Oven apparatus for testing electrical components

Claim 1

AN OVEN APPARTUS FOR TESTING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS COMPRISING TWO OVEN DEVICES MOUNTED ON A COMMON SUPPORT, EACH OVEN DEVICE COMPRISING A CYLINDERICAL ENCLOSURE HAVING OPPOSITE END WALLS, A CARRIER COAXIALLY MOUNTED IN SAID ENCLOSURE FOR ROTATION ABOUT THE AXIS THEREOF, SAID CARRIER HAVING A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY EXTENDING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED RADIAL WALLS WHICH SLIDINGLY ENGAGE THE INNER WALL OF SAID ENCLOSURE BETWEEN SAID END WALLS THEREBY PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED COMPARTMENTS WITHIN SAID ENCLOSURE, SAID ENCLOSURE HAVING AN ACCESS OPENING THEREIN WHICH IS SEQUENTIALLY REGISTRABLE WITH INDIVIDUAL ONES OF SAID COMPARTMENTS AS SAID CARRIER IS ROTATED, SAID END WALLS HAVING AXIALLY OPPOSITE INLET AND EXHAUST OPENINGS THEREIN, RESPECTIVELY, IN REGISTRY WITH A ONE OF SAID COMPARTMENTS WHICH IS NOT IN REGISTRY WITH SAID ACCESS OPENING, INTAKE AND EXHAUST DUCTS CONNECTED TO SAID INLET AND EXHAUST OPENINGS, RESPECTIVELY, A HEATER AND BLOWER MECHANISM MOUNTED IN SAID INTAKE DUCT FOR HEATING AND DIRECTING A GAS THROUGH THE COMPARTMENT WHICH IS REGISTERED WITH SAID INLET AND EXHAUST OPENINGS; THE DUCTS AND ENCLOSURES OF EACH OVEN DEVICE BEING COLINEAR, SAID TWO OVEN DEVICES EXTENDING IN PARALLEL DIRECTIONS BUT IN REVERSE WITH THE INTAKE AND EXHAUST DUCTS THERETO BEING JUXTAPOSED, AND MEANS FOR CONNECTING ADJACENT INTAKE AND EXHAUST DUCTS TOGETHER FOR PROVIDING A CLOSED CIRCULATING SYSTEM.