EP0174702A2 - Method for applying electrodes to a piece of metallized textile material, heating device for humidifying a gas- or gas-mixing stream - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method for applying electrodes to a piece of metallized textile material.
- a known method for applying electrodes to a piece of metallized textile material is tucking up stranded copper wire. It has appeared, however, that in this manner no ongoing contact is possible, not even if for tucking up suitable yarn material is used and the wire tension is kept as high as possible. Further the known method makes it difficult or time-consuming to provide electrodes on either side.
- the purpose of the invention is at least to eliminate these disadvantages and for that purpose provides a method of the kind indicated above, characterised in that it comprises the selective immersion of the piece of metallized textile material in an electroless metal bath. This method might be called plating or galvanizing without current.
- the invention provides a method of the kind mentioned above, characterised in that the electrodes are deposited by evaporation.
- the invention relates to heating devices which are especially applicable in the medical field, such as for the adjustable heating of containers with blood, a heated operating table or heated operating blankets.
- a device is further provided by comprising a heating element for humidifying a gas- or gas-mixture stream.
- the humidifying fluid is in particular sterilized water and the gas- or gas-mixture stream a stream of oxigen and/or air.
- These humidifying devices are known and are especially applied in the medical field. Many of these known devices are connected with a reservoir of sterile water for the supply of humidifying fluid.
- the invention now aims at simplifying the knowm humidifying devices and to improve their humidifying action, as well as reducing the chance of bacterial growth.
- the invention provides a device of the kind mentioned in the beginning, characterised in that the heating element comprises a strip-shaped heater unit, arranged to be brought into an encircling connection with a container with fluid provided with an inlet and an outlet.
- the heating element comprises a strip-shaped heater unit, arranged to be brought into an encircling connection with a container with fluid provided with an inlet and an outlet.
- the heating element is arranged to be brought into an encircling connection with a disposable container pre-filled with sterilized water.
- the invention provides a device for humidifying a gas or gas-mixture stream, comprising a container provided with a gas-inlet, a gas-outlet and a fluid-inlet, as well as a heating element provided with a heater unit applied, at least in operation, in an encircling connection with the container.
- the container and the heating element have a configuration, analogous to a heating-up apparatus for small milk bottles for sucklings.
- Said holder then has a fluid connection with a supply container of vaporizing fluid, e.g. a disposable container pre-filled with sterilised water.
- the purpose of the invention is to provide a heating element with a heater unit which is not restricted to application with a container of a certain configuration and for that purpose provides a device of the kind last-mentioned above, characterized in that the heater unit is strip-shaped.
- the heater unit can be applied in close contact with containers of various configurations.
- a further aspect of the invention is, as will appear later on, that the regulation of the temperature by the heating element is such that preferably such a quantity of heat is supplied to the container as is necessary to provide energy necessary for humidification of a gas- or gas-mixture stream led through the humidifying fluid, so that the temperature of the humidified gas- or gas-mixture stream does not become higher than the surrounding temperature, which prevents the occurrence of condensation in the relevant conduits.
- the invention is not restricted to the heating- and humidifying device shown in fig. 1, but can especially, but not exclusively, be applied in the medical field with several advantages as a heating device.
- a heating device for blood bags which need to be kept at a temperature of around 37 degrees C, a heated operatic table or an operating blanket to keep the patient to be treated,warm and a phgsiotherapeutic heating unit as replacement of paraffin cushions, thermogeneous wadding and infrared lamps. It will be apparent that this enumeration is not exhaustive.
- Fig. 1 shows with reference 8 an incubator, in which there is a neanatal 19.
- the purpose of the humidifying device is to keep the relative humidity of the oxigen or air or a mixture of both supplied by means of pipe 5 up to the desired level. Thereby it should be prevented that the stream of humidified oxigen in the conduit 5 causes condensation as a result of cooling, in which case the condensate can be a breeding ground for bacteria.
- the temperature of the humidified stream of oxigen flowing into conduit 5 is kept lower than or the same as the surrounding temperature .
- the temperature in the incubator 8 will generally be higher than the surrounding temperature of the conduit 5, so that with a relative humidity of 100% in the conduit 5, this will be lower inside the incubator 8.
- conduit 5 is placed inside the incubators and more in particular the container of humidifying fluid 1 and the heater unit 6 to be discussed hereinafter, because, as also to be discussed, the heater unit 6 has been arranged in such a manner- that it can be sterilized.
- the container of humidifying fluid 1 is a filled container with a supply of humidifying fluid.
- the container can also be provided with a fluid inlet for connection with a container for the humidifying fluid.
- the container is preferably a disposable container pre-filled with sterilized water, as then the danger of bacteria is smallest and containers of said kind are quite frequently used in medical surround- iings.
- Most of these containers are provided with at least two openings that can be shut off, shown diagrammatically in fig.l as gas inlet 9 and gas outlet 10.
- the gas inlet 9 is, by means of conduit 4, connected with an outlet 3 of a supply of gas or gas-mixture.
- the gas outlet 10 is connected, by means of conduit 5, with the incubator 8.
- Reference 6 shows a heater unit embodying the invention, provided with a cover or bag elementl8 and a connecting element 7 with a possibly rigid synthetic casing. Said heater unit will be more fully explained hereinafter with reference to fig.2.
- Heater unit 6 is a part of a heating element, further comprising the regulation element 15.
- the regulation element 15 is connected, by means of a cable 14, with the connecting element 7 of the heater unit 6.
- the regulation element 15 comprises an adjusting element 30, the externally visible parts of which are shown in fig.l, said parts with the relevant scales are shown in detail in fig. 1A When fig.lA is discussed this matter will be referred to.
- the adjusting element 15 is connected with a cable 11 with a plug, which, as shown, can be plugged into a wall socket 13, preferably provided with ground connection.
- the sterilized water in the disposable container can in the very first place be brought up to the required temperature e.g. 26 degrees C. Then an oxigen stream can be led through the sterilized water in the disposable container, causing the oxigen obtaining a relative humidity of 100 %.
- the adjusting element 15, via the cable 14 supplies current to the heater unit in such a manner that the water supply is kept at 26 degrees C.
- the connecting element 7 is provided with a temperature sensor 20, which, on application of the heater unit around the container 1 is in close contact with the latter.
- the sensor 20 provides a feedback signal for the adjusting elementl5, which will be explained in more detail with reference to fig. 3.
- the relative humidity of the humidified oxigen stream will be 70% in the incubator and that of the humidified oxigen stream inside the conduit 5 will have a value between 100 and 70 % respectively. Consequently there will be no condensation in the conduit 5 and with the described, in practice excessive, temperature difference of 6 degrees C a relative humidity of 70 % can be achieved inside the incubator.
- Fig. lA shows in more detail the externally visible parts of the adjusting element 30.
- a movable part in this embodiment a button with-a flange 17 and a fixed part, i.e. a part of the wall 26 of the casing of the adjusting element.
- a scale for the relative humidity is indicated, which according to a certain formula is related to the linear temperature scale 32 applied to said part of the casing 26.
- a certain set temperature in this case 26 degrees C, whereby the humidified oxigen stream flowing in pipe 5 has a relative humidity of 100%, that the relative humidity inside the incubator with a temperature of 32 degrees C will be 70 %.
- Fig. 2 shows in more detail the strip-shaped heater unit 6.
- the heater unit 6 comprises a cover or bag element 27 preferably of textile material and with a consequently dimensioned piece of profile foam 41.Such a bag element 27 can be sterilized in a simple manner. The bag element 27 is closed off by the connecting element 7 with the temperature sensor 20 for contact with the wall of the container.
