Electric resistance heating devices inventions

20090279879 - Radiant heater: A radiant heater includes a heater body having a box-like configuration, the body defining an inner cavity and including a base wall and an open end opposite the base wall. The body is fabricated from a ceramic material. The body also includes a heating element extending a length of the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090279880 - Scale-inhibiting electrical heater and method of fabrication thereof: An electrical heater for heating liquid containing at least one scale forming element and methods for fabrication and use of the heater are described. The electrical heater comprises a heating unit including electrical resistance heating material, and a heat conducting sheath disposed over at least a portion of the heating... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20090274454 - System for non radial temperature control for rotating substrates: Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatus and method for reducing non uniformity during thermal processing. One embodiment provides an apparatus for processing a substrate comprising a chamber body defining a processing volume, a substrate support disposed in the processing volume, wherein the substrate support is configured to rotate the... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20090263111 - Steamer head and apparatus for stripping wallpaper: A steamer head for steaming surface coverings comprises a body and coupling means couplable to a support member to support the steamer head against a surface. The steamer head can be used with a support member to form a steamer apparatus. In one embodiment, the support member includes a paint... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090263112 - Heat treatment apparatus and method for heating substrate by light irradiation: In light-irradiation heating with a total irradiation time of one second or less, two-stage irradiation is performed, including a first stage of light irradiation of a semiconductor wafer, which irradiation produces an output waveform that reaches a peak at a given emission output; and a second stage of supplemental light... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090263113 - Heat generator: The invention relates to a method of heating a fluid (9) containing dipolar particles, such as molecules or clusters of molecules, whereby the fluid (9) is subjected to an electric field in a heat generator (1) causing its particles to be oriented according to their charge. Voltage pulses are applied... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090263114 - Automotive water heater: An automotive water heater having application to a windshield of an automobile, which is able to produce hot water that can be sprinkled on the windshield to melt accumulated snow and frost, in which a water heater is mainly structured from a laminated assembled heating unit side joined to a... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC