Patent ID: 8959793
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: F26B

Abstract:
1. An oven configured for drying a container, the oven comprising: a housing defining an interior space including a supply chamber and a return chamber; a conveyor configured for movement within a portion of the interior space of the housing defined by a plurality of semi-circular-shaped duct sections connected at each end of the semi-circular-shaped duct sections to a straight duct section, wherein each duct section includes two side walls coupled to a back wall defining a continuous U-shaped duct path through which the conveyor moves; a plurality of pins coupled to the conveyor in a spaced apart relationship and extending perpendicular from the chain into the semi-circular shaped duct sections and straight duct sections, with each pin configured to support a container; a plurality of orifices defined in at least the three walls of each duct section and in fluid communication with the supply chamber and with the orifices configured to direct air to the container at a velocity of at least six thousand feet per minute throughout the duct sections of the oven while the container move along the path; a solid wall section coupled to each of the duct sections enclosing the conveyor within each duct section; a motor coupled to the conveyor and configured to impart movement of the conveyor through each duct section; a heater apparatus configured to raise the temperature of the air in the supply chamber of the interior space of the housing; and a blower coupled to the housing and configured to move air within the housing from the supply chamber through the plurality of orifices to the return chamber.