Electric resistance heating devices inventions 07/08

20080181587 - Panel for use in electric fireplace and fireplace incorporating the same: A panel for simulating a firebox for use in an electric fireplace and an electric fireplace incorporating the same. The electric fireplace includes housing with a grate, a plurality of artificial firelogs positioned on the grate and an ember bed positioned under the grate. A light source is positioned to... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20080181588 - Three-dimensional panel for use in electric fireplaces and fireplace incorporating the same: A three-dimensional panel used in an electric fireplace to simulate a firebox of a wood burning fireplace and an electric fireplace incorporating the same. The electric fireplace includes housing having a light source positioned so as to transmit light through the panel. The panel is vacuum-molded to have a pattern... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20080181589 - Portable heater and tool box method and apparatus: A portable heater includes a housing, a heating element incased in the housing, and a tool box comprising part of the housing. A method of providing heat and tool storage in a portable unit includes providing a heating element, housing heating element, and attaching a tool box to the housing... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20080181590 - Heating device and method: A heating device such as a heat gun or heat unit which includes a surface temperature sensor to measure the surface temperature of the work piece being heated.... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080175571 - Movable radiant heat sources: A semiconductor processing apparatus including a processing chamber and a plurality of radiant heat sources. The radiant heat sources heat a workpiece within the chamber. At least one of the radiant heat sources is movable during processing in an oscillatory motion along a path less than about 10 mm from... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olsen & Bear LLP

20080175572 - Heating element for appliance: An improved construction for a heating element for an appliance is disclosed. A coiled resistance wire extending coaxially along the length of an elongate sheath is surrounded by an electrically insulating, high thermally conductive material that fills the sheath around the wire. The resistance wire is secured to a terminal... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080170842 - Temperature measurement and control of wafer support in thermal processing chamber: The present invention provides apparatus and methods for achieving uniform heating to a substrate during a rapid thermal process. More particularly, the present invention provides apparatus and methods for controlling the temperature of an edge ring supporting a substrate during a rapid thermal process to improve temperature uniformity across the... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20080159726 - Device for temperature controlled heating of a fluid line: The invention relates to a device for temperature controlled heating of a fluid line which comprises a jacket conduit made of a flexible material and provided with a longitudinal slot across which a fluid line is insertable into a cavity of said jacket conduit, at least one heating element extending... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch