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US 11,057,964 B2Granted
Apparatus for conveying and heating objects
AssigneeYiwu Easy Open End Industrial Corp.
InventorsJiangbo Luo, Xiaoqun Lou
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Abstract
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for heating objects. The apparatus may include two conveyer belts. Each conveyer belt may include a plurality of teeth. At least a portion of the two conveyer belts may be in parallel to each other. In the parallel portion, the conveyer belts may include opposite teeth that are symmetrical to each other and the object may be fitted in the opening of the symmetrical teeth and secured by the surrounding teeth.
Claims18
An apparatus for heating objects, comprising:
- a first and second conveyer belts configured to secure an object having a thin piece structure, a first edge, a second edge, and a surface extending from the first edge to the second edge, wherein:
- each of the first and second conveyer belts includes a plurality of teeth;
- at least a portion of the first and second conveyer belts are in parallel to each other;
- in the portions of the first and second conveyer belts that are in parallel to each other, the first conveyer belt includes a first and second teeth adjacent to each other, and the second conveyer belt includes a third and fourth teeth adjacent to each other;
- the first and third teeth, and the second and fourth teeth, respectively, are configured to face symmetrically to each other with respect to a center plane between the portions of the first and second conveyer belts that are in parallel to each other;
- the first, second, third, and fourth teeth each includes a protruding portion extending toward the center plane;
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- a spacing between the first and second teeth is the same as a spacing between the third and fourth teeth, and the spacing is the same as a thickness of object, the thickness of the object being measured along a moving direction of the portions of the first and second conveyer belts that are in parallel to each other, wherein the surface, first edge, and second edge of the object are perpendicular to the moving direction,
- wherein a hold space defined by the first, second, third, and fourth teeth is configured to hold the object, wherein the first edge of the object fits in a first recess of the hold space defined by the protruding portions of the first and second teeth, the second edge of the object fits in a second recess defined by the protruding portions of the third and fourth teeth, and the object is separated from an adjacent object by at least one tooth along the moving direction;
- a driving device configured to drive the first and second conveyer belts such that in the portions of the first and second conveyer belts that are in parallel to each other, the first and second conveyer belts move synchronously;
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- an electromagnetic heating device configured to at least partially enclose the portions of the first and second conveyer belts that are in parallel to each other, and to heat the object secured by the first, second, third, and fourth teeth, wherein the electromagnetic heating device comprises:
- a tube enclosure;
- a plurality of induction coils located in a plurality of sections of the tube enclosure;
- a buffer area located between adjacent sections;
- a ventilation hole located in a buffer area on the tube enclosure;
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- a ventilating device providing air ventilation through the ventilation hole.
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An apparatus for heating objects, comprising:
- a first and second conveyer belts configured to secure an object having a thin piece structure, a first edge, a second edge, and a surface extending from the first edge to the second edge, wherein:
- each of the first and second conveyer belts includes a plurality of teeth;
- at least a portion of the first and second conveyer belts are in parallel to each other;
- in the portions of the first and second conveyer belts that are in parallel to each other, the first conveyer belt includes a first and second teeth adjacent to each other, and the second conveyer belt includes a third and fourth teeth adjacent to each other;
- the first and third teeth, and the second and fourth teeth, respectively, are configured to face symmetrically to each other with respect to a center plane between the portions of the first and second conveyer belts that are in parallel to each other;
- the first, second, third, and fourth teeth each includes a protruding portion extending toward the center plane;
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- a spacing between the first and second teeth is the same as a spacing between the third and fourth teeth, and the spacing is the same as a thickness of the object, the thickness of the object being measured along a moving direction of the portions of the first and second conveyer belts that are in parallel to each other, wherein the surface, first edge, and second edge of the object are perpendicular to the moving direction,
- wherein a hold space defined by the first, second, third, and fourth teeth is configured to hold the object, wherein the first edge of the object fits in a first recess of the hold space defined by the protruding portions of the first and second teeth, the second edge of the object fits in a second recess defined by the protruding portions of the third and fourth teeth, and the object is separated from an adjacent object by at least one tooth along the moving direction;
- a driving device configured to drive the first and second conveyer belts such that in the portions of the first and second conveyer belts that are in parallel to each other, the first and second conveyer belts move synchronously;
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- a tube configured to at least partially enclose the portions of the first and second conveyer belts that are in parallel to each other, and to heat the object secured by the first, second, third, and fourth teeth, wherein the tube further comprises:
- a plurality of induction coils located in a plurality of sections of the tube;
- a buffer area located between adjacent sections;
- a ventilation hole located in a buffer area on the tube;
- and
- a ventilating device providing air ventilation through the ventilation hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.