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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sueharu Jikumaru, Kasugai, JP;
Yukihisa Wada, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
NGK Insulators, Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34 / ; 34 68 ; 34105 ;
Abstract
A drying carrier adapted for carrying honeycomb structures includes a plurality of perforated plates spaced to each other in the longitudinal direction of the drying carrier and made of a material having a conductivity higher than that of the drying carrier. Each of said perforated plates is provided with a convex portion having an upper contacting surface to be contacted with the bottom surface of the honeycomb structure to be carried. The surface area (A) of the upper contacting surface of the convex portion is smaller than the bottom surface area of the honeycomb structure.