Heating inventions 05/09

20090136884 - Direct-fired furnace utilizing an inert gas to protect products being thermally treated in the furnace: A heating system includes a furnace configured to receive a product to be thermally treated within the furnace, where the furnace includes at least one burner to generate combustion gases from a source of oxygen and a carbon-based fuel source provided to the burner, and the combustion gases provide heat... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20090136885 - Apparatus for toasting a wine barrel: A platform has an opening therein. The platform is adapted to receive a heat source therein. The platform is rotatably disposed about the heat source. A motor is operatively coupled to the platform for rotating the platform about the heat source. A temperature sensor senses the temperature at a predetermined... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090136886 - Method and device for removing volatile organic components from waste gases of a clinker installation: In a method for removing volatile organic components (VOC) from waste gases of a cement clinker kilns installation, in which the largely cooled waste gases are subjected to post-combustion, a post-combustion is carried out to an extent as to ensure a reduction of the concentration of the VOC below the... Agent: Chapman And Cutler

20090136887 - Rotary hearth furnace: X=([X0=] a distance between an outer end part of an outer circumference side hearth curb casting 11 and an inner end part of an inner circumference side hearth curb casting 12 at an operation temperature)−([X1=] a total of lengths of a plurality of refractories 6 and corner refractories 7 and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090136888 - Heat processing apparatus: The present invention is a heat processing apparatus comprising: a processing vessel that receives a plurality of objects to be processed in a tier-like manner to subject the objects to be processed to a predetermined heating process; a tubular heater disposed to surround the processing vessel, the tubular heater being... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090130618 - Castable refractory: To provide a long-life refractory capable of maintaining durability under severe conditions. The castable refractory comprises a mixture containing at least one of 2 to 10 mass % of silicon carbide and 3 to 10 mass % of chamotte, as an auxiliary raw material, and a binder material, with the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090130619 - Crucible-type continuous melting furnance: A crucible-type continuous melting furnace 1 includes a preheating tower 31 for storing the material to be melted (a), and an exhaust port 34 on the top thereof; a melting crucible furnace 11 disposed below the preheating tower 31 and having a melting crucible 71 to which the material to... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090117504 - Furnace assembly: The invention relates to a furnace assembly for dental technology, in particular for ceramic dental compositions, comprising a display device associated with a furnace assembly (10), which may be designed in the manner of a touchscreen, and comprising a control device, which has a data interface by way of which... Agent: John C. Thompson

20090117505 - Portable heat transfer apparatus: The portable heat transfer apparatus of the present invention is adapted to ignite a mixture supplied from a fuel-gas supply unit and a fuel gas-air air-fuel unit having air-fuel ratio adjustment mechanism, using a piezoelectric ignition unit, so as to induce a flame burning in a combustion chamber of a... Agent: Chapman And Cutler