Aluminum warm forming multi-opening oven and production line

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11471925
APP PUB NO 20170008060A1
SERIAL NO

15097320

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A multi-opening oven assembly for simultaneously heating a plurality of blanks, for example aluminum blanks, before forming the heated blanks in a production line is provided. The oven assembly includes vertically aligned shelves to present a plurality of chambers for heating the blanks. A table including an entry side platform and an exit side platform moves vertically along the oven assembly. A rail system extends along the platforms and the shelves to convey the blanks in and out of the chambers. Once one set of heated blanks is removed from a first chamber, the table moves vertically to a second chamber and is ready to receive the next set of heated blanks. A continuous supply of heated blanks is provided for high throughput. The oven assembly is preferably disposed in a press adjacent a forming station of an existing production line and thus, no additional floor space is required.

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MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INCAURORA ON L4G 7K1

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Arminski, James Troy, US 1 0
Ashmore, Erryn Berkley, US 3 32
Garimella, Venugopal Commerce Township, US 10 560
Kainth, Tarlok Singh Belle River, CA 1 0
Sanor, Tom Birmingham, US 2 2
Schleichert, Edward Munich, DE 12 36
Taylor, Tracy Arnold Grant Windsor, CA 1 0
VanDenBrouck, Kevin Troy, US 1 0
Womack, Darren Windsor, CA 17 636

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