Method For Holding Together Adjacent Incinerator Grate Bars And Apparatus

Apparatus comprising:

• an arrangement of grate bars configured to support fuel burned in an incinerator, including
• a first grate bar and a second grate bar, wherein each grate bar includes a respective fuel support side that comprises an upper side of the respective grate bar in an operative position,
• wherein each respective fuel support side includes a respective recess therein, a fastener, wherein the fastener extends in operative connection with each of the first grate bar and the second grate bar,
• wherein the fastener in the operative position is disposed below and away from the fuel support sides and is manipulatable through the respective recesses of the first grate bar and the second grate bar to cause the grate bars in the operative position to be pressed together by the fastener,
• at least one cover, wherein the at least one cover extends in the respective recesses of the first grate bar and the second grate bar and is operative to render the manipulated fastener that holds the grate bars pressed together, inaccessible through the recesses.