US 10,591,216 B2Granted

Solidifying device

AssigneeIndustrial Technology Research Institute

InventorsFu-Ching Tung, Muh-Wang Liang, Jung-Chen Chien, Yi-Jiun Lin

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Abstract

A solidifying device is for solidifying a substrate which includes a middle and two side portions. The thermostability of the middle portion is greater than that of the side portions. The solidifying device includes a housing, a heating member, a temperature control air-floating member and a conveyor. The housing defines a working space. The heating member is in the working space. The substrate has a heat receiving surface facing the heating member. The temperature control air-floating member is in the working space and below the heating member. The conveyor is for transporting the substrate into the working space and between the temperature control air-floating member and the heating member. The heating member is for providing heat to the substrate. The temperature control air-floating member is for supplying air towards the substrate to allow the substrate to float in the working space and form a high-temperature and two low-temperature areas.

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Dependent claims

A solidifying device, configured for solidifying a substrate, the substrate comprising a middle portion and two side portions, the thermostability of the middle portion being greater than the thermostability of the side portions, the solidifying device comprising:

a housing, defining a working space;
a heating member, disposed in the working space, the substrate having a heat receiving surface facing the heating member;
a temperature control air-floating member, disposed in the working space, the heating member being located above the temperature control air-floating member;
and
a conveyor, configured for carrying and transporting the substrate into the working space to position the substrate between the temperature control air-floating member and the heating member, the heating member being configured for providing heat to the substrate, the temperature control air-floating member being configured for supplying air towards the substrate in order to allow the substrate to float in the working space and form a high-temperature area and two low-temperature areas in the working space, the high-temperature area corresponding to the middle portion, and the two low-temperature areas respectively corresponding to the two side portions.

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a housing, defining a working space;
a heating member, disposed in the working space, the substrate having a heat receiving surface facing the heating member;
an air-floating member, disposed in the working space, the heating member being located above the air-floating member;
a conveyor, configured for carrying and transporting the substrate into the working space to position the substrate between the air-floating member and the heating member, the heating member being configured for providing heat to the substrate, the air-floating member being configured for supplying air towards the substrate in order to allow the substrate to float in the working space;
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at least one cooling member, configured for providing a coolant for heat exchange to the side portions of the substrate to form a high-temperature area and two low-temperature areas in the working space, the high-temperature area corresponding to the middle portion, and the low-temperature areas respectively corresponding to the side portions.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/831,181Filed 4 Dec 2017
Priority: TW 106134081 A2 Oct 2017
Published: US 2019/0101333 A14 Apr 2019
Granted: 17 Mar 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

F27D 9/00
Cooling of furnaces or of charges therein
H10P 72/0434
Apparatus for thermal treatment: mainly by convection
F26B 17/00
Machines or apparatus for drying materials in loose, plastic, or fluidised form
F27B 9/14
Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type ; Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity:…