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US4307278A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Control device for parallel induction heating coils

Assignee: Park Ohio Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1980-01-11
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Granted: 1981-12-22
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Expires: 2000-01-11
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Abstract

Abstract A device for controlling the heat generated by induction coils in a multiple induction heating coil furnace. Multiple induction coils provide parallel cylindrical passages having axial lengths and fixed diameters through which elongated workpieces are movable in the axial direction. The axial length of one induction coil is fixed while the other coils have variable lengths as a result of an arrangement for altering the distance between first and second ends of the induction coils. Sensors detect the temperatures of workpieces within each induction coil and a comparison of the detected temperature reveals the difference between the variable and fixed axial length induction coils. The axial length of the coils are shortened in the event that the detected temperature is greater than that of the workpiece in the fixed axial length coil, and conversely, lengthened in the event that the detected temperature is less than that of a workpiece in the fixed axial length coil. Altering of the axial length of the induction coil may be accomplished either manually or by a motor-drive arrangement automatically responsive to the comparison of the temperature sensors and comprises moving a first end of the variable axial length induction coil relative to a fixed second end.

Inventors

  • 👤 John C. Lewis

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 22:31
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05B; H05B6/00; H05B6/02; H05B6/10; H05B6/101; H05B6/103; H05B6/104

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 117 words
In an induction heating furnace for heating at least two elongated workpieces simultaneously to predetermined temperatures including at least two elongated induction heating coils each formed from helical, spaced convolutions and having a workpiece receiving passage through which one of the workpieces moves, axial opposite ends and two electrical connections, a single power source for energizing said induction coils across the electrical connections of said induction coils, the improvement comprising: means for changing the convolution spacing of at least one of said induction coils by moving said opposite ends relative to one another whereby the temperature of the workpiece within the one said passage is adjusted relative to the temperature of a workpiece in another said passage.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 117 words
In an induction heating furnace for heating at least two elongated workpieces simultaneously to predetermined temperatures including at least two elongated induction heating coils each formed from helical, spaced convolutions and having a workpiece receiving passage through which one of the workpieces moves, axial opposite ends and two electrical connections, a single power source for energizing said induction coils across the electrical connections of said induction coils, the improvement comprising: means for changing the convolution spacing of at least one of said induction coils by moving said opposite ends relative to one another whereby the temperature of the workpiece within the one said passage is adjusted relative to the temperature of a workpiece in another said passage.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 35 words
The improvement according to claim 1 including means for supporting the axial opposite ends of said one induction coil for axial displacement of a first of said ends relative to a second of said ends.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 24 words
The improvement according to claim 2 including drive means for moving said first end relative to said second end of said one induction coil.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 22 words
The improvement according to claim 1, wherein another of said induction coils has said axial opposite ends fixed relative to one another.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 28 words
The improvement according to claim 3 including sensor means for monitoring temperatures of workpieces within passages of said induction coils, said drive means responding to said sensor means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 20 words
The improvement according to claim 5 wherein another induction coil has said axial opposite ends fixed relative to one another.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 95 words
The improvement according to claim 3, wherein said drive means displaces said first end of said one induction coil in the direction to extend said one induction coil when the temperature of a workpiece in said other induction coil is higher than the temperature of a workpiece in said one induction coil and displaces said first end of said one induction coil in the direction of contract said one induction coil when the temperature of a workpiece in said other induction coil is lower than the temperature of a workpiece in said one induction coil.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1984-12-21 1985-06-22 1985-12-22 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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