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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6340444 | Heat treatment apparatus A heat treatment apparatus includes rollers that slide and move an image recording sheet on the surface of a heating member while pressing at least a portion of the sheet against the surface of the heating member. The temperature of a dummy unit, provided... | 01/22/2002 |
| 5293404 | Thermal measuring and testing system having synchronized sample transporting means A thermal analysis device with a sample transporting machine which automatically carries out pretreatment of a sample to quickly heat or cool it. The configuration includes an electric furnace, a temperature controller, a temperature program setter, a sam... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5006061 | Method for bringing a plurality of steel slabs to rolling temperature in a furnace A method for bringing a plurality of steel slabs to rolling temperature uses a furnace having a controllable energy supply. To accommodate variation of slab temperature at entry, especially mixing of cold and hot slabs, at least one virtual slab correspon... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4966547 | Heat treatment method using a zoned tunnel furnace The invention relates to the control of a tunnel furnace partitioned into a plurality of zones for heat treatment of, e.g., ceramic or glass workpieces. As usual the temperatures of the respective zones are controllable individually. Furthermore, in each ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4690569 | Thermal profile system Apparatus and method for implementing a characterized thermal profile upon a temperature/time dependent process on any material or materials susceptible to such thermal processing in accordance with a closed loop environmental feedback system and a corres... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4461616 | Ceramic heat treatment regulating apparatus and method An efficient method for using a periodic kiln to heat ceramic material to a state of maturation, and the apparatus for carrying out the method, duplicate the action of pyrometric cones. In a microcomputer, data is stored describing the relationship betwee... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4459103 | Automatic volatile matter content analyzer An analyzer is provided for use in determining the volatile matter content of coal and coke. The analyzer automatically adjusts a position of a crucible containing a coal or coke sample relative to a furnace depending upon the temperature of the crucible.... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4383821 | Automatic shutoff for sulfur melter apparatus A device for automatically shutting off a sulfur melter when its supply of sulfur is exhausted or when sulfur bridging has occurred is disclosed. The shutoff uses a temperature value sensed at the top of the melter's sloping melter bottom and shuts the he... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4379547 | Continuous cold rolling and annealing apparatus for steel strip A continuous cold rolling and annealing apparatus for a steel strip so that interruption of a cold rolling mill part does not directly cause a continuous annealing furnace part to be interrupted, in which apparatus at least one cold rolling mill is locate... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4188186 | Automatic calcining kettle A vessel is mounted above a furnace, and is used for retaining gypsum as it is calcined to prepare it for making wallboard or plaster. A feed of crushed gypsum supplies the vessel-kettle regulated by the temperature required to calcine gypsum. Calcined gy... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4076492 | Electronic dryer An electronic dryer for grain or other materials which includes a gas burner and one or more blowers for providing heated air into a plenum chamber from which such heated air passes through the material to be dried between two spaced walls formed with ope... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4022349 | Mud heater and pump therefor Apparatus for tempering drilling mud preparatory to testing the mud for petroleum content comprising a plurality of cylinders with heat-sinks about their exteriors, resistance heaters in the heat-sinks and temperature control means related to the heaters ... | 05/10/1977 |
| 3982882 | Method and apparatus for preparing test specimens subjected to different heat treatments A furnace for preparing test specimens, such as specimens of ceramic materials, is provided, such furnace including a furnace chamber having a heating zone; heating means for heating the heating zone; first specimen support means disposed in the heating z... | 09/28/1976 |
