Abstract: A system for generating radiant heat in a transit vehicle includes at least one floor panel having at least one heating element disposed therein, and a power switch operably disposed intermediate a power supply source and the heating element for selectively providing and discontinuing a supply of a predetermined power generated by such power supply source to and from such at least one heating element.

Abstract: A device for removing a composition from the skin (e.g. a depilatory composition) has a handle (44) and a non-shaving head (46), having an under-surface from which one or more fins (48) projects transversely. The device is held by the handle (44) and moved over the skin so that the fin(s) the head can remove the composition.

Abstract: A gas igniter comprising an heating element and a mounting bushing. The heating element includes an elongated high resistance cylindrical nose coil and two rear terminal elements electrically insulated from each other, and an input lead connected to each of the elements. The bushing is formed from a generally rigid electrically insulating material for mounting the heating element onto an external support structure. A passage in the bushing receives the heating element with a gap between the heating element and the passage, an adhesive mass in the gap secures the heating element into the bushing and a sheet metal mounting bracket is integrally formed with the insulating material of the bushing.

Abstract: An oven with a heat-circulating device includes a housing provided with a chamber for roasting and steaming; a motor fixed on a rear surface of a rear wall of the chamber; a fan; a heater; a separating plate positioned in front of the fan; a steaming device; a tray and a cover. The e annular heater and the fan fixed on an inner surface of the rear wall in front of the motor. The steaming device is composed of a connect tube, a pump motor, an outflow tube and a heating case for heating the water filled in the heating case for producing steam to be blown and circulated by the fan also blowing the hot air to circulate in a balanced condition around the chamber and a food placed to be roasted and steamed synchronously, with the food not losing all water contained.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided that includes an enclosure with an aperture which is adapted for being placed in communication with an anus for the purpose of directing fecal matter into the enclosure. In one embodiment, the enclosure may include a polyethylene material with a thickness of less than 50 microns. In another embodiment, the enclosure may include an air hole formed therein for remaining open to allow air to escape therefrom upon the receipt of the fecal matter into the enclosure. In still yet another embodiment, the aperture may be circular and the enclosure may include a flexibility sufficient to allow the enclosure to be placed on an intended wearer in any orientation about an axis defined by the aperture.

Abstract: A cover support mechanism regulates an opening angle of an openable cover with respect to a chassis of an electronic device. The cover constitutes a portion of the chassis. The mechanism has a cord shaped or tape shaped stopper, and a support unit. The stopper has a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion being fixed to the cover. The support unit supports the second end portion of the stopper. The support unit is provided to the electronic device. The support unit has a receiving portion, a biasing member, and a braking unit. The receiving portion has a space for pulling in the second end portion of the stopper. The biasing member applies force to the stopper for pulling in the stopper into the receiving portion. The braking unit applies frictional force to the stopper when the cover is opened.

Abstract: A steaming structure for a steam oven includes a housing having an accommodating groove and a draining hole communicating with each other. The accommodating groove has a connecting pipe connected with a water-pumping motor connected with a duct, which is connected with a water-feeding pipe positioned in the housing. An electric heating tray with a center hollow is installed below the water-feeding pipe. A regulating device is connected with an exhaust passageway of the housing having an exhaust hole. A holding tray with two accommodating chambers is placed in the accommodating groove of the housing. A water tank is received in one of the accommodating chambers. A cover plate is covered on the holding tray, having an insert hole aligned to the draining hole of the housing and located on the accommodating chamber.

Abstract: 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 body configured to form an electrical heating circuit for at least one heating zone and encapsulated in a continuous overcoat layer, a heat reflector comprising a heat reflective surface disposed on the heating element, and the heating element has a ramp rate of at least 1° C. per second for heating the wafers in the wafer boat.

Abstract: A heating device includes: a plate-shaped heating substrate; and a hollow rod material an end face of which is joined to one surface of the heating substrate, and the heating substrate includes a lateral surface portion and a concave surface portion in the vicinity of a joint with the hollow rod material. The lateral surface portion forms a same plane surface with an outer peripheral surface of the hollow rod material, and the concave surface portion connects to the lateral surface portion. Moreover, an edge of a joint interface of the heating substrate and the hollow rod material is located between the lateral surface portion of the heating substrate and the outer peripheral surface of the hollow rod material.

Abstract: A controller for at least one heater, which includes a regulated voltage supply that is electrically connected to the at least one heater, at least one sensor operatively associated with at least one heater, at least one digital signal processor that is operatively connected to the at least one heater utilized in an injection molding system, the regulated voltage supply and the sensor operatively associated with the at least one heater based on feedback from the at least one sensor.

Abstract: Systems and methods for estimating the time for the internal temperature of an object to reach a desired temperature are disclosed. One system includes a control unit configured to determine a temperature ratio, the temperature ratio including a relationship between a change of internal temperature of the object from an initial temperature to a temperature measured at an elapsed time and the total internal temperature change needed to reach a reference temperature. The control unit may be further configured to estimate a time remaining for the internal temperature to reach the reference temperature based on a function of the temperature ratio and a time ratio, the time ratio being a relationship between the elapsed time and the total time change for the internal temperature of the object to reach the reference temperature.

Abstract: A method to optimize the welding energy input into the heating coil of a heating coil fitting is disclosed. In particular, the invention pertains to a compensation method for the effects on the welding energy input from using a fundamental frequency outside the tolerance range for the AC welding voltage established for the heating coil fitting. A generator is one option to supply power to a device for the implementation of the invention-based method. It supplies an AC welding voltage to the heating coil with a fundamental frequency outside the tolerance range for the AC welding voltage as marked out for the heating coil fitting. Another option is especially the use of DC welding voltage for the heating coils of heating coil fittings. To execute the method, a welding power supply unit is connected to the contact elements of a heating coil fitting via connecting leads and connecting elements.

Abstract: The invention relates to a combined sensor and heating element (1) which is suitable, in particular, for the seat of a motor vehicle. Said element comprises a sensor mat provided with a heating arrangement. According to the invention, the sensor mat is embodied as a flexible conductor path comprising a carrier film (2) and conductor paths (4) of a sensor arrangement, which are arranged on the surface of the carrier film (2). The heating conductors (3) of the heating conductor arrangement are arranged on the same carrier film surface between and/or near to the conductor paths (4) of the sensor arrangement.

Abstract: A heating and cooling module wherein the calorific value can be increased in a heater for mounting and heating a semiconductor chip, and the heating and cooling module is not damaged when the semiconductor chip is rapidly heated and cooled. The heating and cooling module of the includes a ceramic heater for mounting and heating a treated object, a cooling mechanism for cooling the ceramic heater, and a holder between the ceramic heater and the cooling mechanism, wherein the ceramic heater is an aluminum nitride heater having one or more internally disposed heating element layers. An intermediate layer is preferably inserted between the ceramic heater and the holder. An intermediate layer is also preferably inserted between the holder and the cooling mechanism.

Abstract: A high frequency heat treatment method for a fine bottom-closed hole comprises preparing a coil so as to be completely inserted into the fine bottom-closed hole, preparing a core for controlling a magnetic flux within the coil such that the core protrudes from upper and lower sides of the coil, heat-treating a target part of the fine bottom-closed hole under conditions of a heating time of 2˜3 seconds, an output power of 200˜300 kW, a quenching time of 3˜5 seconds, a positive electrode voltage of 4˜8 kV, and a positive electrode current of 2.0˜4.5 A, and quenching the heat-treated part of the fine bottom-closed hole with cooling nozzles fixed around the heat-treated part such that a sufficient amount of cooling water is injected uniformly over the whole heated part with a sufficient pressure via the cooling nozzles.

Abstract: The hydrogen permeable substrate comprises a copper plate, a stainless steel plate, an insulating member, and hydrogen permeable metal. The hydrogen permeable substrate is formed by locating the insulating member between the stainless steel plate and a combined member formed by embedding the hydrogen permeable metal in through-holes made in the copper plate; subjecting the joining face of each component for joining to other components to irradiation with argon ions, to remove the oxide film thereon and activate the surface; and stacking and rolling the components. By so doing, they may be joined at low temperature and low pressure. Once joined, by cutting the hydrogen permeable metal into individual pieces along cut lines, a plurality of hydrogen permeable substrates may be manufactured all at once.

