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Electric heating August inventions list 08/09

20090212024 - Welding process: A welding process for end connection of a first tube to a second tube along a circumferential joint by means of a weld bead, in which the first and the second tube are arranged with respect to one another in the position which is necessary for formation of the circumferential... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, Llc Henry M Feiereisen

20090212023 - Welding processes: Contemplated methods for welding stainless steel substantially improve welding speed and quality. Most typically, such attributes are achieved by welding a root pass using GMAW-Sm to thereby depositing a root, welding a hot pass using GMAW-P to thereby deposit additional weld metal onto the root, and by welding at least... Agent: Fish & Associates, Pc Robert D. Fish

20090212025 - Non-eutectic structure weld joint of copper-aluminum thin wall pipe and its manufacturing method: This invention involves a non-eutectic structure welded joint of copper-aluminum thin wall pipe and its manufacturing method. This welded joint includes a chemical bond directly formed between the cone welding section of the copper pipe and the inner wall of the aluminum pipe, to form a columnar grain crystal with... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20090212026 - Wire electric discharge machining method, semiconductor wafer manufacturing method, and solar battery cell manufacturing method: Provided are a wire electric discharge machining method for poorly conductive materials, such as solar cell silicon, and a semiconductor wafer manufacturing method and a solar battery cell manufacturing method based on the wire electric discharge machining method. Electrical discharge machining of a high volume resistivity, hard and brittle materials,... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090212027 - Binary signal detection: A system and method for identifying a torch assembly associated with a thermal processing system can include a detector that detects a multi-bit binary signal based on a plurality of open circuits or closed circuits with the thermal processing system. Each representative binary signal can comprise an individual physical component.... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20090212028 - Laser-arc hybrid welding head: A laser-arc hybrid welding head for performing laser light irradiation and arc discharge of a base material to weld the base material by combined use of laser welding and arc welding, comprising: an optical fiber for transmitting laser light used in laser welding; and an arc electrode for generating an... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20090212029 - Air assist apparatus and method for an engraving laser: An engraving laser assembly comprises a tubular rail defining a plenum in an interior of the rail. A carriage is operatively associated with to the tubular rail for axial movement along the rail. A focusing optic is mounted to the carriage for focusing a laser beam to a focal point... Agent: Swanson & Bratschun, L.l.c.

20090212030 - Autofocus for ablation laser: A laser ablation system is controlled by an autofocus subsystem particularly optimized for precision ablation of large workpieces, in an open factory environment where temperatures are not tightly controlled, where the workpieces may have high-spatial-frequency features that affect the focus condition of the working beam. The autofocus operates at a... Agent: Elizabeth Anne Nevis

20090212031 - Method for producing a sealing ring: A method for producing a sealing ring in which a hollow cylinder is first formed from a sheet metal, the mutually contacting edges of the sheet metal being joined in a substance-to-substance bond, the bond being produced in such a way that a bead is formed at least on the... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, Llc

20090212032 - Optimized machining of a contour using a pulsed tool: A pulsed machining method for the optimized machining of a contour which is characterized in that the instantaneous frequency ratio of φ of the pulse frequency of tool fL and of the rotational frequency of tool fCNC is optimized to achieve a highest possible degree of coverage of the individual... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, Llc

20090212033 - Progressive laser blanking device for high speed cutting: A laser blanking device for high speed cutting of a rapidly fed strip of coil stock includes a pin conveyor traveling a recurring loop along a longitudinal axis. At least two moveable gantries are supported above the pin conveyor. Each gantry is capable of moving at least a limited length... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090212034 - Dual power pin connector assembly for a mig welding machine: A dual power pin connector assembly for connecting both a MIG welding gun and a spoolgun to a welding machine. The dual power pin connector is comprised of a busbar portion that electrically and mechanically couples the positive output terminal of the welding machine power supply to a wire drive... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090212035 - Glow plug and methods for the production thereof: The invention relates to a spark plug and method for manufacturing it, which spark plug has been manufactured from one electrically conductive element and one electrically non-conductive element, sintered composite ceramic material having been used for the manufacture. These spark plugs can preferably be used for stationary-mode heaters, operated with... Agent: Jacobson Holman Pllc

