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Refractory roof construction for the heating chamber of an industrial furnace

US3976424A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 18, 1975
Grant dateAug 24, 1976
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Expiry dateFeb 18, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF27D2099/0008
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The roof of an elongated heating chamber of a refractory walled industrial furnace includes a plurality of transverse rafters which are spaced along the chamber, and each rafter is formed of a pair of arch bricks and an arch key brick between the inner ends thereof. A plurality of longitudinally extending roof bricks are supported between successive rafters by the means of notches in the ends of the roof bricks which rest upon horizontal surfaces defined on the central portion of each rafter.

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