Abstract: A heater for a glass ceramic hob is disclosed, whereby a number of individual modules with induction coils are provided with converters and a converter control for each induction coil. Said modules may be independently handled and are arranged close together beneath the glass ceramic hob and electrically connected. Each module may be controlled separately. A heated surface of any embodiment can thus be achieved.

Abstract: Induction heating coil for use in all types of induction heating applications. This coil is made from several strands of different size conductors incased inside of elastic, hose or tubing to contain fluid such as water or a mixture to cool the induction coil during operation. This induction coil can be operated at any frequency and at several different power levels. This coil is very flexible and can be shaped to any imaginable design by hand, and then reshaped to a different design to use in any configuration. This induction coil comes in several lengths and can be used for forging, tempering, preheating an array of different materials. It can be powered by any induction power supply. This has great benefits in the steel, welding, and injection molding industry.

Abstract: An apparatus for heating a semiconductor wafer includes the following: a microwave source; an applicator cavity; and, a fixture for supporting a wafer in the applicator cavity. The fixture comprises a dielectric member providing mechanical support for the wafer and a metallic ring disposed generally parallel to and concentric with the wafer at a selected distance from the wafer, whereby the application of microwave power to the wafer may be adjusted to compensate for edge effects. An associated method for heating a semiconductor wafer comprises the steps of: a. placing the wafer in a microwave applicator cavity; b. supporting the wafer on a fixture, the fixture comprising a dielectric supporting member in contact with the wafer and a metallic ring member disposed generally parallel to and concentric with the wafer at a selected distance from the wafer; and, c.

Abstract: The problem to be solved by the invention is to restrain local heating peculiar to microwave heating to thereby realize the uniform heating of an object to be heated and thus enhance the condition of the object to be heated after heated. In a microwave heating method for supplying microwaves into a heating chamber 11 storing therein an object to be heated to heat the object to be heated, microwaves are supplied into the heating chamber 11 to heat the object to be heated; the temperature of the object to be heated is measured to check whether a given temperature difference has been generated in the temperature distribution of the object to be heated; and, when the given temperature difference has been generated, the minute particles of water are supplied into the heating chamber 11 to change the permittivity distribution state within the heating chamber 11, thereby changing the distribution of electric fields caused by the microwaves supplied into the heating chamber 11.

Abstract: A multi-layer freezable/microwaveable film having both low temperature resistance and high temperature resistant to withstand subzero freezer storage temperatures and microwave cooking temperatures. The freezable/microwaveable film includes a three-layer coextruded film having a polypropylene/alpha-olefin copolymer inner, heat sealable layer, an adjacent polypropylene or high density polyethylene core layer, and an outer polyethylene skin layer adjacent the core layer opposite the heat sealable layer, and further includes an outer protective layer laminated to the outer skin layer.

Abstract: Multilayer freezable/microwaveable films and packages having both low temperature resistance to withstand subzero freezer storage temperatures and high temperature resistance to withstand microwave cooking temperatures. The freezable/microwaveable films and packages include, for example, a film having at least three coextruded layers comprising an inner heat sealable layer, at least one core layer adjacent to the heat sealable layer, and an outer skin layer adjacent the core layer opposite the heat sealable layer. Preferably, the films and packages further include an outer protective layer laminated to the outer skin layer. The freezable/microwaveable packages can include a venting system, such as vent slits or a vent valve in the package, or vents in at least one seal of the package, to facilitate microwave heating or cooking of the package contents.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a container that includes a microwave interactive web at least partially overlying and joined to a three-dimensional support, wherein the three-dimensional support may be formed prior to having the microwave interactive web mounted thereto. The three-dimensional support may be a preformed container that is sufficiently rigid and dimensionally stable for use in containing food.

Abstract: A microwave heating apparatus is designed to improve distribution of the microwaves introduced into a multi-mode microwave cavity for heating or other selected applications. The microwave heating apparatus includes a microwave signal generator and a waveguide to convey microwave power to the cavity. A perforated metal plate disposed within the cavity encloses a volume adjacent to the waveguide opening, forming a leaky multimode subcavity. Through multiple processes of reflection, transmission, diffraction, and scattering, the leaky subcavity serves to smooth the microwave power distribution in the near-field region adjacent to the waveguide to better disperse the energy throughout the main applicator cavity. A more uniform level of microwave power is thereby applied to the workpiece.

