Melting furnace purge system and method

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PATENT NO 12158306
APP PUB NO 20220373261A1
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17327216

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A furnace has a melting chamber with a periphery defined by a surrounding wall structure. The furnace is provided with a purge system configured to direct inert gas to flow downward in the melting chamber in the configuration of a curtain that adjoins the wall structure and reaches only partially around the periphery of the melting chamber.

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FIVES NORTH AMERICAN COMBUSTION INC4455 EAST 71ST STREET CLEVELAND OH 44104

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Clauss, Douglas A Copley, US 3 1
Robertson, Thomas F Medina, US 49 393

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