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AssigneeMicropyretics Heaters International, Inc.
InventorsVenkata Burada, Jainagesh Sekhar, Jerod Batt, Ganta S. Reddy, Brian Kandell
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A device to provide improved anti-smudging, better gripping and longer shelf-life to products and surfaces includes an electric superheated steam generator and an electric low-ion plasma generator to provide superheated steam and low-ion plasma to the surfaces of products including plastics. One embodiment envisions the superheated steam generator and the low-ion plasma generator being contained in a housing while another embodiment anticipates a conveyor means positioned in front of the superheated steam generator and the low-ion plasma generator. A method for the improving of anti-smudging, gripping and shelf-life for properties includes the application of superheated steam and low-ion plasma by means of a superheated steam generator and a low-ion plasma generator to products for specific periods of time and at specific distances to attain desired surface and bulk properties. The superheated steam and low-ion plasma may be applied individually, simultaneously or sequentially.
A device for the improvement of anti-smudging, gripping and shelf-life properties of products and surfaces comprising a means to electrically generate and apply a low-ion stream to products and surfaces, wherein the means to electrically generate and apply the low-ion stream comprises a heater capable of heating a gaseous flow to a temperature sufficient to produce ions, wherein the gaseous flow is heated by at least one electrically powered heating element, wherein the device has an aperture through which the low-ion stream exits and wherein the device is positioned in a manner to project the low-ion stream on to products and surfaces.
A device for the improvement of anti-smudging, gripping and shelf-life properties of products and surfaces comprising a low-ion plasma generator and a superheated steam generator, wherein the plasma generator and the superheated steam generator electrically generate and apply a low-ion stream, the plasma generator and the superheated steam generator each comprising a heater which heats a gaseous flow to a temperature sufficient to produce ions, wherein the gaseous flow is heated by at least one electrically powered heating element, wherein each has an aperture through which the low-ion stream exits and wherein each is positioned in a manner to project the low-ion stream individually, simultaneously or sequentially to products and surfaces.
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