- the connecting element 7 with the temperature sensor 20 is placed against the wall of container 1, after which the bag element 27 is tightly folded around the container 1 into the direction of the other end of the bag element 27, and is fixed by means of a connecting element (not shown), preferably wavelock tape.
- a connecting element preferably wavelock tape.
- the temperature sensor 20 is in close contact with the wall of the container 1, whilst also a rectangular piece of metallized textile material, indicated by reference 21, is in close contact with the wall of the container 1 for the heating of the fluid.
- the rectangular piece of metallized textile material has two electrodes 23 and 24, applied over the entire length to preferably the short sides, whereby the electrodes are preferably applied to either side of the rectangular piece of metallized textile material 21.
- the advantage of placing the electrodes at the short sides is that the electrodes are short and therefore less sensitive to failures.
- the weaving direction of the piece of metallized textile material is perpendicular to the long sides of the electrodes, preferably also rectangular.
- the metal of the rectangular piece of metallized textile material is nickel.
- the resistance of the electrodes needs to be lower, to an extent of a factor 10, than that of the part of the piece of metallized textile material withoutt electrodes.
- the material of the electrodes is preferably copper. In fig. 2 the weaving direction of the metallized textile material is indicated by reference 22.
- the application of the electrodes 23, 24, to the metallized textile material 21 forms a part of this invention.
- textile material should be given a wide interpretation, comprising e.g. woven fabric, hosiery, felt, , formed from threads, fibres, or yarns and paper.
- the metallizing is such that every fibre or thread is surrounded by metal lining, the thickness of which can be a fraction of a micrometer.
- Known is providing in electrodes by tucking up litzwire with a special sort of yarn, with due attention to the wire tension. Inherent to this method are long assembly times of the heater unit, bad contacting and an increase in resistance due to contact-resistance fluctuation between the metallize textile material and the litzwire.
- a solution to this problem according to the invention in question is the selective depositing by evaporation of the electrodes. Difficult, however, is in that case that a large part of the metallized textile material needs to be masked to prevent depositing by evaporation.
- a method that ought to be given preference for applying electrodes to a piece of metallized textile material according to the invention in question comprises the selective immersion of the piece of metallized textile material in an electroless metal bath, e.g. a piece of nickel plated textile material in an electroless copper bath, or the plating or galvanising (not in the sense of zincplating a metal), without the application of current, of the metallized textile material.
- an electroless metal bath e.g. a piece of nickel plated textile material in an electroless copper bath, or the plating or galvanising (not in the sense of zincplating a metal), without the application of current, of the metallized textile material.
- Selective implies here immersion to a chosen depth, e.g. to the extent of a few millimetres.
- a specific example of the contacting process of a nickel plated textile material is as follows. First the nickel plated textile material is immersed in a nickel activator bath for cleaning the nickel layer and to enable the copper layer to adhere well, e.
- the immersion depth is then mainly equal to the desired width of the electrode e.g. around 3 millimetres.
- the nickel plated textile material has been treated with the activator, very careful rinsing is necessary, preferably first in an alcohol solution and after that in deionised water.
- the activated nickel plated textile material is selectively provided with a copper layer by e.g. hanging it during 25 minutes in an electroless copper bath, e.g. oxitron PCB 50 of SEL-REX ( both trademarks of OMI International) to a depth, which is greater than the immersion depth for activating, e.g.
- This difference in immersion depth is chosen to prevent chemical residue from staying behind in the part of the nickel plated textile material not covered with copper and affecting by its agressive action the textile material, as a result of which said material would ultimately be destroyed in operation.
- the copper electrodes can be well soldered.
- the resulting pieces of metallized textile material provided with electrodes can now be applied in all kinds of heating devices, thanks to the maintained flexibility, through which tears in operation can be prevented; if desired with the inclusion of the regulation device embodying the invention in question, to be more fully explained hereinafter.
- the printed circuit board extends halfway to the piece of metallized textile material and at the end turned away from the connecting element 7 the second temperature sensor 40 is connected.
