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Electric heating March listing by industry category 03/11

20110073569 - Welding system with power line communication: Various welding systems that provide communication over auxiliary or weld power lines are provided. The disclosed embodiments may include a multi-process welding power supply that is communicatively coupled to a pendant via an auxiliary conduit that facilitates the exchange of data and power between components of the welding system. In... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20110073570 - Flux cored wire for gas shielded arc welding of high strength steel: The present invention provides a flux cored wire for gas shielded arc welding of high-strength steel having proof stress of 690 MPa or more, which is capable of all-position welding with a higher efficiency and exhibits an excellent cracking resistance. The flux cored wire comprising a steel sheath, and a... Agent: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Welding Co., Ltd.

20110073571 - Spot welding gun for resistance welding of workpieces: A spot welding gun for resistance welding of workpieces, includes a base body and a bracket, in which electrode holders are arranged, the electrodes being in turn arranged in the holders. At least one electrode holder is fixed to an actuator that enables the electrode holder fixed thereto with the... Agent: Fronius International Gmbh

20110073572 - Method to reduce thermal degradation of adhesive in weldbonding: A method for weldbonding together metal sheets includes applying adhesive on the surface of a first sheet and placing a second sheet atop the first sheet. The sheets are heated at a selected location to a high temperature forming a metallic weld nugget between the first sheet and the second... Agent: Gm Global Technology Operations, Inc.

20110073573 - Method and system for generating graphic elements: A method for cutting a graphic into a graphic material is disclosed. The method includes automatically controlling a cutting device to cut a desired graphic shape into a graphic material and automatically adjusting the cutting depth of the cutting device between at least a shallower cutting depth and a deeper... Agent:

20110073574 - Electrode and electrode holder with threaded connection: A threaded connection for an electrode holder and an electrode in a plasma arc torch is provided. The threaded connection has relatively low height, and the engaged portion of a male threaded portion of the electrode and a female threaded portion of the electrode holder are positioned at least partially... Agent: The Esab Group, Inc.

20110073575 - Computer housing: A visually seamless method of joining a first piece of metal and a second piece of metal is described. The first piece of metal is placed in contact with an edge of the second piece of metal. In some embodiments, the edge includes a sacrificial lip. The first piece of... Agent: Apple Inc.

20110073576 - System and method for efficient laser processing of a moving web-based material: Systems and methods are described for efficient laser processing of a moving web-based material. In one embodiment, a moving web is provided at a selected speed. A laser beam is generated having a focal point positioned to provide either a score or cut in the web. The focal point of... Agent: Preco, Inc.

20110073577 - Electronic component lead manufacturing method and manufacturing device: An electronic component lead manufacturing method includes irradiating a first laser beam to a second layer with a solder wettability higher than a first layer, the second layer being laminated on the outside of the first layer of the lead used by the electronic component, and exposing the first layer... Agent: Fujitsu Limited

20110073578 - Contactor assembly for wire feeder: A portable wire feeder for providing welding wire and welding current to a welding operation includes an input electrically connected to a power source. An output is selectively electrically connected to the input to receive welding current delivered to the input from the power source and to provide the welding... Agent: Lincoln Global, Inc.

20110073579 - Method of manufacturing a structure at a surface of a metal work piece: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a structure (1) at a surface of a work piece (4), the structure (1) standing out from the surface, wherein a welding process (7) with an at least partially fusing filler material (2) is used, wherein an arc (3) is ignited during... Agent:

20110073580 - Method to monitor the life of the contact tip in robotic or automatic gmaw: A method of monitoring contact tip useful life in a welding torch includes measuring at least one of welding current (I) and welding voltage (V) of the contact tip mounted in the welding torch. Deterioration of the contact tip is quantified based on one or both of (i) a decrease... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20110073581 - Welding contact tips for pulse applications: A contact tip for a welding torch includes a body having a front discharge end, an opposite rear feed end, and a bore extending through the body. A cap is mounted on the body at the front end. The cap has an aperture generally aligned with the bore. The cap... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20110073582 - Steering wheel: A steering wheel includes a rim metal core, a rigid covering member, a heating element, and a cover. The rim metal core forms the framework of the rim. The rigid covering member is provided about at least a part in the circumferential direction of the rim metal core. The heating... Agent: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.

20110073583 - Soldering equipment: The present invention involves a soldering equipment, which comprises a soldering station, a soldering iron, and a soldering iron tip surface temperature detecting module; a control system is arranged in the soldering station; the soldering iron tip surface temperature detecting module transmits the detected surface temperature of a soldering iron... Agent:

20110073584 - Portable optical ablation system: The present invention includes an apparatus and method of surgical ablative material removal “in-vivo” or from an outside surface with a short optical pulse that is amplified and compressed using either an optically-pumped-amplifier and air-path between gratings compressor combination or a SOA and chirped fiber compressor combination, wherein the generating,... Agent:

20110073585 - Device for heating a fluid transfer line: According to the invention, the or each first connector (5) incorporates electrical connection means (51, 52) connected to the heating elements to connect them to the power supply means and the second connector (6) incorporates means (612) for closing the circuit formed by the pair or pairs of heating elements... Agent: Hutchinson

20110073586 - Defrost heater using strip type surface heat emission element and fabricating method thereof and defrost apparatus using the same: Provided is a defrost heater using a surface heat emission element of a metal thin film having a fast temperature response performance and a low thermal density, to thereby use an environment-friendly refrigerant, and that performs quick temperature rising and cooling during performing a defrost cycle, to thereby quickly restart... Agent: Amogreentech Co., Ltd.

20110073587 - Induction heater: There are provided a heating roller that performs electromagnetic induction heating; a first exciting coil that heats the heating roller; a first degaussing coil that decreases magnetic fields of the first exciting coil; and a first axial direction core that guides magnetic fluxes, to thus make up a magnetic circuit... Agent: Panasonic Corporation

20110073588 - Induction heating cooking apparatus: An induction heating cooking apparatus includes a magnetic flux-shielding plate 28 to restrain magnetic flux leakage from a heating coil 24 and define a cooling air trunk 33, through which cooling air from a fan 32 passes. An infrared sensor 26 for detecting infrared rays emitted from a cooking container... Agent: Panasonic Corporation

20110073589 - Thermal processing apparatus: Provided is a thermal processing apparatus where the heating is performed by using both the resistance heating and the electromagnetic wave heating thereby increasing the temperature rising speed. The thermal processing apparatus includes a metal-made processing container configured to be exhausted, a placing table including a resistance heating unit and... Agent: Tokyo Electron Limited

20110073590 - Inductor and use of such an inductor: An inductor is provided for the simultaneous inductive heating of two tracks or ways which are formed next to one another on a metallic workpiece, having a first segment which is associated with the first track or way and a second segment which is associated with the second track or... Agent: Sms Elotherm Gmbh

20110073591 - Guide chip structure for high-frequency induction heating coil: Each of guide chips 21a to 21c includes: respective pairs of flexible bodies 24a to 24c, which pair are respectively provided in side plates 7 and 7, and have a spring function; a pair of chips 29a and 29a which are arranged and fixed in the inside of the pair... Agent:

20110073592 - Applicator for microwave enhanced chemistry: According to the present invention, a microwave generator includes a variable voltage provided from a first transformer to a second transformer having a secondary winding split into a filament winding cathode low AC signal and a secondary winding providing a high voltage which is doubled and rectified in a half-wave... Agent:

20110073593 - Separable raised platform for microwave heating of a food product: Raised platforms having microwave susceptors thereon are provided, where the platforms are separable into two or more different platform components for use in heating either a larger food product or separately heating smaller food products. When the platform is separated into platform components, support is provided adjacent the area of... Agent: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC

20110073594 - Material fusing apparatus, system and method of use: A microwave material fusing apparatus for fusing two or more layers of material is disclosed. The apparatus includes an end effector including a radiating strike plate and a non-radiating fusing arm. The radiating strike plate is adapted to receive microwave energy from a microwave energy source and configured to radiate... Agent: Vivant Medical, Inc.

20110068089 - Laser processing machine having expanded work space: A laser processing machine has an expanded operating space so that larger workpieces can be processed and/or the spatial requirement for the laser processing machine is reduced.... Agent: Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen Gmbh + Co. Kg

20110068090 - Electrical heating device: An electrical heating device, which includes a housing, in which at least one heat generating element with at least one PTC element and electrical strip conductors abutting oppositely situated lateral faces of the PTC element and a plurality of heat dissipating elements arranged in parallel layers are accommodated, which are... Agent: Eberspacher Catem Gmbh & Co. Kg

20110068091 - Ceramic heater and glow plug: The ceramic heater used in a glow plug, which is used under harsh conditions, is required to be improved in durability. The ceramic heater 11 comprising: a heating resistor 13; a first lead member 15 and a second lead member 17; a first electrode lead-out member 19 and a second... Agent: Kyocera Corporation

20110068092 - Transport apparatus: In various embodiments, an apparatus for transporting wafers is provided. The apparatus may include a transport belt configured to transport wafers in a transport direction; wherein the transport belt is provided with supports configured to support the wafers to be transported; wherein the supports are provided with at least one... Agent: Deutsche Cell Gmbh

20110068093 - Cooking appliance with steam generator: An apparatus and method for cooking with steam in a cooking appliance by forming the steam from atomized particles of water.... Agent: Whirlpool Corporation

20110068094 - High energy efficient electric cooking system: A new electric cooking system is described. This cooking system can be installed on the conventional residential electric ranges. The cooking system contains an electric burner, a cooking pot, a ceramic base plate and a thermal insulation sleeve. The electric burner has a vertical heating structure and two terminal mounting... Agent:

20110068095 - Heating device capable of circularly heating an object at different temperatures: A heating device includes: a housing configured with an accommodating space having a plurality of space parts; a heating unit disposed in the accommodating space in the housing and operable to generate heat so that temperature of air in each of the space parts of the accommodating space in the... Agent:

20110068096 - Heater: A heater comprises a cast casing, a heating tube and a water tube coiled on the heating tube imbedded in the cast, wherein the heating tube is U-shaped and has two electric terminals for connecting to the power, and the water tube has an inlet and an outlet extending out... Agent: Tsann Kuen (china) Enterprise Co., Ltd.

20110068097 - Electrical heating device and method for the production thereof: An electrical heating device includes an open housing in which a layer structure is held under tension. The layer structure includes at least one radiator element and at least one heat emitting element with at least one PTC heating element. The layer structure further includes at least one spring element... Agent: Eberspacher Catem Gmbh & Co. Kg

20110068098 - Electric heating yarns, methods for manufacturing the same and application thereof: Disclosed herein are electric heating yarns, methods for manufacturing the same and electric heating textile having the electric heating yarns. In one example, the electric heating yarn includes an electro-conductive yarn core and a first protective envelope. The first protective envelope is directly wound or braided around and completely covering... Agent: Taiwan Textile Research Institute

20110068099 - Electrical heating device: An electrical heating device, includes a housing in which at least one heat generating element with at least one PTC element and electrical strip conductors abutting oppositely situated lateral faces of the PTC element and a plurality of heat dissipating elements arranged in parallel layers are accommodated. The heat dissipating... Agent: Eberspacher Catem Gmbh & Co. Kg

20110062118 - Method and machine for machining parts using spark-erosion milling: Spark-erosion machining method and machine implementing a machining gap, a process regulator, a numerical control system, a Nominal Trajectory. The latter describes the movement of the tool electrode relative to the part as it ought to proceed if no disturbance were to occur during the machining. Information contained in the... Agent: Charmilles Technologies S.a.

20110062119 - Underwater marking with a plasma arc torch: A method of marking underwater with a plasma arc torch is provided. The method includes surrounding a plasma arc produced by the plasma arc torch with a flow of gas. The flow of gas may be directed around and/or along the body of the plasma arc torch with an air... Agent: The Esab Group, Inc.

20110062120 - Device for welding using a process chamber and welding method: A device and a method for welding a component are provided. The component is arranged and welded in a chamber. A welding appliance is provided, the welding appliance being arranged outside the chamber.... Agent:

20110062122 - Method of welding circuit conductor and terminal of control apparatus: A method of welding a circuit conductor and one of a plurality of terminals of an electronic component of a control apparatus by melting and joining by a welding arc from a first electrode of a micromini TIG welder, the method includes: using the electronic component including the terminals which... Agent: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.

20110062121 - Welding method for the manufacture of a removable tow bar for private motor vechiles: A welding method based on the mig welding process, intended for the manufacture of a removable ball rod for private motor vehicles, which ball rod is built up of a coupling member arranged as a forging and a ball rod produced as a pivoting member, includes welding the two said... Agent:

20110062123 - Micro-welding machine: The present invention relates to a micro-welding technology and micro-welding machine which emerge for first time in resistance-welding field and mainly find their applications in the welding of tiny work pieces that can be processed only with the assistance of microscopic optical devices, such as the welding of leading pad... Agent:

20110062126 - Pipe-processing, in particular a pipe-cutting apparatus: A pipe processing apparatus containing a gripping mechanism with bracing rollers, further a drive wheel which is rotationally supported on the pipe processing apparatus and axially parallel to the bracing rollers and is positioned/positionable by its tread at such a site where said tread can make contact with the pipe... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc

20110062124 - Plasma arc torch providing angular shield flow injection: Plasma arc torches described herein include a torch tip with an improved nozzle that provides angular shield flow injection. In particular, the nozzle provides angular/conical impingement of a fluid (e.g., a shield gas) on an ionized plasma gas flowing through a plasma arc torch. Some of the torch tips described... Agent: Hypertherm, Inc.

