Patent classifications
F27D2099/008
Smart slide
A furnace system has a furnace-tube-cap (FTC) and a slider. The FTC has a first-cap-portion coupled to a furnace tube of a furnace, a second-cap-portion with a bearing-assembly-arrangement (BAA), and an inner-tube-cap-channel (ITCC) passing from the first-to-second cap portion with an ITCC sealing arrangement extending outside the ITCC. The slider slides in the BAA to/from inject-and-rinse positions, and has a first-ramp (FR), a first-raised-surface (FRS), an intermediate-lower-surface (ILS), a second-ramp (SR), and a second-raised-surface (SRS). When the slider moves to the inject-or-rinse positions, the BAA forces a slider-part to push against an inner-channel-sealing-arrangement (ICSA) as the BAA goes from the FR-to-FRS, or the SR-to-SRS. When the slider is in the inject-or-rinse position, a first-slider-part seals the ITCC sealing arrangement. When the slider transitions between the inject-and-rinse positions and the BAA rides along the ILS, the BAA allows the slider-part to float above the ICSA arrangement.
SMART SLIDE
A sliding style furnace cap features a furnace tube cap and a slider. The furnace tube cap has a first cap portion to couple to a furnace tube of a furnace, and a second cap portion with a bearing assembly arrangement. The furnace tube cap also has an inner tube cap channel passing through it with an inner tube cap channel sealing arrangement configured to extend outside the inner tube cap channel. The slider has an orifice/channel configured therein passing through the slider, couples and slides in the bearing assembly arrangement from an inject position to a rinse position, and vice versa, has a cam-like contoured surface with a first ramp configured to couple a first raised surface and an intermediate lower surface, and with a second ramp configured to couple the intermediate lower surface to a second raised surface. The slider also moves towards the inner tube cap channel and causes the bearing assembly arrangement to force a part/side of the slider to push against the inner channel sealing arrangement as part of the roller bearing arrangement rides up either the first ramp to the first raised portion when the slider is moved to the inject position, or the second ramp to the second raised portion when the slider is moved to the rinse position, and the first part of slider configured to seal the inner tube cap channel sealing arrangement when the slider is in either the inject position or the rinse position. The slider also moves away from the inner tube cap channel and causes the bearing assembly arrangement to allow the part/side of the slider to float above the inner channel sealing arrangement as the part of the roller bearing assembly rides along the intermediate lower surface when the slider is in transition between the inject position and the rinse position.