- the function of the second temperature sensor will be more fully explained hereinafter with the explanation of the regulation unit embodying the invention in question.
- Fig. 3 shows a strongly simplified block diagram of the regulation element 15 embodying the invention.
- the adjusting element 30 provides a signal representative for the desired temperature to a combination element31. Further the combination element 31 receives a signal from a safety element 37, incorporated in a feedback loop. Both the first and the second temperature sensor are incorporated in the safety element.
- the first sensor which is physically incorporated in the connecting element 7, provides a signal which is representative for the temperature of the container 1 and preferably has a linear temperature dependence. So the combination element receives an adjusting signal and a feedback signal and, in case of a deviation between these signals, a control element 32 changes the supply of current through a switching element 33. The switching sequence thereby determines the current,which is supplied to the heater unit 6 by means of the cable 14.
- the control element 32 will have the switching element 33 supply the current with longer time intervals.
- the regulation is, therefore, of an on/off- regulation type.
- the second temperature sensor 40 detects that the heater unit t exceeds a maximum temperature, e.g. the softening temperature of a synthetic container of e.g. 74 degrees C, then the signal of the safety element 37 interrupts the switching by the switching element 33.
- an alarm element 36 is provided, which, after the elapse of an adjustable delay time of the delay element 35, gives an optical and/or audible indication that for a certain time, e.g. in the stretch fro ⁇ O to 18 minutes no switching by the switching element 33, and therefore no supply of energy to the heater unit, has taken place.
- the second temperature sensor 40 e.g. NTC, mounted on the printed circuit board 28, is incorporated in the feedback loop with a maximum temperature detector in the safety element 37.
- a maximum temperature detector in the safety element 37.
- this is not necessary as also a separate maximum temperature detector, not incorporated in the feedback loop may be provided, which prevents switching by the switching element 33 when a certain maximum temperature is exceeded.
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- Method for applying electrodes to a piece of metallized textile material, heating device and device for humidifying a gas- or gas-mixture stream.
- The invention relates to a method for applying electrodes to a piece of metallized textile material.
- A known method for applying electrodes to a piece of metallized textile material is tucking up stranded copper wire. It has appeared, however, that in this manner no impeccable contact is possible, not even if for tucking up suitable yarn material is used and the wire tension is kept as high as possible. Further the known method makes it difficult or time-consuming to provide electrodes on either side.
- The purpose of the invention is at least to eliminate these disadvantages and for that purpose provides a method of the kind indicated above, characterised in that it comprises the selective immersion of the piece of metallized textile material in an electroless metal bath. This method might be called plating or galvanizing without current.
- With the same purpose the invention provides a method of the kind mentioned above, characterised in that the electrodes are deposited by evaporation.
- Further the invention relates to heating devices which are especially applicable in the medical field, such as for the adjustable heating of containers with blood, a heated operating table or heated operating blankets.
- According to a following aspect of the relevant invention a device is further provided by comprising a heating element for humidifying a gas- or gas-mixture stream.
- Thereby the humidifying fluid is in particular sterilized water and the gas- or gas-mixture stream a stream of oxigen and/or air. These humidifying devices are known and are especially applied in the medical field. Many of these known devices are connected with a reservoir of sterile water for the supply of humidifying fluid.
- The invention now aims at simplifying the knowm humidifying devices and to improve their humidifying action, as well as reducing the chance of bacterial growth.
- For this purpose the invention provides a device of the kind mentioned in the beginning, characterised in that the heating element comprises a strip-shaped heater unit, arranged to be brought into an encircling connection with a container with fluid provided with an inlet and an outlet.
- As a result of these measures it is not necessary in the first place to provide a second heatable container for vaporizing the humidifying fluid and in the second place no pressure- and fluid connections between the supply container with humidifying fluid and the container for the humidifying fluid to be vaporized are necessary.