20110062127 - Laser-based method and system for removing one or more target link structures: Laser-based methods and systems for removing one or more target link structures of a circuit fabricated on a substrate includes generating a pulsed laser output at a predetermined wavelength less than an absorption edge of the substrate are provided. The laser output includes at least one pulse having a pulse... Agent: Gsi Group Corporation

20110062128 - Multiple laser beam focusing head: An apparatus that divides a single laser beam into two or more beams that can be directed at an object, such as a work piece, to perform laser heat treatment is disclosed. An adapter stage is in optical communication with a light source, such as a laser source, and arranged... Agent: Preco, Inc.

20110062125 - Apparatus for forming pattern on light guide panel: An apparatus for forming a pattern is provided. The apparatus includes a pattern storing unit, a controller, a laser oscillating unit, an X-Y driver, a header unit, and a stage. The pattern storing unit stores data on a light guide pattern. The controller reads out the data on the light... Agent:

20110062129 - Cardiac lead coil stripping: An implantable lead may have a distal assembly including a coupler, a terminal pin and a conductive member rotatably secured to both the coupler and the terminal pin. The conductive member may include a coating that is at least partially removed before securing the conductive member to the coupler and... Agent:

20110062130 - Welding gun with reduced components: A welding gun is provided that includes a handle having forward and rear end portions and having a first passageway formed therethrough. A cable support tube having forward and rear end portions and a second passageway formed therethrough is secured to the handle at the forward end portion. A welding... Agent: Tweco Products, Inc.

20110062131 - Hand welding torch: The invention relates to a hand welding torch (10) provided with a switching device (15), wherein the switching device is formed from a switching element and actuators, wherein the switching element is mounted in such a manner that it can move relatively to the actuators, wherein the actuators can be... Agent: Tbi Industries Gmbh

20110062132 - Automated assembly method for a motor vehicle: A method of automated assembly for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The method includes a step of automatically determining weld characteristics according to weld location information. The method further includes a step of generating an automated weld program according to the weld characteristics and a step of controlling a welding... Agent: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

20110062133 - Flux cored wire for welding duplex stainless steel which refines solidified crystal grains: The present invention provides flux cored wire for welding duplex stainless steel which refines the solidified crystal grains for obtaining weld metal superior in toughness and ductility, characterized by containing, as the chemical ingredients included in the steel sheath and flux, by mass % with respect to the mass of... Agent:

20110062135 - De-icing or defogging system for optical instrument and image acquisition device provided with said system: The disclosed embodiments relate to a defogging or de-icing system for an optical instrument including a protection housing. According to the disclosed embodiments, the system includes: a porthole covered on at least one face thereof with a heat conducting film provided at the edge of the useful area of said... Agent: Airbus Operations (societe Par Actions Simplifiee)

20110062136 - Glow plug: The invention relates to a glow plug for Diesel engines, comprising a housing, a heater rod, which is movable in the housing in axial direction and projects from the housing at a forward end, and a pressure measuring device for measuring a combustion chamber pressure exerted on the heater rod.... Agent:

20110062134 - Method for producing metallised textile surfaces using electricity-generating or electricity-consuming elements: Processes for producing a metalized textile surface for one or more articles needing or generating electric current. The process comprises (A) applying a formulation comprising at least one metal powder (a) as a component to a textile surface in a patterned or uniform manner; (B) fixing the one or more... Agent: Basf Se

20110062138 - Method for operating a heating element in a motor vehicle by pulse width modulation: The invention relates to a method for operating a heating element in a motor vehicle by pulse width modulation, wherein fluctuations in the supply voltage are compensated for by adapting the duty cycle so as to achieve a desired heating output. According to the invention, during a voltage pulse the... Agent:

20110062137 - Vehicular fluid heater: A vehicular fluid heater is used to heat fluid for defrosting or cleaning a windshield, a head lamp, etc., and viscous fluid such as hydraulic oil, lubrication oil, etc. to reduce viscosity and improve performance, particularly during a cold condition. The heater is constructed by a plurality of laminated heating... Agent:

20110062139 - Transparent window pane provided with a resistive heating coating: A transparent glazing unit including a resistive heating coating that extends over a substantial part of the glazing unit, in particular over a main viewing field, and is electrically connected to at least two busbars such that, when an electrical supply voltage is applied between the busbars, a current flows,... Agent: Saint-gobain Glass France

