Slidable closure element for slide closures of metallurgical vessels

US4508241A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• Thyssen Aktiengesellschaft vorm August Thyssen-Hutte · DE
• Martin & Pagenstecher, Inc. · DE

Inventors

• Gerhard Bauer · Düsseldorf, DE
• Eckart Hees · Dinslaken, DE
• Karl-Dieter Beckers · Neunkirchen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 26, 1983
• Grant date: Apr 2, 1985
• Expiry date: Aug 26, 2003

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B22D41/34
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a slidable closure element for slide closures of metallurgical vessels, composed of a one-piece plate of heat resistant material which is engaged at its two opposite narrow edges by frame members that are drawn together by screws serving to tension them and hold them in contact with the edges of the plate.