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| 3K058 | CONTROL OF RESISTANCE HEATING | |
| H05B1/00 -3/00,375 | ||
| H05B1/00-3/00,375 | AA | AA00 PURPOSE AND EFFECTS* |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | ||||||
| . Improvement in raising temperatures | . . Quick heating | . . . Preheating | . . Prevention of overshooting | |||||||||
| AA11 | AA12 | AA13 | AA14 | AA15 | AA16 | |||||||
| . Improvement of safety | . . Prevention of excessive rise in temperature | . . . Prevention of local overheating | . . . Prevention of fires | . . . Prevention of burns | . . Prevention of current leakage or electric shock | |||||||
| AA22 | AA23 | AA24 | AA25 | AA26 | AA27 | AA28 | AA29 | AA30 | ||||
| . . Prevention of damage to equipment | . . . Protection of switching sections | . . . Prevention of chattering | . . . Prevention of capacity overload | . . . . Prevention of overcurrent | . . . . . Protection against rush current | . . . Prevention of faulty contact (e.g., electrode or sensor attachment) | . . . Prevention of sparks | . . . Surge countermeasures | ||||
| AA32 | AA33 | AA34 | ||||||||||
| . . . Protection of sensing sections | . . . . Prevention of sensor polarization | . . Prevention of damage to heated objects | ||||||||||
| AA41 | AA42 | AA43 | AA44 | AA45 | AA46 | |||||||
| . Improvement of accuracy or reliability | . . Improvement of sensing accuracy | . . . Prevention of heater effects on heat-sensitive sections | . . . Accommodation of heater switching | . . Prevention of deterioration in characteristics (e.g., extending life) | . . Noise countermeasures | |||||||
| AA51 | AA52 | AA53 | AA54 | AA55 | ||||||||
| . Accommodation to the equipment's external environment | . . Accommodation to multiple types of power sources (e.g., voltage or frequency) | . . Accommodation to power source voltage fluctuations | . . Accommodation to fluctuations in ambient temperature | . . Accommodation fluctuations in humidity | ||||||||
| AA61 | AA62 | AA63 | AA64 | AA65 | ||||||||
| . Comfort of use | . . Improvement in operability | . . . Remote operation | . . Accommodation to repeated use | . . Accommodation to the heating capacity of the heated objects | ||||||||
| AA71 | AA72 | AA73 | ||||||||||
| . Improvement of thermal stability | . . Reduction of temperature ripples | . Improvement of response | ||||||||||
| AA81 | AA82 | AA83 | AA84 | AA86 | AA87 | AA88 | ||||||
| . Power conservation | . Ease of maintenance | . . Ease of attaching or removing components | . . Testing or repair | . Uniform heating | . High-efficiency heating | . Adjustment of heating ranges | ||||||
| AA91 | AA92 | AA93 | AA94 | AA95 | AA96 | AA97 | AA98 | |||||
| . Simplification of structure | . . Integration or provision of common use for multiple parts | . . Simplification of connecting wires | . . Elimination of temperature sensors | . Miniaturization or space-savings | . Notification of equipment states | . . Notification of abnormalities | . . Facilitation of confirmation | |||||
| BA | BA00 APPLICATIONS* |
BA01 | BA02 | BA03 | BA04 | BA06 | BA07 | BA08 | BA09 | |||
| . Warming | . . Carpets | . . Electric blankets | . . Electric heaters | . Cooking | . . Hot plates | . . Ovens and ranges | . . Rice cookers | |||||
| BA11 | BA12 | BA14 | BA15 | BA16 | BA17 | BA18 | BA19 | |||||
| . Liquid heating | . . Pots | . Crystal growth | . Soldering | . Snow melting | . De-fogging (i.e., preventing condensation) | . Fixing (i.e., copiers) | . Electric furnaces | |||||
| CA | CA00 SENSING SECTIONS |
CA01 | CA02 | CA03 | CA04 | CA05 | CA06 | CA07 | CA08 | |||
| . Sensed variables | . . Electrical variables* | . . . Voltage | . . . Current | . . . Power | . . . Phase | . . . Zero-cross points | . . . Electrostatic capacitance | |||||
| CA12 | CA13 | CA14 | CA15 | CA16 | CA17 | CA18 | ||||||
| . . Non-electrical variables* | . . . Humidity (i.e., moisture) | . . . Pressure | . . . Position | . . . Time | . . . Light | . . . Gas concentration | ||||||
| CA21 | CA22 | CA23 | CA24 | CA25 | CA26 | CA27 | CA28 | CA29 | ||||
| . Locations where sensors are installed | . . Locations inside main equipment units | . . . Load sections | . . . Control sections | . . . Switching sections | . . Locations outside equipment main units | . . . External controllers | . . . Sections with heated objects | . . . . Use on humans | ||||
| CA31 | CA32 | CA33 | CA34 | CA35 | CA36 | CA37 | CA38 | CA39 | CA40 | |||
| . Purpose of detection* | . . Detection of faulty connections | . . . Detection in sections other than heating sections | . . Detection of short-circuits | . . . Detection of short-circuits between heating sections and sensing electrodes | . . . Detection of relay contact welding | . . Detection of the presence of people | . . . Detection of the presence of beings in bed | . . Sensing of carpet states | . . . Detection of the presence of covers | |||
| CA41 | CA42 | CA43 | CA44 | CA45 | CA46 | |||||||
| . . Detection of current leakage | . . Detection of cleaning | . . Sensing of skin temperature | . . Detection of boiling | . . Detection of the capacitance of heated objects | . . Detection of heat flow | |||||||
| CA51 | CA52 | CA54 | CA55 | CA56 | CA57 | CA58 | CA59 | CA60 | ||||
| . Sensing of section structure | . . Heat-sensitive wire | . . Variants that have heat-sensitive layers | . . . Wires | . . . . Variants that have electrodes which double as heaters | . . . Planar variants | . . . . Variants characterized by electrode arrangements or patterns | . . . . Variants that have electrodes which also serve as heaters | . . . Variants that have reflector electrodes | ||||
| CA61 | CA62 | CA63 | CA64 | CA65 | CA66 | CA68 | CA69 | CA70 | ||||
| . . Thermistors | . . . Variants that have positive temperature/resistance characteristics (PTC) | . . . Variants that have negative temperature/resistance characteristics (NTC) | . . . Thermistor materials or material qualities | . . . . Resins or plastics | . . . . Ceramics | . . Semiconductor pn-junction elements | . . Thermocouples | . . Radiation thermometers (e.g., infrared sensors) | ||||
| CA71 | CA72 | CA73 | CA75 | CA76 | CA77 | CA78 | ||||||
| . . Thermostats | . . . Bimetal types | . . . Bellows types (i.e., using heat-sensitive tubes or rods) | . . Superconductors | . . Use of ultrasonic waves | . . Shape-memory alloys | . . Variants that have fusing sections | ||||||
| CA81 | CA82 | CA83 | CA85 | CA86 | CA87 | CA88 | ||||||
| . . Unbalanced-current-detecting circuits | . . . Bridge circuits | . . . . Bridge circuits with loads occurring on one side | . . Application of high frequency to the detecting elements | . . Observation of voltage at both ends of a resistor | . . Transformers or current transformers | . . Use of filters | ||||||
| CA91 | CA92 | CA93 | CA95 | CA96 | ||||||||
| . . Detecting element arrangements | . . . Variants that have multiple detecting elements | . . . Variants characterized by arrangements of filamentary detecting elements | . . Variants that detect when there is no current | . . Changes in detection times | ||||||||
| CB | CB00 CONTROL SECTIONS |
CB01 | CB02 | CB03 | CB04 | CB05 | CB06 | CB07 | CB09 | CB10 | ||
| . Control modes* | . . ON/OFF control | . . . Control related to hysteresis | . . . Zero-volt switching | . . . . Cycle control (i.e., frequency control) | . . Phase control | . . Pulse-width modulation (PWM) control | . . Voltage control | . . Current control | ||||
| CB12 | CB13 | CB14 | CB15 | CB18 | CB19 | CB20 | ||||||
| . . Constant value control | . . Tracking control | . . Ratio control | . . Program control | . . Combinations of control modes | . . Time-shared control | . . Current flow that switches between full-wave and half-wave | ||||||
| CB21 | CB22 | CB23 | CB24 | CB25 | CB26 | CB27 | CB28 | CB29 | CB30 | |||
| . Control section structure | . . Use of microcomputers | . . Variants that have arithmetic functions | . . . Calculation of load resistance values | . . . Calculation of rates of temperature change | . . . Calculation of power values | . . Variants that have timers | . . . Capacitor-resistor timers | . . . Counter circuits | . . . Delay circuits | |||
| CB32 | CB33 | CB34 | CB35 | |||||||||
| . . Logic circuits (i.e., digital circuits) | . . Sensing signals that are converted to capacitor voltages | . . Controllers | . . . Variants that have a controller outside the main unit | |||||||||
| CC | CC00 SETTING SECTIONS |
CC01 | CC03 | CC05 | CC06 | CC07 | CC09 | |||||
| . Setting with voltage dividers | . Setting with digital values | . Change of settings | . . Variants that change automatically | . . . Variants that respond to the environment external to the equipment | . Variants that have multiple settings | |||||||
| CD | CD00 SWITCHING SECTIONS OF MAIN CIRCUITS |
CD01 | CD02 | CD04 | CD06 | CD07 | ||||||
| . Contactless switches | . . One-way switches | . Contact switches | . Use of a plurality of switches | . . Combined use of contactless switches and contact switches | ||||||||
