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US 6,905,332 B1Granted
Modular oven, panel assembly and method of assembling the same
AssigneeRaypaul Industries, Inc.
InventorsGreg Neal, David Neal
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Abstract
A modular oven, such as a batch process oven, having a standardized set of self supporting, interconnectable panels which, when assembled, from a self-supporting heat containment shell, free of added structural support members. Also described are the self-supporting modular oven panels themselves having common roof, sidewall and end wall shell configuration and a method of assembling the panels such as in the expansion or conversion of a first modular oven assembly to a second assembly more conducive to current production requirements.
Claims42
A modular oven comprising:
- a plurality of interconnected segments defining an oven channel having a length, each segment comprising:
- at least an inner oven wall, a concentric outer oven wall and an edge oven wall disposed therebetween so as to form a segment channel between the outer, inner and edge oven walls;
- a thermal insulation within the segment chamber;
- heat dissipation means associated with at least one of the oven walls to permit heat entering the segment channel to communicate with another adjacent segment channel;
- and,
- means for releasably interconnecting adjacent segments to increase or decrease the length of the oven channel.
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A modular oven comprising:
- a pair of opposed side wall panels;
- and,
- at least one roof panel attached to the two side wall panels,
- each of the panels formed of a shell assembly with common cross sectional configuration;
- wherein said common shell assembly comprises an outer shell section having, as a monolithic body, an outer wall section, two opposite side edge panel segments extending from respective edge lines of said outer panel wall, and two opposite side flange members extending inwardly toward one another from said edge segments at a location spaced from said outer wall section, and an inner shell section comprising an inner wall plate in contact with said flanges.
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A modular oven comprising:
- a pair of opposed side wall panels;
- and,
- at least one roof panel attached to the two side wall panels,
- each of the panels formed of a shell assembly with common cross sectional configuration;
- wherein said shell assemblies include an outer shell section formed with an outer face and edge segments and an inner shell section that includes a inner face sheet with said inner section being secured to said outer section, and with said shell assemblies including a first sub-group and a second sub-group of shell assemblies with shell assemblies in said first sub-group having heat dissipation apertures, and with shell assemblies in said second sub-group having opposing edge segments of which at least one is free of heat dissipation apertures.
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A modular oven comprising:
- a pair of opposed side wall panels;
- and,
- at least one roof panel attached to the side wall panels,
- each of the panels formed of a shell assembly with common cross sectional configuration;
- wherein said shell assemblies include outer shell sections with heat dissipation means and sealing means for avoiding leakage of heat from said heat dissipation means externally of said modular oven and a clamp for clamping adjacent shell assemblies together.
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A modular oven comprising:
- a pair of opposed side wall panels;
- and,
- at least one roof panel attached to the side wall panels, p2 each of the panels formed of a shell assembly with common cross sectional configuration;
- and,
- a ducting system having duct assemblies internal of said side wall panels and designed for separation with said side wall panels without disrupting a remaining portion of said ducting system.
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A modular oven comprising;
- a plurality of individual first side wall panels which are self-supporting and in abutment;
- a plurality of individual second side wall panels which are self-supporting and in abutment;
- a plurality of individual roof panels that are in abutment and are directly supported, at opposite ends, by said first and second side wall panels;
- at least one individual end wall panel which is in abutment with at least one of said roof or side wall panels;
- and
- said side wall panels, roof panels and at least one end wall panel being releasably attached with clamps along regions of abutment;
- and
- wherein said shell assembly comprises an inner shell section and an outer shell section, with the outer shell section having an external oven face component and two opposing side edge segments and two opposite side support regions for securement contact with said inner shell section defining an internal oven face.
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A modular oven comprising:
- a pair of opposed side wall panels;
- and,
- at least one roof panel attached to the side wall panels,
- each of the panels formed of a shell assembly with common cross sectional configuration;
- wherein said shell assembly comprises an inner shell section and an outer shell section, with the outer shell section having an external oven face component and two opposing side edge segments and two opposite side support regions for securement contact with said inner shell section defining an internal oven face.
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A modular oven comprising:
- a pair of opposed side wall panels;
- and,
- at least one roof panel attached to the side wall panels,
- each of the panels formed of a shell assembly with common cross sectional configuration;
- and,
- said side wall panels and at least one roof panel being releasably attached with clamps along regions of abutment;
- wherein each of said side wall panels and roof panel are clamped to a respective abutting panel of said side wall panels and roof panel with releasable clamps and said modular oven comprising a plurality of sealing strips which are positioned to seal off heat dissipation regions formed in juxtaposed surfaces of abutting sections of said side wall panels and roof panel.
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A modular oven comprising:
- a pair of opposed side wall panels;
- and,
- at least one roof panel attached at each side to a side wall panel, each panel comprising:
- an outer skin and an inner skin with an edge skin disposed therebetween forming a panel chamber between all of the skins;
- a thermal insulation within the panel chamber;
- heat dissipation means associated with at least one of the skins to permit heat entering the panel chamber to communicate with another adjacent panel chamber;
- and,
- means for releasably interconnecting adjacent panels.
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A modular oven comprising:
- a plurality of panels interconnected to one another and defining an oven channel;
- and,
- means for heating the oven channel,
- each panel comprising:
- an outer oven face and an inner oven face with an edge oven face disposed between so as to form a panel chamber between the outer, inner and edge oven faces;
- a thermal insulation within the panel chamber;
- heat dissipation means associated with at least one of the oven faces to permit heat entering the panel chamber to communicate with another adjacent panel chamber;
- and,
- means for releasably interconnecting adjacent panels to increase or decrease the size of the oven channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.