Heating furnace
US5018707A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 14, 1989 |
| Grant date | May 28, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF27D7/04
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A heating mantle for heating materials, such as metals, alloys or inorganic chemicals in a retort, includes a tubular wall and annular chambers cooperating with said wall for forming a tortious path around the retort for hot gases. The mantle provides a very high convective heat transfer coefficient.
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