(under subclass 775) Subject matter wherein the workpiece is conveyed to a plurality of heating zones or work locations.
(1) Note. The plural heating zones may be for simultaneously heating plural objects or different portions of one object or for heating one object in diverse manners.
(2) Note. A nonuniform or progressively increasing or decreasing field in the direction of travel of the work is considered to come within the meaning of plural heating zones.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
656, for a conveyor with plural inductive heating zones.
701, for a conveyor with plural microwave heating zones.