Patent ID: 9045807
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: C21D,H05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for induction heating at least one metal object releasably attachable to a carrier, the carrier having a circumferential peripheral edge and rotatable about a center axis, said apparatus comprising: a first rail and a spaced apart second rail for supporting opposite first and second side edge portions of the circumferential peripheral edge of the carrier and guiding movement of the carrier between said rails in a longitudinal direction; an induction heating device disposed adjacent to said rails; a first actuator comprising a ram engagable with a rearward portion of the circumferential peripheral edge of the carrier disposed between said rails for moving the carrier in said longitudinal direction; a movable restrainer for restraining movement of said ram in said longitudinal direction so that the carrier and the at least one metal object is positionable adjacent to said induction heating device; a second actuator operably pivotably disposed adjacent to said rails and comprising a wheel engageable with a forward portion of the circumferential peripheral edge of the carrier disposed between said rails to rotate the carrier and the at least one metal object; and a controller operable to control: