Abstract: A surface heater including a substrate, an insulating layer positioned on the substrate, and a heater layer positioned on the insulating layer, wherein the insulating layer and the heating layer are co-fired.

Abstract: Provided is a sterilization device for a container which exhibits high sterilization performance while being low in cost. A heating medium is positioned in a sterilant passage so as to block the downstream end thereof in the direction in which the liquid sterilant is discharged. A ventilation passage is formed in the lateral surface of a tube body of a sterilant supply tube, on the upstream side in the direction in which the liquid sterilant is discharged in relation to the heating medium. A sterilant supply unit sterilizes the inner-peripheral surface of a container as a result of the sterilant vaporizing upon reaching the heating medium, leaking to the exterior via the ventilation passage formed in the lateral surface of the tube body, and adhering to the inner-peripheral surface of the container.

Abstract: A method of operating a heating plate for a substrate support assembly used to support a semiconductor substrate in a semiconductor processing apparatus, wherein the heating plate comprises power supply lines and power return lines and respective heater zone connected between every pair of power supply line and power return line. The method reduces maximum currents carried by the power supply lines and power return lines by temporally spreading current pulses for powering the heater zones.

Abstract: An electric heater assembly for mounting in an electric clothes dryer supports an electrical heating element. The heater assembly has overlapping arcuate shaped support plates of mica for supporting a zig-zag shaped electrical heating element. The support plates have inner and outer concentrically curved side edge portions having inner and outer notches. A support wall mounted in the clothes dryer supports the support plates by series of inner and outer arcuate spaced apart tab members. The tab members each have a flap member. The flap members are positioned so that the notches of the support plates align with the flaps to permit the support plates to be positioned relative to the housing support wall, and then rotated, so that the flap members overlappingly engage at least one of the support plates to hold the support plates relative to the housing support wall.

Abstract: A far infrared ray ceramic flat plate heating module is provided. The far infrared ray ceramic flat plate heating module includes a ceramic heat-generating flat plate, an integrated terminal block for electrical distribution, a metal plate and a metal frame. The ceramic heat-generating flat plate includes a ceramic flat plate, a heat-generating film coated on a surface of the ceramic flat plate, silver paste electrodes configured on and coupled to two opposite sides of the heat-generating film, a first insulating layer coated on the heat-generating film and the silver paste electrodes, a temperature sensor configured by forming a temperature sensing paint layer on the first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer formed on the temperature sensor. The integrated terminal block is secured on the metal plate. The metal frame is disposed surrounding the periphery of the metal plate and the ceramic heat-generating flat plate.

Abstract: In a plate for adjusting a temperature of a substrate, a body of the plate supports the substrate. A first channel and a second channel are disposed within the body of the plate. The first channel has a first inlet and a first outlet and passes therethrough a first fluid to adjust the temperature of the substrate. The second channel has a second inlet adjacent to the first outlet and a second outlet adjacent to the first inlet and passes therethrough a second fluid to adjust the temperature of the substrate. Further, the first and second channels are disposed side by side. Thus, the temperature of the substrate may be adjusted uniformly as a whole.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a heating device usable with a cooking appliance and a manufacturing method thereof to assure economical formation and arrangement of a working coil. The heating device usable with a cooking appliance includes a working coil formed by spirally winding a conducting wire, and a sheet member arranged to support the working coil and having a supporting plane facing the working coil. Individual windings of the conducting wire, which constitute individual turns of the working coil, are spaced apart from neighboring windings by a predetermined distance. Spaces are defined between the individual neighboring windings of the conducting wire without a structure to guide the working coil.

Abstract: The invention refers to an electric heater for a clothes dryer, said heater comprising at least one heating wire, a ring shaped support structure carrying the at least one heating wire. The at least one heating wire is a flat wire bent into loops.

Abstract: The power-supplying member comprises: a first rod-shaped member connected to at least one of a heating resistor and an electrode; a second rod-shaped member connected to a power supply; and a thermal-function member, which is disposed between the first rod-shaped member and the second rod-shaped member, and which has a smaller axial cross section area and a larger surface area as compared to the first and second rod-shaped members.

Abstract: A power-supplying member comprises: a first rod-shaped member connected to power-supplied object; a second rod-shaped member connected to power supply; and a thermal-expansion absorbing member, which is disposed between the first rod-shaped member and the second rod-shaped member, and which shrinks in a longitudinal direction in response to changes in shape of the first rod-shaped member and the second rod-shaped member in the longitudinal direction due to thermal expansion.

Abstract: A heater strip for use as a heating element in an electric heater is made up of a profiled strip made of a flat metallic material forming a resistor section and of mounting elements extending over one common longitudinal side and they are manufactured as one piece with the resistor section for mounting the heater strip to a support. The strip has a zigzag-shaped structure. The mounting elements are provided only on the flat leg sections of the zigzag-shaped heater strip.

Abstract: A heat-generating element of a heating device for heating air including at least one PTC element, electric strip conductors lying on the PTC elements and a longish positioning frame that forms at least one frame opening for holding the minimum of one PTC element. A heat-generating element that is improved with a view to safety from electric flashovers and leakage currents is created with the invention under consideration by providing at least one insulating layer, which covers the strip conductor on its exterior side that is turned away from the positioning frame. The insulating layer in any case is sealed against the long sides of the positioning frame by a compressible sealing bead. A heating device for heating air with multiple heat-generating elements is also disclosed.

