Plastics sterilizer and melter having an afterburner
First Claim
1. A furnace for melting and sterilizing plastic items comprising a first housing, a melting chamber within a portion of the first housing, an air circulation system within the first housing comprising a first air circulation chamber on one side of the melting chamber and communicating therewith, a heating element, a second air circulation chamber on the opposite side of the melting chamber and communicating therewith, and blower means connected with both said air circulation chambers for directing air into the first thereof, and consecutively through the heating element and through the melting chamber and through the second air circulation chamber, and afterburner means located outside of the first housing comprising a second housing connected with said air circulation system, heating means within said second housing, and second blower means for drawing some of the air from one of said air circulation chambers through the heating means.
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Abstract
An appliance for sterilizing and melting plastic items such as found in hospitals or the like, for example, which appliance includes a chamber containing a foil casing within which the items are placed, and means for heating the chamber for a temperature and time cycle sufficient to soften or melt the plastic items which when cooled will form a solid body of plastic material containing within it other non-melted disposable items such as might have been included with the plastic items.
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1. A furnace for melting and sterilizing plastic items comprising a first housing, a melting chamber within a portion of the first housing, an air circulation system within the first housing comprising a first air circulation chamber on one side of the melting chamber and communicating therewith, a heating element, a second air circulation chamber on the opposite side of the melting chamber and communicating therewith, and blower means connected with both said air circulation chambers for directing air into the first thereof, and consecutively through the heating element and through the melting chamber and through the second air circulation chamber, and afterburner means located outside of the first housing comprising a second housing connected with said air circulation system, heating means within said second housing, and second blower means for drawing some of the air from one of said air circulation chambers through the heating means.
- 2. A furnace for melting and sterilizing plastic items comprising a first housing, a melting chamber within a portion of the first housing, a first air circulation chamber within the first housing on one side of the melting chamber and having an inlet port communicating with the interior of the melting chamber, a heating element within said first air circulation chamber, a second air circulation chamber within the first housing on the opposite side of the melting chamber and having an outlet port communicating with the interior of the melting chamber, first blower means within the first housing connected with both said air circulation chambers for directing air into the first thereof, through the heating element and into the melting chamber and for simultaneously drawing air out of the melting chamber through the second air circulation chamber, and afterburner means located outside of the first housing comprising a second housing connected with one of said air circulation chambers, second heating means within said second housing, and second blower means for drawing some of the air from one of said air circulation chambers through the second housing and the second heating means thereof.
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