US4060914A
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Apparatus for treating material with a gaseous medium
Assignee: Proctor and Schwartz Ltd
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Filing: 1976-08-18
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Granted: 1977-12-06
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Expires: 1996-08-18
Abstract
Abstract Shown is a baking oven or other gas treating apparatus having a novel gas distribution-box construction for circulation or impingement of a gaseous treating medium around or against goods conducted through the apparatus. The present invention is particularly applicable to the baking of baked goods, but also is applicable to the drying or treating of particulate material or webs of material and has other uses.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles E. Hoffman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 10:01
CPC Classifications
F; F26; F26B; F26B21/00; F26B21/50; F26B13/00; F26B13/10; F26B21/20; F26B21/25; F26B21/55
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
170 words
In a longitudinally extending gas treating apparatus including longitudinally moving carrying means for transporting goods to be gas treated through said apparatus, the improvement comprising a gas distribution box for dispensing a gaseous medium in said apparatus, said distribution box comprising at least one plenum chamber having a longitudinal dimension and a transverse dimension, the plenum chamber longitudinal dimension extending laterally within the gas treating apparatus across the width of the goods being treated; gas inlet means for introducing said gaseous medium into said plenum chamber; a nozzle substantially coextensive with the plenum chamber in the plenum chamber longitudinal dimension; means dividing the nozzle into a plurality of parallel, straight channels oriented towards the goods being treated, each channel having an inlet end and an exhaust end; and means defining an elongated, constricted, substantially continuous slot substantially coextensive with the plenum chamber and nozzle communicating the plenum chamber with said channel inlet ends; the slot being sufficiently narrow to establish a pressure differential between the plenum chamber and the nozzle.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
170 words
In a longitudinally extending gas treating apparatus including longitudinally moving carrying means for transporting goods to be gas treated through said apparatus, the improvement comprising a gas distribution box for dispensing a gaseous medium in said apparatus, said distribution box comprising at least one plenum chamber having a longitudinal dimension and a transverse dimension, the plenum chamber longitudinal dimension extending laterally within the gas treating apparatus across the width of the goods being treated; gas inlet means for introducing said gaseous medium into said plenum chamber; a nozzle substantially coextensive with the plenum chamber in the plenum chamber longitudinal dimension; means dividing the nozzle into a plurality of parallel, straight channels oriented towards the goods being treated, each channel having an inlet end and an exhaust end; and means defining an elongated, constricted, substantially continuous slot substantially coextensive with the plenum chamber and nozzle communicating the plenum chamber with said channel inlet ends; the slot being sufficiently narrow to establish a pressure differential between the plenum chamber and the nozzle.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The gas treating apparatus of claim 1 in the form of a baking oven for dispensing a heating gas in the baking of goods.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
49 words
The gas treating apparatus of claim 1 wherein said plenum chamber has opposite ends relative said longitudinal dimension, said gaseous medium being introduced at one of said ends, said chamber being tapered in its longitudinal dimension so that it is progressively smaller in cross-section progressing from said one end.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
57 words
The gas treating apparatus of claim 3 wherein the plenum chamber and nozzle are retangular in cross-section taken in a plane perpendicular to the distribution box longitudinal dimension, said box including a longitudinally extending baffle means separating the nozzle from the plenum chamber, said baffle means defining with a wall of the distribution box said constricted slot.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The gas treating apparatus of claim 4 wherein said plenum chamber and nozzle are within a single housing which is rectangular in cross-section taken in said transverse dimension.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
11 words
The gas treating apparatus of claim 5 for a baking oven.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
The gas treating apparatus of claim 5 wherein said nozzle is rectangular in cross-section taken in said lateral dimension, the flow divider means comprising a corrugated baffle interposed in the nozzle having ridges contacting the nozzle sides.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
100 words
The gas treating apparatus of claim 1 wherein said gas inlet means for introducing said gaseous medium into the plenum chamber is positioned intermediate the ends of the plenum chamber with regard to the plenum chamber longitudinal dimension; said distribution box further comprising a second longitudinally extending plenum chamber substantially coextensive with the first mentioned plenum chamber in communication with the gas inlet means, and baffle means defining a longitudinally extending slot between the second plenum chamber and the first mentioned plenum chamber in communication with the gas inlet means, said nozzle being in communication with the second plenum chamber.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The gas treating apparatus of claim 1 including a pair of longitudinally extending nozzles spaced along opposite sides of the plenum chamber.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1980-12-05 | 1981-06-06 | 1981-12-06 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1984-12-05 | 1985-06-06 | 1985-12-06 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1988-12-05 | 1989-06-06 | 1989-12-06 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |