Patent ID: 6649878
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: B23K,F26B,F27B,F27D

Abstract:
Heating device for heating merchandise comprising:a feeding device provided in front of at least one heating line in the transport direction of the merchandise and a transportation device for discharging provided behind the heating line in the transport direction, wherein a plurality of temperature processing devices are associated with the heating line, wherein at least two heating lines are disposed on top of each other to which the merchandise can be separately fed by the feeding device from a horizontal transport level, and wherein the merchandise can be separately discharged by the transportation device from the heating lines back into a horizontal transport level and further wherein at least one of the feeding device and the transportation device comprises a buffer for buffering a plurality of articles of merchandise, and wherein at least one of the feeding device and the transport device comprise a lifting fork and a retaining fork which are associated with each other and are disposed at the ends of the at least one of the feeding device and the transport device with respect to the direction of transport.