20110062140 - Heater and image heating apparatus including the same: Resistors are connected in parallel between two conductive patterns that are provided on a heater substrate along the longitudinal direction of the substrate, and resistors are arranged so that the shortest current path of each of the resistors can overlap the shortest current path of an adjacent resistor in the... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20110062141 - Grilling device for properly and uniformly cooking foodstuffs: A cooking device comprises a base and a heating element supported by the base. A cooking plate is heated by the heating element and includes at least a first cavity for receiving an item being cooked. At least a first temperature probe is disposed in the first cavity for piercing... Agent:

20110062142 - Load shedding for surface heating units on electromechanically controlled cooking appliances: According to one aspect, a system for reducing peak power usage of an electromechanically controlled cooking appliance is provided. The system includes at least one infinite switch, one or more heating units, at least one of which comprising at least two separately controllable resistive heating elements, a control operatively coupled... Agent: General Electric Company

20110062143 - Sliding control system for a cooking appliance: A control display for an oven includes an interactive cook time delay screen having a slide bar for selecting a cook time delay. The slide bar has a length corresponding to the total time of a cooking cycle, such that moving the slide bar along a timeline simultaneously adjusts the... Agent: Whirlpool Corporation

20110062144 - Ceramic heater and method for making the same: A resistive heating element 30 has a higher molybdenum carbide content in a central portion 35 than in a peripheral portion 34. Since molybdenum carbides have a low temperature coefficient of resistance compared to molybdenum, the amount of heat generated in the central portion 35 of the resistive heating element... Agent: Ngk Insulators, Ltd.

20110062145 - Drying heater, heating unit for drying laundry using the same, drying control system and control method thereof: Provided is a drying heater, a heating unit for drying laundry using the same, a drying control system and control method thereof that reduces electric power consumption of the drying heater to supply high temperature dry air to the inside of a drum in a washing machine or a laundry... Agent: Amo Co., Ltd.

20110062147 - self-regulating electrical resistance heating element: The present invention relates to a self-regulating electrical resistance heating element, to an appliance containing same, and to processes for their manufacture. The self regulating electrical resistance heating element comprises: a non-electrically conductive substrate (12); a first metal oxide (14) having a positive or negative temperature coefficient of resistance below... Agent:

20110062146 - Conductive film, and transparent heating element: Provided is a conductive film, which is suitably used in a heating element of a transparent property (a transparent heating element) excellent in visibility and a heating power. The conductive portion of a first conductive film includes mesh patterns having multiple intersecting points (intersecting portions), which are constituted of a... Agent: Fujifilm Corporation

20110062148 - Induction soldering of photovoltaic system components: A method comprises positioning a pair of photovoltaic wafers in a side-by-side arrangement. An interconnect is placed on the pair of wafers such that the interconnect overlaps both wafers of the pair, solder material being provided between the interconnect and the respective wafers. A solder head is then located adjacent... Agent: Sunpower Corporation

20110062149 - Device for heating fluid in a container: The invention provides a heating device (1,40,60) for heating a fluid (30) in a container (2), in particular milk in a baby bottle, the heating device comprising a heat transfer (5,41) surface for transferring heat to the fluid, wherein the heating device is arranged to be brought into association with... Agent: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

20110062150 - Method for detecting and compensating noises in induction heating systems for domestic and professional kitchen and induction heating system using such method: A method for detecting and compensating the effects of disturbances in controlling induction heating systems by monitoring the temperature of the cooking vessel or its content on the basis of at least one electrical measurement correlated to said temperature. An analysis in time and/or frequency domain of said electrical measurement... Agent: Whirlpool Corporation

20110062151 - Apparatus for cooking food products on both sides thereof: An apparatus for cooking food products on both sides thereof, including a base member (2) comprising a food-support surface (3) transparent to both microwave and infrared radiation, an electric heating device (4) and at least one microwave generator (5), said microwave generator (5) being connected to a waveguide cavity (6)... Agent: Electrolux Professional S.p.a.

20110062152 - High-frequency heating apparatus with electrothermic heating device: There is provided a high-frequency heating apparatus with an electrothermic heating device, including a heating chamber that houses an object to be heated, a high-frequency generating device and an electrothermic heating device for heating the object to be heated, and two overheat prevention devices provided in the electrothermic heating device,... Agent: Panasonic Corporation

20110056918 - Plasma torch assembly: co-operating interlocking portions for removably urging the first and second abutment surfaces together by relative rotation of the interlocking portions wherein the first and second abutment surfaces comprise a complimentary taper for aligning the collar in concentric formation with at least one other tube on the base by co-operation of... Agent: Glass Expansion Pty Ltd

20110056920 - Dissimilar metal joining method: According to a metal joining method of the present invention, first and second dissimilar metals are joined together by interposing between the first and second metal materials a third metal material dissimilar to the first and second metal materials and causing eutectic melting at least either at an interface between... Agent: Kojiro Kobayashi

20110056919 - Method for fusing curved surfaces, and a device: A method for fusing a curved surface of a substrate is provided. An energy beam with an energy source and a curved surface of a substrate are provided. The energy beam and/or the substrate are moved toward one another in order to fuse the curved surface and an orientation of... Agent:

20110056921 - Machining head for a laser machining machine comprising a gas supply and a compensation unit for compensating the forces transmitted by the supplied gas: The invention relates to a machining head (10) for a laser machining machine (1) for machining a workpiece (2) by means of a laser beam (5), comprising focusing optics (25) that focus the laser beam; and comprising a drive device (40) for moving and/or adjusting the focusing optics (25), which... Agent: Bystronic Laser Ag

20110056922 - Laser processing method for workpiece: A processing method for a workpiece which includes a first modified region forming step of forming first modified regions along first division lines and second division lines near the front side of the workpiece, a second modified region forming step of forming second modified regions at intersecting regions between the... Agent: Disco Corporation

20110056923 - Welding power supply: A welding power supply (1) for supply of current to a welding electrode (2), and a method and a computer program for controlling such a welding power supply is described. The welding power supply (1) comprises an output (3) for output of current from the welding power supply (1), and... Agent: Esab Ab

20110056924 - Solar defrost panels: A solar defrost panel has a photovoltaic panel with an integrated electrical defrost system. The electrical defrost system has an electrical heating element that overlays the photovoltaic panel. The electrical defrost system can remove snow, frost and ice from the solar defrost panel and prevent snow, frost and ice from... Agent:

20110056925 - Pressure measuring glow plug: The invention relates to a glow plug for diesel engines, having a glow plug body comprising an external thread for threading into a threaded hole of a diesel engine, a heating rod that is displaceable in an axial direction of the glow plug body and protrudes from it, a pressure... Agent:

20110056926 - Microfluidic devices with integrated resistive heater electrodes including systems and methods for controlling and measuring the temperatures of such heater electrodes: The invention relates to methods and devices for control of an integrated thin-film device with a plurality of microfluidic channels. In one embodiment, a microfluidic device is provided that includes a microfluidic chip having a plurality of microfluidic channels and a plurality of multiplexed heater electrodes, wherein the heater electrodes... Agent: Canon U.s. Life Sciences, Inc.

20110056927 - Binding process for an air heater and structure thereof: A binding process for an air heater and structure thereof, in particular a heater having application in air, in which various modularized prefabricated units are used to assemble and enable subsequent binding and rapid production of the heater. An electric conduction test is simultaneously implemented during the binding process, which... Agent:

20110056930 - Deformable heating element: A deformable heating element, adapted to be mounted on a support body, comprises at least one heating conductor, one side of which is laid on, and fastened to, a front-side layer of flat base material. The base material, in area of the front-side layer on which the heating conductor is... Agent: I.g. Bauerhin Gmbh

20110056929 - Electric heater: An electric heater includes a base, a bracket, a working head and a protecting structure. The bracket is disposed on the base. The working head is disposed on the bracket. The working head includes a supporter and a heating module. The heating module is disposed on the supporter. The heating... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20110056928 - Wall mounted electric heater: A wall mounted electric heater includes a substrate, a heat insulated sheet, a heating element, at least two electrodes and an enclosure. The heat insulated sheet is disposed on a surface of the substrate. The heating element is disposed on the heat insulated sheet. The heating element includes a carbon... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20110056931 - Electric heater and process for manufacturing an electric heater: An electric heater (10, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 100), such as for heating surfaces of components, onto which the electric heater (10, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 100) is pushed or placed, has at least one tubular heating element (1, 11, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71, 82, 101), which... Agent:

20110056932 - Microwave popcorn bag construction with seal arrangement for containing oil/fat, microwave popcorn product, and methods: Microwaveable popcorn arrangements are provided, the arrangement being a bag having a popcorn charge of popcorn kernels and oil/fat component therein. The arrangements include folded bags having preferred, internal, seal and/or adhesive field configurations. The preferred configurations inhibit the undesired flow of oil/fat from the popcorn charge. Microwave popcorn products... Agent: Conagra Foods Rdm, Inc.

20110056933 - High-frequency heating apparatus: There is provided a high-frequency heating apparatus including a heating chamber that houses an object to be heated, a rotating turntable provided on a bottom surface of the heating chamber, on which the object to be heated is rotatably mounted; a high-frequency heating section (21) that heats the object to... Agent: Panasonic Corporation

20110049105 - Orbital carrier comprising at least two components in the form of segments of a circle able to be connected together; device for butt-welding pipes to form a pipeline comprising such an orbital carrier: The invention relates to an orbital carrier (2) for a device for butt-welding pipes (C, C) to form a pipeline, said device comprising at least one welding carriage (1) supporting at least one welding head (6) which has at least one welding torch, said orbital carrier (2) surrounding the pipes... Agent:

20110049106 - Apparatus and method for field welding solar receiver tubes: Apparatus and methods for assembling solar receiving tubes in the field are described. In one embodiment, a welder is provided having longitudinally adjustable clamps that permit the easy restraining and adjustment of tube position for welding. In another embodiment, a system for moving along the length of a solar collector... Agent:

20110049107 - Electro-discharge electrode and method of use: An electrode for machining a pattern in a workpiece has a conductive body with a lattice of closed cells and a plurality of open cells. The open cells are positioned at an edge of the lattice of closed cells. The closed cells are defined by interconnected webs, and the open... Agent:

20110049108 - Electro-erosion edge honing of cutting tools: A process for preparing the cutting edge of a cutting tool having a rake face and a clearance face. The process comprises the elimination of material from the cutting edge by providing a series of rapidly recurring electrical spark discharges in a gap located between the tool edge and a... Agent:

20110049109 - Encapsulated magnet assembly and process for making: A process of forming an encapsulated magnet assembly is provided, the process comprising welding a second portion of a housing cover formed of a non-magnetic material to a first portion of a housing cover formed of a magnetic material to provide a welded housing cover and subsequently heat-treating the welded... Agent:

20110049111 - Color system for etching gas: A control system for etching gas is provided. The control system includes a mass flow control unit, a flow rate control unit, and a tuning gas control unit. The mass flow control unit controls a mass flow of an etching gas input to a chamber. The flow rate control unit... Agent:

20110049110 - Adjustable plasma spray gun: An adjustable plasma spray gun apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment, an adjustable plasma spray gun apparatus includes: a plasma spray gun body having a fore portion and an aft portion; and a first coupler configured to removably attach to the plasma spray gun body at the aft portion, the... Agent:

20110049112 - Combustion cap effusion plate laser weld repair: A process for modifying or repairing a metallic component, such as a combustion cap effusion plate for a gas turbine, is disclosed. The method includes generating a notch or groove in the metallic component and depositing a filler material in the notch or groove. A pulsed laser is applied to... Agent:

20110049113 - Methods for laser scribing and breaking thin glass: A method of forming a vent in a glass substrate includes forming a defect in the glass substrate on a scribe line. A beam spot of a laser may be directed onto the defect and advanced along the scribe line. A cooling jet may be directed onto the defect such... Agent:

20110049114 - Apparatus and method for working a surface of a workpiece by means of laser radiation: The present invention, among other things, relates to an apparatus (10) for working a surface (11) of a workpiece, in particular a metal workpiece, by means of laser radiation. The apparatus (10) is characterized by a scanner device (20), which is mounted in a rotationally immovable manner in the working... Agent:

20110049115 - Auxiliary power supply for a welding machine: A electric welding machine having an auxiliary power output, and a method for controlling the auxiliary power output on a welding machine is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a main transformer having a first secondary winding in circuit communication with a welder power output and a second secondary... Agent:

20110049116 - Remote welding system and method: Embodiments of a pendant associated with a multi-process welding power supply that allows a user to switch processes and reverse an output polarity while located remotely from a power supply unit are provided. Certain embodiments include a pendant with a wire spool and wire feeder drive circuitry that is configured... Agent:

20110049117 - Clothing piece with heating device: The object of the invention is a clothing piece, such as a glove, with a heating device, in particular for the warming and/or temperature control of a skin surface with deep-acting effect upon areas of a human body, comprising at least one heat transfer element, at least one connection for... Agent:

20110049118 - Roof edge cable raceway and method of forming same: A raceway extends along an edge of roof of a structure and is adapted to house a cable, such as an industry standard ice and snow melt heating cable designed, Listed and approved for the purpose. An open side of the raceway exposes the cable and allows for the insertion,... Agent:

20110049119 - Method of storing and displaying heated food: A heated food storage and display cabinet comprises an open fronted enclosed chamber within which packs of food can be stored, the cabinet including flow inducing means and heater means arranged in an upper region thereof, the flow inducing means being operable to draw air from an upper portion of... Agent:

20110049120 - cooking oven with an illumination-equipment and an illumination-equipment for a cavity of a cooking oven: The present invention relates to a cooking oven with at least one cavity (12) and an illumination-equipment for said cavity (12). The cooking oven comprises a number of outer walls (14, 16, 18, 44) forming a casing (10) of the cooking oven, a number of inner walls (20, 22, 24,... Agent:

20110049121 - Cooking oven with an illumination-equipment for a cavity and a method for illuminating a cavity of a cooking device: The present invention relates to a cooking oven with at least one cavity (12) and an illumination-equipment (e.g. a LED-lamp) for illuminating said cavity (12). The illumination-equipment, comprises a plurality of light emitting elements (30) for illuminating the cavity (12). The light emitting elements (30) have at least two different... Agent:

20110049122 - Cooking appliance: The present invention includes a cooking appliance with an enamel composition. The enamel composition includes a heat resistance, chemical resistance, wear resistance, and pollution resistance, such that the cooking appliance withstands high temperature, acid or alkali and is readily cleaned.... Agent:

20110049123 - Steam oven heater plate arrangement: A steam oven includes a cooking cavity for receiving food product and a water reservoir for receiving water to be heated to generate steam, the water reservoir defined in part by a bottom wall structure of the cooking cavity. A heater plate located adjacent the bottom wall structure delivers heat... Agent:

20110049124 - Cooking oven with energy saving mode and method: An oven comprising a controller that operates the oven in a food cooking mode and in energy saving mode in which energy consumption of a heater and one or more fans is reduced. In the food cooking mode the controller maintains heated air flow at a first set temperature. In... Agent:

20110049125 - High efficiency electrical outdoor barbecue device: A high efficiency electrical outdoor barbecue device includes plural arc reflective boards that juxtapose and are spaced from each other to define a residue discharge gap, heating tube connection end protection boxes, heating tubes, shielding screens, and roasting gratings, which are sequentially deposited, from lower side to upper side, in... Agent:

20110049126 - Combination urn and warming plate and methods of using same: The present invention generally concerns a Combination Urn and Hot Plate for supplying heat to both liquids and solids, typically beverages and food, for heating or keeping same warm.... Agent:

20110049127 - Non-concentric surface heating element switch: A cooking appliance has a cooktop including a plurality of separately controlled cooking areas. A first heating element and a second heating element are positioned below one of the separately controlled cooking areas. A control switch is coupled to the first heating element and the second heating element and is... Agent:

20110049128 - Heating pad with temperature control and safety protection device: A heating pad is provided. The heating pad includes a heating element and a control circuit operatively connected to the heating element for providing a predetermined level of power thereto. An isolation device interconnects a power source to the control circuit. The isolation device has a first open configuration preventing... Agent:

20110049129 - Heat generating body: A heat generating body has a first electrode and a second electrode arranged opposed to each other, and also has a mesh-like electrically conductive membrane (mesh-like pattern) mounted in a curved surface shape between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are arranged... Agent:

20110049130 - Self-regulating heater: There is disclosed a self-regulating electric heater assembly arranged to heat an electrically conductive substrate such as a flexible substrate of shape memory alloy for use as an actuator. The heater assembly comprises a plurality of substantially rigid PTC elements arranged in spaced-apart relation to one another in a flexible... Agent:

20110049131 - Horse bit warmer: The bit warmer has a carbon heating element that is contained within a water resistant polyvinyl chloride (PVC) cover. The carbon heating element has an electrical plug connected to it. Optionally, a piece of insulation is adhesively attached to the carbon heating element. The carbon heating element is then placed... Agent:

20110049132 - Resistive heating device for fabrication of nanostructures: Apparatuses and techniques relating to a resistive heating device are provided.... Agent:

20110049133 - Rf heating of a dielectric fluid: An apparatus for applying electromagnetic energy to a dielectric fluid includes a chamber (20) to contain the dielectric fluid. A at least three parallel or coaxial electrode plates (401-409) is arranged within the chamber to apply substantially equal electromagnetic energy per unit volume of the dielectric fluid between neighbouring ones... Agent:

20110049134 - Enhanced flash chamber: An enhanced flash chamber with a flash chamber; a microwave source in communication with the flash chamber for providing a quantity of energy to a plurality of antennas within the flash chamber; a fluid chamber positionable within the flash chamber capable of holding a liquid and the plurality of antennas;... Agent:

20110049136 - Method and apparatus for venting a cooking device: A cooking device includes an airflow system that generates airflow within a duct and a cooking chamber that is configured to vent heated air and/or steam within the cooking chamber to the duct. The heated air and/or steam vented to the duct is accelerated by the airflow.... Agent:

20110049135 - Microwave oven: A microwave oven is provided. A reinforcing part is provided to a multi-hole part for transferring the heat of a heater to a cooking chamber. This prevents deformation of the multi-hole part due to the heat of the heater.... Agent: