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20090001070 | LIQUID HEATING VESSELS - A liquid heating vessel comprising heating means for heating liquid in the vessel, electronic control means, electromagnetic switching means for interrupting or reducing power to the heating means, and temperature sensing means for providing a signal dependent on the temperature of liquid in the vessel to the control means. The control means is arranged to operate the electromagnetic switching means to interrupt or reduce power to the heating means in response to the control means determining that a pre-determined temperature condition has been reached. | 01-01-2009 |
20090095731 | MOUNTING TABLE STRUCTURE AND HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS - A mounting table structure arranged in a processing chamber is provided for mounting a target object to be processed on the upper surface. The mounting table structure is characterized in having a mounting table wherein a heating unit are embedded to heat the target object to perform a specified heat treatment to the target object, and a supporting column which stands on the bottom portion of the processing chamber and supports the mounting table. The mounting table structure is also characterized in that a heat-equalizing member spread in a planar direction is embedded above the heating unit in the mounting table. | 04-16-2009 |
20090218333 | HEATING ELEMENT FOR APPLICATION IN A DEVICE FOR HEATING LIQUIDS - A heating element for use in a device for heating liquids comprising an uninterrupted and integrally constructed track-like electrical resistor having a first material for forced conduction of electric current, electrical resistor having a plurality of elongate resistor segments and at least one curved resistor segment for mutual electrical coupling of the elongate resistor segments. Also disclosed is a device for heating liquids using the heating element. | 09-03-2009 |
20090250453 | Electric conduction heating device - An electric conduction heating device having an electrically conductive container ( | 10-08-2009 |
20090277895 | MOUNTING TABLE STRUCTURE, AND PROCESSING APPARATUS - A mounting table body made of ceramic includes power-receiving conductor portions and buried therein. A surface of mounting table body is formed with a recessed connection hole and a connection terminal electrically jointed to the power-receiving conductor portion and exposed into the connection hole, the connection terminal being made of a high-melting-point metal, an alloy thereof or a compound thereof. A power-feeding line member provided with a power-feeding connector portion is inserted at its leading end portion into the connection hole to feed electricity to the power-receiving conductor portion. A stress relaxing member is interposed between the connection terminal and the power-feeding connector portion. The stress relaxing member and the connection terminal are jointed together by a brazing material. The stress relaxing member is made of a metal free from cobalt and nickel or an alloy thereof. | 11-12-2009 |
20090321412 | VACUUM HEATING APPARATUS - Deterioration of an O ring due to radiation heating in a vacuum heating apparatus is prevented to allow heat treatment of a substrate with good annealing properties. The vacuum heating apparatus | 12-31-2009 |
20100012646 | HOT WATER KETTLE COMPRISING AN ACOUSTIC MEMBER FOR GENERATING AN ACOUSTIC SIGNAL - A hot water kettle has an on/off switch, which is adapted to automatically switch from a closed position to an opened position when water which is present inside the kettle has been boiling for a while. The on/off switch is operable through a button element ( | 01-21-2010 |
20100084392 | SUBSTRATE SUPPORTING/TRANSFERRING TRAY - To provide a substrate supporting/transferring tray, which can be placed on a substrate supporting part arranged in a treatment chamber in which the heat treatment is performed to a substrate, especially on a substrate supporting part having a built-in heating means for heating the substrate, and on an upper side of which, the substrate is placed. At the time of heat-treating the substrate, the substrate can be more uniformly heated, and when the heat treatment is completed, the tray can be easily removed from the substrate supporting part without waiting for the temperature of the substrate to be reduced, and can transfer the substrate to other parts from the treatment chamber in which the heat treatment is performed. The substrate supporting/transferring tray, which has the disc-shaped substrate supporting part on an upper plane side, and is provided with a cylindrical side wall part extending from a periphery of the disc-shaped substrate supporting part to a lower side, and an annular part extending from a lower end side of the cylindrical side wall part to an outer side in a diameter direction. | 04-08-2010 |
20100096381 | DRINKS DISPENSER - The present invention relates to a drinks dispenser with a heating device for the heating of a liquid and with at least one electric accumulator for the energy supply of the drinks dispenser, more preferably of its heating device, which compared with the charge power has a higher discharge power which is greater than 500 watt. | 04-22-2010 |
20100206865 | HEATING DEVICE WITH A MULTI POWERING CONFIGURATION - A combination including a heater, a first connection device and a second connection device. The heater has heating elements or resistors; and a heater connector with electric heater conductors connected to the electric heating elements. The first and second connection devices have first and second output connectors with conductors for connection to the conductors of the heater connector and first and second input connector for connection to first and second standard connectors of first and second power sources with first and second voltage levels. The electric conductors of the first output connector have a first connection configuration in the first connection device and the electric conductors of the second output connector have a second connection configuration in the second connection device different to the first connection configuration. At least two heating elements are so connected to the first electric conductors as to be powered: in the first connection configuration via the first connection device to the first power source; and in the second connection configuration via the second connection device to the second power source. | 08-19-2010 |
20100224618 | ELECTRIC HEATING CONTAINER AND ELECTRIC HEATING METHOD - An electric heating container includes a container body ( | 09-09-2010 |
20100230398 | SLOW COOKER - A slow cooker for heating food stuffs includes a housing defining a heating cavity and a housing rim. A heating element is disposed within the housing to heat the heating cavity. A container has a generally hollow interior and a container rim and is shaped and sized to fit within the heating cavity for heating thereof by the heating element. A lid is sized and shaped to at least partially cover an opening of the container and includes a gasket around an outer edge thereof for sealing engagement with the container rim. The slow cooker further includes at least one clip for selectively retaining the lid in sealing engagement with the container rim to inhibit leakage of the food stuffs. The at least one clip is an over-the-center clip and includes a hook and a catch to selectively retain the lid in sealing engagement with the container rim. | 09-16-2010 |
20100308032 | INSULATED HEATING CONTAINER WITH THERMOCHROMATIC INDICATOR - A container for heating textiles including at least one thermochromatic sensor element incorporated into one of the sidewalls to indicate when the product being warmed inside the container has reached a certain temperature. The container is insulated and constructed of flexible materials so as to be collapsible. One or more heating elements inside the container provide heat for warming the textiles. The container may take many shapes (e.g., rectangular, oval, round) to acconunodate different textiles and other articles within the container, and the container may include a hook to hang the device on a bar. | 12-09-2010 |
20110017720 | Warming appratus for fuel gas cylinder - Disclosed is a vaporization enhancer for fuel gas cylinder comprising a warmer capable of warming the fuel gas cylinder, a temperature control switch that is automatically turned on when the temperature is too low, a flow-sensitive switch that is turned on when the fuel gas flows out through the gas outlet pipe of the fuel gas cylinder, and a fuel gas residual amount sensing unit that is turned on when the amount of fuel gas stored in the fuel gas cylinder is too small. Only when the fuel gas residual amount sensing unit, the temperature control switch, and the flow-sensitive switch are simultaneously turned on, the warmer warms the fuel gas cylinder thereby enhancing the safety in use. | 01-27-2011 |
20110100978 | APPARATUS FOR SHAPING MELTS COMPRISING INORGANIC OXIDES OR MINERALS WITH AN IMPROVED HEATING DEVICE - Fibers, pipes, rods, strips or profiles made of high-melting inorganic oxides or minerals are used in great quantities, for example for reinforcing plastics, ceramics and metals. In order to produce said products, use is made of apparatuses comprising a melt container with an individual orifice, or orifice plate with a multiplicity of orifices, arranged in the base of the melt container. The melt in the melt container has to be kept at as homogeneous as possible an operating temperature above the individual orifice or orifice plate. For this purpose, the melt container is usually heated by a direct through flow of current. This results in high radiation losses to the surroundings and to a correspondingly high need for electric energy. It is proposed, for the heating of the melt, to arrange one or more pipes in the melt container, the pipes having at least one connection to the outside through the container casing, and electric heating elements being inserted into the pipes. This type of heating results in a homogeneous temperature distribution of the melt above the individual orifice or the orifice plate and permits an energy saving of more than 50%. | 05-05-2011 |
20110120984 | Method and Apparatus for Rapidly Thawing Frozen NOx Reductant - According to one aspect of the present invention, a liquid reductant tank for supplying liquid reductant to a selective catalytic reduction system is disclosed. The tank includes a tank cavity for holding a liquid reductant and being at least partially defined by one or more side walls; a liquid reductant supply line at least partially situated within the tank cavity and for communicating liquid reductant from the tank cavity to outside of the tank cavity; and a heating element situated at least partially within the liquid reductant supply line and for thawing frozen reductant situated within the supply line during cold start conditions to obtain liquid reductant for use in a selective catalytic reduction system. | 05-26-2011 |
20110127253 | Electric Heating Systems and Associated Methods - Electric heating systems and associated methods for central heating and/or space heating that circulate a heating medium (e.g., antifreeze) and may comprise a tank, a pump, a motor blower, and a heater core. In certain applications, the tank may be an un-insulated rectangular tank that is fabricated from a material comprising black iron. | 06-02-2011 |
20110127254 | Electric Heating Systems and Associated Methods - Electric heating systems and associated methods that circulate a heating medium (e.g., antifreeze) and may comprise a tank, a pump, a motor blower, and/or a heater core. In certain applications, the electric heating systems may be used to heat the floor of a farm enclosure, such as the ground of a poultry house. | 06-02-2011 |
20110180526 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MELTER TANK AIRFLOW MANAGEMENT - An airflow system for a solid-ink melter tank is disclosed, which prevents clogging of drop tube supplying solid ink to the solid-ink melter tank. An inlet may provide airflow as well as solid ink to the melter tank and an outlet maintained at a temperature higher than temperature of the inlet, promotes a convective air current. The inlet may be coaxial with the drop tube or is present as a separate opening in the solid-ink melter tank. The outlet can be taller, externally insulated, and fabricated with a thermally conductive material as compared to the inlet. The heated outlet promotes expulsion of hot air from the solid-ink melter tank and prevents heating of drop tube, which leads to drop tube clogging by partially melting the solid ink. | 07-28-2011 |
20110186561 | ELECTRIC PATIO BISTRO - A grilling apparatus comprising: a base housing; a cooking grate positionable on or in an upper portion of the base housing; a radiant heat cavity within the base housing below the cooking grate; at least one electric heating element within the radiant heat cavity; and a reflective surface within the radiant heat cavity which diverges outwardly in an upward direction at an angle of from 20° to 60° from horizontal. | 08-04-2011 |
20110204039 | APPARATUS FOR USE IN DIRECT RESISTANCE HEATING OF PLATINUM-CONTAINING VESSELS - An apparatus for use in direct resistance heating of a molten glass-carrying vessel, such as a finer or connecting pipe, is provided. The apparatus comprises a flange comprises a plurality of electrically-conductive rings that include an inner ring joined to the vessel's exterior wall during use of the flange and an outer ring that receives electric current during use of the flange. The innermost ring comprises a high-temperature resistant metal preferably comprising at least 80% platinum, and the outermost ring preferably comprising at least 99.0% nickel. This combination of materials both increases the reliability of the flange and reduces its cost. Either one or both of the width or thickness of one or both of the inner or outer rings varies as a function of angular position relative to the vessel. The width and/or thickness of the inner and the outer rings with relation to each other produces a uniform current distribution in the flange and the vessel. | 08-25-2011 |
20110215083 | Apparatus for producing trichlorosilane and method for producing trichlorosilane - An apparatus for producing trichlorosilane, comprising: a reaction chamber into which the raw gas is introduced to produce a reaction gas; a plurality of heaters disposed inside the reaction chamber to heat the raw gas; and a plurality of electrodes connected to basal portions of the heaters, wherein the heaters include first heaters each having an exothermic portion and second heaters each having an exothermic portion shorter than that of the first heater and a radiation plate connected to the exothermic portion, wherein a partial portion of the exothermic portion of the first heater faces the radiation plate of the second heaters; the reaction chamber has an introducing port of the raw gas on a side of the exothermic portion of the second heater; and the reaction chamber has discharge port of the reaction product gas on a side of the radiation plate of the second heater is arranged. | 09-08-2011 |
