| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a support structure for heating element coil and a method for supporting a heating element. <P>SOLUTION: A spacer for a vertical support structure of a heating element coil includes a mating mechanism including complimentary components on first opposing sides of the spacer, a cavity, open to second opposing sides of the spacer, and an extension offset from an axis intersecting the mating mechanisms, the extension including a pocket sized to fit an individual loop of the heating element coil. The spacer can be incorporated into a support structure for a heating element coil interlocking adjacent loops of the coil so that they are retained in a collinear and concentric arrangement while allowing the loops of the coil to move freely inward and outward from the central axis in unison. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
