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AssigneeSuncoke Technology and Development LLC
InventorsJohn Francis Quanci, Wes Alderman, Milos J. Kaplarevic, Suresh Mehta, F. Robert Carroll, Chun Wai Choi
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A coke oven can include an oven body, a foundation, and a plurality of beams separating the oven body from the foundation, A buckstay applies force to the oven body to maintain compression on the oven body during thermal cycling of the coke oven. The coke oven further comprises a spring-loaded compression device, which can include a restraining device, an anchor coupled to the restraining device, and a spring coupled to the restraining device. The anchor can be attached to one or more of the beams, the foundation of the oven, or to a similar compression device on an opposite side of the oven. The spring applies force between the restraining device and the one or more beams or foundation to compress the buckstay against the oven. The force applied by the spring can maintain structural stability of the coke oven over a plurality of thermal cycles.
A coke oven, comprising:
A bridle assembly for a coke oven, the bridle assembly including a first buckstay and a second buckstay each configured to constrain thermal expansion of the coke oven, the bridle assembly comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.