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Coupling device for arc furnace electrodes

US4441190A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Arc Technologies Systems Ltd. · KY

Inventors

Gunther Vielstich · Witten, DE
Hanns-Georg Bauer · Witten, DE
Josef Muhlenbeck · Wetter, DE
Josef Otto · Wetter, DE
Horst Feldhoff · Witten, DE
Dieter Zollner
Friedrich Rittmann · Neunburg vorm Wald, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 18, 1981
Grant date	Apr 3, 1984
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 18, 2001

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05B7/101
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A coupling means for the suspension of electrodes for arc furnaces from a lifting appliance comprising: a controllable locking device detachably engaging a connector element attached to an electrode; an entry guide arrangement for guiding the connector element into a position for engagement by the locking device; and a suspension means for the suspension of the coupling means on the lifting appliance, and including shock-absorbing means permitting relative motion parallel to a direction of insertion of the connector element between the suspension means and the locking device.

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