Patent ID: 7012947
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. An arrangement for fastening electric heating elements in a furnace in which objects are to be heated, wherein the furnace wall includes a layer of furnace insulation, and wherein heating zones of respective electrical heating elements are positioned substantially vertically and parallel with an inner surface of the furnace wall, said arrangement comprising: a heating element cassette including channels for receiving electric leads of a heating element having a heating zone that projects out from and defines an angle with a longitudinal axis of the cassette; the furnace insulation including for each cassette a hole which is larger at its outer end than at its inner end to enable the cassette to be rotated in a vertical plane as the heating zone of the element is inserted through the hole and into an operating position substantially parallel with the furnace wall; and a wedge body having a shape that corresponds to the shape of an empty space created by the shape of the hole and located between the hole and the cassette when the cassette is placed in said operating position in the hole; wherein the body is located in said empty space during operation of the furnace.