- Preferably the heating element is arranged to be brought into an encircling connection with a disposable container pre-filled with sterilized water.
- Finally the invention provides a device for humidifying a gas or gas-mixture stream, comprising a container provided with a gas-inlet, a gas-outlet and a fluid-inlet, as well as a heating element provided with a heater unit applied, at least in operation, in an encircling connection with the container. The container and the heating element have a configuration, analogous to a heating-up apparatus for small milk bottles for sucklings. Said holder then has a fluid connection with a supply container of vaporizing fluid, e.g. a disposable container pre-filled with sterilised water.
- The purpose of the invention is to provide a heating element with a heater unit which is not restricted to application with a container of a certain configuration and for that purpose provides a device of the kind last-mentioned above, characterized in that the heater unit is strip-shaped.
- As a result of this measure the heater unit can be applied in close contact with containers of various configurations.
- A further aspect of the invention is, as will appear later on, that the regulation of the temperature by the heating element is such that preferably such a quantity of heat is supplied to the container as is necessary to provide energy necessary for humidification of a gas- or gas-mixture stream led through the humidifying fluid, so that the temperature of the humidified gas- or gas-mixture stream does not become higher than the surrounding temperature, which prevents the occurrence of condensation in the relevant conduits.
- Preference is given for a heater unit,to the use of an angular piece of metallized textile material with electrodes applied over the entire length of two opposite sides.
- The invention will be more fully explained with reference to a possible embodiment of the invention and with reference to the attached drawing, in which:
- Fig. 1 is an oxigen humidifying device, connected with an incubator, according to a possible embodiment of the invention applied on neonatal care;
- Fig. 1A is a detailed view of the adjusting parts with temperature and relative humidity scale respectively of the adjusting element of a heating element of the air humidifying device as shown in fig. 1;
- Fig. 2 is a detailed view of the heater unit of e.g. the device as shown in fig. 1; and
- Fig 3 is a strongly simplified block diagram of a possible control circuit for a heating element according to the invention in question.
- The invention is not restricted to the heating- and humidifying device shown in fig. 1, but can especially, but not exclusively, be applied in the medical field with several advantages as a heating device. As advantageous embodiments can be mentioned a heating device for blood bags, which need to be kept at a temperature of around 37 degrees C, a heated operatic table or an operating blanket to keep the patient to be treated,warm and a phgsiotherapeutic heating unit as replacement of paraffin cushions, thermogeneous wadding and infrared lamps. It will be apparent that this enumeration is not exhaustive.
- Fig. 1 shows with reference 8 an incubator, in which there is a neanatal 19. The purpose of the humidifying device is to keep the relative humidity of the oxigen or air or a mixture of both supplied by means of
pipe 5 up to the desired level. Thereby it should be prevented that the stream of humidified oxigen in theconduit 5 causes condensation as a result of cooling, in which case the condensate can be a breeding ground for bacteria. For this purpose the temperature of the humidified stream of oxigen flowing intoconduit 5 is kept lower than or the same as the surrounding temperature . Here it needs to be considered that the temperature in the incubator 8 will generally be higher than the surrounding temperature of theconduit 5, so that with a relative humidity of 100% in theconduit 5, this will be lower inside the incubator 8. Although not shown it is possible to place theconduit 5 inside the incubators and more in particular the container of humidifying fluid 1 and theheater unit 6 to be discussed hereinafter, because, as also to be discussed, theheater unit 6 has been arranged in such a manner- that it can be sterilized. - In the embodiment of the invention shown in fig. 1 the container of humidifying fluid 1 is a filled container with a supply of humidifying fluid. However, the container can also be provided with a fluid inlet for connection with a container for the humidifying fluid. In the embodiment shown in fig. 1 the container is preferably a disposable container pre-filled with sterilized water, as then the danger of bacteria is smallest and containers of said kind are quite frequently used in medical surround- iings. Most of these containers are provided with at least two openings that can be shut off, shown diagrammatically in fig.l as
gas inlet 9 and gas outlet 10. Thegas inlet 9 is, by means of conduit 4, connected with an outlet 3 of a supply of gas or gas-mixture. The gas outlet 10 is connected, by means ofconduit 5, with the incubator 8. - When the gas outlet 3 is opened,the gas streams to the incubator 8 via conduit 4,
