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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:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruce A. Boettger, Lima, OH (US);
Assignee:
Cast Masters, Inc., Bowling Green, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 2/904 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 2/904 ;
Abstract
A tunnel or reheat furnace roller assembly includes a hollow tube or arbor of low alloy steel and an inner concentric tube for providing a flow of cooling water. About the exterior of the tube or arbor is cast a surround or jacket having larger diameter, spaced apart wheels which engage and support workpieces in the furnace and integrally formed intermediate smaller diameter regions. The integral surround is preferably cast of Waspaloy or other high temperature, nickel alloy steel.