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US 5,989,647 AGranted
Heat-treatment device and process
AssigneeL'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
InventorsFrancis Remy, Bernard Hansz, Vincent Gourlaouen, Christian Coddet, Fran.cedilla.ois Pesme, Han Lin Liao
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Abstract
Heat-treatment device which includes a cooling unit comprising delivery nozzles which deliver at least one coolant, characterized in that it furthermore comprises a shielding element designed so as to maintain a gaseous shielding atmosphere around at least part of the delivery nozzles.
Claims12
In a process for the heat treatment of a material, which comprises:
- spraying at least part of a surface of the material with at least one jet containing at least one hot carrier gas to obtain a heat-treated material;
- and
- cooling at least part of the heat-treated material;
- the improvement wherein the cooling is carried out by:
- providing at least one delivery nozzle which delivers a coolant;
- said at least one delivery nozzle being at least partially surrounded by at least one sleeve having an open and free distal end;
- and
- maintaining at least part of the delivery nozzle under a gaseous shielding atmosphere by flushing said nozzle with at least one gaseous shielding stream, said gaseous shielding stream circulating between the delivery nozzle and the surrounding sleeve, thereby preventing the delivery nozzle from icing by ambient moisture entering the sleeve at said open and free distal end and depositing on said nozzle delivering coolant, while excess gaseous shielding stream contained in the sleeve is removed via said open and free distal end.
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In a device for the heat treatment of a material, comprising:
- spraying means for delivering at least one jet containing at least one hot carrier gas onto the material to obtain a heat-treated material;
- and
- cooling means operatively associated with said spraying means for cooling the heat-treated material;
- the improvement wherein the cooling means comprise:
- delivery means for delivering at least one coolant, said delivery means including at least one delivery nozzle;
- and
- shielding means including at least one sleeve having an open and free distal end and surrounding, at least partially, said at least one delivery nozzle, said shielding means being connected to means for supplying at least one gaseous shielding stream for maintaining a gaseous atmosphere around at least part of said delivery means, thereby preventing the delivery nozzle from icing by ambient moisture entering the sleeve at said open and free distal end and depositing on said nozzle delivering coolant, while excess gaseous shielding stream contained in the sleeve is removed via said open and free distal end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.