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Solid-body heating unit
Assignee: HISAO NEGITA
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Filing: 1984-04-13
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Granted: 1985-08-20
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Expires: 2004-04-13
Abstract
Abstract A solid-body heating unit used for the warmth preservation, heating and heat treatment, more particularly, for surface heater for plates or patterns, has a refractory base overlaid with an electroconductive layer, a protective layer overlaying the electroconductive layer and a power supply for passing electric current through the electroconductive layer, whereby the surface temperature of the plates or patterns is controllable.
Inventors
- 👤 Mitsushi Mio
- 👤 Hisao Negita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 19:36
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05B; H05B3/00; H05B3/10; H05B3/16; H05B3/20; H05B3/22; H05B3/26; H05B2203/00; H05B2203/013; H05B2203/017
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
136 words
A mold pattern for casting metal, comprising: a refractory mold pattern base having the pattern to be molded on the face thereof; an electroconductive layer on said face and conforming to the shape of said pattern, said layer being 15-1000μ thick and being of an electroconductive material selected from the group consisting of Mo-Si alloy, Ti-Si alloy, Ni-Cr alloy, Fe-Cr-Al alloy, and reformed carbon, said material having a resistivity of 30-30,000 μΩcm; the layer having a larger thickness at portions at which a higher temperature is desired and having a smaller thickness at portions at which a lower temperature is desired; and terminal means connected to said layer for passing electric current through said layer, whereby the heating temperature produced by said layer can be made different in different regions of the face of the pattern.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
136 words
A mold pattern for casting metal, comprising: a refractory mold pattern base having the pattern to be molded on the face thereof; an electroconductive layer on said face and conforming to the shape of said pattern, said layer being 15-1000μ thick and being of an electroconductive material selected from the group consisting of Mo-Si alloy, Ti-Si alloy, Ni-Cr alloy, Fe-Cr-Al alloy, and reformed carbon, said material having a resistivity of 30-30,000 μΩcm; the layer having a larger thickness at portions at which a higher temperature is desired and having a smaller thickness at portions at which a lower temperature is desired; and terminal means connected to said layer for passing electric current through said layer, whereby the heating temperature produced by said layer can be made different in different regions of the face of the pattern.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
57 words
A mold pattern as claimed in claim 1 in which the layer is of reformed carbon, and the central region of the layer is 400μ thick and the peripheral region of the layer is 900μ thick, whereby the heating temperature produced by said layer can be made higher in the peripheral region than in the central region.
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