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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7210990 | Treatment apparatus for treating workpieces or groups of workpieces In order to provide a treatment apparatus for treating workpieces or groups of workpieces that are conveyed from an inlet to an outlet of the treatment apparatus, wherein the treatment apparatus comprises a plurality of treatment levels and with said treatment appar... | 05/01/2007 |
| 6994037 | Rabble arm for a furnace A rabble arm for a furnace includes an elongated metallic support core, at least one rabble tooth having a rabble portion and a fixing portion and a fixing device co-operating with the fixing portion for fixing the rabble tooth to the elongated metallic support core... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6814573 | Vacuum heat-treatment apparatus A vacuum heat-treatment apparatus for heat-treating a workpiece in a treating cell includes a hermetic chamber disposed at the center. A plurality of treating cells are disposed along the periphery of the hermetic chamber, and a workpiece transfer mechanism is dispo... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6802710 | Multiple hearth furnace A multiple hearth furnace includes an upright cylindrical furnace housing divided into a plurality of vertically aligned hearth chambers. A cleaning lance inlet port is sealingly connected to the cylindrical furnace housing and radially leads into one of the hearth ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6514879 | Method and apparatus for dry/catalytic-wet steam oxidation of silicon A configuration of various chemical compound generators coupled to a furnace provides the environment for formation of extremely thin oxides of silicon on a wafer. Dichloroethylene is reacted with oxygen in a first heated reaction chamber and reaction pro... | 02/04/2003 |
| 5997290 | Revolving transfer furnace for treating workpieces A furnace body (10) houses a treatment rotor (30) which has charge locations (36) to take up a workpiece charge each and is supported so as to be driven in rotation around a central axis (A). The furnace body (10) communicates with side chambers (110, 110... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5169307 | Process and apparatus for producing small particle lightweight aggregate A process for producing micropellets of lightweight aggregate having a substantially spheroidal configuration which includes continuously mixing ceramic clay and liquid in a high speed rotating pin mixer to encapsulate substantially all other non-volatile... | 12/08/1992 |
| 4986750 | Furnace Disclosed is a furnace in which the inside of the furnace is enclosed by a furnace wall having an inner surface lined with a heat insulating material. Heaters for heating an inside of the upper furnace chamber to a predetermined temperature, and an upper ... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4503627 | Apparatus for the treatment of flaky or granulated material with gases or vapors in a continuous countercurrent process The invention relates to apparatus for gentle thermal treatment of flaky or granulated material with vapors in continuous operation, wherein the vapors are introduced from the bottom and conducted in countercurrent to the material falling downwardly by gr... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4432412 | Cooling device Cooling device for coal dust comprising a housing, a motor-driven conveyor system therein to transport the coal dust over coolable trays in the housing and conveyor-wheel arms of spiral curvature for moving the coal dust from one or more inlets to one or ... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4368036 | Kiln for firing ceramic workpieces In a kiln for firing ceramic workpieces, which kiln is composed of two opposed side walls and a top wall enclosing an elongate kiln chamber, and elements for introducing jets of heating or cooling gases into the kiln chamber at locations spaced along the ... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4227873 | Kiln with overlying beds A novel kiln with overlying beds arranged about a central hollow shaft carrying rabble arms attached thereto and with alternate apertures formed in the floors between adjacent stories adjacent the hollow shaft and adjacent the periphery of the floor and w... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4047886 | Furnace for the continuous sintering of pellets of ceramic nuclear fuel material The furnace comprises a hearth for the longitudinal displacement of pellet containers, means for injecting gas at both ends of the furnace, for sucking gas between preheating and sintering zones and for condensing the binder, means for displacing the cont... | 09/13/1977 |
| 3982888 | Heat treatment tunnel kiln for products having a circular cross-section Heat treatment tunnel kiln for products having a circular cross-section, comprising a main heat treatment zone for circulating tubes or bars perpendicular to their axis, ensuring the rolling of the tubes or bars inside the supports, and zones for circulat... | 09/28/1976 |
