwave oven, including laminates that form the package and contain apertures for venting steam or pressure from within the package.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20090045190 - Apparatus and method for the microwave cooking of a food product: A cooking apparatus for microwave cooking of a food product, such as a breakfast sandwich, is disclosed. A kit comprising such an apparatus and such a food product is also disclosed. The apparatus includes a tray, a cover for the tray, and a susceptor sleeve. In a storage configuration, the... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20090045191 - Electromagnetic heating: c

20090039059 - Articulated thermal processing torch: A thermal processing torch can include a torch housing having a head portion pivotally coupled relative to a body portion with a joint portion. The torch also can include a pivotal connector simultaneously pivoting about a common axis with the joint portion of the torch housing. The pivotal connector can... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20090039058 - Equipment and method for fusing together laminar bands: Equipment (1) with which to fuse to each other at least two superposed laminar bands (2) and comprising two compressing members (3, 4) subtending between themselves a compression gap (5) through which said laminar bands (2) are guided. Additionally the equipment (1) comprises a laser (7) configured in a manner... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090039060 - Lasercutting with scanner: The embodiments described relate to a laser cutting method suitable for cutting multilayered or painted materials such as for example car bodies. The method involves the step of scanning a low laser beam a plurality of turns along an intended cut edge. Utilizing the described cutting method, the paint located... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20090039061 - Fine processing method for a material of sintered diamond with a laser beam, a cutter wheel for a substrate made of a brittle material and its producing method thereof: The method provides process comprising steps of (a) irradiating outer circumference of a scribing wheel 2 with a laser beam from the side of the wheel, (b) moving the laser beam relative to the wheel 2, (c) forming continuously along the circumferential direction in the required space fine grooves with... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090039062 - Torch brazing process and apparatus therefor: A process and apparatus for brazing a metal alloy component, such as a superalloy component of a gas turbine engine. The process employs a plasma torch in a non-transferred arc mode to generate an electric arc between an electrode and a housing in which an orifice is defined. A plasma... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090039063 - Power supply configured to deliver ac welding-type power: A welding-type power source includes a primary inverter configured to generate a first AC power and a transformer having a primary side configured to receive the first AC power and a secondary side configured to deliver a second AC power. The welding-type power source further includes a converter configured to... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090039064 - Welding apparatus providing auxiliary power: Welding wire feeders and a stick electrode holder capable of providing auxiliary electric power from a welding power source via an electrode cable to an auxiliary welding tool. A welding output of the welding power source may be switched between a regulated primary power and a regulated auxiliary power. An... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20090039065 - Welding wire and welding method: A plurality of metal materials to be a composition, without containing a flux, of a required welded portion are laminated in order to improve characteristics such as toughness of the welded portion and to carry out a stable welding operation. A welding wire enclosing an alkaline metal compound is used... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090039066 - Neck for a robotic welding torch: A neck for a welding torch includes a rigid, non-tubular, elongated member having opposite first and second ends. The first end is connectable to a rear portion of the welding torch. The second end is connectable to a welding tip portion of the welding torch. The member locates and holds... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20090039067 - Heating device for article specially worn in water activities: A heating device for an article specially worn in the water activities includes a magnetic unit, a power source unit, an inductive unit, a control unit, a heating unit, and a display unit. In this device, the magnetic unit is to generate a magnetic output. The power source unit is... Agent: Hdsl

20090039068 - Electric current conduction system for appliance: An appliance is provided with an electric current conduction system. The appliance includes a main body portion including an interior cavity, and a door mounted for movement between an open position and a closed position. A driven component is coupled to the door and disposed at least partially exterior of... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090039069 - Multi-function toaster: The present invention is related to home appliance, in particular, to a multi-function toaster, which is designed not only for toasting bread, but also for frying eggs or cooking coffee. The present invention increases an electric oven to a lateral side of the toaster, the electric oven is formed with... Agent: Sally Chang

20090039070 - Semiconductor equipment and breakdown precautionary system and method thereof: A breakdown precautionary system of a semiconductor equipment includes a semiconductor equipment with a coil heater, at least a voltage/current detector, and an alarm system. The voltage/current detector detects the voltage and current of the coil heater at the same time. An alarm system will send an alarm signal and... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090039071 - 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: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090039072 - System for determining the nominal voltage of a power supply: A system and method for controlling the output power of a heat source. The system includes a user interface so that a user may select the power required from the heat source, a power supply, and a controller that receives a rectified signal having a work ratio that corresponds to... Agent: Berenbaum, Weinshienk & Eason, P.c