Abstract: A hydrocarbon bearing formation which is heated using a variable frequency automated capacitive radio frequency dielectric heating in situ process. Hydrocarbons or other substances natural to a hydrocarbonaceous formation may be produced by heating specific chemical compositions with or without the use of a carrier medium. Separation of desired hydrocarbons from less sought-after constituents can occur in carrier medium subterranean reservoir Hydrocarbon media can be slurry heated using a variable frequency automated capacitive radio frequency dielectric heating method. Slurry heated hydrocarbon media can be ejected to lower depths of carrier medium reservoir to impart hydrostatic pressure onto media. Hydraulic pressure blasted at cavern wall with carrier medium fluid possessing variable frequency automated capacitive radio frequency dielectric heating properties will be used to enlarge cavern size. Explosives can be used to enlarge cavern outer perimeter.

Abstract: For providing a waterproof box, which can prevent penetration of liquid like water through a gap between a box main body and a cover member mounted on the box main body, the waterproof box includes the box main body having an opening formed by surrounding with a plurality of side-walls, a lid mounted on the box main body for covering the opening, a grommet, and a seal member formed into a ring shape to be mounted on the lid for waterproofing between the box main body and the lid. A cutout side-wall has a cutout. The grommet to be mounted on the box main body fills the cutout. The seal member has a contact portion to abut on an edge of the cutout side-wall. A thickness of the contact portion is formed thicker than that of the other portion of the seal member.

Abstract: A water storage and delivery assembly includes stackable compartments, each compartment having a planar bottom wall, opposed side walls, and opposed end walls, forming a reservoir. Frusto-conically shaped conduits having open large first ends are fixed to peripheries of openings in the bottom walls, and open smaller second ends are disposed below upper edges of the side and end walls. The assembly further includes a bottom-most compartment of the same construction but having no openings in the bottom wall thereof. Water poured into a first conduit is flowable through a plurality of first conduits to the bottom-most compartment while air escapes upwardly through a series of second conduits, the water rising until all the compartments of the assembly are filled. Each compartment is provided with an outlet operable to permit the water to travel from a compartment to an exothermic mass.

Abstract: A mounting assembly includes a chassis, a cover slidably mounted to the chassis in a first direction, and a clamping member securely mounted on the cover. The chassis comprises a rear wall having a locking portion thereon. The clamping member has a positioning portion thereon for engaging with the locking portion, and a pressing portion for urging the positioning portion to disengage from the locking portion. When the pressing portion of the clamping member is pressed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the positioning portion is resiliently bent in the second direction, thereby disengaging the positioning portion from the locking portion of the chassis.

Abstract: A container system is adapted to withstand impacts and features a first container having a first container body and a second container having a second container body. The second container defines a second body height and a second body wall thickness. A body recess is formed in the second container body for releasably engaging the first container body of the first container. A body recess defines at least one recess top and bottom corner and recess vertical edge having a recess top and bottom corner and vertical edge wall thickness, respectively, and which are intentionally thinned so as to have a thickness that is less than the second body wall thickness. The recess top and bottom corners and vertical edges are specifically configured to be deformable in response to an impact imposed thereagainst such that at least a portion of the impact shock is absorbed by the deformation in order to avoid rupture of the second container.

Abstract: A thermally insulative beverage container is provided. The container has an inner cup with a side wall and a bottom portion defining a bottom closure. The container further has an insulative layer circumferentially disposed around and adhered to the side wall of the inner cup. The insulative layer is fabricated from cork. A method for insulating a beverage container using a cork material is also provided.

Abstract: A server lid for a container with an integral tear strip tamper evident feature is presented. A tear strip for the tamper evident feature is molded as an adjunct to a base member which forms the closure. The tear strip is joined to the base by at least one frangible web, and hinges about the frangible web to overlie front edges of one or more flaps formed in the server lid. Ultrasonic welds connect the overlying tear strip to the flaps or adjacent the flaps for providing a tamper evident feature. The shape of the server lid provides stackability in that the base rim of the container will fit over the upper portion of the lid, including frangible webs to allow interfitting of one container bottom with the container closure of the next, to allow the containers to be stacked on a shelf without substantial danger of slipping or tipping.

