Heat conductor support disc
AssigneeSandvik Intellectual Property AB
InventorsThomas Lewin, Anke Kronert
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Abstract
A ceramic heat conductor support disc for supporting an electrical heating element for electrically heated furnace installations. The support disc has a center aperture lying parallel to the longitudinal axis of the heating element, and one or more apertures located between the center aperture and the periphery of the disc. The disc is provided with one or more elongated openings running from the periphery to one of the apertures or to the center aperture, wherein each elongated opening penetrates the entire thickness of the disc.
Claims13
A ceramic heat conductor support disc for supporting an electrical heating element for electrically heated furnace installations, said support disc comprising:
- a disc body having a predetermined thickness;
- a center aperture having a central axis lying parallel to the a longitudinal axis of the disc body and of a heating element;
- at least one intermediate aperture located between said center aperture and an outer periphery of the disc body;
- wherein the disc includes at least one elongated opening extending from said periphery to at least one of said intermediate apertures;
- wherein each elongated opening extends through the entire thickness of said disc;
- and wherein the number of elongated openings is less than the number of intermediate apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.