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Foil element

US4797537A · kind A · utility

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5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 10, 1986
Grant dateJan 10, 1989
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Expiry dateDec 10, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B2203/017
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A foil element for the electric heating of objects comprises a resistance heating coil placed between insulating plastic foils and a sensor coil placed between the plastic foils beside the heating coil. The sensor and heating coils are formed of the same metallic material. The sensor coil is spaced sufficiently far from the heating coil to assure that the sensor coil is heated mainly by heat flowing to or from the object being heated and only slightly by heat directly from the heating coil. The electric resistance of the sensor coil is sensed to determine the temperature thereof. The heating coil is controlled in accordance with the temperature of the sensor coil.

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