20110215084 | Apparatus for producing trichlorosilane - An apparatus for producing trichlorosilane from raw gas containing silicon tetrachloride and hydrogen, having: a reaction chamber being supplied with the raw gas for generating reacted gas containing trichlorosilane and hydrogen; a plurality of heaters heating the raw gas and having exothermic portions being disposed along a vertical direction in the reaction chamber; a plurality of electrodes being connected to basal portions of the heaters; and a radiation plate being disposed between the exothermic portions of the heaters. | 09-08-2011 |
20110266273 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC COOKER - A multi-functional electric cooker comprises a heating boiler body ( | 11-03-2011 |
20120085747 | HEATER ASSEMBLY AND WAFER PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A heater assembly and a wafer processing apparatus using the same are provided. The heater assembly comprises a substrate, a heater, a reflector and a protective layer. The substrate has a top surface, a side surface surrounding the top surface and a trench formed on the top surface. The heater comprises a heater element accommodated within the trench and two electrodes respectively connecting two ends of the heater element and extending outside of the substrate. The reflector covers an inner surface of the trench. The protective layer covers the top surface, the side surface and the trench. | 04-12-2012 |
20120111851 | Method and Apparatus for Providing a Machine Barrel with a Heater | 05-10-2012 |
20120145697 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS - A heat treatment apparatus is configured to include: a treatment chamber for accommodating therein a wafer; a substrate supporting unit for horizontally supporting the wafer in the treatment chamber; and a lamp unit provided above the treatment chamber. The lamp unit includes: a base member; a plurality of lamps provided on the lower surface of the base member whose front ends face downwardly; a plurality of ring-shaped reflectors concentrically provided on the lower surface of the base member to protrude downward; and a cooling head for supplying a cooling medium into the reflectors. At least some of the lamps are arranged along the reflectors, and cooling medium channels, each inner space of which is formed as a ring-shaped space, are respectively provided within the reflectors in the extending directions of the reflectors. | 06-14-2012 |
20120145698 | KETTLE | 06-14-2012 |
20120187106 | PHOTOVOLTAIC HEATER - A photovoltaic cell array, one or more heating elements, and a maximum power point tracking circuit configured to track the maximum power point of the photovoltaic cell array and to provide that maximum power collectively to the heating element(s). | 07-26-2012 |
20120193346 | PERFORATED LID FORCONTAINERS FOR COOKING FOOD - The present invention concerns an improved perforated lid ( | 08-02-2012 |
20120199572 | HERBAL VAPORIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - The subject technology pertains to an herbal vaporization apparatus including an electric heat base comprising a glass pass-through tube, and a hydratube having a first end a second end, wherein the hydratube is configured to be removably coupled with the electric heat base at the second end to place the hydratube in fluidic communication with the glass pass-through tube. The electric heat base can be configured to be coupled to the hydratube such that the hydratube is vertically mounted on top of the electric heat base. The electric heat base can include a glass pass-through tube including a plurality of chambers separated by constrictions and configured to receive and transmit a volume of gas, and a heating element disposed adjacent to the glass pass-through tube to heat the volume of gas received by the glass pass-through tube. Furthermore, the herbal vaporization apparatus can also include an herbal containment unit. | 08-09-2012 |
20120223067 | Kitchen Appliance and Method of Assembling Same - A kitchen appliance includes a housing with a base, a side wall and a cavity. The housing has a housing rim defining an opening to the cavity. A hinge base is mounted to the side wall. A container has a generally hollow interior and a container rim defining an opening. The container fits within the cavity of the housing. A lid at least partially covers the opening of the container when placed on the container rim. The lid has an exterior surface, and an opposing interior surface facing the interior of the container when the lid is placed on the container rim. A bracket is mounted to the exterior surface of the lid. At least a portion of the bracket is rotatably and selectively removably received within at least a portion of the hinge base to rotatably and selectively removable mount to the lid of the housing. | 09-06-2012 |
