US 3,942,453 A · Railway car mixer for the transport of molten metals

Abstract

Disclosed herein is railway apparatus or the like for mixing and transporting molten metals, particularly pig iron, which essentially comprises a longitudinal, refractory lined cylindrical vessel, provided at its opposite ends with removable cover members and also provided with a self-contained drive unit for rotating the vessel about its longitudinal axis. This vessel, with its associated self-contained drive unit, is removably supported beneath its ends upon two spaced railroad trucks, through ball joints associated therewith. The vessel and drive unit may be readily separated from the underlying trucks for installation, maintenance, and/or removal of the refractory lining in any desired vessel orientation, while the vessel is rotated by its self-contained drive unit.

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Dependent claims

A mixer-transport apparatus for molten metals or the like comprising

a. a longitudinal, cylindrical vessel having a refractory lining and removable end covers;
b. bearing means journalling said vessel for rotation about the longitudinal axis thereof;
c. support structure means connected to said bearing means for supporting said bearing means and said vessel;
d. underlying wheeled truck means mounting said support structure means;
e. joint means disposed between said truck means and said support structure means accommodating the separation of said support structure means from said underlying truck means;
and
f. self-contained drive unit means for rotating said vessel mounted on said support structure means and forming with said vessel, said bearing means and said support structure means, a single structural entity for separation as a whole from said underlying truck means.

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Railway car mixer for the transport of molten metals

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Railway car mixer for the transport of molten metals

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Abstract

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