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7626144 |
Method and apparatus for rapid temperature changes
A method and apparatus for rapid temperature changes of thin samples is disclosed. The apparatus comprises of a thin-film resistive element embedded in a membrane, a narrow gap between the membrane...
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7619186 |
Intelligent user interface for multi-purpose oven using infrared heating for reduced cooking time
An intelligent user interface for the selection of predefined cooking profiles for a number of different foods to be cooked in a multi-purpose oven using infrared heating. When a food has not been...
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7619181 |
Heating system for bathing unit
A control system suitable for use with a bathing unit system having a water receptacle is provided. The control system comprises a heating module, a power source and a controller in communication...
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7615725 |
Heater controlling apparatus for gas sensor
A heater controlling apparatus for controlling a heater that heats a sensing element of a gas sensor provided in an exhaust system of a diesel engine includes a device that changes a reference...
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7605351 |
Redundant control circuit for hot melt adhesive hose assembly heater circuits and temperature sensors
A hot melt adhesive hose assembly has a redundant control circuit fixedly mounted thereon which comprises a pair of heater circuits for heating a hot melt adhesive hose assembly to a predetermined...
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7593789 |
Water flow detection system for a bathing unit
The present invention provides a control system for a bathing unit that comprises a heating module, a temperature sensing entity and a heating module controller. The heating module includes a body...
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7589299 |
Electronic power control for cooktop heaters
In one aspect, a cooktop heating system that include a first cooktop heating element, a second cooktop heating element, and an interface device. The system also includes a controller for...
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7582849 |
Thermal head, driving method and thermal head drive circuit
A thermal head driving method of driving thermal heads is disclosed. The method includes a step of dividing the thermal heads into plural groups, providing for each of the groups a common potential...
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7566847 |
Electrical heating assembly
An electrical heating assembly ( 2 ) includes a control system ( 26 ). The control system ( 26 ) comprises cooking mode selection means ( 34 ) having a plurality of settings whereby a predetermined...
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7521653 |
Plasma arc coating system
A system for coating a substrate includes a heater that heats the substrate. The heater includes a two-dimensional array of a plurality of heat sources which supply heat to the substrate when the...
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7516720 |
Flammable vapor sensing control for a water heater
A method of controlling a gas-fired water heater. A resistance input is received from a sensor configured to sense flammable vapor near the heater tank. The resistance input is compared to one or...
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7515986 |
Methods and systems for controlling and adjusting heat distribution over a part bed
Methods and systems for controlling and adjusting heat distribution over a part bed are disclosed. In one embodiment, a technique for providing a calibrated heat distribution over a part bed...
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7495194 |
Heating apparatus and heating method
A heating apparatus includes a plurality of heating means that heat a heated object, a temperature measuring means that measures temperatures of some of the plurality of heating means, a heated...
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7468497 |
Heatable container
A heatable container suitable for material such as bitumen. The container includes a vessel for holding a flowable material having side wall zones, end wall zones and a base wall zone. The...
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7440820 |
Water flow detection system for a bathing unit
The present invention provides a control system for a bathing unit that comprises a heating module, a thermal element and a heating module controller. The heating module includes a body that...
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7423240 |
Pulse width modulated defroster
A window defroster system that includes a heater grid and a controller. The controller includes a pulse width modulator configured to provide a driving signal to the heater grid. The driving signal...
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7408133 |
Method of thermally coupling a flow tube or like component to a thermal sensor and sensor systems formed thereby
A method of thermally coupling a flow tube or like component to a thermal sensor comprises bonding the component to the thermal sensor such that thermally conductive portions formed on the...
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7404670 |
Analytical furnace with predictive temperature control
An analytical furnace includes a predictive temperature control which is trained to model crucible temperature during analysis by employing a pair of temperature sensors, with one sensor being...
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7375306 |
Cooking appliance having multiple operating configurations
A cooking appliance is provided. The cooking appliance is coupled to a power supply that includes a first hot wire, a second hot wire and a ground wire. The cooking appliance includes a cabinet and...
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7372004 |
Method and device for recording the registration of the connection of a household appliance to a bus line configuration
The aim of the invention is to record the registration of the connection of a household appliance to a bus line configuration to which a plurality of household appliances is to be, or is,...
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7371996 |
Roller-equipped annealing lehr
A roller-equipped annealing lehr for flat glass, having a roller conveyor inside a lehr housing, with heating units arranged in pairs above and below the roller conveyor, in rows situated one after...
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7351937 |
Control circuits for hot melt adhesive heater circuits and applicator heads
An electronic control circuit, for use in connection a hot melt adhesive dispensing system having a relatively large applicator head, has a plurality of heater circuits and a plurality of...
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7346273 |
Substrate processing equipment
It is an object of the invention to provide a substrate processing equipment that can predict a temperature of a substrate and easily control temperature of the substrate. Formed in a reactor...
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7307246 |
System and method of detecting temperature of a cooking utensil over a radiant cooktop
A system for detecting temperature of a cooking utensil over a radiant cooktop includes a cooktop having an upper surface and a lower surface and a radiant heating element adapted to heat the...
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7268324 |
Electric cooking assembly with hot-warning indicator
An electric cooking assembly includes a cooking surface having supported under the surface an electric heater incorporating an electric heating element and a temperature limiter including a...
