Tunnel kiln for firing ceramic ware
AssigneeKeller Ofenbau GmbH
InventorGregor Buschermohle
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Abstract
A tunnel kiln through which carriers carry ceramic ware to be fired includes an elongated tunnel having a closed bottom, a stationary flue at the bottom of the tunnel, and at least one transport way disposed in the tunnel above the stationary flue for carrying the carriers through the tunnel. The transport way comprises a support means and rolling means are provided between the support means and the carrier for rollably carrying the carriers along the transport way, whereby ceramic ware on the carriers are fired as the carriers traverse the tunnel kiln.
Claims10
A tunnel kiln through which carriers carry ceramic ware to be fired comprising elongated tunnel means having a closed bottom, a stationary flue at the bottom of said tunnel means, at least one transport way disposed in said tunnel means above said stationary flue, carriers carried by said transport way through the tunnel means, said transport way comprising a support means, and rolling means between said support means and said carrier for movably carrying said carriers along said transport way, said support means comprising a pair of spaced and elongated cylindrical members having their longitudinal axes disposed parallel to the elongated tunnel means, said rolling means rolling on said spaced cylindrical members.
A tunnel kiln through which carriers carry ceramic ware to be fired comprising elongated tunnel means defined by side walls joined to a roof and a floor, a stationary flue disposed in said tunnel means on said floor, said stationary flue extending through the longitudinal length of the tunnel means and being partially defined by said floor, said stationary flue having hollow chambers therein which are in communication with said tunnel means, said side walls of said tunnel means having openings receiving burner tubes, said burner tubes communicating with said chambers in said stationary flue such that heating medium passes from the heating tubes to said hollow chambers and thence to the interior of said tunnel means, at least one transport way disposed in said tunnel means on said stationary flue for movably supporting said carriers as the carriers move through the tunnel means, and rolling means between said transport means and said carrier for movably carrying said carriers along said transport way.
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