Refractory furnace structure
OwnerJames William Masten, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A furnace structure includes a roof assembly of at least one layer of refractory material, and a metal plate that covers the at least one layer of refractory material and is configured to dissipate heat from the furnace structure; a plurality of sidewalls fixed to the roof, each of the sidewalls comprising refractory material at an interior surface and a metal wall plate at an outer surface; and a plurality of infrared emitters disposed in an opening in at least one of the refractory material of the sidewalls or the refractory material of the roof.
Claims19
A furnace structure comprising:
- a roof assembly of at least one layer of refractory material, and a metal plate that covers the at least one layer of refractory material and is configured to dissipate heat from the furnace structure;
- a plurality of sidewalls fixed to the roof assembly, each of the sidewalls comprising refractory material at an interior surface and a metal wall plate at an outer surface;
- and
- a plurality of infrared emitters disposed in at least one of the sidewalls and the roof assembly,
- wherein the furnace structure including the roof assembly and the plurality of sidewalls is configured to be repeatedly separated from and placed in contact with a supporting floor to provide access to an interior of the furnace structure.
A furnace structure comprising:
- a roof assembly of at least one layer of refractory material, a metal plate that covers the at least one layer of refractory material and is configured to dissipate heat from the furnace structure, and a first plurality of infrared emitters;
- a plurality of sidewalls fixed to the roof assembly, each of the sidewalls comprising refractory material at an interior surface and a metal wall plate at an outer surface;
- and
- a second plurality of infrared emitters disposed in at least one of the sidewalls,
- wherein the furnace structure including the roof assembly and the plurality of sidewalls is configured to be repeatedly separated from and placed in contact with a supporting floor to provide access to an interior of the furnace structure.
A furnace structure comprising:
- a roof assembly of at least one layer of refractory material, and a metal plate that covers the at least one layer of refractory material and is configured to dissipate heat from the furnace structure;
- a plurality of sidewalls fixed to the roof assembly, each of the sidewalls comprising refractory material at an interior surface and a metal wall plate at an outer surface;
- a plurality of infrared emitters disposed in an opening in at least one of the refractory material of the sidewalls and the refractory material of the roof assembly;
- and
- a plurality of roof suspension rods that suspend a lowermost layer of the at least one layer of refractory material from the metal plate in the roof assembly,
- wherein the metal plate is thermally coupled to the roof suspension rods so that the metal plate dissipates heat received from the roof suspension rods when the furnace is heated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.