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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 1986
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruce O'Connor, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sym-Tek Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F27B / ; F27D / ; A21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219388 ; 219400 ; 165122 ; 432138 ;
Abstract
An involuted track is defined by a spiralled wall normal to a planar surface. The planar surface is rotated coaxially with respect to the wall while the wall remains stationary with respect to the surface. Objects are loaded into the track through entrance, conducted along the track by means of the rotating planar surface, and leave the track via an exit. En route, the heat level of the objects are altered to bring them to a desired temperature by the time they reach the exit. The objects are preferably heated or cooled by a forced fluid of suitable temperature.