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US 5,429,497 AGranted
Apparatus for sintering ceramic formed bodies
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsKenichi Yamada, Norihiko Sakamoto
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Abstract
A method of sintering ceramic formed bodies, in which a container for sintering is disposed in a sintering space of a sintering furnace, and atmospheric gas is introduced from an atmospheric gas inlet port provided on a bottom surface of the container for sintering into a large number of ceramic formed bodies piled up in the container for sintering, thereby to sinter the large number of ceramic formed bodies piled upon each other while introducing the atmospheric gas into spaces between the ceramic formed bodies.
Claims7
A sintering apparatus for sintering ceramic formed bodies, comprising:
- a sintering furnace having a sintering space for sintering ceramic formed bodies in its inner part;
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- a separable container for sintering disposed in the sintering space of said sintering furnace, said container having an opening in its upper part and a solid bottom surface for supporting a large number of ceramic bodies piled randomly upon each other on the bottom surface of the container,
- said container for sintering further having an atmospheric gas inlet port formed in the bottom surface of the container and provided in its inner wall portion in contact with the large number of ceramic formed bodies piled up, for receiving and supplying atmospheric gas to the large number of ceramic bodies piled up, said large number of ceramic formed bodies having spaces formed therebetween for distributing atmospheric gas supplied therein.
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