Patent ID: 6860417
Filing Date: 2005-03-01
Classification: B23K,F27B

Abstract:
1. A device, comprising: a pressure vessel having a first end and an opposing second end; a port in each of the opposing ends of the pressure vessel; a vessel rail contained entirely within the pressure vessel, the vessel rail having a movable rail disposed adjacent each of the opposing ends of the pressure vessel, the movable rail having a first end and an opposing second end, the first end of the movable rail being movable between a first position in which the first end of the movable rail is within the pressure vessel and contiguous with the first end of the vessel rail, and a second position in which the first end of the movable rail is outside the pressure vessel; and a heating element located within the pressure vessel between the first and second ends of the vessel rail such that the upper surface of the vessel rail is above the heating element when the vessel rail is in the first position and below an upper surface of the heating element when the vessel rail is in the second position.