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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Takayuki Sakai, Ogasa-gun, JP;
Inventor:
Takayuki Sakai, Ogasa-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Tec Corporation, Shizuoka-prefecture, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A heat-treatment apparatus including a first furnace for heat treatment and solution treatment of a work piece, and a second furnace for heat treatment and aging treatment of a work piece, wherein each furnace includes a dispersion tube cantilevered and immersed within a fluidized bed, the tube for blowing hot air into the fluidized bed. The first furnace includes a heat exchanger for recovering waste heat from gases discharged the first furnace for use as a heat source for the second furnace.