Electrode assembly for arc furnaces

US4531219A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Arc Technologies Systems Ltd. · KY

Inventors

• Dieter Zollner
• Inge Lauterbach-Dammler · Nuremberg, DE
• Thomas Taube · Rutesheim, DE
• Hans Lades · Arnstorf, DE
• Siegfried Liebel · Westerburg, DE
• Hanns-Georg Bauer · Witten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 1, 1983
• Grant date: Jul 23, 1985
• Expiry date: Aug 1, 2003

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05B7/105
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

To provide an axially variable means of fixation, an electrode for electric arc furnaces is held via a spacing means comprising radially movable contact elements and metallic spacers. The contact elements may be pressed radially inwards against the electrode by means of clamping jaws, thus constituting a solid mechanical and electrical contact between the electrode clamp and the electrode proper.