US 12,298,078 B2
Refractory article
Evgeniy E. Esjunin, Dunstable, MA (US); and Hubert Müller, Roedental (DE)
Assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC., Worcester, MA (US)
Filed by SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC., Worcester, MA (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/659,892.
Application 17/659,892 is a continuation of application No. 16/010,181, filed on Jun. 15, 2018, granted, now 11,340,018.
Application 16/010,181 is a continuation of application No. 14/508,798, filed on Oct. 7, 2014, granted, now 10,030,910, issued on Jul. 24, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/887,775, filed on Oct. 7, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0243985 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F27D 3/00 (2006.01); F27B 9/26 (2006.01); F27D 5/00 (2006.01); C04B 35/622 (2006.01); C04B 35/64 (2006.01)
CPC F27D 3/0021 (2013.01) [F27B 9/26 (2013.01); F27D 5/00 (2013.01); C04B 35/622 (2013.01); C04B 35/64 (2013.01); F27D 3/0022 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refractory article, comprising:
a support structure comprising:
a height, H;
a first plurality of posts coupled by a single first member positioned between 0.3H and 0.7H, wherein the first member is disposed within an aperture of each of the first plurality of posts and in direct contact with a portion of one or more posts of the first plurality of posts; and
a second plurality of posts substantially parallel with the first plurality of posts, the second plurality of posts coupled by a single second member positioned between 0.3H and 0.7H, wherein the second member is disposed within an aperture of each of the second plurality of posts and in direct contact with a portion of one or more posts of the second plurality of posts,
wherein at least one of the first member or second member is not secured to the apertures but instead permitted to move therein, and
wherein each of the first and second plurality of posts consists of a monolithic piece.