Patent ID: 6891132

Claim:
A burn-in oven having a heated chamber, a plurality of stacked supports for burn-in-boards, a connector area along an exterior side of the burn-in oven chamber, a wall between the connector area and the burn-in oven chamber having a plurality of connector slots defined therethrough, each of the burn-in-boards in the burn-in oven chamber having a portion that extends through an associated connector slot to the connector, a plurality of shutters, one for each of the connector slots hingedly attached to the wall adjacent to one of the connector slots and moveable from a position wherein it covers an associated connector slot to a position wherein the portion of the burn-in-board can extend through such connector slot with the shutter in an open position, each of the burn-in-board portions having a support for engaging and holding a shutter in an open position when the burn-in-board portion extends through such connector slot, and an actuator for moving the shutters from open to a closed positions, said actuator being disengaged from closing shutters engaged by a support on the portion of a burn-in-board.