Patent ID: 6839983
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: F24V,F26B,H02K

Abstract:
1. A heating oven for processing dynamo-electric machine components, comprising: a movable support structure; a plurality of cradles disposed on said movable support structure, wherein each of said cradles has a cavity having an air-flow inlet opening and an air-flow outlet opening; and means for directing heated air through each of said cradles' cavity from said inlet opening to said outlet opening along flow paths which pass over an in-process dynamo-electric machine component disposed in said cavity wherein said cavity has a tubular shape, wherein said outlet opening is disposed on the tubular side of said cavity, wherein substantial portions of said flow paths are substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said cavity, and wherein said flow paths exit said cavity through said outlet opening in directions which are substantially normal to said longitudinal axis.