Interconnecting muffle

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Description

The article is an interconnecting muffle for holding materials in a high temperature environment.

FIG. 1 is a front view of the interconnecting muffle embodying my new design;

FIG. 2 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side view thereof, the opposite side being a mirror image;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof, the opposite side being a mirror image; and

FIG. 5 is a perspective view thereof.

FIG. 6 is a front view of another embodiment of the interconnecting muffle;

FIG. 7 is a back view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a perspective view thereof.

Claims

The ornamental design for an interconnecting muffle, as shown and described.

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  • Crystolon muffle, as shown in on-line publication, “Refractories For Atmosphere Furnaces.” (Undated). Downloaded from URL: www.refractories.Saint-Gobain.com Jun. 13, 2012. (6 pages, see p. 4).
Patent History
Patent number: RE43717
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 1, 2011
Date of Patent: Oct 9, 2012
Assignee: Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. (Worcester, MA)
Inventors: Robert L. DeForte (Leominster, MA), Evgeniy E. Esjunin (Lowell, MA)
Primary Examiner: Karen E Eldridge Powers
Attorney: Abel Law Group, LLP
Application Number: 29/386,455
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Element Or Attachment, Not Elsewhere Specified (D23/386)