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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
May. 07, 2009
Peter R. Witting, West Seneca, NY (US);
William J. Stry, Orchard Park, NY (US);
Carl H Vander Weide, Lockport, NY (US);
Jeffrey E. Purdy, Alden, NY (US);
Jason A. Ginn, Corfu, NY (US);
Peter R. Witting, West Seneca, NY (US);
William J. Stry, Orchard Park, NY (US);
Carl H Vander Weide, Lockport, NY (US);
Jeffrey E. Purdy, Alden, NY (US);
Jason A. Ginn, Corfu, NY (US);
Harper International Corporation, Lancaster, NY (US);
Abstract
A rotary tube furnace () comprising an insulated heating chamber (), the insulated heating chamber having a product discharge outlet () and a process tube inlet (), a heating element () operatively arranged to selectively heat the heating chamber, a generally horizontally extending process tube () supported for rotation relative to the heating chamber, the process tube having a first portion () generally arranged outside of the heating chamber and a cantilevered second portion () extending from the first portion into the heating chamber and terminating at a discharge end () within the heating chamber, a feed mechanism () configured and arranged to feed product into the process tube, and a bearing assembly operating between a support frame () and the first portion of the process tube and configured and arranged to support the process tube and transmit rotational torque to the process tube.