Patent ID: 9096931
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: C23C,F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A valve assembly comprising: a mounting block having a first surface; a plurality of valves connected to the mounting block first surface; a plurality of fluid lines, wherein at least one fluid line couples two of the plurality of valves spaced apart from the mounting block first surface; a heating element located within a first insulating layer and overlying the plurality of fluid lines and the mounting block, wherein the plurality of fluid lines are between the mounting block and the heating element, and a second insulating layer adjacent the first insulating layer and between the at least one fluid line and the mounting block first surface, wherein the plurality of fluid lines are between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, and wherein the first insulating layer extends over a portion and less than completely around the at least one fluid line.