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Charging arrangement for shaft furnaces, in particular blast furnaces

US4949940A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 12, 1989
Grant dateAug 21, 1990
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Expiry dateOct 12, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF27D2003/105
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A charging arrangement for shaft furnaces, in particular blast furnaces, comprising a container which is arranged above the shaft furnace and which is subdivided by a separating wall into a lower distributor chamber and an upper lock chamber to which the charging material can be fed from above through a filling hopper. Outside its middle and distributed around its periphery the separating wall includes at least two individually closable bottom openings through which the charging material can be passed from the lock chamber into the distributor chamber. The charging material is fed to the shaft furnace through distributor pipes which connect the distributor chamber to the shaft furnace.

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