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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:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Corrado Ballabene, Erkrath, DE;
Assignee:
Techint Compagnia Tecnica Internazionale S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F27B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
432121 ; 432127 ;
Abstract
A walking beam furnace has in its interior fixed beams and walking beams for holding and transporting material to be annealed. These beams are provided with different support members for the material to be annealed, of which support members one serves for transporting flat material and the other for transporting round material. The different support members are arranged on the fixed and walking beams one after another in an alternating sequence.