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AssigneeBrand Shared Services LLC
InventorsEduardo Fernando D'ORACIO DE ALMEIDA, Anthony Stephen HARRIS
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Refractory anchoring devices include a main body and a mounting feature for mounting to a thermal vessel. The main body has the shape of two end-to-end Y's forming a central segment, two branch segments extending from each end of the central segment, and an extension segment extending from each of the four branch segments, to collectively form four unenclosed cell openings that are each semi-hexagonal in shape. Some embodiments include four reinforcement segments with each one extending into a respective cell opening, four voids with each one extending through respective adjacent branch and extension segments, an underbody gap formed under the central segment for refractory interlinking between cell openings, and/or a single stud-welding stud for the mounting feature. Refractory anchoring systems and methods include an array of the refractory anchoring devices arranged and mounted so that the unenclosed semi-hexagonal cell openings of adjacent anchoring devices cooperatively form substantially hexagonal cells.
An anchoring device for a refractory material for lining a thermal vessel, the anchoring device comprising:
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The anchoring device of claim 26, wherein the obtuse angle between each extension segment and the respective branch segment is the same as the obtuse angle between each branch segment and the central segment, so that each extension segment is parallel to the central segment.
The anchoring device of claim 26, wherein each of the branch segments has a length that is substantially the same as a length of the central segment, and each extension segment has a length that is about half the length of the central and branch segments.
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The anchoring device of claim 26, wherein the at least one void extends through one of the branch segments and the adjacent extension segment so that the body void extends continuously through and along the angle between the extension segment and the adjacent branch segment.
The anchoring device of claim 26, wherein the main body has at least one bottom surface that defines a base portion on the at least one extensions segment, an elevated portion on the central segment and elevated relative to the base portion, and a ramped transition portion on the respective branch segment extending between the base and elevated portions, to form an underbody gap between the main body bottom surface and the thermal vessel along the central segment and at least a portion of the respective branch segment, wherein the underbody gap allows the refractory to flow under the anchoring device when the anchoring device is mounted to the thermal vessel and the refractory is being installed.
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An anchoring device for a refractory material for lining a thermal vessel, the anchoring device comprising:
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