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US 10,065,391 B2Granted
Integral self-supporting composite refractory components and methods of making the same
AssigneeFosbel, Inc.
InventorsLou Carolla, Michael Smith, Alan E. Bowser, Jr.
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Abstract
Refractory components (e.g. crown or rider arches associated with a refractory structure such as coke ovens, glass furnaces, regenerators and the like) are provided by multiple refractory members bonded to one another by a bonding agent to form an integral self-supporting structure.
Claims4
A segmented refractory rider arch comprising multiple refractory components bonded to one another by a bonding agent, wherein the refractory rider arch further comprises:
- an opposed pair of substantially vertically oriented end blocks;
- a central bridge region having an elongate web section having an upper horizontal surface and a lower arcuate surface opposite the upper horizontal surface, wherein
- the upper horizontal and lower arcuate surfaces extending between the opposed pair of substantially vertically oriented end blocks, and wherein
- the lower arcuate surface has an apex substantially at a latitudinal midplane of the central bridge region, and wherein
- the central bridge region is at least latitudinally segmented along a pair of opposite downwardly converging latitudinal planes to form a central keystone refractory bridge component and adjacent pairs of refractory bridge components that are bonded to one another by the bonding agent.
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