20090039073 - Methods and devices for controlling temperature without temperature sensor: Methods and devices for controlling temperature by precise heating without the need of using a temperature sensor are provided. The device comprises a resistive heating element (6), a controller (3), a heating circuit and a temperature sensing circuit. The temperature of the resistive heating element can be determined based on... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090039074 - Tubular heater: A tubular heater includes a continuous heat-generating resistance element formed in a predetermined pattern on one surface of a tubular insulating substrate, and first and second lead wires connected opposite ends of the heat-generating resistance element and extending from one end of the tubular insulating substrate in a common axial... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090039075 - Heat element for maintaining laminator at predetermined working temperature: A heating element that can maintain a laminator at a predetermined working temperature is disclosed. A low-power heating filaments and a high-power heating filaments are sandwiched between insulators. The high-power heating filaments are shut down once it is heated to a predetermined temperature. The low-power heating filaments are then turned... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090039076 - Multi-compartment microwaveable food container: A multi-compartment microwaveable food container and, in particular, a microwaveable container having at least two compartments with different degrees of shielding to provide different energy inputs to food products contained therein while being heated in a microwave together at the same settings. At least one compartment of the container contains... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20090039077 - Microwave food heating package with removable portion: Various blanks are provided for forming sleeves, containers, and other constructs for heating, browning, and/or crisping of a food item in a microwave oven, and for holding and/or transporting the food item after heating. The various blanks, sleeves, containers, and other constructs include a removable portion defined by one or... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20090032501 - Abrasion-resistant weld overlay: A material blend for deposition of an abrasion-resistant overlay onto a metal substrate comprising a first metal particle component, a second metal particle component, and a carbide particle component and a method for the application thereof, wherein the overlay process conditions and the homogeneity of tungsten carbide distribution in the... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP

20090032502 - Method and apparatus for sensing the length of a lead: The technology features an apparatus and a method for sensing the length of a lead that connects to a power source to a thermal processing system such as a plasma torch system. Components disposed in the thermal processing system enable the length of the lead to be sensed. In addition,... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20090032503 - Thermal cutting method: The invention pertains to a thermal cutting method, in which a cutting gas is introduced into a cutting nozzle and guided onto the work piece to be processed by means of the cutting nozzle, and in which the volumetric flow rate of the cutting gas is at least reduced in... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20090032504 - Shielding gas for hybrid welding and welding method using the same: e

20090032505 - Cutting device for cutting hard-brittle material: A cutting device for cutting a hard-brittle material along a cutting path is provided. The cutting device includes a cooling source having a first output terminal for providing a first cooling effect along the cutting path, and a heating source having a second output terminal disposed in the first output... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090032506 - Method of scale manufacture: The present invention relates to an apparatus for the manufacture of a metrological scale comprises a scale substrate (18), at least one laser (20) for producing scale markings on the scale substrate (18), a sensor (30) to detect the depth of the scale markings produced on the scale substrate (18),... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090032507 - Method for producing metal mask for screen printing: A method for producing a metal mask for screen printing is provided, in which dross that is deposited at the time a boring operation is conducted via a laser beam is removed, without causing warpage or bending. The method for producing a metal mask for screen printing includes steps of:... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.A.

20090032508 - Perforation method and perforation apparatus: A perforation method and an perforation apparatus in which a hollow member of a fuel injection nozzle is filled with a filler such as a zirconia ball, and a laser light is applied to the hollow member to form an injection hole while vibrating the zirconia ball using an ultrasonic... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090032509 - Laser machining method: In a part 50 extending along a line to cut in an object to be processed 1, laser light L is oscillated in a pulsing fashion in an intermediate portion 51 including an effective part 41, and is continuously oscillated in one end portion 52 and the other end portion... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090032510 - Laser processing apparatus and laser processing method: A laser processing apparatus for processing a multitude of portions to be processed in an area to be processed in a subject W to be processed, including a laser device, a focusing or imaging means for laser beams provided by the laser device, and an arranging means for arranging the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090032511 - Apparatus and method of improving beam shaping and beam homogenization: The present invention generally relates to an optical system that is able to reliably deliver a uniform amount of energy across an anneal region contained on a surface of a substrate. The optical system is adapted to deliver, or project, a uniform amount of energy having a desired two-dimensional shape... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20090032512 - Method for measuring phase boundaries of a material during machining with a machining beam using additional illumination radiation and an automated image processing algorithm, and associated device: The present invention relates to a method for measuring phase boundaries of a material during the machining of a workpiece (12) with a machining beam, more preferably with a laser beam, and a device that is embodied in such a way as to carry out the method. According to said... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20090032513 - Arc welding power source: An arc welding power source supplies a start current, a welding current and a crater current as an output current in accordance with an activating signal supplied from outside. The power source includes a start period setting unit, a crater period setting unit, and a current control unit that controls... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20090032514 - Wire feed control assembly: A wire feed assembly and torch and welding systems are disclosed. The wire feed assembly includes a motor drivingly connected to at least one roll of a pair of rolls. A controller is connected to the motor and is constructed to control the operation thereof. A knob is rotatably connected... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20090032515 - Magnesium welding wire: A welding wire according to the invention can be manufactured by drawing a base material such as an extruded material made of pure magnesium or a magnesium-based alloy and, after then, by shaving the surface of the thus drawn wire. Execution of the shaving operation makes it possible not only... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090032516 - Warming bag, pajama warmer: The technical nature of this invention is the development of a flexible bag, which has a flexible-reflective interior foil that is protected from being damaged by the objects to be placed inside the bag for warming such as fabric items, gloves, pajamas, baby clothes, or construction materials that need to... Agent: Lance George Reasor

