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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7575431 | Vertical heat processing apparatus and method for using the same A vertical heat processing apparatus for performing a heat process on a plurality of target substrates all together includes a vertical process container configured to accommodate the target substrates and having a transfer port at a bottom; a holder configured to s... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7293446 | Coil box, mounted between a roughing rolling train and a finishing rolling train The invention relates to a coil box, which is mounted between a roughing rolling train and a finishing rolling train, for metal pre-strips, in particular steel strips, which are hot wound to form coils and are protected against further cooling in the vicinity of a w... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7208047 | Apparatus and method for thermally isolating a heat chamber An apparatus through which a substrate may be transferred between a first chamber and a second chamber in which the first chamber is maintained at a high temperature relative to the ambient temperature of the second chamber. The apparatus comprises a passageway for ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 6575739 | Configurable wafer furnace A processing system including a chamber defining an interior cavity having a processing tube assembly arranged within the interior cavity. A heating assembly moveable relative to the processing tube assembly from a first position where said processing tub... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6409503 | Heat treatment method and heat treatment apparatus When carrying workpieces from a loading area in which the workpieces are handled into a heat treatment furnace to make the workpieces subjected to a heat treatment process using a predetermined process gas, the loading area is evacuated and controlled at ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6123247 | Electronic unit soldering apparatus An electronic unit soldering apparatus includes: a pallet on which an electronic unit to be reflow-soldered is placed; a transporting unit for transporting the pallet having the electronic unit; and a reflow furnace through which the pallet passes, the re... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6092299 | Vacuum processing apparatus A present vacuum treating apparatus comprises a process chamber for subjecting an object to a predetermined process in a predetermined vacuum state, a stage located in the process chamber and on which the object is placed, a lamp unit provided at the lowe... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6039807 | Apparatus for moving exhaust tube of barrel reactor An epitaxial barrel reactor for depositing a material on a semiconductor wafer by a chemical vapor deposition process using a reactant gas. The barrel reactor includes a receptacle defining a reaction chamber sized to receive at least one semiconductor wa... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5951283 | Substrate transporting device A substrate transporting device used in the process of manufacturing, for instance, semiconductor chips including a substrate guide comprised of a substrate guide rail which guides one side of each substrate and a substrate supporting plate which supports... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5827057 | Vacuum furnace method and apparatus A vacuum furnace method and apparatus including unique heat dissipation means and methods, including reduced area of the vacuum chamber extension, heat reflecting discs, and unique cooling methods, wherein the vacuum furnace is constructed and operated at... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5746590 | Heating chamber with inner heating tubes and method of replacing the heating tubes Heating chamber rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof and having a plurality of heating tubes located in the interior thereof, a first end plate to which each of the heating tubes is secured by an end thereof, a second end plate to which each of the... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5567152 | Heat processing apparatus A heat processing apparatus for subjecting heat processing to a wafer by heating includes a reaction tube for containing the wafers, a heating element provided around the reaction tube, for heating an inside of the reaction tube, a plurality of heat radia... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5556275 | Heat treatment apparatus A heat treatment apparatus comprising a holder, a hollow cylindrical cover, a flat plate, and a processing chamber. The holder holds disk-shaped objects, each having an orientation flat portion at circumference. The objects are arranged coaxially and spac... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5516283 | Apparatus for processing a plurality of circular wafers An apparatus for processing a plurality of circular wafers including a tubular heater, a boat and a plurality of heat transfer bodies. The tubular heater has a heating space inside and radiates heat within the heating space. The boat is loaded inside the ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5482559 | Heat treatment boat A heat treatment boat for mounting a number of disc-shaped objects to be treated at a vertical interval for heat treatment thereof in a vertical heat treatment furnace comprises arcuate or ring-shaped support members provided on support rods at a vertical... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5482558 | Heat treatment boat support A heat treatment boat for mounting a number of disc-shaped objects to be treated at a vertical interval for heat treatment thereof in a vertical heat treatment furnace comprises arcuate or ring-shaped support members provided on support rods at a vertical... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5257929 | Method for insulating a furnace and furnace manufactured according to the method A furnace for high temperature, for example a glass furnace, is insulated thermally by arranging layers of material on the interior wall of the furnace shell. On the layers ceramic fibre material and a heat reflecting surface layer are arranged. According... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5172849 | Method and apparatus for convection brazing of aluminum heat exchangers A convection braze furnace for brazing aluminum heat exchangers in an inert gas rich atmosphere includes entrance and exit vestibules forming atmosphere barriers of suspended stainless steel strips. The interior of the braze furnace is divided into multip... | 12/22/1992 |
| 4867677 | Curtain door for metal reheating furnace A curtain door for use at the charge or discharge openings of a metal reheating furnace the curtain door comprising a horizontal support bar extending across the furnace opening, a horizontal curtain hanger member removably attached to the horizontal supp... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4780040 | Conveyor guide arrangement A conveyor with a frame and a guide rail for guiding the movable member supported on the frame with a tension imparting arrangement which applies a tensile force between the ends of the guide rail.... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4708634 | Drawn assembly for pulsatory combustion Assembly for pulsatory combustion comprising a combustion chamber, a horn and an exchanger part, made through drawing and welding of two half-shells, the separation plate being secured to the inside of the chamber in a recess provided for this purpose suc... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4600378 | Steel strip heating furnace and method A steel strip heating furnace has a movable wall which can be positioned closer or farther away from the transverse edges of the steel in order to adjust the heat radiation applied to the opposing edges of the steel. The movable wall extends parallel to t... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4554812 | Heat shield for a rolling mill A plant for hot-rolling strip or plate stock comprises roller conveyors for conveying the stock to be rolled, which is guided on the roller conveyors by side guards, which are provided on the roller conveyors near their side edges and adjustable transvers... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4452587 | Heat shield; and insulation panels therefor A composite thermal insulation panel for a metal processing installation has a thin-walled casing providing a cover plate or membrane that will be heated quickly to near the temperature of an adjacent hot metal slab or strip being processed. To allow subs... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4422848 | Heat shields for drum aggregate driers and asphaltic drum mixers A drum aggregate drier and a drum mixer for making asphaltic concrete feature heat shields between circumferentially adjacent flights inside the drum along the radiant zone of the burner flame in order to minimize drum overheating, heat loss and drum wall... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4399906 | Temperature expansive screw conveyor A screw conveyor (10) is disclosed for use in environments having a large range of temperature. The screw conveyor (10) includes a hollow shaft (12) having a number of aligned circular holes (18a, 18b) therein, with adjacent sets of holes being at right a... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4353690 | Apparatus to anchor skids for a reheat furnace Skids used to support a workpiece in a reheat furnace are adjustably positioned and anchored to resist longitudinal movement of the skids while workpieces are moved therealong. The anchor apparatus includes a rectangular housing, one end of which is attac... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4289485 | Sinter machine-pelletizing machine wear and baffle plate for pallet side plate There is disclosed a traveling grate apparatus wherein materials are treated at an elevated temperature for purposes such as sintering, pelletizing, calcining, and the like. In such apparatus, a grate and upstanding side plates form a channel for carrying... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4274536 | Shielded roller chain In a conveying arrangement for accommodating and conveying slabs, including a roller supporting chain whose chain links, at their ends, are connected by articulation pins and have projections that overlap each other, each chain link is provided with a cov... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4235172 | Grate with compensating means for use in industrial furnaces A grate wherein several steps of alternating partly overlapping mobile and stationary grate bars are adjacent to a compensating device which expands or contracts to compensate for heat-induced variations of the width of adjacent steps. The compensating de... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4222987 | Muffle calciner having counter-rotating screw conveyors The calciner is an elongated, insulated chamber, in which material is fed to counter-rotating screw conveyors. The material is calcined by heat radiating from a muffle plate interposed between the conveyors and gas-fired burners. This radiant heating, app... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4192646 | Heat conservation in workpieces An apparatus for transporting a workpiece at high temperature is provided with enclosure means substantially surrounding a workpiece supported, or gripped by, the apparatus. The enclosure includes an interior surface positioned to be exposed to the workpi... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4182611 | Roller-hearth furnace with shielded rollers A roller-hearth furnace has workpiece-supporting rollers which are thermally shielded at the sides and from below. Intermediate the rollers the workpieces are exposed to heat action from below.... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4127381 | Apparatus for compensating for change in the length of the pallet train of a strand sintering machine In a strand sintering machine, an arrangement and position of drive lifting sprockets, operable in conjunction with two pairs of pallet alignment gears, is disclosed. The drive lifting sprockets are positioned at the feed end of the strand tracks. Two pai... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4096809 | Apparatus for compensating for thermally induced deformation of sections of grates in industrial furnaces or the like Apparatus which compensates for thermally induced changes in the width of gaps between longitudinally extending marginal portions of grate sections in industrial furnaces has two rows of plate-like cheeks which abut against the marginal portions of neighb... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4035142 | Continuous heating furnace for elongated metal ingots A continuous heating furnace having a heating chamber for the passage therethrough of a metal ingot heated predominantly by radiant heat from the walls of the furnace and comprising a plurality of screening shield arranged adjacent the conveying path of t... | 07/12/1977 |
| 3982885 | Method and arrangement for inhomogeneous annealing of small parts An arrangement for providing controlled annealing of parts within a furnace comprising a series of heat radiation distributors, thermal conduction dosing devices and heat accumulators positioned within the furnace to provide a temperature gradient in the ... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3977824 | Travelling hearth housing A housing for a travelling hearth has longitudinally spaced vertical columns which support a plurality of horizontal beams and housing sheets. Some of the beams are subjected to higher temperature loading than are others. Those beams that are subjected to... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3975142 | Heat shield composition A stable, heat-protective aqueous composition formed by admixing boric acid, asbestos and glycerol, with water added to provide the desired consistency, the composition being particularly suitable to absorb and disperse heat at elevated temperatures while... | 08/17/1976 |
