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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7427375 | Diffuser for an annealing furnace A diffuser (24) for an annealing furnace has a plurality of radially extending generally and vertically oriented vanes (40) for radially directing furnace gases. The vanes have top edges (42) defining a generally planar support and the top edges... | 09/23/2008 |
| 6270597 | Process for continuous heating and cleaning of wire and strip products in a stratified fluidized bed This invention is directed to a method for annealing strand wires or strips in a fluidized bed reactor having an atmosphere of fluidized gases flowing through fluidized particles. The method provides for stratifying the atmosphere of fluidized gases by pa... | 08/07/2001 |
| 5100112 | Vertical-shaft furnace for the heat-treatment of metallic workpieces A vertical-shaft furnace serves for heat-treating metallic workpieces. It comprises a furnace housing with a heating chamber arranged therein. The heating chamber is provided with a closed wall at its upper end, while its lower end can be opened in order ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4861000 | Installation having several elements for heat treatments An upper line comprises three furnaces 1, 2, 3 and a washing machine 4, in straight side-by-side arrangement. A lower line comprises movable treatment elements 7, 8, 9 movable on conveyor track 5, and fixed vat 17. Car 6 permits feeding all the elements o... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4858893 | Bell furnance and hardening vat arrangement A bell furnace (2) and hardening vat (3) arrangement comprises charge (4) supporting means (14, resp. 29, 32, 33) connected to the bell and extending toward the center of the bell. It comprises means (18, 18', resp. 28) for imparting solely to the bell ei... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4810191 | Processing steel slabs A method of processing steel slabs in which the slabs are continuously routed through a furnace to a slabbing mill the slabs being sequentially charged through the bottom of the furnace by a reciprocating mechanism whereby on the upward stroke the slab ch... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4802844 | High capacity, retractable furnace hearth A retractable, roller hearth for use in an industrial heat treat furnace is disclosed whereby the alloy rollers are retracted from their load bearing position when the furnace heat treat processes are underway thus maintaining the rated load capacity of t... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4455177 | Method and apparatus for chemical heat treatment of steel parts utilizing a continuous electric furnace A continuous electric furnace for chemical heat treatment of steel parts comprises a parts heating chamber, a parts vertical supply chamber and a cooling chamber, all arranged in line. The parts vertical supply chamber is connected to a processing chamber... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4415145 | Metal charge treatment apparatus Apparatus for treating a metal charge comprises a box furnace and a container containing material for treating the charge. The box furnace is mounted on props whose length is sufficient to permit the container to be positioned under the furnace. The furna... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4237359 | Method and apparatus for the electroinduction heating of metal workpieces A method of heating metal workpieces so as to minimize scale formation and decarburization using an electroinduction heater, comprises placing the workpiece in the vicinity of the induction heater, reducing the air present in the vicinity of the workpiece... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4229162 | Closure apparatus for a slab furnace and method of heating slabs therein Apparatus and method for closing bottom-entry slab furnaces in which a door is pivotably connected to the slab elevator by a horizontally arranged hinge. The door is provided with a cam follower that cooperates with a cam apparatus to controllably swing t... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4103880 | Apparatus for heat treating drill blanks Apparatus for automatically heat treating a plurality of elongated articles, wherein only a portion of the articles are subjected to the heat treating operation, the remaining portion thereof being enveloped and prevented from reaching a temperature durin... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4074963 | Kiln A kiln has a bottom opening for loading the objects to be fired into the firing chamber. The door for closing the firing chamber provides the hearth of the kiln and supports the objects to be fired. A parallel linkage mechanism maintains the door in a hor... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4003697 | Pressure furnace for treating products at high temperature and high pressure A pressure furnace for treating products at high temperature and high pressure includes a high pressure chamber formed of a vertical high pressure cylinder with end closures projecting into the cylinder and a press stand with a window aperture which is so... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3972704 | Apparatus for making vitreous silica receptacles Apparatus is disclosed for automated mass production of precision transparent silica glass products in accordance with a unique process in which slip-cast fused silica articles are rapidly heated and sintered in a vacuum or in a helium or hydrogen atmosph... | 08/03/1976 |
