US 11,874,058 B2
Infrared can curing oven
Ian Kenneth Scholey, Barnsley (GB)
Assigned to Stolle Machinery Company, LLC, Centennial, CO (US)
Filed by Stolle Machinery Company, LLC, Centennial, CO (US)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/952,659.
Application 16/952,659 is a continuation of application No. 16/123,005, filed on Sep. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,871,326.
Prior Publication US 2021/0071949 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. F26B 3/30 (2006.01); F26B 15/12 (2006.01); B41M 7/00 (2006.01); F26B 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC F26B 15/128 (2013.01) [B41M 7/0054 (2013.01); F26B 3/305 (2013.01); F26B 15/085 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A can curing oven comprising:
a housing assembly including a heating assembly comprising a number of laterally disposed heating units; and
a transfer assembly including a transfer belt structured to support a number of can bodies in a vertical orientation and to move said number of can bodies past said number of laterally disposed heating units to cure a coating on said can bodies,
wherein said number of laterally disposed heating units comprises a plurality of modular and linkable heating unit plates,
wherein said modular and linkable heating unit plates are disposed in a single first row of opposed pairs.