Patent ID: 6400898
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
A heater for heating a surface, the heater comprising,a heating element for providing a uniform heat profile across the later distance of the heater for radiating uniform heat across a lateral distance of the heater, the heating element is a set of inline heating elements equally spaced apart across the lateral distance of the heater for uniformly heating the surface under the lateral distance of the heater, the heating elements providing a nonuniform heat profile in a traverse direction, a set of wheels for translating the heater upon the surface, a power source for supplying power to the heating element, a wheel motor for driving the set of wheels, and a wheel motor controller for controlling the wheel motor for controlling the rotational rate of the set of wheels for translating the heater across the surface at a constant rate of speed in the traverse direction.