Ceramic-resistor heating plate

• US 6,259,075 B1
• Filed: 12/29/1999
• Issued: 07/10/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Chia-Hsiung Wu
• Original Assignee: Chia-Hsiung Wu
• Inventors: Wu, Chia-Hsiung
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoang, Tu Ba
• Application Number:
  US09/474,267
• Time in Patent Office: 559 Days
• Field of Search: 219/540, 219/202, 219/504, 219/505, 392/347, 392/355, 392/360, 392/485
• US Class Current: 219/540
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/024 Heaters using beehive flow through structures
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/141 Conductive ceramics, e.g. metal oxides, metal carbides, barium titanate, ferrites, zirconia, vitrous compounds
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/16 the conductor being mounted on an insulating base

Abstract

Disclosed is a ceramic-resistor heating plate for preventing corona discharge which is characterized in that an extruded insulating part is provided around the peripheral of the plate-shaped heating body. Therefore, the distance between the electrodes of the fin plates sandwiching the heating body can be increased and the problem of corona discharge can be prevented with reduced cost and enhanced safety.

Claims

1. A ceramic resistor heating plate comprising:

a) at least one ceramic resistor heating body having front and back sides with conductive film on both front and back sides;

b) a protruding insulating region protruding outwardly from both the front and back sides, the region extending along at least two opposite margins bounding the conductive films; and

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c) a plurality of elongated, serpentine conductive fin plates, each having a height less than a corresponding dimension of the at least one ceramic resistor heating body and equal to a distance between the opposite margins of the conductive films bounded by the protruding insulating regions such that, one serpentine conductive film plate contacts the conductive film on each of the front and back sides of the ceramic resistor heating body.

2. The ceramic resistor heating plate of claim 1 comprising a plurality of ceramic resistor heating bodies arranged in a row such that the front and back surfaces are aligned.

3. The ceramic resistor heating plate of claim 2 wherein gaps between adjacent ceramic resistor heating bodies are filled with insulating paste.

4. The ceramic resistor heating plate of claim 1 wherein the protruding insulating regions are formed integrally with the at least one ceramic resistor heating body and the at least one ceramic resistor heating body has an I-shaped cross-sectional configuration.

5. The ceramic resistor heating plate of claim 1 further comprising a protection cap covering the protruding insulating regions.

6. The ceramic resistor heating plate of claim 1 wherein the protruding insulating region comprises upper and lower frames on the at least one ceramic resistor heating body, the upper and lower frames bounding openings to expose the conductive films.