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Loading apparatus for heat treatment furnace

US4601660A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 18, 1985
Grant dateJul 22, 1986
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Expiry dateJun 18, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF27B9/243
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

There is described a loading apparatus for conveying charging grates in heat treatment furnaces has one or more chain strands which run in guide rails which also extend into the heat treatment furnace; at the end of the chain strands facing toward the furnace, the chain links have pivoting rocker arms on which there are secured support segments; the raising and lowering of the support segments is carried out by means of support blocks and retaining cams.

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