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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1986
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1985
Fumihiko Hattori, Izumi, JP;
Yoshikazu Shimosato, Yahata, JP;
Chugai Ro Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A continuous heat treating furnace for heat treating a ferrous metal work in a protective atmosphere, including a furnace separated into a charge chamber and a heat treating chamber by a partition door and provided with a transport device for transporting the work. A first heating device, a recirculating fan and a gas purge device are provided in the charge chamber, while a second heating device is provided in the heat treating chamber supplied with the protective atmosphere, whereby the work is preheated through convectional heat transfer in the charge chamber simultaneously with high-temperature purging of the charge chamber and then, is heat treated under the protective atmosphere in the heat treating chamber.