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Apparatus for transmitting heat under vacuum by grains

US4990754A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 3, 1989
Grant dateFeb 5, 1991
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Expiry dateMay 3, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF27D2099/0066
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A heat transmission apparatus is formed between a thermal source (12) and an object (21) in a vacuum enclosure (1) by placing in a cavity defined by a heat emission wall (20) and the object (21), a granular material (30) which adapts to the thermal expansions, while permitting heating by conductivity under very good conditions. Possible application to the manufacture of semiconductors and the crystallization of thin films.

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