Patent · US Expired

Device for the automatic coupling of a blowing-in lance to a manifold

US5167904A · kind A · utility

5Cited by
2References
14Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 17, 1991
Grant dateDec 1, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 17, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC21C5/462
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A device for automatically coupling a lance for injecting a fluid into a molten metal bath to a manifold for supplying the fluid to the lance includes means for hitching the lance rigidly to a lance-carrying carriage which can be displaced along a slide rail, and means ensuring the support of the manifold with respect to the lance-carrying carriage and enabling the manifold to be displaced vertically with respect to the lance-carrying carriage, or vice versa.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.