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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7645136 | Continuous heat treatment furnace and heat treatment method The continuous heat treatment furnace of the present invention is provided with at least one drying and binder-removing area where drying of the objects to be thermally treated and/or removal of binder are carried out and a firing area where the objects to be therma... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7161238 | Structural reinforcement for electronic substrate Embodiments of stiffening members in accordance with the present invention provide a mechanical support that is wave soldered to the frontside of the system substrate simultaneously with other wave soldered components. The stiffening member comprises a flat plate wi... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7090488 | Heat treatment furnace A heating zone (4), a cooling zone (5), and a quenching zone (6) are provided inside a linear furnace body in this order, the heating zone (4), the cooling zone (5), and the quenching zone (6) being separated by partition do... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7056449 | Aqueous silica dispersion An aqueous silica dispersion containing silica particles dispersed in an aqueous medium is provided. The surfaces of the silica particles are treated with reacted aminosilane compound. The aqueous silica dispersion also contains anionic polymeric dispersing agent. T... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6962251 | Finished product receiving system for use with a metal sheet member processing machine A finished product receiving system is disclosed to include an elongated rack body with rollers, terminals arranged in parallel at one lateral side of the rack body, a driving rod, a plurality of links coupled between the driving rod and the rollers, a master air cy... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6524100 | Facility for the thermal treatment of workpieces A facility for the thermal treatment of workpieces has a processing or heating chamber and at least one transport device, extending essentially completely through the processing or heating chamber, with which the workpieces to be treated can be transporte... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6328557 | Methods and apparatus for conveying containers through an oven to produce heat-insulative foamed layers thereon Containers are conveyed through an oven on a conveyor to cause a foamable material on each container to foam and become a heat insulative layer. The containers are supported on respective holders of the conveyor, which prevent the containers from contacti... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6238210 | Furnaces for reheating siderurgical products A heating furnace reheats batches of iron steel products, which differ in their thermal state, introduced in succession into the furnace. The furnace has heating zones followed by at least two equalization zones, the products passing through at least one ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6164961 | Vertical conveying apparatus, continuous furnace having such a vertical conveying apparatus, and carrier therefor A vertical conveying apparatus is used particularly advantageously in a vertical continuous furnace, for example, in semiconductor production. Since rubbing contacts are avoided and there is thus barely any wear, continuous furnaces provided therewith are... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6074204 | Device for transferring products in plants for metallurgical treating of said products An assembly for treating metal products is presented. The assembly includes a preheat furnace aligned with a reheat furnace. Cold products are initially heated in the preheat furnace and hot products bypass the preheat furnace. A material handling device ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6036485 | Annealing furnace The method and apparatus is directed toward an annealing furnace and a method of using the same where the annealing furnaces includes a layer forming apparatus suitable to create layers of metal product; an insulated housing having an interior cavity form... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5858048 | Energy efficient, electric rotary furnace for glass molding (repressing) precision optical blanks A furnace for molding glass blanks includes a housing having a series of electrical heating stations and a rotary door adapted to receive glass blanks for processing. The furnace also includes a rotary turntable for receiving the glass blanks and a steeri... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5848890 | Furnace product transport system This invention involves a transport system for moving work products through a furnace or kiln. The structure is simple in construction and moves easily along two grooves or channels provided at both sides of the product supporting structure. The supportin... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5836759 | Pusher furnace drop-out conveyor A drop-out conveyor transports heated slabs from a pusher-type slab reheat furnace to a roller table. The drop-out conveyor comprises at least one reciprocating carriage or slab cart movable between a first slab loading position and a second slab discharg... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5820364 | Reheat furnace apparatus and method of use A reheat furnace for reheating elongated metal workpieces includes an entrance end portion and an exit end portion opposite to the entrance end portion, and two side walls spaced apart from each other and extending between the entrance and exit end portio... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5816798 | Conveying apparatus and continuous furnace equipped therewith A conveying apparatus for a continuous furnace comprises at least one conveying-beam pair and at least one retaining-beam pair, which are located opposite one another in each case with the conveyable object between them, and which makes it possible to cho... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5788483 | Furnace for coils Furnace for coils installed in a rolling line for wide plate or sheet in an intermediate position between the roughing train and the finishing train, the furnace including at least an inlet (25) and at least an outlet (26) respectively associated with at ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5726422 | Apparatus with moving clamp for making surgical sutures, and method for using same An apparatus for making a surgical suture which includes a moving clamp for griping surgical suture material. The moving clamp has a gripping state and a non-gripping state. A heating station is provided for heating a length of surgical suture material. A... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5716206 | Apparatus for heating a wire connection or connector A heating apparatus 1 includes a plurality of closable heating units 10 arranged at specified intervals and each provided with a heater 14, a conveyor 20 for conveying the closable heating units 10 along a loop-shaped conveyance path including a setting s... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5704783 | Walking hearth furnace A walking hearth furnace comprising fixed and walking hearths (1 to 3 respectively 4,5) on the refractory lining of which the work (6) is placed. Slanted surfaces are worked into the refractory lining forming depressions (15) and causing the work to be he... