Patent Document:

fig1 - 3 show an annealing rack element 1 in front and side views and a top view . the front view according to fig1 shows a short , horizontal , hollow rest profile 2 as a part of the rest 3 , which has multiple holes 4 and is connected via rack struts 5 to corner supports 6 . all hollow profiles , i . e ., annealing rack elements and baskets , used in the annealing rack are preferably those having high geometrical moments of inertia . in addition , preferably all hollow profiles are selected having identical wall thicknesses in order to avoid different temperature profiles during the quenching procedure . only some of the holes 4 are provided with reference numbers . accelerations and inertial forces may be absorbed better through the diagonally running rack struts 5 . the corner supports 6 are connected at their lower end to the rest 3 and have a centering tip 7 at their upper end . when multiple annealing rack elements 1 are stacked one on top of another , the centering tips 7 of the particular lower annealing rack element 1 engage in corresponding recesses of the rest 3 of the particular upper annealing rack element 1 . these recesses are not shown . the centering aids 7 allow secure stacking and unstacking . in the event of dynamic loads during the transport , slipping and upsetting of the stacked annealing rack elements 1 is prevented . a transport switching flag 8 in the form of an oblong sheet is positioned between two corner supports 6 . this transport switching flag 8 is also detachably attached using bolts and cotter pin . it is detected by light barriers ( not shown ) and the position of the annealing rack is detected for the process controller on the basis of this . for precise identification of an annealing rack , an identification switching flag 17 is attached to one of the corner supports 6 , from which the details on each of the individual annealing racks and / or the annealing stock transported therein are readable . the function of the positioning profile 9 illustrated is explained in the following for fig3 . the side view shown in fig2 shows a long horizontal rest profile 10 having holes 11 as a part of the rest 3 , as well as rack struts 5 and corner supports 6 having centering aids 7 . the long rest profile 10 has a greater height than the short rest profile 2 . only some of the holes 11 are provided with reference numbers . in the top view shown in fig3 , the construction of the rest 3 having two short rest profiles 2 and two long rest profiles 10 may be seen . only some of the holes 4 and 11 are marked with reference numbers . four corner supports 6 having centering aids 7 are located in the four corners of the rest 3 . the long rest profiles 10 are connected to one another via the positioning profile 9 . the positioning profile 9 has three square holes 12 . as may be seen from fig5 and 10 , the basket supports 18 are inserted into the square holes 12 . more detailed explanations in this regard are in the following descriptions of the corresponding figures . fig4 through 6 correspond to fig1 through 3 . they additionally have an annealing basket 13 which is inserted into an annealing rack element 1 . the basket floor 14 comprises two short floor profiles 15 , which are positioned parallel and at a distance to one another and between which four long floor profiles 16 are positioned . the long floor profiles 16 lie on the shorter rest profiles 2 and the positioning profile 9 . in this case , the positioning profile 9 is not only used for laying down the annealing basket 13 . the three square holes 12 additionally allow the passage of three basket supports 18 of the annealing basket 13 . these basket supports 18 and the positioning profile 9 are implemented as hollow profiles . the basket supports 18 are fixed solely by gravity in the square holes 12 . the annealing basket 13 may be raised easily out of the annealing rack element 1 after the heat treatment process . upwardly projecting basket supports 18 are positioned on the basket floor 14 . the basket supports 18 are connected to one another via basket struts 19 , the long basket struts 19 covering the long floor profiles 16 in the top view shown in fig6 . since the rest 3 , the corner supports 6 , and the rack struts 5 of the annealing rack elements 1 , and the basket floor 14 , the basket supports 18 , and the basket struts 19 of the annealing basket 13 are all produced either from multiply perforated hollow profiles of identical wall thickness or from flat steel , the annealing stock may be cooled rapidly and uniformly during the quenching process . the flat steel cools down rapidly upon contact with cold water and the coolant liquid , usually water , may additionally penetrate extremely rapidly into the hollow profiles through the multiple holes in the hollow profiles . in this case , the selection of identical wall thicknesses encourages uniform cooling . the wire clip shown will be discussed in greater detail in fig9 . each part may be replaced individually as needed through the plug - in connections and / or screw connections . no complete annealing rack elements 1 have to be kept ready . a small reserve is completely sufficient , this only occupying a small space in the disassembled state . the detail w from fig6 is shown enlarged in fig7 . in this case , the plug - in connection of three parts of the annealing basket 13 is shown . using this plug - in connection , a short floor profile 15 is detachably connected to a long basket strut 19 running perpendicularly thereto and , in addition , to a basket support 18 , which projects upward perpendicularly from the basket floor 14 . for this purpose , the short floor profiles 15 have a rectangular hole 20 , into which the lower end of the upwardly projecting basket support 18 is inserted with play . this basket support 18 is drilled through above its insertion region and the long basket strut 19 is inserted through this hole with play . therefore , this long basket strut 19 lies on the short floor profile 15 . the long basket strut 19 is secured at its inserted end with play using a cotter pin 21 . the three parts of the annealing basket are therefore equipped with a certain mobility in the assembled state , through which the stability of the basket is not negatively influenced and the basket may manage tensions during the heat treatment and dynamic loads well . the detail x from fig1 is shown enlarged in fig8 . the plug - in connection of three parts of the annealing rack element is recognizable here . using this plug - in connection , a long rest profile 10 is detachably connected to a short rest profile 2 of the rest 3 and to a corner support 6 . in this case , each of the three parts is oriented perpendicularly to each of the two other parts . the long rest profile 10 is implemented having a greater height than the short rest profile 2 . the long rest profile 10 has a first hole 22 , in which a short rest profile 2 is inserted , in the region of one end , but at a distance thereto on the side facing toward the interior of the rest 3 . the long rest profile 10 has a second hole 23 in the region of one end , but at a distance thereto . this second hole 23 is applied to the upper face of the long rest profile 10 . the basket support 6 is inserted through this second hole 23 . its lower end comes to rest on the short rest profile 2 , which is also inserted . two diametrically opposite retaining holes 24 and 24 ′ are positioned in the region of the lower end of the corner support 6 , but at a distance to this end . at the same height , the long rest profile 10 also has a retaining hole 25 and 25 ′ on each side . the retaining holes 24 , 24 ′ and 25 , 25 ′ in the long rest profile 10 and in the corner supports 6 are positioned flush . a retaining bolt 26 is inserted parallel to the longitudinal axis of the inserted short rest profile 2 through these retaining holes 24 , 24 ′, 25 , and 25 ′. the retaining bolt 26 is secured using a retaining cotter pin 27 . the strut bolt 28 having strut cotter pin 29 is used for the purpose of detachably connecting a rack strut 5 to the long rest profile 10 and the corner support 6 . through the retaining bolts 26 and strut bolts 28 having assigned cotter pins 27 and 29 , the rest profiles 2 and 10 , the corner supports 6 , and the rack struts 5 are secured with play . the detail y from fig6 is shown enlarged in fig9 . in this case , the plug - in and screw connections of wire clips 30 to a long floor profile 16 of the basket floor 14 may be seen . in this case , the wire clips 30 shown are inserted into or through holes of the long floor profiles 16 . the wire clips 30 inserted through are screwed onto the free ends of the wire clips 30 using self - locking nuts 31 . the wire clips 30 are specially shaped . they are used for centering aluminum parts during the automatic loading and unloading procedure . the wire clips 30 are tailored to the particular aluminum component to be held . the aluminum component is not shown . the detail z from fig4 is shown enlarged in fig1 . in this case , a plug - in connection for fixing an annealing basket 13 on the annealing rack element 1 is shown . for this purpose , the positioning profile 9 of the annealing rack element is provided with two diametrically opposite square holes 12 on its top and bottom in such a way that a basket support 1 of an annealing basket 13 may be inserted through . in this case , the basket support 18 of the annealing basket 13 is implemented as a vertical hollow profile , whose diameter is slightly smaller than the diameter of the two holes 12 . in the state inserted through , regions of the basket floor 14 lie directly on the upper side of the positioning profile 9 . the use of the low - distortion annealing rack according to the present invention is to be explained in the following on the basis of an example : the annealing baskets are charged with the stock to be treated , particularly aluminum cast parts for the automobile field . the charging is typically performed automatically . for this purpose , the baskets are already in the annealing rack element or are raised therein after charging . baskets which are only self - supporting in the empty state , but not with annealing stock inserted , are generally used . even annealing stock having very complicated geometry may be fixed well by the wire clips . the advantage of this division is that these baskets may be adapted easily to the components and the simply designed , stable annealing rack elements assume the supporting function . after an automatic stacking of this type of multiple annealing rack elements , the annealing rack is introduced into the furnace via transport rollers or transport chains . for this purpose , the annealing rack has an at least largely planar bottom . the stock is now annealed in the furnace . subsequently , it is immersed in a quenching basin which is filled with water , then removed from the basin and made available for further treatment . the individual treatment stages in the furnace and subsequently in the quenching basin are automated in such a way that automatic recognition units determine the current position of the annealing rack and gripping units may grip exactly . the annealing rack may also not have any deformations , so that these positions may be detected correctly . 25 ′ retaining hole in the long rest profile 10

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