Global Patent Index - EP 1476585 B1

EP 1476585 B1 20051012 - GAS QUENCHING INSTALLATION AND THE CORRESPONDING QUENCHING METHOD

Title (en)

GAS QUENCHING INSTALLATION AND THE CORRESPONDING QUENCHING METHOD

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM GASABSCHRECKEN

Title (fr)

INSTALLATION DE TREMPE PAR GAZ ET PROCEDE DE TREMPE CORRESPONDANT

Publication

EP 1476585 B1 20051012 (FR)

Application

EP 03720608 A 20030210

Priority

  • FR 0300412 W 20030210
  • FR 0201701 A 20020212

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO03068998A1] The invention relates to a gas quenching installation comprising a quenching cell (12), a buffer tank (10) which is intended to contain the quenching gas (6), gas connection means (32) which link the buffer tank (10) with the quenching cell (12) and gas supply means. Said gas supply means consist of an evaporator (8), the outlet (20) of which is connected to an inlet (22) in the buffer tank (10), and a high pressure storage tank (4) for the liquid-state quenching gas (6) which is connected to an inlet (16) in the evaporator (8), the connection means between the evaporator and the buffer tank having no gas compression means. The invention applies to installations used for the nitrogen quenching of steel parts.

IPC 1-7

C21D 1/62; C21D 1/613

IPC 8 full level

C21D 1/613 (2006.01); C21D 1/62 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

C21D 1/613 (2013.01 - EP US); C21D 1/62 (2013.01 - EP US); C21D 2241/01 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 03068998 A1 20030821; AT E306565 T1 20051015; AU 2003224189 A1 20030904; DE 60301860 D1 20060223; DE 60301860 T2 20060622; EP 1476585 A1 20041117; EP 1476585 B1 20051012; ES 2250887 T3 20060416; FR 2835907 A1 20030815; FR 2835907 B1 20040917; US 2006037678 A1 20060223

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 0300412 W 20030210; AT 03720608 T 20030210; AU 2003224189 A 20030210; DE 60301860 T 20030210; EP 03720608 A 20030210; ES 03720608 T 20030210; FR 0201701 A 20020212; US 50422805 A 20050711