Improvements of temperature distribution for kilns

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EP 0 439 336 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	08.01.1992 Bulletin 1992/02

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	31.07.1991 Bulletin 1991/31

(21)	Application number: 91300502.1

(22)	Date of filing: 23.01.1991

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁵: F27B 9/36

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE ES FR GB IT

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Priority:

24.01.1990 GB 9001622

(71)	Applicant: BRITISH CERAMIC SERVICE COMPANY LIMITED
	Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire ST5 6BH (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Rowley, Arthur John, British Ceramic Service C.L. Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 (GB)

(74)	Representative: Campbell, Iain Angus et al
	Swindell & Pearson 48 Friar Gate Derby DE1 1GY Derby DE1 1GY (GB)

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	Remarks:
	The title of the invention has been amended (Guidelines for Examination in the EPO, A-III, 7.3).

(54)	Improvements of temperature distribution for kilns

(57) A kiln (Fig. 3) for firing ware on a ware supporting arrangement such as a kiln car (12) accommodated within the kiln includes a multiplicity of firing means, a first group (30,32) of which are longitudinally spaced apart by a distance greater than the length of the ware supporting arrangement, and a second group (34) of which are mounted below the lowest level at which ware is supported within the kiln. This firing arrangement provides a high heat input and good heat distribution throughout the kiln to promote the rapid and even firing of the ware.

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