Infrared heater
AssigneesNGK Insulators, Ltd., National University Corporation Hokkaido University, (National University Corporation) Niigata University
InventorsMichiro AOKI, Yoshio Kondo, Tsuyoshi Totani, Atsushi Sakurai
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Abstract
An infrared heater includes a heater body and a casing. The heater body includes a heating element and a metamaterial structure capable of emitting infrared radiation having a peak wavelength of a non-Planck distribution when thermal energy is supplied from the heating element. The casing has an interior space in which the heater body is disposed and whose pressure is reducible. In addition, the casing includes an infrared radiation transmitting portion capable of transmitting the infrared radiation emitted by the metamaterial structure to an outside of the casing.
Claims8
An infrared heater comprising:
- a heater body including a heating element and a metamaterial structure capable of emitting infrared radiation having a peak wavelength of a non-Planck distribution when thermal energy is supplied from the heating element;
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- a casing having an interior space in which the heater body is disposed and whose pressure is reducible, the casing including an infrared radiation transmitting portion capable of transmitting the infrared radiation emitted by the metamaterial structure to an outside of the casing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.