| CE | CE00 LOAD SECTIONS |
CE01 | CE02 | CE03 | CE04 | CE05 | ||||||
| . Heating element materials | . . Metals | . . Non-metals | . . . Ceramics | . . Materials with positive temperature characteristics (non-metals are also assigned to CE03) | ||||||||
| CE11 | CE12 | CE13 | CE15 | CE16 | CE17 | CE18 | CE19 | |||||
| . Heating element shapes | . . Linear shapes (drawings) | . . Planar shapes (drawings) | . Heating body shapes | . . Rods or wires (drawings) | . . Tubes (drawings) | . . Rings (drawings) | . . Planar shapes (drawings) | |||||
| CE21 | CE22 | CE23 | CE24 | CE25 | CE26 | CE27 | CE28 | CE29 | CE30 | |||
| . Use of multiple heating elements (drawings) | . . Selective application of current | . . . Variants that are independently controlled | . . . Switching of the heating position | . . Switching of the heating capacity | . . Changing of the output distribution | . . Heating element connections | . . . Serial connections (drawings) | . . . Parallel connections (drawings) | . . . Serial and parallel connections (drawings) | |||
| CE31 | CE32 | CE35 | ||||||||||
| . Variants that have multiple heating apparatuses (drawings) | . . Variants that have different types of heating apparatuses | . Variants that are accompanied by movement of the heater | ||||||||||
| CF | CF00 NOTIFICATION SECTIONS* |
CF01 | CF02 | CF03 | CF05 | CF06 | ||||||
| . Visual variants | . . Variants that use characters or numerals | . . Variants that use changes in color | . Auditory variants | . . Variants that use voice | ||||||||
| H05B3/00,335 | DA | DA00 ROTARY HEATING ROLLERS* |
DA01 | DA02 | DA03 | DA04 | DA05 | DA06 | ||||
| . Heating sections | . . Use of lamp heaters | . . Rollers that serve as heating bodies | . . . Variants with heating layers on the rollers | . . Variants that have cartridge-type heaters | . . Axial variation of heating power | |||||||
| DA11 | DA12 | DA13 | DA14 | DA15 | ||||||||
| . Power feed sections | . . Division of power feed brushes with one pole into multiple units | . . Power feed brushes that simultaneously serve as pressing springs | . . Axial application of elastic force | . . Provision of an electrode at only one end of the roller | ||||||||
| DA21 | DA22 | DA23 | DA24 | DA25 | DA26 | |||||||
| . Roller sections | . . Variants that have a heating medium | . . . Variants with a heating medium that is agitated | . . Variants that have heat-blocking members | . . Consideration of the thermal capacity of the rollers | . . Consideration of the thermal conductivity of the rollers | |||||||
| H05B3/00,345 | EA | EA00 HEATING APPARATUSES THAT USE REFLECTING MIRRORS* |
EA01 | EA02 | EA03 | EA04 | EA05 | EA06 | ||||
| . Reflecting mirror structure | . . Types with a single ellipsoid (drawings) | . . Multiple-ellipsoid types (drawings) | . . Spheroid types (drawings) | . . . Variants that have many units (drawings) | . . Ring-shaped variants (drawings) | |||||||
| EA11 | EA13 | EA14 | EA15 | |||||||||
| . Focal point movement | . Manipulation of convergence by using reflecting mirrors | . . Variants that have slits | . . Variants that have condensing lenses | |||||||||
| EA21 | EA23 | EA25 | ||||||||||
| . Monitoring inside of mirrors | . Variants that have cooling apparatuses | . Variants that have core pipes | ||||||||||
| H05B3/00,340 | FA | FA00 HEATING APPARATUSES THROUGH WHICH CURRENT FLOWS DIRECTLY* |
FA01 | FA02 | FA03 | FA04 | FA05 | FA06 | FA07 | FA08 | FA09 | FA10 |
| . Electrodes | . . Two electrodes (drawings) | . . Three or more electrodes (drawings) | . . Variants that clamp to conduct electricity | . . . One pair of clamping means (drawings) | . . . Two or more pairs of clamping means (drawings) | . . Rotary electrodes (e.g., pulleys or rolls) | . . Movable point of contact between electrodes and heated materials | . . . Movable electrodes | . . Variants that have apparatuses that prevent deposition | |||
| FA11 | FA13 | FA14 | FA15 | |||||||||
| . Variants that have cooling means | . Movable heated objects | . . Variants that are shifted | . . Use of conveyors | |||||||||
| H05B1/00-3/00,375 | GA | GA00 OTHERS* |
GA01 | GA02 | GA03 | GA04 | GA05 | GA06 | GA08 | |||
| . Equipment main units | . . Removable connectors | . . Variants that have thermal conductors | . . Variants that have heat storing materials | . . Variants that have heating containers | . . Variants that move the heated objects | . Polyphase power sources (e.g., three-phase or six-phase) |