20090212036 - Apparatus for curing electrolyte membrane of fuel cell: An apparatus for curing an electrolyte membrane of a fuel cell is disclosed, by which curing can be performed by preventing a surface of an electrolyte layer from swelling. The present invention includes an oven body, a vacuum sucking plate entering the oven body while the electrolyte membrane having an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090212037 - Silver reflectors for semiconductor processing chambers: A silver reflector for reflecting radiation from a lamp in a semiconductor processing chamber is disclosed. The reflector may be a sleeve to be disposed in a lightpipe or part of a lamphead. The silver may be in the form of a coating on the sleeve or the lamphead.... Agent: Diehl Servilla Llc

20090212038 - Food cooking device and cooking utensil adapted to facilitate the heating of food: A food-cooking device including at least one heating member arranged to heat food placed inside a cooking utensil. At least one sensor arrangement is arranged to sense the temperature of the cooking utensil. The food-cooking device is adapted to control the heating member based on the temperature sensed by the... Agent: Venable LLP

20090212039 - Fluid controlling apparatus: f

20090212040 - Electrical heating element: An electrical device includes a compound material. The compound material includes a mixture of an electrically conductive material and an electrically insulative material. The conductive material is aligned within the compound material, such that the resistivity of the compound material in a first direction is different from the resistivity of... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090212041 - Heating element: A heating element with a ceramic body that has PTC properties is specified. The heating element has electrodes that are arranged on ceramic body. Both the ceramic body and the electrodes are lead-free.... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.l.p.

20090212042 - Electric range and induction coil unit used therein: Disclosed are an electric range and an induction coil unit used therein. The electric range includes a plate, on which cooking containers are mounted; an induction coil unit provided under the plate, and including a plurality of induction coils; and a control unit to control the operation of the induction... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090212043 - Induction heater: An induction heater which has an electrical conductor between a heating coil and a top plate. The electrical conductor has an extended portion formed downward from its outer periphery. The extended portion has a connector at its tip for coupling to a low-potential part. A thermal-connection reducing means is provided... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090212044 - Cooking appliance: The present invention seeks to solve the above problem by providing a cooking appliance comprising a cooking appliance comprising a heating component; an area for receiving, in use, an ingredient storage device comprising a plurality of ingredient locations, each ingredient location storing an ingredient; control means; and a cooking region... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, Pllc

20090212045 - Steam generator for food processor: A steam generator for food processor comprising a shell separated into a sink and a steam generating chamber, wherein the sink has an inlet for importing water from a water source, and the bottom of the sink has an outlet in communication with the steam generating chamber, wherein the generating... Agent: Kening Li Pinsent Masons LLP

20090212046 - Microwave induction heating device: A microwave induction heating device includes microwave oscillation means (100) for oscillating a microwave so that an object is heated by the induction heating of the microwave oscillated from the microwave oscillation means (100). The microwave oscillation means (100) is configured in such a manner that the frequency of the... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, Llc

20090206060 - arc welding torch and method of using same: The present invention relates to a welding torch that includes an electrode (3) that has a longitudinal groove (9) formed therein which guides a welding wire (4) which is fed form a laterally spaced-apart location. The electrode (3) is open and the wire (4) is supported on one side only.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090206061 - Method of controlling the fusing and fusing apparatus: A method of controlling fusing by executing a process of peeling a coating by correspondingly controlling the electric current flowing into a coated electric wire 3 through a bent terminal 2 while monitoring the surface temperature of the bent terminal 2 at the time of welding a work W that... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090206062 - Portable plasma sterilizer: A handheld air plasma spray is designed. Plasma is generated by a magnetized arc torch running at 60 Hz and is in non-equilibrium state; thus, the plasma effluent has relatively low temperature (touchable) and yet contains high energy electrons (>5 eV) capable to dissociate oxygen molecules to atomic oxygen. The... Agent: Spencer Kuo

20090206063 - Highly ordered structure pyrolitic graphite or carbon-carbon composite cathodes for plasma generation in carbon containing gases: A DC plasma torch which includes a long lasting thermionic cathode and has a high thermal efficiency. The DC plasma torch employs a solid cathode made of graphite with highly ordered structure such as Pyrolitic Graphite or Carbon-Carbon composites. Furthermore, carbon containing gases will be used as plasma gas. The... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20090206064 - Method for producing thermal energy: The invention relates to a method for producing thermal energy, wherein, by means of a plasma arc which is located between a cathode and an anode, light initial material that is suitable for fusion processes is put into the plasma state by supplying electric energy. Use is made of a... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090206065 - Procedure and apparatus for in-situ monitoring and feedback control of selective laser powder processing: The present invention relates to a method and a device to monitor and control the Selective Laser Powder Processing. A Selective Laser Powder Processing device comprising a feedback controller to improve the stability of the Selective Laser Powder Processing process is presented. A signal reflecting a geometric quantity of the... Agent: Traskbritt, P.C.