gas inlet 9, fluid, the surface of which is indicated by reference 2, outlet 10 andpipe 5. -
Reference 6 shows a heater unit embodying the invention, provided with a cover or bag elementl8 and a connecting element 7 with a possibly rigid synthetic casing. Said heater unit will be more fully explained hereinafter with reference to fig.2.Heater unit 6 is a part of a heating element, further comprising theregulation element 15. Theregulation element 15 is connected, by means of acable 14, with the connecting element 7 of theheater unit 6. Theregulation element 15 comprises anadjusting element 30, the externally visible parts of which are shown in fig.l, said parts with the relevant scales are shown in detail in fig. 1A When fig.lA is discussed this matter will be referred to. The adjustingelement 15 is connected with acable 11 with a plug, which, as shown, can be plugged into awall socket 13, preferably provided with ground connection. - With the embodiment shown in fig. 1 is in operation the sterilized water in the disposable container can in the very first place be brought up to the required temperature e.g. 26 degrees C. Then an oxigen stream can be led through the sterilized water in the disposable container, causing the oxigen obtaining a relative humidity of 100 %. For humidifying the dry oxigen stream energy is required, as a result of which heat will be drawn from the supply of sterilized water in the container, were it not for the fact that the adjusting
element 15, via thecable 14, supplies current to the heater unit in such a manner that the water supply is kept at 26 degrees C. For scanning the water temperature the connecting element 7 is provided with atemperature sensor 20, which, on application of the heater unit around the container 1 is in close contact with the latter. In this manner thesensor 20 provides a feedback signal for the adjusting elementl5, which will be explained in more detail with reference to fig. 3. Assuming now that the temperature inside the incubator 8 is 32 degrees C and the surrounding temperature of theconduit 5 has a value which lies between 26 and 32 degrees C, then the relative humidity of the humidified oxigen stream will be 70% in the incubator and that of the humidified oxigen stream inside theconduit 5 will have a value between 100 and 70 % respectively. Consequently there will be no condensation in theconduit 5 and with the described, in practice excessive, temperature difference of 6 degrees C a relative humidity of 70 % can be achieved inside the incubator. This distinguishes the device in question from known devices of this kind, where heater units of a relatively large capacity are used for substantially heating the water in the container, as a result of which the relative humidity of the humidified oxigen stream can be far and even very far above 100 %, which in the first place causes condensation with all resulting disadvantages and further consumes an unnecessarily large amount of energy. It may be noted that the ward temperature of an intensive care department,where incubators are stationed, is generally not greatly different from the temperature inside the incubator, e.g. 31 and 32 degrees C respectively. - Fig. lA shows in more detail the externally visible parts of the adjusting
element 30. In particular a movable part, in this embodiment a button with-aflange 17 and a fixed part, i.e. a part of thewall 26 of the casing of the adjusting element. On theflange 17 of the button a scale for the relative humidity is indicated, which according to a certain formula is related to thelinear temperature scale 32 applied to said part of thecasing 26. For an operator it is now very simple with a certain set temperature, in thiscase 26 degrees C, whereby the humidified oxigen stream flowing inpipe 5 has a relative humidity of 100%, that the relative humidity inside the incubator with a temperature of 32 degrees C will be 70 %. - Fig. 2 shows in more detail the strip-shaped
heater unit 6. As said before the strip-shaped heater unit is arranged to be brought into an encircling connection with a container with fluid provided with an inlet and an outlet,the container preferably being a disposable container pre-filled with sterilized water, said containers can have varying forms and dimensions. Theheater unit 6 comprises a cover orbag element 27 preferably of textile material and with a consequently dimensioned piece of profile foam 41.Such abag element 27 can be sterilized in a simple manner. Thebag element 27 is closed off by the connecting element 7 with thetemperature sensor 20 for contact with the wall of the container. On placing the heater unit in an encircling connection, that is around the container 1 first the connecting element 7 with thetemperature sensor 20 is placed against the wall of container 1, after which thebag element 27 is tightly folded around the container 1 into the direction of the other end of thebag element 27, and is fixed by means of a connecting element (not shown), preferably wavelock tape. In this manner thetemperature sensor 20 is in close contact with the wall of the container 1, whilst also a rectangular piece of metallized textile material, indicated byreference 21, is in close contact with the wall of the container 1 for the heating of the fluid. The rectangular piece of metallized textile material has twoelectrodes textile material 21. The advantage of placing the electrodes at the short sides is that the electrodes are short and therefore less sensitive to failures. For obtaining an optimum heating effect the weaving direction of the piece of metallized textile material is perpendicular to the long sides of the electrodes, preferably also rectangular. Also for obtaining an optimum heating effect the metal of the rectangular piece of metallized textile material is nickel. For a suitable transfer of the current supplied to theelectrodes reference 22. - The application of the
