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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fujio Ishiguro, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
NGK Insulators, Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B / ; A45D / ; F24C / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219200 ; 392407 ; 296101 ; 29613 ; 338262 ;
Abstract
An electric heater for heating a workpiece including at least one heat generating wire which generates heat upon application of an electric current thereto, and which has a diameter of not more than 1 mm. Each heat generating wire has a heating portion which is formed by bending so as to at least partially define a heating space. The workpiece to be heated by the electric heater is positioned relative to the heating space, such that the workpiece is spaced apart from the heating portion of the heat generating wire or wires.