US 10,703,023 B2 · Fuel tank producing apparatus

Abstract

Provided is a fuel tank producing apparatus capable of uniformly heating a tank container in a short period of time. The fuel tank producing apparatus includes a heat curing furnace for heating the tank container and a hot air generator for generating hot air. The heat curing furnace is internally provided with a nozzle for blowing the hot air onto the surface of the tank container, and externally provided with a rotating portion for rotating the tank container about the central axis thereof. The nozzle is located at a position displaced to the left relative to the vertical direction to the central axis of the tank container as viewed from the direction of the central axis of the tank container. The rotating portion is configured to rotate the tank container in the reverse direction of a direction in which the hot air is blown from the nozzle.

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Dependent claims

A fuel tank producing apparatus comprising:

a rotating portion adapted to rotate a tank container about a central axis of the tank container;
and
a nozzle adapted to blow gas onto a surface of the tank container while the tank container is being rotated, wherein
the rotating portion is configured to rotate the tank container in a reverse direction of a direction of blowing the gas from the nozzle so that a portion of the surface onto which the gas is blown by the nozzle moves toward the nozzle as the tank container is rotated in the reverse direction,
the nozzle is located at a position displaced away from a plane that extends through the central axis of the tank container as viewed from a direction of the central axis of the tank container, and
the nozzle blows the gas in a blowing direction that (i) is parallel to the plane and (ii) does not intersect the central axis of the tank container.

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