Abstract: A portable induction heater with a rotating head portion which can be used to rapidly, detachably connect a work coil. The portable induction heater is also provided with various other advantages detailed here.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 29, 2015
Publication date:
May 4, 2017
Applicant:
Sarge Holdings Co., LLC
Inventors:
Thomas M. Gough, Paul G. Astrowski, Lawrence S. Erst, Josh Gore
Abstract: A portable, handheld induction heater capable of attachment to differently-sized work coils, including a self-resonating oscillator that automatically tunes to the work coil to maintain resonance, a tank circuit for circulating current through the work coil in order to induce a magnetic field in the material to be heated by the induction heater, and a near-zero detector circuit functioning to keep the oscillator operating at a frequency of resonance for the tank circuit.