Patent ID: 6135765
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: F23G,F26B

Abstract:
A system for removing oil and grease from metal components, comprising:a burnerless oven;said oven having an oven interior, an oven entry and an oven exit;a system gas supply means for supplying gas to said oven;heating means for heating said gas supplied by said supply means prior to it reaching said oven;an oxidizer;said oxidizer in fluid communication with said oven and receiving said gas supplied by said supply means subsequent to it passing through said oven;wherein said metal components are exposed to said heated gas in said oven interior;said heating means heating said gas to a temperature above the vapor points of said oil and grease;said oil and grease thereby evaporating when contacted by said heated gas;said vaporized oil and grease thereafter passing into said oxidizer and being oxidized therein thereby producing environmentally safe exhaust gas;a system air exhaust means for exhausting said exhaust gas from said oxidizer into the atmosphere;said oven including at least one high pressure gas supply means and at least one low pressure gas supply means;each of said high pressure gas supply means and each of said low pressure gas supply means in fluid communication with said system gas supply means and with said oven interior; andeach of said high pressure gas supply means discharging said heated gas into said oven interior at a higher pressure and velocity than each of said low pressure gas supply means.