Abstract: An electric heating assembly comprises a plate (2) having a front face (4) and a rear face (10), and at least one electric heater unit (8) located at the rear face (10) of the plate (2). The electric heater unit (8) is secured to the rear face (10) of the plate (2) by adhesive (20), the adhesive (20) being adapted to withstand a maximum temperature to which it is subjected during operation of the heating assembly.

Abstract: A process for producing a ceramic heater includes forming a resistance heating element on a surface of a ceramic substrate. The resistance heating element is divided into plural sections. Resistivities of the plural sections are measured, respectively. Each of the plural sections is trimmed according to a comparison between the resistivities of the plural sections.

Abstract: A ceramic beater for a semiconductor producing/examining device having a resistance heating element superior in adhesion to a substrate. The ceramic heater includes a ceramic substrate and a resistance heating element formed on the surface of the ceramic substrate. Further, irregularities are formed on the side face of the resistance heating element.

Abstract: A glass or glass ceramic cooking top 1 has on its underside 6 at least one heating unit 7. The heating unit 7 is in flat, heat-conducting contact with the underside 6, and contains an electrical resistance heating element exhibiting PTC behavior, the temperature in zone 3 being limited to a desired value without the use of a temperature limiter.

Abstract: An electric heating assembly comprises a plate (2) having a front face (4) and a rear face (10), and at least one electric heater unit (8) located at the rear face (10) of the plate (2). The electric heater unit (8) is secured to the rear face (10) of the plate (2) by adhesive (20), the adhesive (20) being adapted to withstand a maximum temperature to which it is subjected during operation of the heating assembly.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a ceramic substrate for semiconductor manufacture and/or inspection conducive to decrease radiated &agr;-rays and to minimize changes in thermal conductivity as a function of time, thereby yielding a superior temperature controllability. This invention is related to a ceramic substrate for apparatuses for use in semiconductor manufacture and/or inspection, wherein the level of &agr;-rays radiated from said ceramic substrate exceeds 0.25 c/cm2·hr and is not higher than 50 c/cm2·hr.

Abstract: A glass or glass ceramic cooking top 1 has on its underside 6 at least one heating unit 7. The heating unit 7 is in flat, heat-conducting contact with the underside 6, and contains an electrical resistance heating element exhibiting PTC behavior, the temperature in zone 3 being limited to a desired value without the use of a temperature limiter.

Abstract: In a ceramic heater having a plate-like body made of a ceramic, heating element in one main face of the plate like body, and an electric supply portion to be electrically connected with the heating element, it has been a problem that the temperature is uneven if bent portions are formed in heat generating patterns. The ceramic heater simultaneously satisfying the following: 0.15≦S≦0.85, 0.3≦P≦6.71×S2+1.52, and 0.3≦G≦6.71×(1−S)2+1.55, in which the reference character S1 denotes the surface area of the heating element in optional 10 mm square region of the effective heat generation area having the heating element therein; the surface ratio S denotes S=S1/100 mm2, the reference character P denotes the width of the heating element: and the reference character G denotes the gap between the heating element.

Abstract: A heater assembly of a semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus minimizes a temperature difference between a peripheral portion and a central portion of the wafer being processed in the apparatus. The heater assembly includes a unitary resistive heating member in the form of a disc, heat blocks that divide the peripheral portion and central portion of the upper surface of the disc into respective heating sections, a support for supporting the heating member, and an electric power source for supplying electric current to the unitary heating member. The widths of the heating sections become greater towards the center of the heater, and thus the electrical resistance of the heater also increases in a direction towards the center of the heater. The power source for the heater includes a lead that extends from the bottom surface of the heater to a bottom portion of the heater support.

Abstract: A method of bonding a heating element onto the back of a glass or glass-ceramic material is provided. The heating element is bonded to the back of the glass or glass-ceramic material using a suitable adhesive material, such as an adhesive tape, RTV silicone, or a similar temperature resistant, chemically inert material. A burner unit formed from a glass or glass-ceramic material having a desired shape with the heating element connected to it with a heat resistant adhesive can be formed by this method. This allows greater freedom of design of burners to have any desired shape, as well as providing a strong, easily cleanable surface.

Abstract: A method and structure for baking a wafer. A wafer is covered with a material layer and is located on a hot plate to perform a baking process. A plurality of spacers are located in between the wafer and the hot plate. The positions of the spacers are at the inner surface of the wafer and are away from the edge of the wafer. This arrangement prevents the spacer from directly contacting the edge of the wafer. A plurality of pinholes are formed on the hot plate. The spacers are located in these pinholes according to the various sizes of wafers. The number of spacers used depends on how many spacers can secure the wafer on the hot plate. The spacers have high thermal heat resistance and low conductivity. The spacers can be made of a non-metal material, for example a ceramic material or an industrial material. The spacers of the present invention have very small contact areas to allow an even distribution of temperature on the surface of the wafer.

Abstract: A mounting for a cooking surface held at its periphery by at least one support part comprising a fiberglass reinforced duromer or thermosetting resin selected from the group consisting of an unsaturated polyester resin, a melamine resin, a phenol resin, and an epoxy resin, wherein the fiberglass reinforcement are glass fibers having a length of 15 mm to 65 mm.