Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
392396000 | In continuous flow line connected heater | 27 |
20090220222 | Capillary force vaporizers - The present invention concerns capillary force vaporizers for use in vaporizing liquids and emitting pressurized vapors. In one embodiment, the inventive capillary force vaporizer includes a porous member, a heater component to convey heat to the porous member, and a vapor containment region. The porous member further includes a capillary network, a surface for receiving liquid and a vaporization area in which vapor is produced from the liquid. The vapor is collected and pressurized within the vapor containment region, which includes one or more openings for the release of vapor at a velocity greater than zero. Several different embodiments for capillary force vaporizers and systems comprising capillary force vaporizers are disclosed along with methods for their use. | 09-03-2009 |
20110150438 | STEAM HEAD FOR CLEANER - The present invention relates to a steam head of a cleaner. The present invention includes a steam head including: a body defining an exterior, and a steam generating device provided on the body to generate steam through heating water supplied through a heater, the heater including a radiator of a ceramic material, and a plurality of insulation layers for insulating the radiator, wherein the plurality of insulation layers is formed of one of or a combination of one or more of magnesium oxide (MgO), a slurry-phase insulator, and an insulation film. Thus, through the present invention, a heater's heat radiating performance is improved to facilitate generation of steam. | 06-23-2011 |
20110274416 | STEAM GENERATOR - A steam generator includes a body defining therein a flow passage having an inlet and an outlet, a heater installed in the body and adapted for heating water being guided through the inlet of the flow passage into the inside of the flow passage into steam for enabling generated steam to flow out of the outlet of the flow passage, and at least one friction unit mounted in the flow passage and movable by generated steam to rub against the inside wall of the flow passage and to remove water scale from the inside wall. Thus, the steam generator uses the friction unit to remove water scale from the inside wall of the flow passage during operation, avoiding water scale accumulation and prolonging the lifespan. | 11-10-2011 |
20120099844 | Vaporizer for Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Vaporizer - The invention relates a fuel vaporizer for a motor vehicle operated with liquefied petroleum gas. The vaporizer has a vaporization space, which has an inlet for liquid fuel and an outlet for vaporized fuel, and a second space, which together with the vaporization space forms a heat exchanger and forms an inlet for cooling water from an internal combustion engine and an outlet. The inlet and the outlet of the second space are connected via a line bypassing the second space. A switching valve is disposed at the inlet of the second space so as to introduce a cooling water flow selectively into the second space or the line. The vaporizer also has an electric heater for heating the second space. | 04-26-2012 |
20120328271 | STEAM GENERATOR - This is a unique design for a steam generator. The heating zone is not only equipped with two sections, vaporizing and steaming, to upgrade the efficiency, but also can be used as a bumper to minimize the back pressure from compressing chamber. The compressing zone is used to compress the vaporizing steam with the pressure for designated service in a restricted room. The inlet is placed at the bottom whereas the outlet at the top. This keeps the water feeding continuous and no water overflowing when the steam generator is not in use. The temperature controller set beside the inlet is used for temperature control as well as the safety protection. The fuse set behind the temperature controller is used to provide the user a more reliable consideration. | 12-27-2012 |
20140093225 | ELECTRICAL WATER HEATING APPLIANCES - An electrical water heating appliance includes pump means connected to a water heating means via a water flow path. One or more flow-regulating valve means are arranged in the flow path to regulate the flow of water to the heating means so as to achieve a substantially uniform flow rate. The flow-regulating valve means may include a pressure-compensating valve means arranged to achieve a substantially uniform flow rate regardless of the water pressure. A suitable pressure-compensating valve means may include an elastic diaphragm arranged to regulate the flow by distorting in response to the pressure of water entering the valve means. The water heating means may be a water boiler for steam generation. | 04-03-2014 |
20140233927 | VAPORIZER - The invention relates to a vaporizer comprising a housing, a housing cap, which covers an end of the housing and has a vapor discharge opening, and a heating element, which sits in the housing and protrudes into the housing cap, wherein an annular gap is provided between the heating element and the housing and also between the heating element and the housing cap and connects an inlet opening in the housing to the vapor discharge opening. In accordance with this disclosure, the annular gap has a starting portion, a middle portion and an end portion, wherein the starting portion and the middle portion are arranged in the housing and the end portion is arranged in the housing cap, and wherein the annular gap is wider in the middle portion than in the starting portion. | 08-21-2014 |
20150377481 | CONFIGURABLE LIQUID PRECURSOR VAPORIZER - An improved vaporizer for vaporizing a liquid precursor is provided. The vaporizer may include one or more channels with a relatively large wall-area-to-cross-sectional-flow-area ratio and may be equipped with one or more heater elements configured to heat the channels above the vaporization temperature of the precursor. At least some of the channels may be heated above the vaporization temperature but below the Leidenfrost temperature of the precursor. In some implementations, a carrier gas may be introduced at high speed in a direction generally transverse to the precursor flow to mechanically shear the precursor into droplets. Multiple vaporizers may be ganged together in series to achieve complete vaporization, if necessary. The vaporizers may be easily disassembleable for cleaning and maintenance. | 12-31-2015 |
20160201894 | STEAM GENERATOR | 07-14-2016 |
392397000 | Pipe or tube forms flow path | 18 |
20090010625 | Flow Through Heater - An improved construction for a flow-through heater for heating water or other liquid and/or generating steam is disclosed. The flow-through heater has a cylindrical member formed from an inner tubular portion and an outer tubular portion that extends over a portion of the exterior surface of the inner tubular portion. The outer tubular portion houses a plurality of heating elements, which can be electrically connected in series or in parallel, thus providing more control over the heat distribution from the heater to the fluid flowing through it. | 01-08-2009 |
20090310950 | Capillary system with fluidic element - An aerosol generation system having an aerosol generator wherein a liquid formulation is at least partially vaporized in a capillary passage and discharged from the capillary passage to form an aerosol. The aerosol generation system includes a pumping unit adapted to supply a liquid formulation to the aerosol generator; and a fluidic element located between the pumping unit and the capillary passage of the aerosol generator, wherein the fluidic element increases the pressure of the liquid formulation as the liquid formulation enters the capillary passage of the aerosol generator. | 12-17-2009 |
20110158615 | Condensate Discharge by Means of Condensate Evaporation in a Cooling Device - A condensate evaporator with an electrically heatable accommodation chamber for water of condensation which is produced in a cooling device and is to be evaporated. A design which is as compact and simple is achieved because the accommodation chamber is formed by a tube section on whose outer face at least one heating element which is in thermal contact with the tube section is arranged and at one end of which an inlet for the supplied water of condensation is arranged and at an other end of which an outlet for the steam which is produced from the water of condensation by the heating element is arranged. This invention also relates to a cooling device, in particular for a switchgear cabinet, having a condensate evaporator according to this invention. | 06-30-2011 |
20130209075 | BOILER FOR STEAM MOP - A boiler for a steam mop includes a boiler, one end of which is disposed with a water inlet and a steam outlet, the body is disposed with a loop liquid way and a heating device to vaporize the water inside the liquid way; a water inlet pipe, connected to the water inlet of the boiler through a first pipe joint; a steam pipe, connected to the steam outlet of the boiler through a second pipe joint; a steam nozzle, connected to the other end of the steam pipe. The boiler is applied with a loop liquid way, and the heating element is disposed beside the liquid way, so the water in the liquid way is heated with long heating trip. | 08-15-2013 |
20130287374 | FABRIC TREATMENT APPLIANCE WITH STEAM BACKFLOW DEVICE - A fabric treatment appliance according to one embodiment of the invention comprises a receptacle defining a fabric treatment chamber for receiving laundry, a steam generator having an inlet for receiving water from a water supply and an outlet for supplying steam to the fabric treatment chamber, and a liquid trap upstream from the steam generation chamber blocking backflow of steam from the steam generation chamber to the water supply conduit. | 10-31-2013 |
20140270729 | HEATING ELEMENTS FORMED FROM A SHEET OF A MATERIAL AND INPUTS AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ATOMIZERS - The present disclosure relates to an input for production of atomizers and atomizers formed from a sheet of a material, and which may be employed in an aerosol delivery device such as a smoking article. The input may include a carrier and heating elements coupled thereto. The heating elements may include first and second ends and interconnected alternating loops disposed therebetween. The heating elements may be oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of the carrier, or perpendicular thereto. The heating elements may be coupled to a liquid transport element by bending the interconnected loops at least partially around the liquid transport element. The ends of the heating element may be coupled to heater terminals. A related method for forming atomizers is also provided. | 09-18-2014 |
20160023123 | Instantaneous Heater for a Smoke Generator - An instantaneous heater for a smoke generator includes a heating rod having first and second sections. The second section is connected to a power supply system of a smoke generator. An outer tube is mounted around the heating rod. An end cap is sealing mounted to a first end of the outer tube and covers the first section of the heating rod. The outer periphery of the heating rod, the inner periphery of the outer tube, the end cap, and the connection cap together defines a heating passage intercommunicating with an outlet of the end cap. A connection cap is sealingly mounted around a second end of the outer tube. The connection cap includes a coupling hole intercommunicating with the heating passage. A guiding tube is mounted between the coupling hole of the connection cap and an oil tank of the smoke generator. | 01-28-2016 |
