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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2011
Roland D. Seals, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Jeffrey G. Parrott, Clinton, TN (US);
Paul D. Demint, Kingston, TN (US);
Kevin R. Finney, Knoxville, TN (US);
Charles T. Blue, Knoxville, TN (US);
Roland D. Seals, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Jeffrey G. Parrott, Clinton, TN (US);
Paul D. DeMint, Kingston, TN (US);
Kevin R. Finney, Knoxville, TN (US);
Charles T. Blue, Knoxville, TN (US);
Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC, Reston, VA (US);
Abstract
A furnace heats through both infrared radiation and convective air utilizing an infrared/purge gas design that enables improved temperature control to enable more uniform treatment of workpieces. The furnace utilizes lamps, the electrical end connections of which are located in an enclosure outside the furnace chamber, with the lamps extending into the furnace chamber through openings in the wall of the chamber. The enclosure is purged with gas, which gas flows from the enclosure into the furnace chamber via the openings in the wall of the chamber so that the gas flows above and around the lamps and is heated to form a convective mechanism in heating parts.