Abstract: A sheet metal cover for sealing the body of a beverage enabling a high internally pressurized beverage can to be formed, wherein said cover is embodied in such a way that it is possible to mount an initially separate re-sealable device. The sheet metal cover can also be configured in such a way as to maintain pressure stability. It maintains stackability and it resembles as close as possible a standard shell, at least in the external edge design thereof, such that modifications in the filling line can be kept to a minimum. The sheet metal cover and a folding edge (11) which surrounds said panel and which is adapted such that it can be folded onto a peripheral edge of the body of the container and is suitable therefor. The panel has a large dimensioned opening (15) which is surrounded by an encircling strip (15) which is axially offset in relation to a plane (E) of the surface of the opening.

Abstract: In this can lid, a rivet-slanting inhibitor which flows a metal of the can lid main body located between the rivet to the rivet side thereby correcting or preventing the slanting of the rivet is formed on a location in an opposite area which is opposed to an opening part across the rivet except for the coining part.

Abstract: This trashcan is not an ordinary trashcan that is being used today in all homes and business, this trashcan will change the way people feel about taking out the trash in homes and business everywhere. This novel trashcan has a bottom dispenser mechanism of trash bags that stores and makes trash bags easily accessible. Said trashcan gives the user easily access to clean trash bags, which can save them time and energy. Said trashcan can make easier the replacement of trash bags for faster disposal of trash or garbage in the home or office or any other business enterprise where trashcans are used.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a simple fuel vent assembly for use in inboard and outboard fuel tanks for marine vessels. The vent assembly includes upper and lower portions defining an L shaped interior passageway. The lower portion includes upper and lower valve seats positioned within this passageway. Spaced vent openings extend through the lower portion above and below the valve seat. A spherical float is positioned within the passageway between the upper and lower valve seats. As fuel is added to the tank, pressure can escape through the fuel vent. The flow valve is within the passageway as the level of liquid fuel in the tank rises during the fuel refilling process. When the tank is at its desired fill level the float engages the upper valve seat and forms a seal preventing liquid fuel from traveling past the upper seat and through the passageway into the atmosphere outside the tank. The second vent opening remained open to vent pressure from the space between the top of the tank and the fuel level.

Abstract: In combination with a container having predetermined shape, the improvement comprising an apparatus for evacuating air from the container and for sealing the container so as to prevent air from returning in order to better preserve contents of the container. The apparatus includes a lid member for insertion into such container, the lid member having each of a predetermined shape and a predetermined size and formed of a predetermined material and at least one rim member formed on an outer edge of the lid member for contacting an inside wall of the container. The at least one rim member being sufficiently thin so as conform to the inside walls of said container.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to cup lids and, more particularly, to a thermoformed disposable cup lid with a drinking aperture and a closure panel displaceable along a generally radial direction between an open position wherein the aperture communicates with the interior of the lid and a closed position where the closure panel covers the aperture to reduce or substantially prevent spillage in use.

Abstract: A thermally insulative sleeve is provided. The sleeve is fabricated from a cork-based material. The sleeve is removable and, optionally, reusable. The sleeve is used on the outer surface of a beverage container to insulate the user's hand from a beverage container and the hot or cold contents therein. A method for insulating a beverage container using a cork sleeve is also provided.

Abstract: A closure of a vessel which includes a main body coupled to an entrance of the vessel, an elevation member formed with a discharging passage discharging contents stored in the vessel, the elevation member being inserted into the main body, moved up or down in the main body, and sealing or opening the discharging passage, and a cover detachably coupled with the main body, the cover moving the elevation member up or down by being rotated in a positive direction or a negative direction, and is convenient for use because the elevation member opens or seals the vessel by being moved up or down in accordance with the rotation of the cover covering the main body in a positive direction or a negative direction, and sanitarily cleanness may be maintained because touching the discharging passage of the elevation member by hand is unnecessary, is disclosed.

