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APPARATUS FOR CHARGING SHAFT-TYPE FURNACES

  • US 3,598,257 A
  • Filed: 07/07/1969
  • Issued: 08/10/1971
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/10/1968
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for charging a shaft-type furnace, comprising:

  • a housing surmounting said surface;

    an upper and lower gate along upper and lower portions of said housing and alternately operable to permit communication between the said housing and said furnace and between the exterior and said housing, each of said gates being formed with a respective opening in a horizontal plane, said openings registering with one another, and with respective plates slidable in said planes for selectively unblocking and blocking said openings;

    a bucket received in said housing between said gates and including a pair of bucket halves swingably mounted in said housing for receiving a charge introduced into said housing through the upper gate in a closed condition of said bucket wherein said bucket halves are swung together and for discharging the charge into said furnace through said lower gate upon the swinging of said bucket halves apart; and

    a pair of shafts extending parallel horizontally below the upper gate and outwardly of the boundaries of the opening thereof and swingably carrying said bucket halves, said bucket halves having respective downwardly converging floors in the closed condition of the bucket and lower edges spreading substantially the full width of said openings in an open condition of the bucket.

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