Patent · US Expired

Charge preheater

US5645791A · kind A · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

Fuchs Systemtechnik GmbH · DE

Inventors

Gerhard Fuchs · Far Hills, US
Joachim Ehle · Oberkirch, DE
Klaus von Ploetz · Offenburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 21, 1995
Grant date	Jul 8, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 21, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P10/20
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In a charging material preheater for a metallurgical smelting plant having a shaft (5) which has closure members (7, 8) which are pivotable by a control member (6) and which include fingers (9, 10) which are arranged parallel and at a spacing relative to each other, the fingers (9, 10) of a closure member (7, 8) are mounted with a central portion in a first rotary mounting (12, 13) and in a second rotary mounting (21, 22) of the frame structure (2) with an outer portion which is passed outwardly through an opening (14, 15) in the shaft wall, by way of an elbow lever mechanism (16, 17), and lever arms (18, 19) of at least two elbow lever mechanisms are connected together by a connecting member (23) which is pivotably engaged by a control member (6) which is supported in a third rotary mounting (26, 27) of the frame structure (2).

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