Patent · US Expired

Smelting furnace

US4428731A · kind A · utility

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9Claims

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Assignee

Metallurgie Hoboken-Overpelt · BE

Inventors

Robert H. Maes · Hove, BE
Andre L. Delvaux · Berchem, BE
Pierre J. Lenoir · Edegem, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 31, 1982
Grant date	Jan 31, 1984
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 31, 2002

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF27B3/12
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A smelting furnace, the refractory sole (3) of which is contained in a metallic casing (5) having expansion joints (6, 7, 7'), comprises means (18, 19) for cooling the expansion joints, these means enabling to solidify actually any liquid phase that might tend to infiltrate into the joints.

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