US 12,228,341 B2
Furnace muffle for sintering a ribbon material
Brittany Lynn Higgins, Corning, NY (US); Dale Charles Marshall, Brockport, NY (US); Gary Edward Merz, Rochester, NY (US); Richard Alan Shelleman, Horseheads, NY (US); and Bin Yang, Dublin, OH (US)
Assigned to CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
Filed by CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/590,329.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/146,232, filed on Feb. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0252347 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. F27B 5/10 (2006.01); C01F 7/021 (2022.01); F27D 1/00 (2006.01); F27D 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC F27B 5/10 (2013.01) [C01F 7/021 (2013.01); F27D 1/10 (2013.01); F27D 2001/0063 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A furnace muffle for manufacturing, comprising:
a cover configured to transfer heat from a heat source to a workpiece, wherein the cover comprises a first set of plates comprising a first material having a first thermal conductivity and a second set of plates comprising a second material having a second thermal conductivity greater than the first thermal conductivity, and wherein the first set of plates is positioned closer to an opening of the furnace muffle than the second set of plates;
a contact plate configured to support the workpiece; and
a plurality of walls configured such that the contact plate is separated from the cover by a gap between the walls.