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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6935486 | Bushing system for live roller conveyor The invention provides an improved live roller conveyor system for preventing damage to conveyed cases of goods when stopped upon live rollers. In an embodiment of the invention, a live roller comprises a drive shaft with a plurality of roller members rotatably affi... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6817821 | Wafer handling for a reflow tool The invention is an improved reflow tool for performing a reflow process on a wafer. An input robot may be used to transport wafers from an input carrier to an oven where a reflow process is performed. After processing the wafers in the oven, the wafers are transpor... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6640598 | Heat shields A heat shield arrangement (12) for a roller table (2) comprising respective upper and lower series of heat shield panels (32,34,36,18) above and below a hot material path (42) along the table. The lower series of panels (18) includes at least one panel th... | 11/04/2003 |
| 5766002 | Apparatus for thermally conditioning cylindrical containers Apparatus is disclosed for moving and thermally conditioning generally cylindrical containers in which the structure provides for movement of the containers about their axes and provides for a predetermined heat flow relative to the containers to change t... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5198164 | Method of firing ceramic building materials When ceramic building materials are fired in a roller hearth kiln, they are stacked in a plurality of layers, and allowed to reside in the kiln for a time of at least three hours.... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5033926 | Heat retaining means Screens for limiting heat losses from heated material, e.g. bars and slabs in rolling mills. Screens are provided in the form of strings of heat insulating bodies composed of metal shells containing insulating material. These screens may form curtains and... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4888143 | Fast tempo firing process for ceramic materials such as tiles A fast tempo firing process for ceramic tiles is disclosed, in which material to be fired is exposed to a limited number of sharp rises and falls in temperature, occurring in quick succession and followed in each instance by a short stabilization period. ... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4806056 | Modular fuel metering apparatus and method for use thereof Apparatus and a method for delivering materials such as comminuted rubber tires as a secondary fuel to a combustion chamber of a furnace or kiln. A hopper includes a variable speed electric motor-driven screw conveyor, and a control system provides a vari... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4634329 | Loading device for a horizontal continuous furnace for the heating of glass plates A loading device for a horizontal continuous furnace for the heating of glass plates comprises a roller conveyer (6) as part of a continuous conveying system. Support strips (12-15, 32-35) can be lowered and are arranged between conveying rollers (7) of t... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4578011 | Device for charging steel products in a reheating or treatment furnace A treatment furnace having a longitudinally extending charging opening has a transversely extending furnace conveyor having an upstream end in the vicinity of the opening. A loading conveyor has an array of transversely extending approach rollers adjacent... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4526537 | Apparatus for heat treatment of material in pieces at high temperature The invention relates to apparatus for heat treatment of material in pieces at high temperature, especially for firing ceramic material. In this apparatus supports in the form of elongated support elements are provided on carrier elements rotatable about ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4488846 | Process and device for feeding glass sheets to a furnace A device and a process for feeding glass sheets at a predetermined rate to a furnace having a main conveyor moving at a constant speed and extending through the furnace where glass sheets are to be positioned on the main conveyor separated by a predetermi... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4303388 | Preheating furnace A transport device in a preheating furnace for treating metallic material like bars, billets, blooms and the like of light metal, such as aluminum and its alloys, comprises a slide-in unit adapted to be pushed into and pulled out of the furnace chamber. T... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4229878 | Method of operating a reheating furnace in a hot rolling line and a reheating furnace employed therefor A heating method of operating a furnace in a hot rolling line and a heating furnace therefor in which the reheating furnace is positioned between a continuous casting apparatus and a rolling apparatus rolling workpieces at a higher speed than they are cas... | 10/28/1980 |
| 3980431 | Mobile loading means for sterilizers A sterilizer vessel 1 is mounted in a pit defining an open channel formed between the edges 12 and 14 of the room floor and sterilizer floor respectively. A mobile unit 18 has a leading edge having an elevating cam surface 34 and extending sufficiently fo... | 09/14/1976 |
