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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2016
Venugopal Garimella, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Darren Womack, Windsor, CA;
Erryn Ashmore, Berkley, MI (US);
Tom Sanor, Birmingham, AL (US);
Edward Schleichert, Munich, DE;
Tarlok Singh Kainth, Belle River, CA;
Tracy Arnold Grant Taylor, Windsor, CA;
James Arminski, Troy, MI (US);
Kevin Vandenbrouck, Troy, MI (US);
Venugopal Garimella, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Darren Womack, Windsor, CA;
Erryn Ashmore, Berkley, MI (US);
Tom Sanor, Birmingham, AL (US);
Edward Schleichert, Munich, DE;
Tarlok Singh Kainth, Belle River, CA;
Tracy Arnold Grant Taylor, Windsor, CA;
James Arminski, Troy, MI (US);
Kevin VanDenBrouck, Troy, MI (US);
MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC., Aurora, CA;
Abstract
A multi-opening oven assembly for simultaneously heating a plurality of blanks, for example aluminum blanks, before forming the heated blanks in a production line is provided. The oven assembly includes vertically aligned shelves to present a plurality of chambers for heating the blanks. A table including an entry side platform and an exit side platform moves vertically along the oven assembly. A rail system extends along the platforms and the shelves to convey the blanks in and out of the chambers. Once one set of heated blanks is removed from a first chamber, the table moves vertically to a second chamber and is ready to receive the next set of heated blanks. A continuous supply of heated blanks is provided for high throughput. The oven assembly is preferably disposed in a press adjacent a forming station of an existing production line and thus, no additional floor space is required.