Patent ID: 8965185
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: F26B

Abstract:
1. A furnace comprising: a first section having one or more zones, at least one conveyor for conveying a product, an entrance and an exit; a second section having one or more zones, at least one conveyor for conveying a product, an entrance and an exit; a third section having one or more zones, at least one conveyor for conveying a product, an entrance and an exit; at least one of the first, second and third sections comprising an array of lamps disposed either above or below the respective at least one product conveyor, each lamp comprising an elongated tubular region located between first and second end terminals, each elongated tubular region positioned substantially transverse to a direction of motion of the conveyor; and at least one of the first, second and third sections comprising a process gas system for providing a respective substantially planar flow of process gas directed across a corresponding tubular region of each lamp of the respective section, wherein the process gas system for the at least one section comprises: