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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Asahi Glass Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
211 4118 ; 206454 ; 118500 ; 118724 ;
Abstract
A pair of annular end plates and a plurality of bars which are made of silicon carbide are formed in an integrally coupled/joined structure, having an entire length of not less than 800 mm. The end plates are unitary annular plates. Padding of silicon carbide is formed at a coupled/joined portion between an end plate and a bar so that the coupled/joined portion exhibits an obtuse corner.