Electric resistance heating devices inventions 12/06

20060291822 - Sheldon electro-matrix core: An improved scheme for dissociating water into hydrogen and oxygen is provided in which a two dimensional matrix of electrodes is provided in a reaction vessel. The electrodes are connected to a source of electrical power for providing a potential difference there between sufficient for dissociating the water. The matrix... Agent: O'shea, Getz & Kosakowski, P.C.

20060291823 - Apparatus and adjusting technology for uniform thermal processing: An adjusting technology of thermal processing is provided. A heating lamp and a reflector are disposed over a wafer and the heat flux distribution on the wafer generated by the individual heating lamp is measured and adjusted. A set of heating lamps formed by heating lamps is disposed over the... Agent: J.p. Patent

20060291824 - Cushion: A cushion, which is a solid structure formed by a cardboard, includes a first baseboard, a second baseboard, a third baseboard, a fourth baseboard, a fifth baseboard and at least one supporting board that are joined to each other. Those junctions are foldable. The fourth baseboard has a first baffle... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060291825 - Arrangement for vaporizing materials: The invention relates to an arrangement for vaporizing materials with a vaporizer crucible, in which is disposed the material to be vaporized. About the vaporizer crucible is placed a vaporizer tube, which, seen in the longitudinal direction of the vaporizer tube, comprises at least two heating circuits, spatially disposed one... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20060291826 - Modified air freshener device: A heating device for the vaporization of active substances, such as air freshener fragrances, disinfectants, sanitizing agents, insecticides and the like, in which a wick is immersed in a fluid active substance and heat is applied to produce vaporization. The heating is produced by one or more electrical resistance elements... Agent: The Dial Corporation

20060291827 - Process and apparatus to synthesize materials: Described are a process and method to synthesize ultrafine materials such as metal oxides and highly dispersed mixed metal oxides. A process for forming an ultrafine material comprises mixing two or more liquid precursor compositions in a mixing apparatus to form a precursor mixture, wherein the mixing apparatus is in... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20060291828 - Vapor production device and cooker with the same: A steam generating apparatus 20 including: a vaporizing container 1; a heater 2 for heating the vaporizing container 1; a feed pump 5 for feeding water from a reservoir tank 7 into the vaporizing container 1; a drain valve 6 for draining water out of the vaporizing container 1 through... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060291829 - Infrared curing device having electrically actuated arm and system and method therewith: In certain embodiments, the present technique provides a system for curing a surface material disposed on a vehicle. The system includes an electrically actuated arm having an arm structure, a motorized drive coupled to the arm structure, and an actuator communicatively coupled to the motorized drive. The system also has... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20060291832 - Heat treatment apparatus of light emission type: A flash of light emitted from flash lamps is directed through an optical window defined by an opening provided in a clamp ring onto a semiconductor wafer. Because the opening of the clamp ring is of an elliptical configuration, the optical window defined by the clamp ring is also of... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20060291834 - Method and apparatus for thermally treating substrates: The object of the disclosure is to measure temperature using pyrometers, in a simple and economic way, enabling precise temperature measurement, even for low temperatures. The disclosure presents an apparatus and method for thermally treating substrates, wherein the substrate is exposed to at least a first and at least a... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20060291831 - Method for thermal processing a semiconductor wafer: A method for thermal processing a semiconductor wafer is disclosed. A rapid thermal processing (RTP) chamber encompasses a heating means, a rotation means, and a cooling system for cooling walls of said RTP chamber. A semiconductor wafer is loaded into the RTP chamber just being cooling down to a first... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20060291830 - Stacked annealing system: A process chamber includes an opening, two or more stacked cold plates adjacent the opening, two or more stacked hot plates adjacent the cold plates, and a rotatable wafer transport capable of moving a wafer between the cold plates and between the hot plates for processing of the wafer. The... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20060291835 - Susceptor for heat treatment and heat treatment apparatus: A susceptor for holding a semiconductor wafer when flash heating is performed by exposing the semiconductor wafer to a flash of light from flash lamps is formed with a recessed portion of a concave configuration having an outer diameter greater than the diameter of the semiconductor wafer, as seen in... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20060291833 - Switchable reflector wall concept: A method and apparatus for heating substrates, such as semiconductor wafers is disclosed. In accordance with the present disclosure, a thermal processing chamber includes at least one reflector. The reflector has a reflectivity that changes in response to either temperature, intensity of electromagnetic radiation incident on the reflector, or spectrum... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20060291836 - Apparatus and method of removing carrier from a recording element: An apparatus and method of removing carrier from an article are provided. The apparatus includes a heater positioned to direct heat toward an article travel path. The heat has an emission spectrum with a peak emission wavelength and the carrier having an absorption spectrum with a peak absorption wavelength. The... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20060291837 - Heat generation system: A system is disclosed for generating heat for the purpose of radiating such heat into a separate entity such as a residential housing structure or a pavement surface. The system includes a steel conduit positioned proximate the separate entity to be heated. An annular copper conductor element in the form... Agent: Law Office Of John L. Isaac

20060291838 - Modular tankless water heater: A tankless water heater module is disclosed and includes a casing having a first end, a second end and a plurality of conduits formed therein. A top head manifold is coupled to the first end of the casing and includes a port aligned with each of the plurality of conduits.... Agent: Robert A. Parsons

20060291839 - Water treatment system and process: The present invention generally relates to a water treatment system and a sanitization system and method. A sanitization fluid, typically water at a pharmaceutically acceptable temperature, is intermittently provided to the water treatment system for minimal periods of time.... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi