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7619184 Multi-parameter process and control method  
A method and system for generating control settings for a multi-parameter control system. The interdependencies of processing tools and the related effect on semiconductor wafers within a...
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...
7615726 Identification of electric heater capacity  
An electric heater is provided with an identifying resistor associated with a connection between the heater and a fan control. When the electric heater is connected to the control, the identifying...
7603205 Apparatus and method for thermal stabilization of PCB-mounted electronic components within an enclosed housing  
An apparatus comprises a matrix of thermoelectric devices for applying thermal gradients across an electronic component mounted in a PCB substrate within an enclosed housing. A matrix of...
7599636 Fixing apparatus with current control to heater  
A fixing apparatus has first and second heating members and a current control unit which controls a number of waves and each of a first AC current to the first heating member and a second AC...
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...
7582850 Household electrical appliance comprising two heating sub-assemblies articulated on each other  
The subject is a household electrical appliance ( 1 ) comprising two articulated heating sub-assemblies ( 2, 3 ) and resistances ( 7 ) connected to an electricity supply component ( 8 ). The...
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...
7579573 Thermal activation method and thermal activation device for a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet  
A thermal head has heating elements that can be selectively driven independently from one another during a driving operation to directly heat, and thereby thermally activate, regions of a...
7566846 Multi-zone blanket arrangement  
A multi-zone blanket includes a body including first heat zones juxtaposed side-by-side and symmetrically aligned within a body cavity. A first primary heating element passes through each of the...
7547863 System and method for control of supplemental appliances  
A system and method for controlling one or more appliances includes a control system where one appliance is in a condition such as having operated at full capacity for a predetermined period of...
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...
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...
7491911 MEMS bubble generator for large stable vapor bubbles  
A MEMS vapour bubble generator that uses a heater in thermal contact with a liquid to generate a bubble. The heater is energized by an electrical pulse that is shaped to have a relatively low...
7469500 Nematode extermination in place using heat blankets  
A system and method for nematode extermination in lawns using an array of insulated heat blankets ( 2 ) placed on the lawn, and energized in a controlled sequence to raise the soil temperature to...
7420140 Method and apparatus for controlling the energization of a cooking appliance  
A control system for an oven includes a first and a second temperature sensor, and a controller. The oven has a first cavity and a second cavity and includes, a first electrical heating element...
RE40464 Evaporation device for multiple volatile substances  
An evaporation device is disclosed for evaporating volatile substances such as insecticides and aromatics of a type having a housing containing a heating block with a heating element, a container...
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...
7368686 Apparatus and methods for operating an electric appliance  
An electric cooking appliance is provided. The electric cooking appliance includes a plurality of surface heating elements and a plurality of sensors configured to monitor an operational status of...
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...
7342202 Electric grill  
An electric cooking assembly includes a main body portion that defines a cooking area. First and second cooking surfaces are contained within the cooking area. A first electric heating element...
7332692 Redundant control circuit for hot melt adhesive assembly heater circuits and temperature sensors  
A redundant control circuit comprises a pair of heater circuits for heating a hot melt adhesive hose assembly to a predetermined temperature level, and a pair of temperature sensors which are used...
7328654 Food warming apparatus  
In general, one embodiment of the invention is directed to apparatus for warming pre-cooked sandwich buns and the like to a desired holding temperature and then holding the buns at such holding...
7321738 Fixing apparatus with current control to heater  
A fixing apparatus has a first heating member and a second heating member provided in a heating portion, and a current control unit which controls an AC current to be supplied to the heating...
7258064 Food product timing system  
A food timing system is disclosed that includes a number of timer modules associated with food holding devices in a restaurant. The timer modules are connected in a network for communicating...
7256372 Fluid-heating apparatus, circuit for heating a fluid, and method of operating the same  
A fluid-heating apparatus for heating a fluid and method of operating the same. The fluid-heating apparatus includes a heating element for heating a fluid surrounding the heating element and a...
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...
7223944 Oven temperature control system  
An oven temperature control system for an oven cell having a top heating element with two separate heating conductors in a top portion of the oven cell, a bottom heating element with two separate...
7214910 On-chip power supply regulator and temperature control system  
An on-chip temperature control system includes a temperature sensor, which monitors a temperature of a chip, and a hysteresis comparator which checks whether the temperature is in an acceptable...
7202449 Brewing machine power management system and method  
A power management system for managing the power supplied to a plurality of warming elements in a brewing machine, so as to conform to pre-set power safety requirements.
7200327 Electric heating device, in particular for a vehicle heating and/or air-conditioning apparatus  
Electric heating device comprising an electric radiator ( 10 ) for heating the air passing through it, said radiator comprising a casing ( 12 ), at least one resistive element mounted in the casing...
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...
7193180 Resistive heater comprising first and second resistive traces, a fuser subassembly including such a resistive heater and a universal heating apparatus including first and second resistive traces  
A resistive heater adapted for heating a fuser belt is provided. The heater comprises a substrate, a first resistive trace formed over the substrate, and a second resistive trace formed so as to at...
7186958 Inhaler  
There is an apparatus having a housing, a heating element, a heating element switch, a heating chamber, a heating chamber cover, and a controller. The housing is handheld. The heating element is...
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...
7183518 System of food storage preparation and delivery in finished cooked state  
A system configured to provide food storage, preparation, and delivery in a finished cooked state includes a computer control interface, a freezer/refrigeration module, a food transport mechanism,...
7173222 Aerosol generator having temperature controlled heating zone and method of use thereof  
A temperature and flow rate controlled capillary aerosol generator includes two heating zones optionally separated by a region in which a pressure drop is induced. Power is metered or applied to...
7161121 Electrostatic chuck having radial temperature control capability  
An electrostatic chuck (“chuck”) is provided for controlling a radial temperature profile across a substrate when exposed to a plasma. The chuck includes a number of independently controllable...
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...
7109448 Control system for cooking appliance employing 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...
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...
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...
7064295 Thermal processor having flexible duct  
A thermal processor including a heated drum assembly for thermally developing an image in an imaging media. Thermal processor includes an enclosure spaced from and forming an oven around heated...
7060948 Temperature control method and apparatus for driving polymerase chain reaction (PCR) chip  
Provided are a temperature control method and apparatus for driving a polymerize chain reaction (PCR) chip. In the temperature control apparatus, which is for a polymerize chain reaction chip, PCR...
7041940 Power management systems and methods  
A cooking platform includes at least one surface heating element having a first power consumption level and an oven located under the surface heating element. The oven includes a first heating...
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...
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...
7015432 Water heater control system and method for controlling temperature with same  
A water heater control system is disclosed that can be programmed by a user to go on and off at predetermined times and maintain temperatures below normal usage temperatures. The water heater...
7015431 Image forming apparatus with at least two alternately-controlled electric heating elements  
In a heating apparatus in which a plurality of heating bodies are provided and a ratio of an electrical amounts supplied to the respective heating bodies can be changed, two or more phase...
7005614 Cooking apparatus equipped with heaters and method of controlling the same  
A cooking apparatus equipped with heaters and a method of controlling the same. An aspect of the present invention is to increase convenience of a user by identifying a kind of an accessory, such...