Ash removal apparatus for coal-dust firing equipment
AssigneeEVT Energie-und Verfahrenstechik GmbH
InventorEberhard Reimann
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Abstract
An improved ash removal apparatus for coal-dust firing equipment which includes a firebox and a scraper-chain type conveyor including a water trough which is disposed below the ash outlet of the equipment firebox. A protective hood is coupled to and is communicative with the firebox outlet, and in addition, is positioned over the conveyor trough and extends thereinto. A plurality of floatable members which are rotatable about their own longitudinal axes, are disposed within the hood and float on the surface of the water contained in the conveyor trough so as to catch ashes falling from the firebox outlet on the surfaces thereof.
Claims6
An improved ash removal apparatus for coal-dust firing equipment including a firebox having an ash outlet, comprising:
- a scraper-chain conveyor including a water trough disposed below an said ash outlet of said firebox;
- a hood, coupled to and communicative with said firebox outlet, disposed over and extending into said conveyor trough;
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- a plurality of spaced apart floatable members, disposed within said hood and rotatable about their own longitudinal axes, for floating on the surface of the water contained in said trough within said hood and catching ashes falling from said firebox outlet on the surfaces thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.