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US 7,668,444 · App. 11/882,140 · Granted Feb 23, 2010

Pipe heater encircled conduit device

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Patent No.
US 7,668,444
App. No.
11/882,140
Granted
Feb 23, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a pipe heater encircled conduit device ( 1 ), in which a heating element ( 111 ) wrapped with a filament ( 112 ) having high resistance is provided and a hollow quartz inner tube ( 113 ) is inserted at the outside of said heating element ( 113 ) to form a pipe heater ( 11 ), both ends of the heating element ( 111 ) being connected with an electrode pin ( 114 ) respectively. A hollow quartz outer tube ( 123 ) is inserted at the outside of the pipe heater ( 11 ), which has an inlet ( 121 ) and an outlet ( 122 ) on the tube wall. A heat transfer space (A) is thus formed between the inner quartz tube ( 113 ) and the outer quartz tube ( 123 ), and insulation members ( 124 ) are combined with the respective opening end of both tubes. By the arrangement of the inner and outer quartz tubes. ( 113 ), ( 123 ), the heat energy generated by the pipe heater ( 11 ) formed by the heating element ( 111 ) and the hollow inner quartz tube ( 113 ) can be transferred to the medium which is introduced from the inlet ( 121 ) and exhausted from the outlet ( 122 ). Thus, the medium can be heated by the heat energy generated by the heating element ( 111 ) itself by both actions of heat conduction and heat radiation.

Claims (13)

1. A pipe heater encircled conduit device ( 1 ), comprising:

a pipe heater ( 11 ) formed by a heating element ( 111 ) wrapped with a filament ( 112 ) having a high resistance and a hollow quartz inner tube ( 113 ) encompassing said heating element ( 111 ), both ends of said heating element ( 111 ) being connected to a respective electrode pin ( 114 );

an outer tube unit ( 12 ) having a hollow quartz outer tube ( 123 ) overlaying said pipe heater ( 11 ) in spaced relationship to define a heat transfer space (A) therebetween, said hollow quartz outer tube ( 123 ) having at least one inlet ( 121 ) and at least one outlet ( 122 ) formed through a wall thereof and being in fluid communication with said heat transfer space; and

a pair of insulation members ( 124 ) respectively disposed at opposing ends of said outer tube unit to define closures for open ends of said inner tube ( 113 ) and said outer tube ( 123 ), a distal end of each electrode pin ( 114 ) of said pipe heater ( 11 ) extending through a respective insulation member ( 124 ) to an exterior of said insulation member ( 124 ) for connection with a power source.

2. The pipe heater encircled conduit device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said outer quartz tube ( 123 ) is provided with a plurality of inlets ( 121 ) and a plurality of outlets ( 122 ).

3. The pipe heater encircled conduit device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said insulation member ( 124 ) is made of ceramic material.

4. A pipe heater encircled conduit device ( 1 ), comprising:

a pipe heater ( 11 ) formed by a heating element ( 111 ) wrapped with a filament ( 112 ) having a high resistance and a hollow quartz inner tube ( 113 ) encompassing said heating element ( 113 ), both ends of said heating element ( 111 ) being connected to a respective electrode pin ( 114 );

an outer tube unit ( 12 ) having a hollow quartz outer tube ( 123 ) overlaying in said pipe heater ( 11 ) in spaced relationship to define a heat transfer space (A) therebetween, said hollow quartz outer tube ( 123 ) having at least one inlet ( 121 ) and at least one outlet ( 122 ) formed through a wall thereof and being in fluid communication with said heat transfer space;

an outer shield ( 13 ) overlaying said hollow outer quartz tube ( 123 ) of said outer tube unit ( 12 ) in spaced relationship to define a heat convection space (B) between said hollow outer quartz tube ( 123 ) and said outer shield ( 13 ), said heat convection space (B) being in fluid communication with said at least one inlet ( 121 ) and said at least one outlet ( 122 ) of said hollow quartz outer tube ( 123 ), said outer shield having an inlet ( 131 ) and an outlet ( 132 ) respectively formed through a wall thereof and in fluid communication with said heat convection space; and

a pair of insulation members ( 124 ) respectively disposed at opposing ends of said outer shield ( 13 ) to define closures for open ends of said inner tube ( 113 ), said outer tube ( 123 ) and said outer shield, a distal end of each electrode pin ( 114 ) of said pipe heater ( 11 ) extending through a respective insulation member ( 124 ) to an exterior of said insulation member ( 124 ) for connection with a power source.

5. The pipe heater encircled conduit device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said outer quartz tube ( 123 ) is provided with a plurality of inlets ( 121 ) and a plurality of outlets ( 122 ).

6. The A pipe heater encircled conduit device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said insulation member ( 124 ) is made of ceramic material.

Continuity (1)
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