SEGMENT OF A HORIZONTAL HEAT TREATMENT FURNACE

1. Segment of a horizontal oven used for heat treatment of a small charge, the oven being intended for continuous operation and fitted with separate internal transport devices for the heated charge and cooled charge, and also having a device for loading and unloading, characterized in that it consists of two spaced parallel side support plates (1), each of which has two brackets (16) resting on flat guides (17) fastened to a cylindrical jacket (18), and these side support plates (1) are connected together by reinforcing rods (2) terminating in a thread with fastening nuts (3), and in addition the support plates (1) are connected above by an upper reinforcing cover (4), whose longer sides are bent at a right angle and fastened with screws to the side support plates (1) at their upper edges, while on the reinforcing rods (2) is a lower insulating plate (9) with a sheet metal cover (11), and fastened on the inside of the support plates (1) are side insulating plates (8), while fastened to the underside of the upper reinforcing cover (4) is an insulating plate (7), inside and below which are electric heaters (12), whereas in the space created by the insulating plates (7, 8 and 9) are six rollers (10) rotating on axles (5) and fastened with nuts to the side support plates (1), while in the space below the lower insulating plate (9) and reinforcing rods (2) is situated...