专利详情

Inline fluid heater

公开(公告)号：

GB201705946D0

公开(公告)日：

2017-05-31

申请号：

GB2017005946

申请日：

2017-04-13

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英国

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发明申请

简单法律状态：

失效

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当前申请(专利权)人：

EDWARDS VACUUM, LLC

原始申请(专利权)人：

EDWARDS VACUUM, LLC

当前申请(专利权)人地址：

6416 Inducon Drive West, Sanborn, New York 14132, United States of America

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工商成立日期：

2005

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摘要：

An inline fluid heater comprises an inlet 20 and outlet 40 coupled to a conduit (35ʹʹ, Fig. 3B) defined by a substrate 30. Fluid is received in the conduit (35ʹʹ, Fig. 3B) by the inlet 20 and a positive thermal coefficient (PTC) heater 50A, 50B thermally coupled to the substrate 30 heats the substrate 30 so that heated fluid is provided by the outlet 40. There may be a plurality of parallel or intersecting conduits (35ʹʹ, Fig. 3B), and they may be elongate or serpentine. The inlet 20 may be coupled to an inlet chamber 20B and the outlet 40 may be coupled to an outlet chamber 40C. The substrate 30 may define a plurality of faces 30A, 30B which receive a plurality of heater elements 50A, 50B. The substrate 30 may be 3D printed or extruded, or it may be non-planar and folded to receive the PTC heater 50A, 50B between folds. The conduits (35ʹʹ, Fig. 3B) may be defined by mesh or fibres in a housing.

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CLAIMS 1. An inline fluid heater, comprising: (a) an inlet operable to receive a fluid to be heated; (b) a substrate defining at least one conduit fluidly coupled with said inlet to receive said fluid; (c) a positive thermal coefficient heater thermally coupled with said substrate and operable to heat said substrate to provide a heated fluid by heating said fluid within said at least one conduit; and (d) an outlet fluidly coupled with said at least one conduit and operable to provide said heated fluid. 2. The inline fluid heater of claim 1, wherein said substrate defines a plurality of said conduits fluidly coupled with said inlet and said outlet. 3. The inline fluid heater of claim 1, wherein said conduits extend within said substrate. 4. The inline fluid heater of claim 1, wherein said conduits are at least one of parallel and intersecting. 5. The inline fluid heater of claim 1, wherein said conduits are at least one of elongate and serpentine. 6. The inline fluid heater of claim 1, wherein said substrate comprises at least one of a mesh and fibres defining said conduits and encapsulated within a substrate housing. 3. The inline fluid heater of claim 1, wherein said substrate defines at least one face which receives said positive thermal coefficient heater. 8. The inline fluid heater of claim 1, wherein said substrate defines a plurality of faces which receive a plurality of said positive thermal coefficient heaters. 9. The inline fluid heater of claim 1, wherein said substrate is elongate and planar and received between a plurality of said positive thermal coefficient heaters. 10. The inline fluid heater of claim 1, wherein said substrate is non-planar. 11. The inline fluid heater of claim 10, wherein said substrate receives at least one said positive thermal coefficient heater between faces of said non-planar substrate. 12. The inline fluid heater of claim 10, wherein said substrate is folded and receives at least one said positive thermal coefficient heater between folds. 13. The inline fluid heater of claim 1, wherein said at least one face is roughened to receive a thermal bonding material between said face and said positive thermal coefficient heater. 14. The inline fluid heater of claim 1, wherein said positive thermal coefficient heater comprises a positive thermal coefficient heater element housed within a thermally- conductive housing. 15. Theinline fluid heater of claim 1, wherein said inlet defines an inlet chamber fluidly coupling an inlet aperture operable to receive said fluid with said at least one conduit. 16. The inline fluid heater of claim 1, wherein said outlet defines an outlet chamber fluidly coupling said at least one conduit with an outlet aperture operable to provide said heated fluid. 17. The inline fluid heater of claim 1, wherein said substrate is at least partially one of 3D printed and extruded. 18. The inline fluid heater of claim 1, comprising a plurality of said inlets, each inlet being fluidly coupled with an associated at least one conduit defined by said substrate, each associated at least one conduit being fluidly coupled with an associated outlet. 19. The inline fluid heater of claim 18, wherein each inlet is coupled with one of identical and differing at least one conduits.

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