Abstract: A cordless heating tool, including a housing, a battery coupled to the housing, a heat source, a control circuit for controlling power of the heat source, one or more reflectors mounted on the housing to focus radiant energy from the heat source toward a focal region, an opening in the housing for receiving an object to be heated in the focal region.

Abstract: A furnace for heating an object in a space, including a refractory ceramic wall, a heat source, at least one metal plate coated with an adherent layer of ceramic material on one of its principal faces, the coated plate being placed between the wall and the source, the adherent layer being situated facing the source. The coated metal plate acts as a thermal barrier and improves heating efficiency of the heat source. The furnace may for example serve to bend by gravity glass sheets placed on a bending frame.

Abstract: A method of partitioning a data cache comprising a plurality of sets, the plurality of sets comprising a plurality of ways, is provided. Responsive to a stack data request, the method stores a cache line associated with the stack data in one of a plurality of designated ways of the data cache, wherein the plurality of designated ways is configured to store all requested stack data.

Abstract: An oven using radiant heat at infrared wavelengths optimized for producing rapid and uniform cooking of a wide variety of foods. The infrared oven toasts, bakes, broils, and reheats food at a much faster speed while maintaining high quality in taste and appearance of the cooked food. Optimal infrared wavelengths of the radiant heat sources are used for the best balance of cooking performance, while also reducing the time required to cook the food. Typically short to medium wavelength infrared radiant energy will result in good performance for toasting and browning of food. Medium to long wavelength infrared radiant energy is well suited for delivering more deeply penetrating radiant energy into the food. This deep penetration of radiant infrared heat energy results in a more thorough internal cooking of the food than with conventional methods of conduction and convection cooking.

Abstract: Radiation module for thermal or UV irradiation processing procedures with a large number of radiation sources essentially adjacent and parallel to one another for electromagnetic radiation whose main effective range is in the UV spectrum, visible spectrum, and/or near infrared (NIR) part of the spectrum, particularly at wavelengths between 250 nm and 1.5 ?m, whereby each of the radiation sources possesses an elongated central section, two bent ends, and two bent sections connecting the ends with the central section, and a reflector and cooler body bearing the radiation sources, whereby the reflector and cooler body possesses two end reflector sections assigned to the bent sections of the radiation source from the straight elongated main section to the ends formed as one piece.

Abstract: Disclosed is a baseball and/or softball bat warmer system. Each individual bat heater includes an elongated outer tubular member having a closed bottom surface. An inner tubular member is spaced inwardly from the outer tubular member forming a space therebetween. A radiation type heating element is positioned between the inner and outer members so that it extends around the barrel portion of the bat for even heating thereof. The system also utilizes a heat seal positioned on the upper portion of the outer tubular member to protect the handle and grip portion of the bat from excessive heat.

Abstract: An ultraviolet lamp assembly includes an elongate lamp bulb, a central reflector mounted above the bulb and side reflector panels mounted on opposite sides of the central reflector panel. A first air gap is located between the first side reflector panel and the central reflector panel when the first and second side reflector panels are in the open position. A second air gap is located between the second side reflector panel and the central reflector panel when the first and second side reflector panels are in the open position. An air moving device is configured to direct cooling air downwardly through the perforations at the upper portion of the bulb and downwardly through the first and second air gaps at the lower portion of the bulb.

Abstract: An electric toaster oven having a housing, a heating element connected to the housing, a reflector connected to the housing, and an object supporting rack connected to the housing and forming an article receiving area between the rack and the housing for receiving an article to be heated. The rack has a stepped profile with raised side sections connected to the housing and a lower main section. A lower area of the article receiving area is defined by a top of the lower main section. The reflector has a generally inverted V shaped side profile with a generally concave area facing the heating element.

Abstract: A heating system includes an electric heater having coupled thereto a temperature controller and a power activation relay switch coupled to the temperature controller and a meter system coupled to a power terminal on the electric heater to provide an interruptible supplemental heating system for use in residential or commercial buildings. The heating system provides electrically generated heat to supplement a primary heating system which generates heat using fuel oil, fuel gas such as natural gas, propane gas, or other fossil fuels. The electric heater can be an electric resistance heater coupled in series with a primary furnace powered by fossil fuel. When the electric resistance heater is activated, the heat contributed by the heater reduces the required heat output of the primary furnace by a corresponding amount of thermal energy. In one embodiment, an electric utility provides electric power to the electric resistance heater at a reduced cost on an as available, fully interruptible basis.

Abstract: A vertical electric heating oven is provided which includes an oven body incorporating a shell, a reflecting container, a door, a base, and an electric heater, a driver, a rotary rack, and a vertical rack assembly. The electric heater is located vertically in the oven. The driver is placed in the base and has an elongated axle extending out from the reflecting bottom. The reflecting bottom has a dish with the axle extending through its center. The dish provides a space containing the rotary rack, and the rack assembly is placed on the rotary rack and connected to the axle of the driver. Therefore, the horizontal thermal radiation of the electric heater is coordinated with the rack assembly on the rotary rack, which is connected to the driver to roll through 360 degrees to provide full even baking conditions.

Abstract: A method for reading data from an n-way, set associative cache. n individually addressable memory units are provided, with each of the units storing a plurality of data elements. All n of the units are concurrently addressed to transfer a data element from each of the units to a respective latch, and one of such data elements is selectively transferred from one of the latches. The units are then serially addressed in a predetermined pattern to sequentially transfer data elements out of the units.

Abstract: An arbitration system and method are provided for arbitrating access to a system resource such as a memory, wherein the address decode and arbitration portions of the arbitration cycle occur simultaneously thereby reducing the overall arbitration cycle time.