Patent ID: 9651276
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: F24H,H05B

Claim:
1. A heater for solvents and flammable fluids, comprising: a heater core having a process fluid tube, a heating element, and a thermal well, all enclosed within a billet, wherein the heating element is thermally associated with both the process fluid tube and the thermal well; an electrical chamber embedded in a first end of the billet into which electrodes from the heating element extend and are connected to electrical wires from an electrical conduit, wherein the electrical chamber is filled with a non-conducting epoxy; a housing cap disposed on the first end of the billet, wherein the electrical conduit passes through the housing cap; and an O-ring groove around the first end of the billet and an O-ring gasket disposed in the O-ring groove, wherein the O-ring gasket and O-ring groove form a hermetic seal between the housing cap and the first end of the billet.