Electrical melting apparatus with multiple electrode holding arms

US4251678A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Leybold-Heraeus GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Helmut Grof · Bruchköbel, DE
• Anton Wamser · Hanau, DE
• Uwe Reimpell · Hanau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 23, 1979
• Grant date: Feb 17, 1981
• Expiry date: Nov 23, 1999

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C22B9/18
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Electrical melting apparatus having a vertical column equipped with guides for at least two electrode feeders each of which have C-shaped carriages partly encompassing the column such that the individual electrode feeders can move past each other without interference.