Abstract: A dispensing assembly adapted for dispensing gloves, which includes a dispenser. The dispenser has a housing which forms an inner surface and an internal compartment configured to hold a stack of gloves, and at least one dispensing opening. A stack of gloves disposed in the dispenser on a glove positioner and the glove positioner biases the stack of gloves toward the dispensing opening and a portion of the housing such that the glove positioner controls the stack of gloves and space in the internal compartment of the dispenser to prevent gloves from moving out of the stack and into the space to permit easy and reliable withdrawal of each glove therefrom.

Abstract: A package containing sheets and having an opening for dispensing the sheets from the package. The sheets may be alternatingly joined together at successive leading and trailing edges to allow pop-up dispensing. The leading edge of any sheets after the first sheet may be disposed away from the dispensing opening. This arrangement causes the sheet to invert during dispensing, allowing it to begin unfolding before dispensing is completed. If the sheets are wetted this arrangement also allows the wetting liquid to be distributed onto an adjacent sheet during dispensing without an additional step.

Abstract: A dispensing assembly adapted to dispense gloves is provided, which includes a dispenser configured to hold a cartridge, and a cartridge. The dispenser may include a housing with an exit port, or a bracket. The cartridge includes a housing comprising a plurality of walls which cooperate to form an inner surface and an internal compartment. The cartridge is configured to hold a stack of gloves and the cartridge includes a dispensing opening. The cartridge includes a stack of gloves positioned in a sloping stack and positioned against a sloping means which is positioned at least partially in the internal compartment of the cartridge at least when the cartridge is positioned in a dispensing position. The sloping means and the sloping stack form a trapezoidal cross-section in the internal compartment of the cartridge.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a container for dispensing vertically configured wipes, which provides improved sequential dispensing of the contained wipes while permitting enhanced accessibility to the wipes within the container.

Abstract: The present invention relates to provide a dispensing aperture for a container comprising vertically stacked wipes, which provides improved sequential dispensing of the contained wipes while permitting enhanced accessibility to the wipes within the container.

Abstract: A package having a dispensing opening. The opening has a periphery. The package and or opening periphery may have a non-circular cross section. The opening is covered by a removable lid, having an interference fit. The amount of interference varies around the periphery of the opening.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards insulated, portable containers designed to for use with a medical pad warming unit; particularly towards containers able to readily dispense individual medical pads, and most particularly toward portable containers which includes a heating system able to provide thermal energy to the portable containers when remotely located from the medical pad warming unit.

Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing gloves is provided which includes a housing having an exit port, the housing also formed to include a compartment which is configured to hold a plurality of gloves therein. The dispenser includes a glove pusher movably coupled to the housing. At least a portion of the glove pusher is configured to move within the compartment of the housing and push at least a portion of a glove disposed in the compartment through the exit port. A cartridge configured to be disposed into a compartment of a dispenser is disclosed. The cartridge is formed to permit a portion of a dispenser to move into the internal compartment of the cartridge to move at least one of the plurality of gloves at least partially through the at least one opening in the cartridge. A dispensing assembly also may include a stack of gloves or a cartridge containing a plurality of gloves. A method of using a glove dispenser is also provided.

Abstract: A joint includes a tube, a needle and a driver. The tube receives a valve housing in an airtight manner. The needle includes a pusher movable in the tube in order to push open a check valve in the valve housing and an anchor for insertion in a flexible pipe of a pump. The driver can be rotated around the needle and moved in the tube in order to drive the pusher.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for injecting a liquid medicine such as a Ringer's solution, and more particularly, to a device for regulating the amount of liquid medicine to be injected.

Abstract: A flexible magnetised portion applicator is disclosed. The apparatus applies a portion of flexible self-adhesive magnetised material (31) onto a card that is typically promotional in nature, for it to be held magnetically against a metal surface, via the method of pulling the magnetised material's adhesive release-coated backing paper (28) between rollers that grip the material (25) and (26), which when correctly rotated, draw suitably wide, adhesive-backed magnetised material (12) from a roll (13) into the apparatus (11) to project the material (28) over a stationary lower blade (18) and then cut a portion via a shear action (30) between a descending upper blade (19) mounted on a linear actuating ram (21) and the stationary lower blade (18), to then carry via the magnetism possessed within each portion (32) and press-apply (36) the self-adhesive portion of magnetised material (31) onto the upper-most card in a stack of cards (35) residing beneath the apparatus positioned to receive the said portion.