electrodes textile material 21 forms a part of this invention. In this connection textile material should be given a wide interpretation, comprising e.g. woven fabric, hosiery, felt, , formed from threads, fibres, or yarns and paper. Preferably the metallizing is such that every fibre or thread is surrounded by metal lining, the thickness of which can be a fraction of a micrometer. Known is providing in electrodes by tucking up litzwire with a special sort of yarn, with due attention to the wire tension. Inherent to this method are long assembly times of the heater unit, bad contacting and an increase in resistance due to contact-resistance fluctuation between the metallize textile material and the litzwire. Most important is in that case that bad contacting can lead to an early end of the heater unit. Said contacting problem might be solved by soldering the litzwire on the metallized textile material, but the disadvantages of that is that as a result the flexibility of the textile material is lost and the transition from rigid to non-rigid part may lead to tearing and consequently destruction of the metallized textile material. - A solution to this problem according to the invention in question is the selective depositing by evaporation of the electrodes. Difficult, however, is in that case that a large part of the metallized textile material needs to be masked to prevent depositing by evaporation.
- A method that ought to be given preference for applying electrodes to a piece of metallized textile material according to the invention in question comprises the selective immersion of the piece of metallized textile material in an electroless metal bath, e.g. a piece of nickel plated textile material in an electroless copper bath, or the plating or galvanising (not in the sense of zincplating a metal), without the application of current, of the metallized textile material. Selective implies here immersion to a chosen depth, e.g. to the extent of a few millimetres. A specific example of the contacting process of a nickel plated textile material is as follows. First the nickel plated textile material is immersed in a nickel activator bath for cleaning the nickel layer and to enable the copper layer to adhere well, e.g. 30 seconds in a 30 grammes per
litre solution ofcircuitprep 40 of SEL-REX ( registered trademark of OMI International). The immersion depth is then mainly equal to the desired width of the electrode e.g. around 3 millimetres. After the nickel plated textile material has been treated with the activator, very careful rinsing is necessary, preferably first in an alcohol solution and after that in deionised water. After that the activated nickel plated textile material is selectively provided with a copper layer by e.g. hanging it during 25 minutes in an electroless copper bath, e.g. oxitron PCB 50 of SEL-REX ( both trademarks of OMI International) to a depth, which is greater than the immersion depth for activating, e.g. about 5 millimetres. This difference in immersion depth is chosen to prevent chemical residue from staying behind in the part of the nickel plated textile material not covered with copper and affecting by its agressive action the textile material, as a result of which said material would ultimately be destroyed in operation. - After that renewed rinsing in the manner described above is necessary. After that the rectangular selectively copper plated piece of nickel plated textile material needs to be provided with a protection layer, e.g. by immersion in a stabilizer bath, such as TPS CU of SEL-REX ( trademarks of Oxy Metal Industries International) to prevent oxidation of the metal layers. Again thorough rinsing in the indicated manner is necessary and ultimately drying, after which the textile material can be treated with urethane spray to insulate and protect both the nickel layer and the copper layer of the metallized textile material. Through the immersion process electrodes are automatically applied on either side, and in particular with a connecting bridge part. The most important advantages of this method are that the flexibility of the textile material does not change and an impeccable contacting is realised. Besides that the copper electrodes can be well soldered. The resulting pieces of metallized textile material provided with electrodes can now be applied in all kinds of heating devices, thanks to the maintained flexibility, through which tears in operation can be prevented; if desired with the inclusion of the regulation device embodying the invention in question, to be more fully explained hereinafter.
