ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,052, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to JBT Marel Corp. (Chicago).
"Spiral conveyor thermal processing system" was invented by Owen Eugene Morey (Huron, Ohio) and Ramesh M. Gunawardena (Solon, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The conveyor belt (24) of an oven system and apparatus (20) is configured into ascending and descending spiral stacks (26) and (28) to define a central cylindrical channel (62). A pair of upper and lower fans (130) and (132) are positioned within the central channel (62) to circulate thermal processing fluid in upper and lower circuits vertically through the spiral stacks and also laterally toward the inlet o...