Patents Assigned to ALSTON & BIRD LLP
  • Publication number: 20010001465
    Abstract: There are provided an induction heating coil for carrying out high frequency induction heating (heating during movement) of a hot rolled steel or the like by surrounding the hot rolled steel or the like which is placed on a plurality of conveying rollers and conveyed, and an induction heating apparatus using this induction heating coil. In an induction heating coil 2 for induction heating a heated body (a thin slab 8 or the like) by surrounding it, a first coil portion 13 wound in a spiral form while transferring in one direction (the direction of the arrow mark &agr;) along a coil axis S and a second coil portion 14 which is connected to a terminal (turn point 18) of the first coil portion 13 and wound back while transferring in the other direction (the direction of the arrow mark &bgr;) along the coil axis S are combined so as to overlap in the non-contact state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Publication date: May 24, 2001
    Applicant: ALSTON & BIRD LLP
    Inventors: HIDEO INOH, SUETAKA OMURA, TAKASHI FUJISAWA, HIROYUKI FUCHIGAMI