20090206066 - Position-based laser triggering for scanner: A method of directing a laser beam along a desired path on a workpiece and at spaced intervals delivering a pulse of laser energy comprising the steps of: using a position command stream and position feedback to control the positioning of galvanometer scanned mirror or mirrors to define the path... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090206067 - Composite material, heating products and method for making: Uniform heating with low voltage electrical power supply is provided by sheet form products as free standing films, coatings, or embedded in laminates, foams and the like and comprising a carbon black/graphite composite dispersed in a plastic carrier.... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20090206068 - Window-glass heating device: A window-glass heating device for providing each adequate heat amount in accordance with each parts of the glass and for securing the good visibility to a driver, comprises: a first heater having a transparent heating film attached on the whole surface of the vehicle window glass; a second heater having... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090206069 - Heating element systems: New heating systems are provided that include a mating block element that reliably encases a resistive igniter element. Preferred igniter systems can prevent undesired moisture and other materials from contacting electrical lead portions of the igniter element.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090206070 - Electronic control for range: An electronic control for a range including a control panel with a display surface, at least one control, and a display module. The display surface is substantially reflective, but allows transmission of light from an inside to an outside of the range. The display module includes an augmentation element to... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20090206071 - Microwave heating apparatus: A high-frequency heating apparatus of the present invention includes a heating chamber to which a heating plate for loading a subject to be heated thereon is detachably attached, a microwave generating unit, a waveguide for transmitting a microwave from the microwave generating unit, a rotation antenna for radiating the microwave... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090206072 - Process and apparatus for the production of short cooking time rice: A process for the production of short cooking time rice is characterized by that hulled rice of at least 10% moisture content, if required in packaging suitable for ready cooking, is heat treated for 1 to 30 minutes continuously or interrupted by equal or alternating capacity microwave radiation, to reach... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20090206073 - Inverter controller and high-frequency dielectric heating apparatus: Occurrence of a defect of the moding phenomenon, etc., accompanying rise in output of a magnetron after power down control is prevented and the reliability of a high-voltage dielectric heating apparatus is further improved. After power down control, when the temperature of a thermistor T1 falls again, the resistance value... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090206074 - Apparatus for cooking raw food items in a microwave oven: An apparatus for preparing a food item in a microwave oven comprises a tray including an interior space defined by a base and an upstanding peripheral wall, and a cover pivotably connected to the tray for pivoting the cover relative to the tray between an open position and a closed... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20090206075 - Apparatus for preparing a food item in a microwave oven: An apparatus for preparing a food item in a microwave oven comprises a tray including a plurality of elevated heating areas and a plurality of channels disposed between the elevated heating areas, the elevated heating areas each including a microwave energy interactive material, a cover pivotably connected to the tray... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20090206076 - Cooking device: A cooking device comprises: a first electromagnetic generating unit and a second electromagnetic generating unit for generating electromagnetic waves to cook; a heating chamber that introduces electromagnetic waves generated by each of the electromagnetic generating units to heat an object; and fans for cooling each of the electromagnetic generating units,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090200274 - Electrode arrangement for electrical discharge machining on an electrically non-conductive material: The invention relates to an electrode arrangement for the electrical discharge machining of an electrically non-conductive material, which comprises a first component for removing the electrically non-conductive material and a second component for depositing an electrically conductive substance on the electrically non-conductive material.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090200275 - Solid state additive manufacturing system: A process for solid state deposition of a material onto a workpiece includes the steps of providing a rod of metallic deposition material, exerting pressure at one end of the rod to move the metallic deposition material into a deposition zone, rotating the rod while the pressure is being exerted... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20090200276 - Water-vapor plasma torch, and wear-detection and process-control method to be used with such a water-vapor plasma torch: The invention relates to a water-vapor plasma torch (7) for cutting a workpiece (21), comprising a feed line (8) for a liquid (9), a heating device (22), and an evaporator (23) for forming a gas (20) from the liquid (9), a cathode (24) detachably connected to a movably mounted piston... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090200278 - Laser welding system: A laser welding system includes a free-spacing beam delivery laser head having a linear array of at least two laser diodes. Each of the diodes generates a laser beam of a predetermined wavelength and spectral width, the laser beams adapted to weld a workpiece having a first component and at... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090200277 - Underwater repair welding method: A protection plate is welded to a metal structure in water so that the protection plate covers the surface of the structure including a portion to be repaired. The welding is carried out such that the periphery of the protection plate is welded in water by laser welding while inactive... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090200279 - Automatic focus and emissivity measurements for a substrate system: An apparatus for thermally processing a substrate includes a first radiation source configured to heat a substrate and emit radiation at a heating wavelength, focusing optics configured to direct radiation from the first radiation source to the substrate, and a second radiation source configured to emit radiation at a second... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20090200280 - Device for laser cutting a continuous strip: A continuous strip (3) of material advancing along a given feed direction (A) is shaped by a device (1) that comprises a rotating drum (6a), around which the strip (3) is looped at least in part, and a laser cutting head (7). The laser head (7) operates from the side... Agent: Harbin Klima Law Group

