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Turning mechanism for the movement of ladles in steel mills

US3942650A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 24, 1974
Grant dateMar 9, 1976
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Expiry dateJun 24, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S414/13
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A turning mechanism for the movement of casting ladles in steel mills of the type wherein a member turning about a vertical shaft is provided with two diametrically opposite arms adapted to receive in each case a casting ladle. Each arm is fork-shaped and mounted to swing about a horizontal shaft fixed to the upper portion of the turning member. The two forked ends each receive a vertical support for the ladle pivotally mounted on a horizontal pivot received in the said forked end each support being pivotally connected at its upper end to one end of a rod whose other end is pivotally connected to the the upper portion of the said turning member in such a way that the arm forms on each occasion with the corresponding rod a deformable parallelogram which constantly maintains the support in the vertical direction during the rotation of the arms.

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