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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7485255 | Self-annealing enclosure An insulated, self-annealing enclosure is taught, having an enclosure body for encasing one or more heated sheet metal coils, having an open bottom for receiving the heated coils and a floor that sealingly engages the open bottom of the enclosure body. A method is a... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7252798 | Hood-type annealing furnace, especially for steel strip and wire bunches The invention describes a hood-type annealing furnace, especially for steel strip or wire bunches, with an annealing base (1) for receiving the material (7) to be annealed, a protective hood (8) which is placed on the furnace in a gas-tight mann... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7204894 | Annealing of hot rolled steel coils with clam shell furnace Disclosed is a high temperature annealing furnace for hot rolled steel coils. The furnace of the present invention pivotably rotates about a pivot member between an opened and closed position. Prior to the annealing step, the hot rolled steel coils are placed within... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7144813 | Method and apparatus for thermally processing microelectronic workpieces An apparatus for thermally processing a microelectronic workpiece is provided. The apparatus comprises a rotatable carousel assembly configured to support at least one workpiece. A driver is coupled to the carousel assembly and rotates the carousel assembly, moving ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7090751 | Apparatus and methods for electrochemical processing of microelectronic workpieces A processing chamber comprising a reaction vessel having an electro-reaction cell including a virtual electrode unit, an electrode assembly disposed relative to the electro-reaction cell to be in fluid communication with the virtual electrode unit, and an electrode ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6974769 | Conductive structure fabrication process using novel layered structure and conductive structure fabricated thereby for use in multi-level metallization Conductive structures in features of an insulator layer on a substrate are fabricated by a particular process. In this process, a layer of conductive material is applied over the insulator layer so that the layer of conductive material covers field regions adjacent ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6861027 | Method and apparatus for processing a microelectronic workpiece including an apparatus and method for executing a processing step at an elevated temperature An apparatus for thermally processing a microelectronic workpiece is set forth. The apparatus comprises a first assembly and a second assembly, disposed opposite one another, with an actuator disposed to provide relative movement between the first assembly and secon... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6780374 | Method and apparatus for processing a microelectronic workpiece at an elevated temperature An apparatus and method for processing a microelectronic workpiece at an elevated temperature. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a workpiece support positioned to engage and support the microelectronic workpiece during operation. The apparatus can further in... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6471913 | Method and apparatus for processing a microelectronic workpiece including an apparatus and method for executing a processing step at an elevated temperature An apparatus for thermally processing a microelectronic workpiece is set forth. The apparatus comprises a first assembly and a second assembly, disposed opposite one another, with an actuator disposed to provide relative movement between the first assembl... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6346214 | Top hat furnace A top hat annealing furnace with pivoting features. The annealing furnace has an annealing understructure, an annealing hood, a heating hood and a cooling hood. The annealing understructure and the annealing hood are supported so that they can be tilted b... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6228321 | Box annealing furnace method for annealing metal sheet using the same and annealed metal sheet A box annealing furnace for annealing a metal sheet includes an oxygen removal unit for removing oxygen from the atmosphere in a box annealing furnace, with a gas circulation system for withdrawing atmosphere from the box annealing furnace during annealin... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6177044 | Bell-shaped furnace A top hat furnace especially adapted for annealing steel sheet metal using a protective gas includes a protective top surrounding the batches of sheet steel metal. A cooling top is arranged above the protective top forming an intermediate space. The cooli... | 01/23/2001 |
| 5871688 | Multi-stack annealer An annealing furnace is disclosed including at least one inner cover for retaining a stack of metal coils to be annealed in an inert atmosphere. A furnace shell is provided for receiving said at least one inner cover and providing an internal furnace envi... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5730930 | Method and device for exchanging the atmosphere in a hood-shaped annealing furnace Fresh gas is blown into the ring-shaped space between the annealing charge and the hood as an upwardly directed high-speed jet (9) at a velocity of approximately 80 m/s. The gas mixture which forms is evacuated through a gas outlet (10) arranged in the pe... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5388809 | Method and apparatus for batch coil annealing metal strip Method and apparatus is disclosed for heat treating coiled, metal strip in bell shaped annealing furnaces employing an annealing stand upon which coils of strip are vertically stacked. An inner cover removably sealed to the stand surrounds the coil and an... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5380378 | Method and apparatus for batch coil annealing metal strip Method and apparatus is disclosed for heat treating coiled, metal strip in bell shaped annealing furnaces employing an annealing stand upon which coils of strip are vertically stacked. An inner cover removably sealed to the stand surrounds the coil and an... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5370371 | Heat treatment apparatus A heat treatment apparatus having a heat treatment boat with a plurality of wafers held thereon, which is to be loaded in a reaction vessel which has one end opened. Once loaded, the boat effects a seal of the reaction vessel, in preparation for subjectin... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5340091 | Batch coil annealing furnace An improved batch coil furnace is disclosed in that the annealing stand or base of the furnace is provided with a source for auxiliary heating or cooling of the work. A cylindrical containment wall is heated by hot burner products of combustion convective... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5290017 | Cooling cover for batch coil annealing furnace An improved cooling cover is disclosed for use in bell shaped annealing furnaces. The cooling cover includes a jet nozzle orifice arrangement which develops jet streams from a low pressurized supply of air at ambient temperature in the plenum chamber of t... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5112030 | Heat treat furnace for fluorinating steel material This invention relates to a method of nitriding steel material in a second heat treatment furnace after fluorinating the steel material in a first heat treat furnace to form a deep and uniform nitrided layer. Then, steel material is treated smoothly by de... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5048800 | Vertical heat treatment apparatus A vertical heat treatment apparatus includes a reaction furnace constituted by a reaction chamber having an inner tube and an outer tube and a heater arranged outside the reaction chamber, a manifold communicating with a lower portion of the reaction cham... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048801 | Sintering furnace A sintering furnace includes an upper housing having a gas permeable insulating enclosure therein, with heating elements within the enclosure, and a lower housing having a hearth against which the insulating enclosure rests. Sweep gas is introduced to the... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4846675 | Annealing furnace An apparatus for treating a work item includes a cover member and a base member on which the cover member is supported. A work space is defined between the base member and the cover member for receiving at least one associated work item which is positione... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4701127 | Controlled atmosphere capsule for fluxless brazing A controlled environment capsule for fluxless brazing comprising an open-bottom box, an end-plate and a foil gasket sealing means. Diffusion plates are disposed within the interior of the box and connected to an external source of inert gas. The inert gas... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4621794 | Apparatus for producing a grain-oriented electromagnetic steel strip or sheet In a process for producing a grain-oriented electromagnetic steel strip or sheet by annealing, for primary recrystallization, a cold rolled electromagnetic steel strip or sheet having a final thickness, and subjecting said strip or sheet to secondary recr... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4596526 | Batch coil annealing furnace and method An apparatus for heat treating a work item includes a cover member and a base member on which the cover member is supported. A work space is defined between the base member and the cover member for receiving at least one work item which is positioned ther... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4543891 | Apparatus and process for heat treatment Apparatus and process is disclosed for heat treating of material in a furnace comprising a fan driven by an electric motor, a load sensor which senses the motor load and a speed controller responsive to the load sensor signal for controlling the speed of ... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4544142 | Rotary hearth finish annealing furnace A rotary hearth finish annealing furnace includes coil tables carrying thereon steel plate coils to be annealed with their axes being vertical, a hearth traveling along a circle having a predetermined radius and supporting thereabove the coil tables, inne... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4502671 | Batch annealing apparatus A batch annealing apparatus comprises a bell-shaped furnace, a base plate, an inner cover, plus a bottom chamber that opens upward, has an inside diameter slightly larger than the outside diameter of a metal coil to be treated therein, is capable of accom... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4480822 | Annealing furnace system A furnace system is described having a rotatable table with five stations, a loading station, a preheating station, a heating station, a cooling station and an unloading station. A furnace having three compartments, a preheating compartment, a heating com... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4445852 | Diffusers A load support diffuser adapted to support a vertical stack of coils in an annealing furnace and means for cooling a protective atmospheric gas within said furnace, the diffuser comprising a flat circular base plate, a plurality of outer load support memb... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4412815 | Loading system for an annealing furnace charge and components therefor The invention provides a loading system for the charge of an annealing furnace of the kind intended for the treatment of a stack of coils mounted one on top of the other with their central cores in register with one another, a protective heat exchange gas... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4287940 | Cooling apparatus for diffusers A diffuser adapted for transmitting thermal energy by conduction across metallic members and by convection of a heat-treating gas in an annealing furnace is comprised of a base, a diffuser member having a plurality of radial gas passages, and an in-line c... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4097027 | Device and process for limiting surface oxidation of glowing hot metal dross A device limits the oxidation of the surface of hot metallic dross by preventing access of oxygen to the dross. The device includes a metal bell which is open at the bottom and can be moved vertically, a concrete base standing in a tank containing water a... | 06/27/1978 |
