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US 2024/0102732 A1Published application
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 plurality of infrared heating units;
- and
- a transfer assembly including a transfer belt and a plurality of support pads disposed on the transfer belt, wherein said plurality of support pads are structured to support base portions of can bodies in a vertical orientation and the transfer belt is structured to move said can bodies in a vertical orientation past said number of infrared heating units to cure a coating on said can bodies, wherein said infrared heating units are disposed laterally on both sides of said transfer belt.
A can curing oven comprising:
- a housing assembly including a heating assembly comprising a number of heating units;
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- a transfer assembly including a transfer belt structured to move a number of can bodies past said number of heating units and a plurality of driven support pads structured to support base portions of said can bodies and rotatably coupled to said transfer belt,
- wherein each driven support pad includes a body having a generally circular drive engagement surface, and
- wherein said housing assembly includes an elongated drive bar disposed adjacent said transfer belt and structured to operatively engage each drive engagement surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.