Patent ID: 8535054

Claim:
An oven assembly for curing a coating applied to an article being conveyed through said oven assembly, comprising: an oven housing having a transporter extending therethrough for conveying the article through said oven assembly; a fan for providing pressurized air into said oven housing drawing the air from substantially outside said oven housing; a duct having a first element extending into said oven housing and a second element interconnected with said fan for transporting pressurized air from said fan into said oven housing; a burner disposed generally between said first element and said second element for heating the pressurized air being transported into said oven housing; and said first element defining a plurality of air outlets spaced throughout said oven housing for directing heated air toward predetermined location of said article while said article is conveyed through said oven housing thereby raising the temperature of the article to a curing temperature T of the coating applied to the article, with said air outlets comprising educators drawing air from inside said oven thereby increasing a volumetric flow rate of air inside said oven.