Heating systems
AssigneeNGK Insulators, Ltd.
InventorsYoshinobu Goto, Hideyoshi Tsuruta
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a heating system having a ceramic heater and a supporting member supporting the back face of the heater, so that the cost of the supporting member can be reduced, the design change of the heater is made easier and excellent flatness of the heating face on use can be maintained. The heating system has a ceramic substrate 1 having a heating face 1a and a back face 1b, a heating means 4 for generating heat from the heating face 1a of the substrate 1, a metal supporting member 6 supporting the back face 1b of the substrate 1, and a heat insulating plate 5 provided between the back face 1b of the substrate 1 and the supporting member 6.
Claims15
A heating system comprising:
- a ceramic substrate having a heating face and a back face;
- a heating means for generating heat from said heating face of said ceramic substrate;
- a metal supporting member supporting said back face of said ceramic substrate, said metal supporting member having an outwardly extending flange portion which extends in a direction parallel to said back face of said ceramic substrate;
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- a heat insulating plate provided between said back face of said ceramic substrate and at least said flange portion of said metal supporting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.