The Alloy Engineering Company

William P Freund

Stephen R Hulvey

A gas seal for a bell-type annealing furnace is described. A ring supported by the furnace cover and a resilient pad supported by the base mate to form a gas seal when the cover is rested on the base. A cover-supported cooling jacket and a base-supported cooling jacket cooperate to enclose the seal when the cover is rested on the base. Load bearing structure is provided independent of the seal elements to avoid subjecting the seal elements to the weight of the furnace cover.

Furnace seal

An inner cover for a bell-type annealing or thermal processing furnace having a thin walled cylindrical body formed from textured heat resistant stainless steel and/or nickle chrome alloy closed at its upper end and having one or more outwardly flared conical sections at its other or lower end and terminating in a radial flange surrounded by a steel ring connected thereto.

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Lakewood, OH, United States of America

William P Freund