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US 11,874,058 B2Granted
Infrared can curing oven
AssigneeStolle Machinery Company, LLC
InventorIan Kenneth Scholey
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Abstract
A can curing oven including a housing assembly, a transfer assembly, and a number of heating units. The housing assembly defines a generally enclosed space. The transfer assembly is structured to support and move a number of can bodies. The transfer assembly includes an elongated transfer belt. The transfer belt is movably coupled to the housing assembly and is structured to move through the housing assembly enclosed space. The number of heating units are structured to generate an effective amount of received heat.
Claims20
A can curing oven comprising:
- a housing assembly including a heating assembly comprising a number of laterally disposed heating units;
- and
- a transfer assembly including a transfer belt structured to support a number of can bodies in a vertical orientation and to move said number of can bodies past said number of laterally disposed heating units to cure a coating on said can bodies,
- wherein said number of laterally disposed heating units comprises a plurality of modular and linkable heating unit plates,
- wherein said modular and linkable heating unit plates are disposed in a single first row of opposed pairs.
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A can curing oven comprising:
- a housing assembly including a heating assembly comprising a number of laterally disposed heating units;
- and
- a transfer assembly including a transfer belt structured to support a number of can bodies in a vertical orientation and to move said number of can bodies past said number of laterally disposed heating units to cure a coating on said can bodies,
- wherein said number of laterally disposed heating units comprises a plurality of modular and linkable heating unit plates,
- wherein said modular and linkable heating unit plates are disposed in a plurality of stacked rows of opposed pairs of modular and linkable heating unit plates.
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A can curing oven comprising:
- a housing assembly including a heating assembly comprising a number of laterally disposed heating units;
- and
- a transfer assembly including a transfer belt structured to support a number of can bodies in a vertical orientation and to move said number of can bodies past said number of laterally disposed heating units to cure a coating on said can bodies,
- wherein said transfer assembly includes a plurality of support pads;
- and wherein each said support pad structured to support a base portion of can body,
- wherein said plurality of support pads are driven support pads, wherein each driven pad is rotatably coupled to said transfer assembly transfer belt;
- and wherein said driven pad includes a body having a generally circular drive engagement surface,
- wherein said housing assembly includes an elongated drive bar;
- and wherein said drive bar is disposed adjacent said transfer belt and structured to operatively engage said driven pad body drive engagement surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.