ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,666, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to NGK INSULATORS Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan) and NGK KILNTECH Corp. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Heat treatment system" was invented by Masashi Tanamura (Nagoya, Japan), Tomoaki Oyama (Nagoya, Japan) and Takanori Isono (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat treatment system may include a heat treatment furnace configured to heat treat a material in a saggar, the saggar including a saggar body and a lid; a lid removing device configured to remove the lid from the saggar; a body conveyor configured to convey the saggar body; a lid conveyor configured to convey the lid; a recovery device configured to r...