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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8021598 | Rapid thermal treatment for enhancing bending stiffness and yield moment of curved needles An apparatus for thermally treating a plurality of curved suture needles. The apparatus includes a conveyer for transferring the plurality of curved suture needles from a source of curved suture needles to a receiver, a housing positioned adjacent the conveyer, the ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7341449 | Process for the heat treatment of a series of objects and associated apparatus A method and apparatus for heat treating objects in an enclosure, where the enclosure has an inlet passage, an outlet passage, and a treatment zone. Gaseous first fluid is injected into the treatment zone and the objects to be treated are passed through the treatmen... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7317175 | User interface for configuring and controlling an array of heater elements An oven control system and user interface are provided for setting a target temperature for different zones within an oven. A thermocouple is provided in each zone within the oven to monitor the realized temperature within the specific zone of the oven. A plurality ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7198684 | Method for manufacturing articles using a semi-continuous flow of workpieces through metal working and annealing apparatus A plurality of gas turbine components or other articles are manufactured from a plurality of metallic-alloy workpieces using a manufacturing apparatus having a metalworking apparatus, and an annealing apparatus wherein the individual workpieces are annealed by singl... | 04/03/2007 |
| 6855290 | Device and respective equipment for receiving and discharging bars, used particularly for handling and/or wrapping purposes downstream of rolling-mills, and its respective rolling-mill Device for receiving and discharging bars fed forward in a longitudinal direction, preferably from a rolling mill and after being cut to length, of the type with two pair of adjacent, counter-rotating rollers/drums, characterized by the fact that the said bars are s... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6264769 | Coil area for in-line treatment of rolled products Apparatus for the production and heat treatment of coiled elongated metal product of relatively small cross section, such as rods, bars and wire-rod material, is described. The elements required for the conduct of a variety of heat treatments can be perfo... | 07/24/2001 |
| 5800774 | Heat treating furnace and method A heat treating furnace including a housing defining a chamber, a heavy high thermal capacity cast link endless conveyor belt positioned within the chamber for moving articles to be heat treated through the chamber, a narrow elongated vestibule passage ex... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5338008 | Solder reflow furnace A solder reflow furnace includes piping to supply an inert gas into the furnace to maintain an inert gas atmosphere within the furnace and a cooling zone provided next to a main heating zone. The cooling zone is provided with a gas cooling device in which... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5314169 | Method and apparatus for heat treating elongate metallic products Spaced apart packs of closely spaced steel or other metallic rods, tubes or other elongate articles are annealed or otherwise heat treated by advancing them step by step by a walking beam mechanism through a chamber having a series of independently temper... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5242156 | Dual belt furnace A dual belt furnace for heat-treating of small parts includes enclosure having a base, a pair of side walls, a top wall, front wall, and a rear wall all being connected together to form at least one heating zone. A plurality of gas burners are positioned ... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5044611 | Automatic installation for the forming and thermal treatment of circular pieces An automatic installation for obtaining in large series circular pieces of small thickness, such as notably spring diaphragms, for the automobile industry, in forming, swaging, quenching, tempering and peripheral tempering stations, these various working ... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4982934 | Reheating, holding and accumulation furnace for steelworks products A reheating, accumulation and holding furnace for blooms comprises a first section in which the blooms are moved along a runway by a first pusher, and a second section in which said blooms are moved by the lift and shifting movement of longitudinal member... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4917358 | Apparatus for producing electrical steel core laminations Core laminations are stamped from electrical steel strip and stress annealed by induction heating in a closed tubular chute inclined downwardly from the stamping press. A preselected, non-ambient atmosphere is maintained within the chute.... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4834345 | Process and apparatus for direct softening heat treatment of rolled wire rods Direct softening heat treatment of rolled wire rods comprises the steps: providing wire rods by hot- or warm-rolling, and immediately following rolling, coiling the rolled wire rods in an annealing furnace. Apparatus therefor comprises an annealing furnace provided... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4623129 | Apparatus for making retractile cords A leading end portion (33) of a supply of cordge (31) is clamped to a mandrel (32) such that it is straight, after which a plurality of convolutions of the cordage are wound on the mandrel. The cordage is severed from the supply and a trailing end portion... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4441699 | Apparatus for annealing of end rim A method of annealing the flanges of double seamed end panels to obtain an effective seal and apparatus therefor.... | 04/10/1984 |
| 3998703 | Method of treating materials on a rotary hearth The invention relates to a method and apparatus for the heat treatment of materials on a traveling hearth mounted on a horizontal plane and rotated on a vertical axis within a substantially air-tight enclosure. The materials on the hearth are deposited th... | 12/21/1976 |
