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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1994
Filed:
May. 12, 1993
Robert L Fox, Hayes, VA (US);
Copeland, Carl E, Yorktown, VA (US);
Robert J Swaim, Seaford, VA (US);
Robert H Coultrip, Yorktown, VA (US);
David F Johnston, Yorktown, VA (US);
W Morris Phillips, Newport News, VA (US);
Samuel D Johnson, Yorktown, VA (US);
James R Dinkins, Grafton, VA (US);
John D Buckley, Newport News, VA (US);
Abstract
An induction heating device includes a handle having a hollow interior and two opposite ends, a wrist connected to one end of the handle, a U-shaped pole piece having two spaced apart ends, a tank circuit including an induction coil wrapped around the pole piece and a capacitor connected to the induction coil, a head connected to the wrist and including a housing for receiving the U-shaped pole piece, the two spaced apart ends of the pole piece extending outwardly beyond the housing, and a power source connected to the tank circuit. When the tank circuit is energized and a susceptor is placed in juxtaposition to the ends of the U-shaped pole piece, the susceptor is heated by induction heating due to a magnetic flux passing between the two ends of the pole piece.