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Ceramic heater

US4502430A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 7, 1983
Grant dateMar 5, 1985
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Expiry dateNov 7, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B2203/027
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A ceramic heater including a ceramic insulator having a circular cross section, and a heating coil having an oval cross section, embedded in the insulator along the length thereof, and bent in a U-shaped form with the bend adjacent one end of the insulator. One of a pair of parallel coil portions defining the U-shaped coil has a long cross sectional diameter lying parallel to that of the other coil portion. The diameter of a cylinder defined by the outer surfaces of the coil portions and the outside diameter of the insulator have a ratio of 35:100 to 70:100.

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