20090032517 - Ski integrated solar power system: A system for heating a ski boot or snowboard boot powered by way of photovoltaic (solar) cells banked in a flexible solar panel or flexible solar panels placed within the structure of a ski or snowboard. Electricity produced by the photovoltaic cells is conducted from the solar panel(s) to the... Agent: Michael Sopuch Or Clinten Gundefinger

20090032518 - Warmer equipment and warmer device for vehicle seat: Provided are a warmer equipment which is excellent in quick warming property at a rising time and which can satisfy temperature stability later thereby to improve the comfortableness, and a warmer device for a vehicle seat. The warmer equipment includes a warming member having a heater element, a temperature controlling... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090032519 - Electric cartridge type heater: The electric cartridge type heater is provided with a continuous central fitting hole (2) for receiving a cylindrical body to be heated, especially a plastic injection molding nozzle, in a gap-free manner, as well as with an inner metal jacket (1) and an outer metal jacket (3) and with at... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20090032520 - Ribbon based heating apparatus and method: A heating apparatus comprising a ribbon element, a power source and related components. The heating apparatus can be designed, retrofitted or manufactured into articles of clothing or equipment such as gloves, vests, jackets, shirts, pants, socks, insoles, mitts, handwarmers, seats and other common articles. A ribbon element comprises one or... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090032521 - Cooking apparatus and method of controlling the same: A cooking apparatus and a method selectably cook food using one or more of a plurality of cooking spaces formed by a divider while using a same heat source and control different temperatures of the cooking spaces formed by the divider. An embodiment of the cooking apparatus includes a cooking... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090032522 - 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

20090032523 - Conformable heating pad: A conforming heating pad having a curvilinear Y-shaped recess has a pair of opposed curved wing sections surrounding a centralized opening occupied by a central flap portion created by the Y-shaped recess. A pair-of opposed multi-layer constructions housing a resistive NTC sensing wire and a plurality of individual weights serve... Agent: Sunbeam Products, Inc.

20090032524 - Three-dimensional electric heating apparatus: A three-dimensional electric heating apparatus includes a pouch-like electric heating knitted fabric, a protective layer, and a thermal insulating device. The electric heating knitted fabric is utilized to accommodate and heat a container while the electric heating knitted fabric elastically fits around the container. The protective layer is located on... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090032525 - Soil-heating device particularly for soil covered by a synthetic surface: A soil-heating device, particularly for soil covered by a synthetic surface, of the type including a heated film (1). The device includes two sealed and electrically-insulating support sheets (1a, 1b; 1′a, 1′b), between which parallel conducting resistive strips (3,3′) are arranged over the length of the support sheet in pairs,... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090032526 - High-frequency induction hardening apparatus for mental objects: A high-frequency induction hardening apparatus used for metal objects, including a heating coil holder (4) carrying a heating coil (40) for hardening a metal object (2), an eccentric rotor assemble housing a cam mechanism for allowing the heating coil to eccentrically rotate through the heating coil holder (4); and a... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20090032527 - Sterilizing device with ultraviolet ray and microwave oven having the same: The present invention relates to an ultraviolet (UV) sterilizer and a microwave oven including the same. The ultraviolet sterilizer of the present invention comprises a sterilizer casing having an open side and defining a sterilizing chamber, a sterilizer door installed at one side of the sterilizer casing to selectively open... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20090032528 - Microwave heating applicator: A new, comparatively small type of microwave system based on open-ended applicators is disclosed. The applicator according to the invention uses a main evanescent and a propagating mode in combination, where the combination results in a cancellation of the horizontal magnetic fields at the ends of at least two opposing... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090032529 - Susceptor with corrugated base: A thermally insulated susceptor structure comprises a dimensionally stable corrugated base, a first susceptor, and a second susceptor. At least one of the first susceptor and second susceptor may circumscribe one or more microwave energy transparent areas that allow the transmission of microwave energy through the respective susceptor and/or create... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC