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EP 0742417 B1 20011114 - Ceramic beam for tunnel furnace wagon

Title (en)

Ceramic beam for tunnel furnace wagon

Title (de)

Keramischer Balken für Tunnelofen-Brennwagen

Title (fr)

Chenet céramique pour charriot de four tunnel

Publication

EP 0742417 B1 20011114 (DE)

Application

EP 96102874 A 19960227

Priority

DE 29507778 U 19950511

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0742417A1] Ceramic beam, for a tunnel kiln car with a wheeled metal chassis and an insulating ceramic superstructure for holding ware to be fired, consists of a solid ceramic girder (1) of trapezoidal shape with the compressively stressed upper side extending in a horizontal plane, while the tensile stressed underside forms the trapeze shape.

IPC 1-7

F27D 3/12; F27D 5/00

IPC 8 full level

F27D 3/12 (2006.01); F27D 5/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F27D 3/123 (2013.01); F27D 5/0006 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

DE 29507778 U1 19960919; DE 59608170 D1 20011220; EP 0742417 A1 19961113; EP 0742417 B1 20011114; ES 2167475 T3 20020516

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 29507778 U 19950511; DE 59608170 T 19960227; EP 96102874 A 19960227; ES 96102874 T 19960227