| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 219469000 | Cylindrical or roller-type support for material to be heated | 9 |
| 20080290083 | Warming device - A warming device is provided. Such device includes a housing member having at least a first generally hollow interior chamber for housing predetermined items within. The housing member is manufactured from a first predetermined material and has a first predetermined size and a first predetermined shape. A heating mechanism is operably disposed at a first predetermined location at least one of on and within the housing member for heating at least one of the interior chamber and such predetermined items housed within the interior chamber. An access mechanism is operably disposed on the housing member at a second predetermined location thereon for enabling a user to access the interior chamber. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20100170885 | FOOD HEATERS WITH REMOVABLE ROLLERS - Food heating devices and methods of removing one or more rollers from food heating devices are disclosed herein. An embodiment of a food heating device configured in accordance with the present disclosure includes a base structure, a food rotating system, a food heating system, and a plurality of rollers. One end of a roller can be left unsupported, either by separating a sidewall of the base structure or by separating an insert from the sidewall. In turn, an opposite end of the roller can be disconnected from the food rotating system, and the roller can be displaced axially with respect to the food heating system, which remains fixed relative to base structure. Accordingly, the roller(s) can be removed, cleaned separately, and subsequently reinstalled or replaced with respect to the base structure. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20120273478 | Image Heating Apparatus - An image heating apparatus includes first rotatable member and second rotatable member; a heater provided in the second rotatable member; a moving mechanism for integrally moving the second rotatable member and the heater between a contact position in which the second rotatable member is contacted to the first rotatable member and a separation position in which the second rotatable member is separated from the first rotatable member; and an electrical connecting piece for electrically connecting an electric energy supplying portion of the heater and an electric wire under pressure application. A direction of the electrical connecting piece is set so that a smaller angle formed between a longitudinal direction of the electrical connecting piece in cross section of the electric wire and a movement direction of the electrical connecting piece during an operation by the moving mechanism is 45 degrees or less. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20130032587 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR USED RIBBON DESTRUCTION - Methods and devices are described for securely destroying used ribbon from a document personalization machine in order to render any information retained on the used ribbon as unreadable. In one embodiment, the method includes tapering the used ribbon into a used ribbon strand by feeding the used ribbon through a tapering mechanism. The method also includes heating the used ribbon strand to fuse the used ribbon strand into a used ribbon string thereby rendering any data retained on the used ribbon unreadable. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130206745 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes a image heating roller in a nip; a nip forming member; a heating roller rubbing roller; a moving mechanism for moving the rubbing roller between a spaced position and a rubbing position; and a controller for executing operations in first and second modes. In the first mode, the heating roller is rotated with the rubbing roller in the spaced position and the heating roller in contact with the nip forming member with a target temperature of the heating roller higher than that of the nip forming member. In the second mode, the rubbing roller is contacted with the heating roller rubbing the surface of the heating roller. The temperature difference in the first mode between the target temperature of the heating roller and that of the nip forming member is larger than the temperature difference when the toner image is heated by the nip. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130306619 | HEATING DEVICE - A sheet heating device, having a first heating surface and a second heating surface, the first and the second heating surfaces being arranged so that the first and the second heating surfaces are facing each other; and two guiding elements arranged between the first and the second heating surfaces; wherein at least one end of the first and/or the second heating surface is in apex form. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140190953 | ROLLER FOR HEATING A PAPER WEB OR FABRIC - A heated roller for heating a paper web or fabric web with a cylindrical roller shell, a front side and a rear side permits a homogenous temperature on its surface if the cylindrical roller shell surrounds an inner roller shell thereby forming a ring like or at least one ring segment like hollow space between the cylindrical roller shell and the inner roller shell and if at least one heat source is inserted in the hollow space. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20160037583 | HEATED ROLL - A heated roll with a circular cylindrical casing tube | 02-04-2016 |
| 219471000 | With external electrical circuit completion means | 1 |
| 20100176117 | APPARATUSES USEFUL FOR PRINTING AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF MEDIA IN APPARATUSES USEFUL FOR PRINTING - Apparatuses useful for printing and methods for controlling the temperature of media in apparatuses useful for printing are disclosed. An embodiment of the apparatuses includes a heated first roll including a first outer surface; a heated second roll including a second outer surface; a third roll including a third outer surface; a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of the third outer surface; a belt supported on the first roll and the second roll and disposed between the first outer surface and the third outer surface, the belt including an inner surface and an outer surface; a nip between the third outer surface and the outer surface of the belt at which the belt heats media which include a surface, marking material on the surface and an interface between the surface and marking material; and a positioning device coupled to the second roll. The positioning device is operable to move the second roll relative to the outer surface of the belt to change a wrap length of the belt on the second outer surface, based on the temperature of the third outer surface, to maintain a substantially constant temperature at the interface between the surface and marking material. | 07-15-2010 |