- Another method which has proved to be satisfactory is the suitably electrolytic galvanizing with the application of e.g. silver or gold.
- Referring back to fig. 2 the explanation of the heater unit embodying the invention in question will now be completed. As indicated with 25 and 26 conductors are soldered on the
electrodes circuit board 28, preferably of flexible and heat resistant material has been provided, on which of course conductor traces have been provided, connecting the solder points 25, 26 via the conductors with connecting points in the connecting element 7, in their turn having a connection with thecable 14. Further asecond temperature sensor 40 has been provided to the printedcircuit board 28, also connected, by means of conductor traces, with connecting points in the connecting element 7. The second temperature sensor is in thermal contact with the piece of metallizedtextile material 21. Providing the printed circuit board is not necessary but advantageous. Preferably the printed circuit board extends halfway to the piece of metallized textile material and at the end turned away from the connecting element 7 thesecond temperature sensor 40 is connected. The function of the second temperature sensor will be more fully explained hereinafter with the explanation of the regulation unit embodying the invention in question. - Fig. 3 shows a strongly simplified block diagram of the
regulation element 15 embodying the invention. The adjustingelement 30 provides a signal representative for the desired temperature to a combination element31. Further thecombination element 31 receives a signal from asafety element 37, incorporated in a feedback loop. Both the first and the second temperature sensor are incorporated in the safety element. The first sensor, which is physically incorporated in the connecting element 7, provides a signal which is representative for the temperature of the container 1 and preferably has a linear temperature dependence. So the combination element receives an adjusting signal and a feedback signal and, in case of a deviation between these signals, acontrol element 32 changes the supply of current through a switchingelement 33. The switching sequence thereby determines the current,which is supplied to theheater unit 6 by means of thecable 14. If e.g. the feedback signal of thesafety element 37 indicates that the temperature is lower than the one set by the adjustingelement 30, then thecontrol element 32 will have the switchingelement 33 supply the current with longer time intervals. The regulation is, therefore, of an on/off- regulation type. In case that thesecond temperature sensor 40 detects that the heater unit t exceeds a maximum temperature, e.g. the softening temperature of a synthetic container of e.g. 74 degrees C, then the signal of thesafety element 37 interrupts the switching by the switchingelement 33. Further analarm element 36 is provided, which, after the elapse of an adjustable delay time of thedelay element 35, gives an optical and/or audible indication that for a certain time, e.g. in the stretch froπO to 18 minutes no switching by the switchingelement 33, and therefore no supply of energy to the heater unit, has taken place. - The
second temperature sensor 40, e.g. NTC, mounted on the printedcircuit board 28, is incorporated in the feedback loop with a maximum temperature detector in thesafety element 37. However, this is not necessary as also a separate maximum temperature detector, not incorporated in the feedback loop may be provided, which prevents switching by the switchingelement 33 when a certain maximum temperature is exceeded.
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