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5647740 | Lead frame baking oven A baking oven for heating lead frames used in the manufacturing of semiconductor devices including an oven main body having an entrance and an exit for lead frames, a heating device which creates a high-temperature atmosphere inside the oven main body, a ... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5645418 | Pusher furnace drop-out conveyor A drop-out conveyor for a pusher-type slab reheat furnace having a sloped dropout is disclosed. The drop-out conveyor comprises a plurality of reciprocating slab carts movable between a first loading position within the furnace and a second discharge posi... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5533893 | Walking-beam furnace for the accelerated heating of billets or the like Walking-beam furnace for the accelerated heating of billets or the like, in which the upper surfaces of the mobile beams (1) and of the fixed beams (1') are made up of billet-tipping ridges (5, 4) having profiles which interact during operation so as to c... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5490315 | Method and apparatus for continuously hot rolling strip In the continuous manufacture of hot strip material, slabs are produced by a pair of continuous casters and heated to a rolling temperature in a bi-level roller hearth furnace. Hot slabs are discharged from the bi-level furnace alternately from its upper ... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5461214 | High performance horizontal diffusion furnace system Performance of a high temperature diffusion furnace is enhanced by an improved multi-furnace module design. The furnace is constructed of materials suitable for clean room environments with an adjustable leveling frame assembly. A slide out assembly and h... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5443383 | Pusher type furnace for heat-treating charges The pusher type furnace comprises an entry chamber (2) associated with a charging device (30) to transfer charge holding devices (a through q) carrying the charges to be heat-treated. The entry chamber is followed by a rectilinear heat treatment chamber (... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5334014 | Walking beam furnace A walking beam furnace is provided for moving a work product through a high temperature (1,600° C.) furnace at high speed in large horizontal increments. A monolithic walking beam mechanism, including an array of parallel beams and support therefor, fabr... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5302178 | Hardening furnace for sheets of glass and the like The invention relates to a hardening furnace, in particular for sheets of glass (2) and the like. In the furnace, the glass sheets (2) are sustained and transported by a conveyor plane (1) of the roller type above and beneath which plane an upper radiatin... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5257928 | Rider for furnace support A rider for use with lengthwise generally horizontal supports in a furnace is formed from an anchor block and a cover block and a locking means. The anchor block is secured to the lengthwise generally horizontal support surface. The cover block fits verti... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5248254 | Furnace for the heat treatment of individual parts A furnace for the heat treatment of individual parts, in particular metal sheeting, which has a transport apparatus for conveying the parts to be treated through the furnace. This transport apparatus has two groups of longitudinal beams for supporting the... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5139418 | Device for discharging and transferring steelworks products Independent installation for discharging, storing and transferring products, such as steelworks products, which comprises fixed beams on which rest the products to be handled, and moveable beams placed between the fixed beams and driven in a rectangular c... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5122180 | Furnace for heating glass sheets A furnace for heating glass sheets moving along the axis of the furnace has at least one differentiated heating cell, the heating elements of which disposed at the vault side are constituted of sets of electrical resistors controlled in temperature or in ... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5009590 | Method and apparatus for preheating semiconductor chips A plurality of semiconductor chips are sequentially mounted on a rotary table, heated on the rotary table for a predetermined time, and ejected from the rotary table. The semiconductor chips ejected from the rotary table are fed to a bonding apparatus. Th... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5007824 | Skid mark erasure system The invention is directed to an arrangement of high thrust burners with control systems for a heating furnace which heat metal or similar product, in order to erase developing cold skid marks. The location of these burners is specified, transversely and l... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4997364 | Furnace assembly for reflowing solder on printed circuit boards A furnace assembly for automatically transporting circuit board of varying sizes through a firing chamber and for maintaining heat within the firing chamber and preventing ambient air from entering into the firing chamber by having an adjustable twin-trac... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4975048 | Heating apparatus A heating apparatus comprising a heating chamber the inside of which is heated to a fixed temperature and which is provided with an entrance and an exit through which articles to be heated are taken in and out of the heating chamber, a support on which th... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4952108 | Apparatus for automatically feeding a sequence of crucibles to a test oven The invention relates to an apparatus for automatically feeding each of a sequence of crucibles (3), which are arranged on a conveyor, to a test oven (12) for vaporization and content analysis of a sample contained in each crucible. For cradling each cruc... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4941819 | Air circulation and exhaust control system for commercial ovens An oven (20) includes an oven enclosure (24) having a conveyor (40) mounted therein for transporting food products through the oven. A plurality of ribbon burners (100) are mounted within the oven interior (32) adjacent the path of the conveyor to heat th... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4874312 | Heating and handling system for objects Apparatus is provided for heating powder material charges to high temperatures at a fast rate, and for moving the charges through process operations, and for maintaining the temperatures of preheated charges and protecting the charges against contaminatio... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4863376 | Walking beam furnace A walking beam furnace with a hearth of fixed beams and of walking beams arranged on supports passing through slots in the floor of the furnace in which, so as to avoid heat loss and undesired heating of the supports in the region of the floor slots, cove... | 09/05/1989 |
