Patent ID: 8513572

Claim:
An oven apparatus ( 24 ) for a curing paint on the surface of a vehicle body ( 26 ) comprising; at least one oven module ( 30 ) extending along an axis (A) parallel to the direction in which the vehicle body ( 26 ) moves when passing through the oven module ( 30 ), each of said oven modules ( 30 ) including an outer shell ( 54 ) and an interior shell ( 52 ), said outer shell ( 54 ) defining an outer shell inner surface ( 70 ) and said interior shell ( 52 ) defining an interior shell outer surface ( 76 ), said outer and interior shells ( 76 ) being spaced from one another defining a wall cavity ( 56 ) therebetween, at least one rail ( 84 ) disposed in said wall cavity ( 56 ) of each of said oven modules ( 30 ), each of said rails ( 84 ) having a first rail leg ( 86 ) and a second rail leg ( 86 ) parallel to said first rail leg ( 86 ), said first rail leg ( 86 ) of each of said rails ( 84 ) fixedly engaging said outer shell inner surface ( 70 ), and characterized by at least one support clip ( 90 ) disposed in said wall cavity ( 56 ) and fixedly engaging said interior shell outer surface ( 76 ) and presenting a clip cavity ( 96 ) for receiving said second rail leg ( 88 ) of said rail ( 84 ) for allowing axial movement between said interior and outer shells ( 52 , 54 ) while restricting transverse movement between said interior and outer shells ( 52 , 54 ).