| US 7,565,067 B2 | ||
| Apparatus and method for heating an infrared-initiated splice seal | ||
| Giles Rodway, Calne (United Kingdom); Graham Miles, Swindon (United Kingdom); Martin Pope, Swindon (United Kingdom); Martyn Priddle, Swindon (United Kingdom); and Philip Hammond, Wootton Bassett (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to Tyco Electronics UK Ltd., Wiltshire (United Kingdom) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 13, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/674,209. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 0603293.2 (GB), filed on Feb. 18, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0196082 A1, Aug. 23, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. F21V 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 392—420 [392/423; 219/411] | 7 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus for heating a splice seal, comprising:
structural members defining a heating area that receives a splice seal, at least one of the structural members being moveable
between an open position and a closed position;
at least one heat source arranged in the heating area that directs infrared radiation toward the splice seal when the structural
member is in the closed position; and
at least one water-cooled heat sink that simultaneously cools the heating area when the structural member is in the closed
position.
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