Patent · US Expired

Device for supporting flat ceramic objects to be fired in a continuously heating furnace

US4526538A · kind A · utility

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7Claims

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Assignee

W. Haldenwanger Technische Keramik GmbH & Co., KG · DE

Inventors

Dietrich Redell · Berlin, DE
Dieter Schmidt · Bayreuth, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 13, 1984
Grant date	Jul 2, 1985
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 13, 2004

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF27B9/2407
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for supporting flat ceramic objects, particularly glazed floor or wall tiles, to be fired in a continuous heating furnace where the objects can be moved on rollers which are in the form of tubes. These tubes are equipped with raised and indented portions with the objects to be fired only being supported by the raised portions during transport through the furnace.

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