20120312801 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HEATING USING RF ENERGY - An apparatus for applying EM energy to a load may include at least one processor configured to receive information indicative of dissipated energy for each of a plurality of modulation space elements and group a number of the plurality of modulations space elements into at least two subsets based on the information received indicative of dissipated energy. The processor may also be configured to associate a power delivery protocol with each of the at least two subsets wherein the power delivery protocol differs between subsets and regulate energy applied to the load in accordance with each power delivery protocol. | 12-13-2012 |
20120325798 | HEATING DEVICES AND FUEL VAPOR PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE HEATING DEVICES - A heating device may include an electric heating element configured to generate heat, a heat radiation element, and an electrical insulation member interposed between the electric heating element and the heat radiation element. The electrical insulation member may be bonded to both of the electric heating element and the heat radiation element. | 12-27-2012 |
20130062333 | HEATER ELEMENTS WITH ENHANCED COOLING - A heater assembly with enhanced cooling pursuant to various embodiments described herein makes use of fluidic flow in the insulation or in the space used for insulation. By creating a natural convection or forced convection flow, the heater cools down faster, it can operate at lower temperatures and/or higher temperature precision, and it can improve temperature controllability by generating higher heat loss rates. | 03-14-2013 |
20130087547 | PARTICLE CONTROL IN LASER PROCESSING SYSTEMS - The present invention generally relates to a laser processing systems for thermally processing substrates. The laser processing systems include a shield disposed between an energy source of the laser processing system and a substrate which is to be thermally processed. The shield includes an optically transparent window disposed adjacent to a cavity within the shield. The optically transparent window allows annealing energy to pass therethrough and to illuminate the substrate. The shield also includes one or more gas inlets and one or more gas outlets for introducing and removing a purge gas from the cavity within the shield. The purge gas is utilized to remove volatized or ablated components during thermal processing, and to provide a gas of predetermined composition, such as oxygen-free, to the thermally processed area. | 04-11-2013 |
20130105461 | HUMAN FOOD AND BEVERAGE UTENSIL WATER SAVING HEATED DISHER WELL SYSTEM AND METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130186879 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WARMING A PRODUCT, IN PARTICULAR, A FOOD PRODUCT - The present invention is directed to systems and methods for thermal treatment of packed product(s), in particular a food item, by introducing heating energy using electric current. Embodiments include system electrode units that include connector electrodes that may be interconnected such that electric current can flow through at least two packing units in series, parallel, or any combination thereof, making it possible to efficiently heat one or more products in a controlled manner. | 07-25-2013 |
20130240500 | Apparatus for Cooking Food in an Airtight Bag - A cooking apparatus includes a dual-chamber container with an inner container for holding a food item to be cooked and an outer container for maintaining contact between a temperature-controlled heat transfer liquid and the inner container while the food is being cooked. The dual-chamber container includes an inlet fluid port and outflow fluid port which may be coupled directly to corresponding fluid port connectors on a temperature control unit, or an intervening fluid coupling assembly may convey heat transfer liquid between the control unit and the dual-chamber container. Some control units are adapted to simultaneously control cooking temperature for more than one dual-chamber container. Some dual-chamber containers have a flexible inner container that is separable from an outer container which may be a rigid container or a flexible container. | 09-19-2013 |
20130264328 | THERMAL BEVERAGE CONTAINER HOLDER - A thermal beverage container holder having a housing; at least one thermal element configured to fit within the housing; and an actuator configured to cause thermal contact between the at least one thermal element and a beverage container. | 10-10-2013 |
20140048528 | ENERGY EFFICIENT HEATING PAD FOR FOOD PAN ASSEMBLY - The food pan assembly of the present disclosure includes a food pan with a well for storing food, and two separate heating pads for supplying heat to food that may be placed in the pan. The heating pads are connected to an exterior side of the pan on a bottom and side surfaces. This allows for improved flexibility in heating options over what is currently available. The heating pads can be independently powered and controlled, according to specific demands for the food to be heated. | 02-20-2014 |
20140103025 | SEAL FOR USE IN AN ELECTRICALLY HEATED VESSEL | 04-17-2014 |
