Electric resistance heating devices inventions 05/09

20090129762 - Initial wetting auxiliary material for a vaporiser body: An initial wetting auxiliary material is for applying to a vaporiser surface of an electrically heatable ceramic vaporiser body. The vaporiser body is used for operation in a physical vapour deposition (PVD) metallisation installation for vaporising aluminium. The vaporiser body contains nitrogen as a material component. The auxiliary material comprises... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20090129763 - Tankless hot water heater with power modulation: A tankless hot water heater includes a pipe, at least one heating element, sensors, an input means and a microprocessor. The pipe has an inlet and an outlet. The at least one heating element is configured to heat water flowing through the pipe. At least one sensor is configured to... Agent: William D. Hare

20090123138 - Baseboard heater security device: The present invention relates to a baseboard heater guard or security device designed to shield the upper and front surfaces of a baseboard heater. The guard or security device comprises two or more vertical members that substantially follow the contour of the outside surface of the baseboard heater forming a... Agent: Klauber & Jackson

20090123139 - System, method and apparatus for controlling drift of a main magnetic field in an mri system: An apparatus for controlling the temperature of a warm bore of a superconducting magnet in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) includes a plurality of warm bore thermal sensors positioned on a surface of the warm bore and a plurality of heater elements positioned on the surface of the warm bore.... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20090123140 - Substrate stage mechanism and substrate processing apparatus: A substrate stage mechanism (10) configured to place a substrate (W) thereon inside a process container of a substrate processing apparatus (100) and having a substrate heating function for heating the substrate (W) includes a substrate table (11) including a base body (11a) configured to place the substrate (W) thereon... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090116824 - Light irradiation type heat treatment device: Light irradiation type heat treatment device composed of a plurality of lamps, including multi-filament lamps, the filaments of which can be independently supplied with power. The filaments are divided into a plurality of filament groups composed of filaments of one lamp put together with filaments of other lamps. Power control... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20090116825 - Snap ring fit spa heater element: A spa heater includes a heater element having a single outer wall with indentations near each end for receiving clips for positioning the heater element. The indentations are preferably stamped or formed by some other method which does not weaken the outer wall and the heater element is retained by... Agent: Averill & Varn

20090116826 - Inter-axial inline fluid heater: An inter-axial inline fluid heater is presented. The inter-axial inline fluid heater includes an outer retaining sheath defining a first area, and an interior flow tube disposed within the outer sheath and capable of having fluid flow therethrough. Further, the inter-axial inline fluid heater includes a resistance wire disposed between... Agent: Barry W. Chapin, Esq. Chapin Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20090116827 - Deicer covering system: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a deicer system for heating water within a fluid receptacle to prevent ice from forming. The system may include a main body configured to be positioned within the fluid receptacle, a heating element adapted to heat the water, wherein the heating element is... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd