Snorkel for a degassing vessel

US5911946A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Veitsch-Radex Aktiengesellschaft fur Feuerfeste Erzeugnisse · AT

Inventors

• Klaus Aichinger · Villach, AT
• Harald Harmuth · Leoben, AT
• Heinrich Niehues · Mülheim, DE
• Armin Pertl · Leoben, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 14, 1997
• Grant date: Jun 15, 1999
• Expiry date: Oct 14, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C21C7/10
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention pertains to a snorkel for a degassing vessel, with a refractory lining and a gas-purging device arranged therein with a plurality of channels, which, distributed over the circumference of the snorkel, extend through the refractory lining in the radial direction in relation to the central longitudinal axis of the snorkel and can be connected on the outside to at least one gas supply line.