20160053988 | HEATING CONTROL FOR VAPORIZING DEVICE - The temperature of a vaporizing device, e.g., the temperature of a heating element of the vaporizing device, may be controlled according to various aspects of the present disclosure. The vaporizing device may comprise a heating element, a power source, at least one sensor in electronic communication with the heating element and the power source, and a processor configured to control the temperature of the heating element. The method of controlling the temperature may comprise receiving a resistance measurement of the heating element from the at least one sensor, determining the temperature of the heating element based on the resistance measurement, and adjusting the amount of power supplied to the heating element based on the determined temperature of the heating element. | 02-25-2016 |
20160178187 | HEATING TYPE VAPORIZING DEVICE | 06-23-2016 |
20190143238 | Apparatus for Producing a Fire Special Effect | 05-16-2019 |
20190143239 | Simulated Afterburner Flame Effect | 05-16-2019 |
20190143240 | Simulated Fire Effect Using Steam | 05-16-2019 |
392398000 | With internal heating element | 6 |
20130202276 | SUPERHEATED-STEAM HEATING NOZZLE - A superheated-steam heating nozzle is provided that includes: first-fourth steam pipes concentrically disposed from inside to outside; an outlet connection is provided to the outlet side of the superheated-steam heating nozzle and receives steam from the first steam pipe; a blow-out nozzle is connected to the outlet connection; multiple electric heaters disposed in the gap between the second steam pipe and the third steam pipe and whose sealed sections at the tips traverse a temperature-rise-prevention section and protrude towards the superheated-steam heating nozzle; a first loop-back section on the outlet side connects the gap between the third steam pipe and the fourth steam pipe with the gap between the first steam pipe and the second steam pipe; and a second loop-back section on the inlet side connects the gap between the first steam pipe and the second steam pipe with the inside of the first steam pipe. | 08-08-2013 |
20140233928 | FLOW HEATERS - A flow heater is provided including a heating element, a channel heated by said heating element for heating liquid flowing therethrough, and temperature sensing means in thermal communication with both the heating element and the channel so as to be sensitive to the temperature of the liquid in the channel and the temperature of the heating element. | 08-21-2014 |
20140248042 | Vaporizer - A vaporizer for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine has a vaporizer tube and a holding sleeve in which the vaporizer tube is inserted. A clamping sleeve sits on the vaporizer tube. The vaporizer tube includes two circumferentially surrounding clamping surfaces which protrude in a radial direction and cooperate with the holding sleeve and the clamping sleeve such that the clamping surfaces are clamped between the holding sleeve and the clamping sleeve by an axial clamping force to be gastight. At least one of the holding sleeve and the clamping sleeve includes a surrounding sealing edge which rests against the respective clamping surface via a line contact and forms an annular sealing seat. The vaporizer further includes a device preventing relative rotation between the holding sleeve and the vaporizer tube. A heater of the vaporizer is attached to the vaporizer tube using a resistance welding method. | 09-04-2014 |
20140301723 | SUPERHEATED-STEAM GENERATOR DEVICE - Provided is a superheated-steam generator device, in which the steam-loop-back structure of a steam-heating pipe is simplified and heaters can be individually attached to or removed from the device. The device includes a first disc, a second disc, a third disc, a fourth disc, and a fifth disc; multiple through-holes respectively are provided to the first disc, the third disc, and the fourth disc; at least one long through-hole and one through-hole are provided to the second disc; multiple steam-heating pipes are attached to the through-holes of the third disc and to the through-holes of the fourth disc; loop-back grooves and one through-hole are provided to the fifth disc; heaters that have spiral fins are attached into the through-hole of the first disc so as to cover the through-hole of the first disc; a steam-supply pipe; and a steam-discharge pipe. | 10-09-2014 |
20140308027 | LIQUID HEATING DEVICE - The device for heating liquid generates steam, receives a fluid in liquid form at its inlet, and ejects the fluid heated up or in gaseous form at its outlet. The device includes a heater positioned inside a sleeve having a longitudinal axis. There is a scraper that fits onto the heater to scrape it the heater in case of movement along the longitudinal axis. A stopper fits snugly between the heater and the sleeve in order to stopper the passage. The scraper, the stopper, and a spring are configured so that an increase in pressure causes the scraper and the stopper to move along the longitudinal axis so that the stopper is shifted to a point where space between the heater and the sleeve allows fluid to pass, and a reduction in pressure causes a shift in the opposite direction by the spring. | 10-16-2014 |
20160044964 | ATOMIZER AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE - An atomizer and an electronic cigarette are provided according to the present application. The atomizer includes an atomizing sleeve, and a cylindrical liquid storage member and an atomizing assembly are arranged in the atomizing sleeve. The atomizing assembly is arranged to be electrically connected to an atomizer electrode, and the atomizing assembly includes an electric heating wire and a liquid guiding member. A smoke passage allowing the smoke to flow is arranged in an axial direction of the cylindrical liquid storage member and runs through the cylindrical liquid storage member, and the cylindrical liquid storage member is provided with a guide groove. Due to the guide groove arranged on the cylindrical liquid storage member in the present application, the atomizing assembly may be guided by the guide groove to be directly assembled into the cylindrical liquid storage member when assembling the atomizer. | 02-18-2016 |