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7319204 Laser welding device and method  
A laser welding device includes a laser that generates a laser beam, an optics, and a limiting apparatus. The optics has a focal length of at least 200 nm and being configured to focus the laser...
7318844 Laser-irradiated metallized electroceramic  
The manufacturing method for an electroceramic component ( 1 ), for example a varistor ( 1 ), comprises a laser irradiation of a part ( 5; 6 ) of the surface of an electroceramic body ( 2 ) before...
7317178 Door structure of microwave oven usable as pizza oven  
A door structure of a pizza oven incorporated in a microwave oven. The door structure has a seal locking means mounted thereon to bring the door into close contact with an inlet of the oven...
7317177 Electric induction heat treatment of an end of tubular material  
A magnetic flux concentrator is used to control the end heating of a tubular material in an electric induction heat treatment process. The magnetic flux concentrator may consist of fixed elements,...
7317176 Portable heated footrest  
A portable footrest including a foot platform having a top surface and a bottom surface and a heater in thermal communication with the bottom surface. A housing is disposed in supporting relation...
7317175 User interface for configuring and controlling an array of heater elements  
An oven control system and user interface are provided for setting a target temperature for different zones within an oven. A thermocouple is provided in each zone within the oven to monitor the...
7317174 Reconfigurable food heating apparatus  
A food heating or cooking appliance has at least one electrical heating element within its interior that is adjustable in position so as to be able to be moved close to thin or small food items...
7317173 Oven including smoking assembly in combination with one or more additional food preparation assemblies  
An oven is disclosed having a first food preparation apparatus in the form of a convection heat source and/or a steam production assembly and/or a radiating heat source, and a second food...
7317172 Bake system  
Provided is a bake system. The bake system includes a heating plate having a heating plate having a substrate on an upper surface. A case is disposed below the heating plate to support the heating...
7317171 Method and apparatus for generating an electric arc  
A method and apparatus for reducing the gap resistance between two electrodes, such as the electrodes used fusion splicing one optical fiber to another, by injecting negative ions into the gas or...
7316067 Forming a perforate membrane by laser drilling and a subsequent electro-polishing step  
A method of forming a perforate membrane ( 1 ) is disclosed for use in a liquid transport device. The membrane has at least plural nozzles ( 10 ) formed therethrough. Each of those nozzles has a...
7315038 Methods and systems for positioning a laser beam spot relative to a semiconductor integrated circuit using a processing target as an alignment target  
A method and system position a laser beam spot relative to a semiconductor substrate having structures on or within the semiconductor substrate to be selectively processed by delivering a...
7315012 Microwave baking furnace  
To provide a microwave baking furnace in which an inner wall which constitutes a heating element partitioning a baking chamber is prevented from being damaged due to a thermal shock, and the life...
7315011 Magnetic heating device  
Magnetic heating device includes energy feeding elements, control unit and at least two magnetic field generators, where each magnetic field generator has two free ends. All free ends of the...
7315010 Electric heat sealer with safety device  
An electric heat sealer for sealing workpieces such as plastic bags or the like includes a casing defining a battery chamber, a press bar pivotally connected to the casing, a sealing mechanism...
7315009 Material for welding and welded article  
A material for welding 5 having a region 11 in which welding such as laser welding or arc welding is performed, the region including indentations 5 a - 1 which are produced by carrying out a...
7315008 Laser welding systems and methods  
A laser processing configuration, in particular for laser welding of three-dimensional components, includes a first optical element for dividing a laser beam into at least two partial beams, and a...
7313931 Method and device for heat treatment  
After carrying an LCD substrate in a reaction container of a heat treatment unit, blowing a previously heated helium gas from a gas supply part, which opposes to the surface of the LCD substrate,...
7313501 Method and system for determining the location of a potential defect in a device based on a temperature profile  
According to one embodiment of the invention a method for determining the location of a potential defect in a device includes scanning a surface of the device with a temperature sensor while...
7313262 Apparatus for visualization of process chamber conditions  
An apparatus and method for visualization of process conditions in a process chamber or chambers, particularly during the fabrication of integrated circuits on substrates in the process chambers....
7312428 Processing hydrocarbons and Debye frequencies  
A medium ( 24 and 124 ) made up of fossil fuel hydrocarbons ( 304 ) is heated by maintaining at least a portion or area of the medium ( 334 ) in an alternating current electrical field ( 36 and ...
7312427 High-frequency dielectric heating device and printed board with thermistor  
A high-frequency dielectric heating device includes: a microwave output unit including an inverter unit using a semiconductor switching element, heat-radiating fins for radiating the heat generated...
7312426 Cooking apparatus  
A cooking apparatus includes a heater mounting unit that mounts a heater on a reflecting plate in a simple manner and allows an internal construction of the cooking apparatus to be simple. The...
7312425 Programmable slow-cooker appliance  
A programmable slow-cooker appliance uses an application-specific integrated circuit digital controller, in which a user sets a time and temperature for cooking a food item. The digital controller...
7312424 Apparatus and a method for cooking garlic  
An apparatus and method for use in cooking bulbs of garlic are described. The apparatus ( 100 ) includes a bowl ( 102 ) and a top ( 104 ). An insert ( 122 ) that releases moisture during cooking is...
7312423 Cooking device  
A heating cooker ( 100 ) for heating to process an object placed on a mounting base of a heating chamber ( 51 ) including at least a single piece of a rod-like heater arranged along a face member...
7312422 Semiconductor batch heating assembly  
A heat treatment apparatus for use in batch heating/wafer processing is provided, which comprises a process chamber for receiving a wafer boat, at least a heating element comprising a substrate...
7312421 Detachable heat sealing apparatus  
A detachable heat sealing apparatus includes a size-adjustable unitary externally-attached electric heating device and a power supplier, wherein the electric heating device is coupled to the...
7312420 Switching device and system  
A heating assembly for a printing device includes a heating device configured to be energized or deenergized. A switching device includes a bimetallic element efficiently thermally coupled to the...
7312419 Engine driven converter with feedback control  
A method and apparatus for welding with an engine driven inverter power supply includes generating an ac output with an engine and generator. The output is rectified and inverted to provide an ac...
7312418 Semiconductor thin film forming system  
In a semiconductor thin film forming system for modifying a predetermined region of a semiconductor thin film by exposing the semiconductor thin film to a projected light patterned through a...
7312417 Laser beam seam welding with prior laser spot welding  
During welding with high output power, the gaps between the pieces being joined may not exceed a maximal gap width. A process for laser beam welding is provided, which on the one hand ensures...
7312416 Apparatus and methods for underwater welding  
A lower housing having a lower chamber and a welding opening is fixed about an underwater weld site. The lower housing includes an upper opening, the lower housing being filled with water upon...
7312415 Plasma method with high input power  
A plasma device which is provided with a container, a gas supply system, and an exhaust system. The container is composed of a first dielectric plate made of a material capable of transmitting...
7311771 Method and apparatus for forming crystalline portions of semiconductor film  
A crystallization apparatus according to the present invention includes a first irradiation system which irradiates a predetermined area on a glass substrate having an irradiation target, i.e., an...
7311520 Heat treatment apparatus  
The present invention is a thermal processing unit including: a heating-furnace body whose upper end has an opening; a reaction tube consisting of a single tube contained in the heating-furnace...
RE39946 Conductive polymer compositions containing N-N-M-phenylenedimaleimide and devices  
The invention provides polymeric PTC compositions and electrical PTC devices with a high voltage capability and improved electrical stability. The polymeric PTC compositions are readily blended and...
7310486 Power supply apparatus and heating apparatus and image forming apparatus  
A period of a first edge, a voltage change in a first direction of a first pulse signal fed from a zero-crossing detecting circuit, is detected. A second edge, a voltage change in a second...
7309849 Polymer compositions exhibiting a PTC property and methods of fabrication  
Various embodiments of the invention provide polymeric compositions including PTC composites that exhibit highly non-linear PTC effects together with extremely rapid, repeatable switching within a...
7309848 Sealing structure of ceramic heater  
A ceramic heater is provided which may be built in a gas sensor to heat a sensor element up to a desired activation temperature. The ceramic heater includes a pair of electrical conductors formed...
7309847 Ceramic oxygen generating oven  
An over ( 10 ) for a gas generating system (C) of the type that includes an interior chamber ( 22 ), heating elements ( 12 ), at least one gas generating module ( 14 ) mounted within the interior...
7309846 Method for operating a baking oven  
A baking oven and a method of operating the baking oven. The baking oven including a thermally insulated muffle, a circulating fan arranged inside of a fan compartment in the muffle, a least one...
7309845 Modular welding equipment  
Welding equipment that includes a tooling cart for transferring interchangeable tooling modules to a welding machine. A latch is mounted to the welding machine for latching the tooling cart to the...
7309844 Multi-piece front loading liner  
An improved liner for protecting an electrode wire within a body of a welding torch. The liner includes a liner retainer, which is removably coupled to a liner insert. The liner retainer is secured...
7309843 Plasma-assisted joining  
Methods and apparatus for plasma-assisted joining of one or more parts together are provided. The joining process may include, for example, placing at least first and second joining areas in...
7309842 Shielded monolithic microplasma source for prevention of continuous thin film formation  
A monolithic microplasma source includes a dielectric substrate having an outer surface that is exposed to a time varying electric field. A gap layer is positioned on an inner surface of the...
7309141 Air actuated decoration system and device  
The invention is a system that provides a means to using passing air to turn on an electronically powered device that is removably attached to an exterior portion of a vehicle as the vehicle...
7308852 Heating cooking device  
A cooking oven, wherein air in a cooking chamber is sucked into a blower on the outside of the cooking chamber and fed to an upper duct and a lateral duct, air current led into the upper duct is...
7308193 Non-metallic heating element for use in a fluid heater  
An electric fluid or water heater is shown in which the heat generation is accomplished by a non-metallic element. The heating element exploits properties of carbon black based polymers. These...
7307249 System and methods for preparing substitute food items  
An edible article for acting as a substitute for a food item includes a carrier element formed of an edible material and an information element disposed on one or more surface of the carrier...