| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 219390000 | Muffle-type enclosure | 23 |
| 20080230534 | BAKE PLATE LID CLEANER AND CLEANING METHOD - A method and system for positioning a wafer on a bake plate in a processing module that includes lowering a bake plate cover assembly over the wafer during a baking process, raising the bake plate cover assembly after the baking process, removing the wafer, determining whether the bake plate cover assembly requires cleaning, then either processing another wafer if the cover assembly does not need cleaning or establishing a cleaning process for the bake plate cover assembly if the cover does need cleaning. Automated sensing of the state of the cover assembly may be employed, and cleaning process may be automatically performed in response to the cleaning need determination. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080237211 | Dental firing furnace - The present invention relates to a dental firing furnace having a firing space and at least one carrier for dental material, in particular a muffle, which can be loaded into the firing space, and, in particular, a pressing device for pressing a ceramic blank inserted in the muffle, at least one physical variable of the firing space and/or of the carrier and/or of the muffle and/or of the ceramic blank being detected. A processing program of the dental furnace ( | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090014428 | Heating apparatus, substrate processing apparatus employing the same, method of manufacturing semiconductor devices, and extending member - A heating apparatus comprises heating elements arranged of a sheet form and having notches or through holes provided therein, a side wall member made of an electrically conductive material and arranged to surround and define the heating space, and holding members disposed at the heating space side of the side wall member for holding at one end the heating elements. Also, extending members are provided, each member comprising an extending-through portion arranged to project from the heating space side of the side wall member and extend through the notch or through hole between both ends in the heating element and projected portions arranged to project at both, front and back, sides of the heating element from the extending-through portion in a direction, which is orthogonal to the extending direction of the extending-through portion, thus to inhibit the displacement of the heating elements along the extending direction. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090159584 | Cooking Appliance which is Mounted in an Elevated Manner - A cooking appliance which is mounted in an elevated manner, which comprises at least one muffle which defines a cooking chamber and which comprises a muffle opening which is on the base thereof, a base door which can be displaced and which is used to close the muffle opening, comprising at least one heating field on the upper side thereof and at least one operational state for the open state, wherein the heating field is at least partially connected. The cooking appliance which is mounted in an elevated manner comprises a displacing locking device, which prevents the open base door from being displaced when in the activated operational mode for the open state. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090159585 | Cooking Appliance which is Mounted in an Elevated Manner - A cooking appliance which is mounted in an elevated manner, comprising at least one muffle which defines a cooking chamber and which comprises a muffle opening on the base side thereof, a base door, which can be displaced, for closing the muffle opening and which comprises at least one heating field on the upper side thereof, having at least one operational state for the open state of the base door and at least one operational state for the closed state of base door. Only one operational state, which is relevant for the opening state of the base door, can be activated, and only one operational state for the open state when the base door is open and only one operational state for the closed state when the base door is closed. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090188906 | HIGH-TEMPERATURE TUBE FURNACE FOR PYROLYSIS - A high-temperature tube furnace for pyrolysis includes a twin-hole ceramic tube including a pyrolysis capillary concentrically arranged within a sintering heat tube which is concentrically arranged within a thermally insulated tube housing. At least one heating tube holding element that is electrically insulative and high-temperature resistant is provided and includes at least three pins disposed radially about the sintering heating tube. Each pin is mounted to the tube housing via a clamp in such a way that the pins are adjustable in the radial direction so that the sintering heating tube is removably disposed between the tips of the pins. The sintering heating tube is connected to a voltage source for applying a heating current to thereto. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090250450 | Device for making a muffle - A device for making a muffle, with which dental restoration parts can be produced with the aid of an embedding compound, at least one press blank and a pressing device, the device having a muffle base, a tubular sleeve surrounding the muffle base and at least one muffle insert which is arranged on the muffle base and can be separated from it. At least two cylindrical press-channel forming elements ( | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090302024 | Heat Processing Method and Heat Processing Apparatus - The present invention is a heat processing method comprising: a placement step in which an object to be processed is placed on a stage disposed in a processing vessel whose inside atmosphere is capable of being discharged; and a heat processing step that is performed after the placement step, in which a temperature of the object to be processed is elevated to a predetermined set temperature and is maintained thereat by a heating unit that is activated by a power supply, and in which a predetermined gas is caused to flow into the processing vessel so as to perform a predetermined heat process to the object to be processed; wherein, immediately before the heat processing step, there is performed at least once a brief large-power supply step, in which a power larger than that to be supplied to the heating unit for maintaining the temperature of the object to be processed in the heat processing step is briefly supplied to the heating unit. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100065546 | Cooking Appliance - A cooking appliance, in particular, a cooking appliance which is mounted in an elevated manner, which comprises at least one muffle which defines a cooking chamber and which comprises a muffle opening, a door which is used to close the muffle opening and a drive device which is controlled by a control device and which is used to displace the door. Said drive device comprises at least one drive motor which can be moved by the cables which are connected to the door. The cables, which are lay cables, can be displaced by the drive motor in a linear manner. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100089903 | Cooking Appliance - A cooking appliance, in particular, a cooking appliance which is mounted in an elevated manner, comprising a muffle which defines a cooking chamber and electric and/or electronic components which are arranged inside the door. The electric connection elements are formed by cables, in particular, having strain relief, and at least one part of the cable is received via at least one part of the longitudinal extension thereof in a cable guide, in order to enable a secure cable connection between the electric and/or electronic components in the door and the corresponding connections in the housing, without the cables being guided in an uncontrollable manner in a free chamber of the housing or rub against each other or against additional components inside the housing and as a result become worn. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100252547 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING OBJECT DEFORMATION DURING A PULSED HEATING PROCESS - An approach for optimizing the thermal budget during a pulsed heating process is disclosed. A heat sink or thermal transfer plate is configured and positioned near an object, such as a semiconductor wafer, undergoing thermal treatment. The heat sink is configured to enhance the thermal transfer rate from the object so that the object is rapidly brought down from the peak temperature after an energy pulse. High thermally-conductive material may be positioned between the plate and the object. The plate may include protrusions, ribs, holes, recesses, and other discontinuities to enhance heat transfer and avoid physical damage to the object during the thermal cycle. Additionally, the optical properties of the plate may be selected to allow for temperature measurements via energy measurements from the plate, or to provide for a different thermal response to the energy pulse. The plate may also allow for pre-heating or active cooling of the wafer. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20120223066 | THERMAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A control unit can select a large-number control zone model in which the number of control zones, which are independently controlled, is large, and a small-number control zone model in which the number of control zones, which are independently controlled, is small. When a temperature is increased or decreased, the control unit can select the small-number control zone model so as to control, based on signals from temperature sensors of the respective control zones C | 09-06-2012 |
| 20130153561 | Dental firing or press furnace - The invention relates to a dental firing or press furnace ( | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130186877 | Vacuum Oven - A vacuum oven or vacuum furnace is disclosed having a heat distribution sleeve that conforms to the shape of an interior heating chamber. The heat distribution sleeve may be of generally annular shape, like a ring, and located in a substantially regularly spaced and offset relationship from a heating element located within walls adjacent the interior heating chamber. The heat distribution sleeve includes a thermal conductive material which absorbs and re-radiates heat emitted from the heating element, thereby providing more consistent and regular radiation fields for heating treating a work piece that is loaded on a work holding tray and, upon the vacuum oven being in an operational position, the work piece is located within the furnace chamber. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20140231405 | Dental Firing or Press Furnace - The invention relates to a dental firing or press furnace ( | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140339216 | DENTAL FURNACE - The invention concerns a dental furnace, with a furnace base and with a furnace hood, wherein the furnace hood includes a firing chamber for the accommodation of dental restorations, with a temperature sensor that records the temperature of the dental restoration and which is connected to a control device which controls the dental furnace, and the dental furnace ( | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150069042 | Vacuum Oven - A vacuum oven or vacuum furnace is disclosed having an energy distribution sleeve that conforms to the shape of an interior heating chamber. The energy distribution sleeve may be of generally annular shape, like a ring, and located in a substantially regularly spaced and offset relationship from a heating element located within walls adjacent the interior heating chamber. The energy distribution sleeve includes a thermal conductive material which absorbs and re-radiates heat emitted from the heating element, thereby providing more consistent and regular radiation fields for heat treating a work piece that is loaded on a work holding tray and, upon the vacuum oven being in an operational position, the work piece is located within the furnace chamber. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150108106 | System and Method of Cooking Using Infrared Radiant Energy - Disclosed are cooking devices and assemblies that employ infrared radiant energy to cook food. One cooking assembly includes a cooker including a body having a cooker lid configured to engage a top of the body, an inner layer arranged within the body and defining a heating cavity within the cooker, a heating element arranged within the heating cavity and configured to heat the heating cavity, and a cooking vessel made of a transmissive material and configured to be arranged within the heating cavity, the cooking vessel defines a cooking cavity configured to receive food therein, wherein the heating element convectively heats the cooking vessel and infrared radiant energy is thereby emitted from interior surfaces of the cooking vessel into the cooking cavity to cook the food. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20160061526 | MAGNETIC ANNEALING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a magnetic annealing apparatus including a processing container having a horizontally-elongated tubular shape and configured to perform a magnetic annealing processing on a plurality of substrates accommodated therein in a magnetic field; a heating unit provided to cover at least a part of a surface of the processing container that extends in a longitudinal direction, from outside; a magnet provided to cover the heating unit from the outside of the heating unit; a substrate holder configured to hold the plurality of substrates within the processing container; and a heat shielding plate provided to surround a part of the substrate holder. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160061527 | DENTAL FURNACE - The invention relates to a dental furnace ( | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160126119 | LASER ANNEALING APPARATUS - A laser annealing apparatus includes a process chamber with a chamber window to transmit a laser beam, and a chuck in the process chamber, a top surface of the chuck supporting a loaded substrate, and a width of the chuck being smaller than a width of the loaded substrate. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160187001 | OVEN - The invention relates to a method for heating a muffle ( | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160195334 | DENTAL FURNACE | 07-07-2016 |
