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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2024
Brown Llc, Beaverton, MI (US);
Petrus Wilhelmus Maria Haase, Beaverton, MI (US);
Hannes Groeger, Beaverton, MI (US);
BROWN LLC, Beaverton, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for supporting heating elements of a thermoformer oven includes a first heating element support frame, a second heating element support frame, and one or more actuator. The first heating element support frame is operable to support one or more of the heating elements on a first side of a surface for supporting material to be thermoformed. The second heating element support frame is operable to support one or more of the heating elements on the first side of the surface. The one or more actuator is configured to shift the first and second heating element support frames toward one another in directions with vector components of motion parallel to the surface.