Scrap loader for molten metal furnace
US4940376A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 12, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 12, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF27D99/0075
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A scrap loader for a molten metal furnace. A loader housing, to be positioned beside a molten metal furance, includes a chamber having an inlet portion for receiving metal scrap and an outlet port through which the metal scrap is to be fed into the furnace. Metal is fed to the chamber along a path. A ram assembly in the housing comprises a leg unit pivoted with respect to the housing, a ram fixed on the leg unit and pivotable therewith along a wall of the chamber past the inlet port and toward the outlet port, and a device actuable for pivotally advancing and retracting the ram along the chamber wall and therewith for driving metal scrap along the wall and through the outlet port into the furnace.
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