20140124496 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING A GLASSY CARBON HEATER - Systems and methods for heating a material wherein the system includes an electrical contact adapted to receive current and a glassy carbon heater in electrical communication with the electrical contact. In one embodiment, the sample is thermally evaporated. In one embodiment, a holding element adapted to hold the material, located in such proximity to the glassy carbon heater so as to receive heat generated by the glassy carbon heater, is included. | 05-08-2014 |
20140151359 | WASHABLE ELECTRIC KITCHEN APPLIANCE - Electric appliance ( | 06-05-2014 |
20140175086 | ELECTRIC GRILL PAN DEVICE WITH A SEPARATE POWER CONNECTION - An electric grill pan device includes a heating pan detachably mounted above a base. A socket is mounted in the base and includes a seat and an upper cover. A compartment is defined between the upper cover and the seat. The upper cover includes a plurality of insertion holes aligned with terminals on the seat. The upper cover further includes a notch aligned with an abutment peg on the heating pan. A shield is pivotably mounted in the compartment and includes a guiding portion aligned with the abutment peg. The shield is biased to a position covering the insertion holes. When the heating pan is mounted to the base, the abutment peg presses against the guiding portion and pivots the shield to another position not covering the insertion holes, and conductive ends of a heating element on the heating pan is in electrical contact with the terminals. | 06-26-2014 |
20140246420 | PRECISION WARMING BOWL - A warming container | 09-04-2014 |
20140284318 | Water Heater Jacket - Water heaters comprising: (A) a tank, (B) a layer of insulation, e.g., polyurethane foam, and (C) a polyurethane water heater jacket wrapped about the layer of insulation, exhibit less heat loss per unit length than water heaters alike in all aspects except comprising an ABS water heater jacket. The water heater jacket can be made using RIM technology. | 09-25-2014 |
20150053665 | Method for Obtaining a Cooking Vessel Having a Colored Hard Anodized Outer Face - Provided is a method for obtaining a cooking vessel having the following steps: producing a bowl having an outer face made of aluminium and an inner face, carrying out hard anodization of at least the outer face of the bowl. According to the method, at least one colouring step is carried out on the anodized outer face after hard anodization, said colouring step employing at least one water-soluble inorganic pigment. Also provided is a culinary article or an electric cooking appliance comprising a cooking vessel obtained by the above method | 02-26-2015 |
20150305089 | ELECTRICAL BARRIER FOR WAX WARMER - A wax warmer includes a body, an electrical assembly positioned within an interior space of the body, and a sleeve positioned within the interior space. The sleeve surrounds and provides a barrier to the electrical assembly. | 10-22-2015 |
20150335183 | Smart Container - A method and apparatus for receiving an electronic signal in a smart container and notifying a user of the electronic signal comprises coupling an electronic receiver to the smart container and coupling a display panel to the electronic receiver are disclosed. Receiving the electronic signal by the electronic receiver from an electronic device transmitter, and digitally displaying the electronic signal on the display panel of the smart container to notify the user of the electronic signal are also disclosed. | 11-26-2015 |
20150335184 | Smart Container - A method and apparatus for coupling at least one electronic component to a smart container is disclosed. A fluid level indicator transducer coupled to the smart container for determining a level of fluid in the smart container and a hollow casing coupled to the smart container for storing at least one cigarette therein are also disclosed. | 11-26-2015 |
20160007782 | COMPACT SNOW MELTING DEVICE | 01-14-2016 |
20160031596 | Foldable Electric Kettle - A foldable electric kettle has a base, a folding body and a holding mount. The base has a connecting segment and a heating seat. The connecting segment has an engaging protrusion and an engaging surface. The folding body is mounted on and connected to the base and has an engaging segment, a folding segment and a neck. The engaging segment is formed on a bottom of the folding body, is mounted in the connecting segment and has an engaging groove and an engaging strip. The holding mount is an annular metal panel, is mounted in the folding body and is connected securely to the base, and has a clamping face abutting against the upper abutting face of the engaging strip. The abutments between the engaging surface, the abutting faces and the clamping face can mount the folding body securely on the base. | 02-04-2016 |
20160045064 | PORTABLE BEVERAGE CONTAINER - The drinking assembly for dispensing a beverage includes a container that may contain a beverage. A heating element is coupled to the container. The heating element may heat the beverage. An actuator is coupled to the housing. The actuator is operationally coupled to the heating element. The actuator actuates the heating element. | 02-18-2016 |
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