20090200282 - Weld signature monitoring method and apparatus: A method monitors a weld signature of a welding apparatus by processing the signature through a neural network to recognize a pattern, and by classifying the weld signature in response to the pattern. The method determines if the weld signature is sufficiently different from training weld signatures stored in a... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090200281 - Welding power supply with neural network controls: A method controls a welding apparatus by using a neural network to recognize an acceptable weld signature. The neural network recognizes a pattern presented by the instantaneous weld signature, and modifies the instantaneous weld signature when the pattern is not acceptable. The method measures a welding voltage, current, and wire... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090200283 - Method and apparatus for controlling a welding system: A wireless control system (10) for a welding system (12) including an electrical control interface (18). The control system (10) may generally comprise a foot pedal (14) and a receiver (16). The foot pedal (14) may include a pivotable housing (20), a sensing element (22) operable to sense a position... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20090200284 - Cable casting for the guidance of a wire: and, for each support of a type framed by supports upstream and downstream of another type, first articulation means (15) in at least one direction of articulation (A) between a support of one type with the upstream support of another type, and second articulation means, between the said support of... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090200285 - Panel heating device: The invention depicts and describes a panel heating device (1) for placing in the area of floors, walls or ceilings, comprising an electrically conductive layer (2), another first layer (3), and electrical supply lines (5, 6). The invention provides that the first layer (3) is made of an electrically insulating... Agent: Jason H. Vick Sheridan Ross, PC

20090200286 - Metallic sheathed-element glow plug including temperature measurement: A sheathed-element glow plug, in particular for starting a self-igniting internal combustion engine, including a glow element having a tip that projects into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, the glow element including a glow tube. Disposed inside the glow tube is a glow filament, which has a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090200287 - Heating unit for oven: Provided is a heating unit for an oven that does not employ conventional heat rays, lamps, and high frequency to cook food, but instead uses a ceramic heater and a heating element coated with ceramic to cook food, so that far-infrared radiation and anions are emitted during cooking to increase... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20090200288 - Heater: A heater has a smooth heating surface and a recess formed on a second surface opposite to the heating surface. The recess is formed between opposite side walls in a lengthwise direction of the heater. Formation of the recess improves the electrical resistance of the heater and the opposite side... Agent: Momentive Performance Materials Inc. C/o Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20090200289 - Heating unit: A heating unit includes: a base having an upper surface; a first heating element buried in an upper part of the base, the upper part including the upper surface, the first heating element having a flat shape almost parallel to the upper surface; and a second heating element buried in... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090200290 - Variable voltage load tap changing transformer: Power supply systems for subsurface heaters are described herein. The power supply system includes a variable voltage, load tap changing transformer. Systems and methods for supplying electrical power to subsurface heaters using the variable voltage transformers are also described herein.... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20090200291 - Oven: A baking oven for producing baked molded products. The baking oven has an input station, a baking area and an output station. In addition, the oven has baking plates, which are arranged along a circulation path passing through the baking area, and a conveying device for the baking plates. The... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090200292 - Microwavable bag or sheet material: A microwavable material having a structure that may be used to enhance the browning and crisping, and thus improve the taste and appearance, of a food item cooked therein. The material may be in the form of a sheet material or formed as a container such as a bag, pouch,... Agent: The Clorox Company

20090200293 - Microwavable bag or sheet material: A microwavable material having a structure that may be used to enhance the browning and crisping, and thus improve the taste and appearance, of a food item cooked therein. The material may be in the form of a sheet material or formed as a container such as a bag, pouch,... Agent: The Clorox Company

20090200294 - Microwavable bag or sheet material: A microwavable material having a structure that may be used to enhance the browning and crisping, and thus improve the taste and appearance, of a food item cooked therein. The material may be in the form of a sheet material or formed as a container such as a bag, pouch,... Agent: The Clorox Company

20090200295 - Microwave oven with a drain orifice: m

20090200296 - Cover, a container assembly including the cover, a molding device for molding the cover and a method for manufacturing the cover: A cover for covering an opening of a container for a food stuff comprising: a substantially flat cover body including at least one aperture, at least one substantially flat flap including a linear proximal end configured to connect with the cover body, the proximal end allowing the at least one... Agent: Henneman & Associates, PLC

20090200297 - Heating cooker having drawer type automatic door: There is provided a cooking device having a drawer type automatic door in which delicate control is carried out when the door is opened and closed, whereby an influence (falling, overflowing, or the like) exerted on an object to be cooked such as a food by a shock produced at... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090200274 - Electrode arrangement for electrical discharge machining on an electrically non-conductive material: The invention relates to an electrode arrangement for the electrical discharge machining of an electrically non-conductive material, which comprises a first component for removing the electrically non-conductive material and a second component for depositing an electrically conductive substance on the electrically non-conductive material.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090200275 - Solid state additive manufacturing system: A process for solid state deposition of a material onto a workpiece includes the steps of providing a rod of metallic deposition material, exerting pressure at one end of the rod to move the metallic deposition material into a deposition zone, rotating the rod while the pressure is being exerted... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20090200276 - Water-vapor plasma torch, and wear-detection and process-control method to be used with such a water-vapor plasma torch: The invention relates to a water-vapor plasma torch (7) for cutting a workpiece (21), comprising a feed line (8) for a liquid (9), a heating device (22), and an evaporator (23) for forming a gas (20) from the liquid (9), a cathode (24) detachably connected to a movably mounted piston... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090200278 - Laser welding system: A laser welding system includes a free-spacing beam delivery laser head having a linear array of at least two laser diodes. Each of the diodes generates a laser beam of a predetermined wavelength and spectral width, the laser beams adapted to weld a workpiece having a first component and at... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090200277 - Underwater repair welding method: A protection plate is welded to a metal structure in water so that the protection plate covers the surface of the structure including a portion to be repaired. The welding is carried out such that the periphery of the protection plate is welded in water by laser welding while inactive... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090200279 - Automatic focus and emissivity measurements for a substrate system: An apparatus for thermally processing a substrate includes a first radiation source configured to heat a substrate and emit radiation at a heating wavelength, focusing optics configured to direct radiation from the first radiation source to the substrate, and a second radiation source configured to emit radiation at a second... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20090200280 - Device for laser cutting a continuous strip: A continuous strip (3) of material advancing along a given feed direction (A) is shaped by a device (1) that comprises a rotating drum (6a), around which the strip (3) is looped at least in part, and a laser cutting head (7). The laser head (7) operates from the side... Agent: Harbin Klima Law Group

20090200282 - Weld signature monitoring method and apparatus: A method monitors a weld signature of a welding apparatus by processing the signature through a neural network to recognize a pattern, and by classifying the weld signature in response to the pattern. The method determines if the weld signature is sufficiently different from training weld signatures stored in a... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090200281 - Welding power supply with neural network controls: A method controls a welding apparatus by using a neural network to recognize an acceptable weld signature. The neural network recognizes a pattern presented by the instantaneous weld signature, and modifies the instantaneous weld signature when the pattern is not acceptable. The method measures a welding voltage, current, and wire... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090200283 - Method and apparatus for controlling a welding system: A wireless control system (10) for a welding system (12) including an electrical control interface (18). The control system (10) may generally comprise a foot pedal (14) and a receiver (16). The foot pedal (14) may include a pivotable housing (20), a sensing element (22) operable to sense a position... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20090200284 - Cable casting for the guidance of a wire: and, for each support of a type framed by supports upstream and downstream of another type, first articulation means (15) in at least one direction of articulation (A) between a support of one type with the upstream support of another type, and second articulation means, between the said support of... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090200285 - Panel heating device: The invention depicts and describes a panel heating device (1) for placing in the area of floors, walls or ceilings, comprising an electrically conductive layer (2), another first layer (3), and electrical supply lines (5, 6). The invention provides that the first layer (3) is made of an electrically insulating... Agent: Jason H. Vick Sheridan Ross, PC

20090200286 - Metallic sheathed-element glow plug including temperature measurement: A sheathed-element glow plug, in particular for starting a self-igniting internal combustion engine, including a glow element having a tip that projects into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, the glow element including a glow tube. Disposed inside the glow tube is a glow filament, which has a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090200287 - Heating unit for oven: Provided is a heating unit for an oven that does not employ conventional heat rays, lamps, and high frequency to cook food, but instead uses a ceramic heater and a heating element coated with ceramic to cook food, so that far-infrared radiation and anions are emitted during cooking to increase... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20090200288 - Heater: A heater has a smooth heating surface and a recess formed on a second surface opposite to the heating surface. The recess is formed between opposite side walls in a lengthwise direction of the heater. Formation of the recess improves the electrical resistance of the heater and the opposite side... Agent: Momentive Performance Materials Inc. C/o Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20090200289 - Heating unit: A heating unit includes: a base having an upper surface; a first heating element buried in an upper part of the base, the upper part including the upper surface, the first heating element having a flat shape almost parallel to the upper surface; and a second heating element buried in... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090200290 - Variable voltage load tap changing transformer: Power supply systems for subsurface heaters are described herein. The power supply system includes a variable voltage, load tap changing transformer. Systems and methods for supplying electrical power to subsurface heaters using the variable voltage transformers are also described herein.... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20090200291 - Oven: A baking oven for producing baked molded products. The baking oven has an input station, a baking area and an output station. In addition, the oven has baking plates, which are arranged along a circulation path passing through the baking area, and a conveying device for the baking plates. The... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090200292 - Microwavable bag or sheet material: A microwavable material having a structure that may be used to enhance the browning and crisping, and thus improve the taste and appearance, of a food item cooked therein. The material may be in the form of a sheet material or formed as a container such as a bag, pouch,... Agent: The Clorox Company

20090200293 - Microwavable bag or sheet material: A microwavable material having a structure that may be used to enhance the browning and crisping, and thus improve the taste and appearance, of a food item cooked therein. The material may be in the form of a sheet material or formed as a container such as a bag, pouch,... Agent: The Clorox Company

20090200294 - Microwavable bag or sheet material: A microwavable material having a structure that may be used to enhance the browning and crisping, and thus improve the taste and appearance, of a food item cooked therein. The material may be in the form of a sheet material or formed as a container such as a bag, pouch,... Agent: The Clorox Company

20090200295 - Microwave oven with a drain orifice: m

20090200296 - Cover, a container assembly including the cover, a molding device for molding the cover and a method for manufacturing the cover: A cover for covering an opening of a container for a food stuff comprising: a substantially flat cover body including at least one aperture, at least one substantially flat flap including a linear proximal end configured to connect with the cover body, the proximal end allowing the at least one... Agent: Henneman & Associates, PLC

20090200297 - Heating cooker having drawer type automatic door: There is provided a cooking device having a drawer type automatic door in which delicate control is carried out when the door is opened and closed, whereby an influence (falling, overflowing, or the like) exerted on an object to be cooked such as a food by a shock produced at... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090194511 - Wire electrical discharge machining: A wire electrical discharge machine (WEDM) including a motion platform, a sink, a workbench, a connecting element, a jib, a first head and a second head is provided. The sink is disposed separately above the motion platform, and the workbench is disposed in the sink. The workbench is connected to... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090194512 - Multi-function machine: A multi-function machine includes an electrode having a passage, a power supply device electrically connected with the two opposite terminals thereof to the electrode and the workpiece to be processed, a feeder for selectively feeding a gas or fluid to the passage of the electrode, a first laser beam and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090194513 - Method and apparatus for operating traveling spark igniter at high pressure: An ignition circuit and a method of operating an igniter (preferably a traveling spark igniter) in an internal combustion engine, including a high pressure engine. A high voltage is applied to electrodes of the igniter, sufficient to cause breakdown to occur between the electrodes, resulting in a high current electrical... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090194515 - Air jet type laser processing machine: An air jet type laser processing machine for processing a workpiece is disclosed to include a gas supply device, a fluid supply device, a recycling device, an actuator, which has an outer tube attached with the bottom end thereof to the surface of the workpiece and defining therein a first... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090194514 - Laser cutting device with high precision: An exemplary laser cutting device (300) includes a laser source (40), a lens module (51), a sprayer (60), a rotating subassembly (52), and a driving member (55). The lens module is configured for focusing a laser beam emitting from the laser source. The sprayer is rotatably connected to the lens... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090194516 - Method and apparatus for via drilling and selective material removal using an ultrafast pulse laser: A method and apparatus for selective material removal and via drilling for semiconductor applications using an ultrafast laser pulse directly from an ultrafast pulse laser oscillator without amplification are disclosed. The method and apparatus includes techniques to avoid/reduce the cumulative heating effect and to avoid machine quality degrading in multi... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090194517 - Laser cutting device: An exemplary laser cutting device (300) includes a laser source (40), a lens module (51), a sprayer (60), a first rotating subassembly (52), and a second rotating subassembly (53). The lens module is configured for focusing a laser beam emitting from the laser source. The first rotating subassembly is connected... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090194518 - Hand grip member with electric heater: A handle grip member with electric heater can be produced in high yield through simple processing not using any core of synthetic resin and avoiding molding operation. Depressed groove (4) is spirally provided on an external surface of inner part (1) of rubber, and multiple ribs (5) are provided on... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090194519 - Ceramic heater and glow plug: Disclosed is a ceramic heater capable of preventing failures due to the thermal stress, such as cracks, and corrosion by a calcium component. The ceramic heater has a heating element including at least one substance selected from silicides, nitrides and carbides of molybdenum and silicides, nitrides and carbides of tungsten... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090194520 - Device and method for keeping battery pack of portable computer at operable temperature: A device for keeping battery pack of portable computer at operable temperature includes a battery pack for supplying power to the portable computer; a thermal sensor installed in the battery pack for sensing a battery temperature; a heating film installed tightly close to the battery pack; and a microprocessor connected... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090194521 - Thermal processing furnace: A thermal processing furnace comprises: a tubular heat insulation member 4 surrounding a processing vessel 3 for receiving and thermally processing an object to be processed w; a heating resistor 5 helically arranged on an inner circumferential surface of the heat insulation member 4; and a support member 13 disposed... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090194522 - Cordless warmer: The present invention is directed to a cordless warmer apparatus including an interchangeable upper bowl, a base-stand, a heating element, and a power source to allow a person to keep food warm over a long period of time. The upper bowl and lower stand are releasably attached. A user can... Agent: Nw-ip-law

20090194523 - Surface heating system and method using heating cables and a single feed cold lead wire: A surface heating system and method of heating a surface in which there are two or more heating cables adapted to be embedded in a cementitious material and using a single feed cold lead wire is described. One or more heating cables are provided to define one or more heating... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20090194524 - Methods for forming long subsurface heaters: A method for forming a longitudinal subsurface heater includes longitudinally welding an electrically conductive sheath of an insulated conductor heater along at least one longitudinal strip of metal. The longitudinal strip is formed into a tubular around the insulated conductor heater with the insulated conductor heater welded along the inside... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20090194525 - Heating element using carbon nano tube: Provided is a heating element using carbon nanotube including a heat-resistant member having a heat-resistant characteristic, a carbon nanotube coating layer formed on at least one surface of the heat-resistant member, and a pair of electrodes electrically connected to the carbon nanotube coating layer and inducing heating of the carbon... Agent: Rodman Rodman

20090194526 - Radio frequency antenna for heating devices: The present invention provides an improved antenna assembly (66) designed to maintain RF communication between an object (22, 64, 148) to be heated, and a heating assembly (20, 60) such as an induction heater having a hob (34) equipped with an induction work coil (36). The antenna assembly (66) provides... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20090194527 - Induction heating cooking apparatus: Waste heat of a high temperature inside a main body is designed to be discharged to the outside of the main body by means of a discharge fan through a first suction air flow passage and a first discharge air flow passage. Also, through a second air flow passage communicating... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090194528 - Applicator and apparatus for heating samples by microwave radiation: The present invention relates a microwave applicator for heating a sample by microwave radiation which is transmitted via an at least partially tapering transmission duct from a microwave source to a cavity adapted to receive the sample to be heated. The transmission duct has at least one external wall, said... Agent: Kusner & Jaffe Highland Place Suite 310