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Heat-treatment apparatus and heat-treatment method

US11174527B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 29, 2016
Grant dateNov 16, 2021
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC21D9/0018
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A heat-treatment apparatus includes a casing, a loader which loads a workpiece to an inner part of the casing in order to apply a heat-treatment to the workpiece, and a canopy surface provided in the casing to cover the workpiece. The canopy surface includes a slope way with a sectional configuration where the canopy surface is cut on a plane vertical to a conveying direction of the workpiece inside the casing. The slope way includes a highest point and a downward inclined surface extending from the highest point to an outside of a zone between a perpendicular line extending from a left end of the workpiece and a perpendicular line extending from a right end of the workpiece.

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