HEATER INCORPORATING ELEMENT PRODUCED BY SCREEN PRINTING METHOD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THIS HEATER Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: printed-element electric heaters. SUBSTANCE: heater that can be used, for instance, to heat electric kettle bottom has printed heating element 5 mounted on substrate 1. At least one section of current-conducting member 6 having lower resistivity than heating element 5 is made by screen printing method in certain area of heating element 5, thermal relay being secured in mentioned area A to provide for thermal contact with heating element 5. EFFECT: provision for using standard thermal relays as protective means for printed-element heaters. 7 cl, 3 dwg