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7238923 |
Cooking apparatus having a bar code reader and a cooking method of the same
A cooking apparatus and method thereof capable of performing a cooking process based upon a cooking condition corresponding to the amount of food introduced into a cooking chamber when the cooking...
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7230204 |
Method and system for temperature control of a substrate
A substrate holder for supporting a substrate in a processing system and controlling the temperature thereof is described. The substrate holder comprises a first heating element positioned in a...
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7223947 |
Domestic appliance and heating structure for a domestic appliance
An electric heating structure of a domestic appliance includes at least one first electric heating track ( 23 ) having a positive temperature coefficient and at least one additional electric...
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7196295 |
Two-wire layered heater system
A heater system is provided with a layered heater in communication with a two-wire controller, wherein a resistive layer of the layered heater is both a heater element and a temperature sensor. The...
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7196286 |
Heating apparatus, auxiliary power supply apparatus, auxiliary power supply system, fixation apparatus, and moving picture formation apparatus
A heating device of the invention comprises a heater, a main power supply, and an auxiliary power supply. The heater includes a main heating element which generates heat with power supplied from...
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7186955 |
Electronic power control for cooktop heaters
In one aspect, a cooktop heating system that include a first cooktop heating element, a second cooktop heating element, and an interface device. The system also includes a controller for...
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7167776 |
Method and system for controlling a vapor generator
A programmable vapor generator forms a volatilized liquid by supplying a material in liquid form to a flow passage and heating the flow passage, such that the material volatilizes and expands out...
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7163301 |
Method and apparatus for managing actinic intensity transients in a lithography mirror
An apparatus and method for mitigating a cold edge effect within a lithography mirror is presented. The apparatus includes a heated annular zone formed on a substrate and a heated optical aperture...
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7157670 |
Adhesive system for attaching PTC heater to a wax motor
Improved adhesion, electrical connection, and thermal connection between an electrical heater and a wax motor element are obtained by using multiple zones of different adhesives optimized for...
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7141766 |
Resistance heating system
A resistance heating system is provided which includes a resistance heater, a source of alternating current electricity connected by conductors to the resistance heater, and a controller comprising...
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7131549 |
Double sided grill with automated control including localized prompting and confirmation of manual operations
Food heating operations and manual manipulations associated with a cooking appliance are controlled by a computer system connected to displays and input switches which arranged in physically...
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7112768 |
Temperature control system for a bathing unit
A temperature control system for a bathing unit that includes a water holding receptacle and a heating module. The temperature control system comprises a plurality of actuators associated to the...
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7109447 |
Control system for cooking appliance employing convection and radiant cooking
A cooking appliance includes a heating system which is preferably capable of combining radiant, convection, microwave and conduction heating techniques to perform a cooking operation. The cooking...
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7109444 |
Electronic control circuit for household appliances including humidifiers
An electronic control circuit for use with a heater, a fan, a humidifier, a cooking apparatus, or any device utilizing a power mode switch and a condition sensor, and optionally time-automated...
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7094994 |
Heat treatment apparatus and method of semiconductor wafer
A semiconductor wafer heat treatment apparatus and method, which can carry out a heat treatment to suppress variations in line widths within a surface on a semiconductor wafer and the like,...
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7091456 |
Aircraft hot water supply system
An aircraft hot water supply system ( 10 ) comprising a group of water-use stations ( 14 a– 14 f ) each including a hot water line having a heater ( 40 a– 40 f ) which heats water at a heating...
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7087867 |
Programmable oven with broiler temperature interlock
The oven includes a lower electrical heating element which is located below a support member. Two laterally spaced apart upper electrical heating elements are supported above the support member and...
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7087443 |
Optimized temperature controller for cold mass introduction
A system for minimizing thermal reactor temperature overshoot and stabilization during a boat push. In one embodiment, the setpoint temperatures are reduced to a minimum value. As the temperature...
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7065431 |
System and method for controlling temperature of a liquid residing within a tank
A system for controlling a temperature of a liquid residing within a tank comprises a temperature sensor, a temperature control element, memory, and logic. The temperature sensor is configured to...
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7038176 |
Infinite temperature control for heating element of a cooking appliance
A cooking appliance includes a cooktop having at least one heating zone having first and second heating elements and a control element for setting a desired cooking temperature for the heating...
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7032542 |
Apparatus and methods for controlling a water heater
A gas-powered water heater includes means for stepping down a line voltage from a receptacle remote from the tank, means for using the stepped down voltage to provide a low voltage, and means for...
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7030343 |
Controller system for bathing installation
A controller system for a bathing installation such as a spa is disclosed. The system distributes line voltage from a line voltage service to one or more line voltage loads and controls operation...
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7025280 |
Adaptive real time control of a reticle/mask system
An adaptive real time thermal processing system is presented that includes a multivariable controller. Generally, the method includes creating a dynamic model of the thermal processing system;...
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7022949 |
Electric cooking range having multiple-zone power control system and wipe resistant control panel
A multiple-zone power control system for controlling electric heating elements, including a power control unit having multiple control zones, a touch-sensitive function key, and a touch-sensitive...
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7020540 |
Temperature control
A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling temperature of a plant comprising plural temperature control zones, wherein an effective control parameter for a first zone for which a signal...
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