Coke oven lid pusher

A device for positioning a lid for a coke oven charging port in the charging port subsequent to charging the coke oven with coal from a hopper in registry with the charging port in the coke oven top, said device comprising an arm connected to the coal hopper for movement between a storage position thereof and a use position thereof, a pusher member shiftably mounted on said arm extending outwardly therefrom and being movable with said arm between the storage port thereof and the use position thereof, and a motor connected to said arm for moving said arm and said pusher member mounted thereon between the storage positions thereof wherein said arm and said pusher member are spaced away from the coke oven to facilitate movement of the coal hopper and the use positions thereof wherein said pusher member rests on the coke oven in position to contact the lid to urge the lid along the coke oven top toward and into the charging port, continued operation of said motor when said arm and said pusher member are in the use positions thereof causing sliding movement of said pusher member and the lid in contact therewith toward the charging port until the lid is in position in the charging port, said shiftable mounting of said pusher member on said arm causing said pusher member to remain in continuous contact with the lid during sliding movement of the lid toward the charging port, whereby a charging port lid removed from the charging port during charging the coke oven with coal is rapidly positioned in the charging port by activation of said motor to move said arm and said pusher member thereon from the storage positions thereof to the use positions thereof.

A device for positioning a lid for a coke oven charging port in the charging port subsequent to charging the coke oven with a coal from a hopper in registry with the charging port in the coke oven top, said device comprising an arm connected to the coal hopper for movement between a storage position thereof and a use position thereof, a pusher member shiftably mounted on said arm extending outwardly therefrom and being movable with said arm between the storage port thereof and the use position thereof, a motor connected to said arm for moving said arm and said pusher member mounted thereon between the storage positions thereof wherein said arm and said pusher member are spaced away from the coke oven to facilitate movement of the coal hopper and the use positions thereof wherein said pusher member rests on the coke oven in position to contact the lid to urge the lid toward and into the charging port, and means for maintaining said pusher member at an angle of about 90.degree. to said arm during movement of said arm and said pusher member between the storage positions thereof and the use positions thereof, continued operation of said motor when said arm and said pusher member are in the use positions thereof causing sliding movement of said pusher member and the lid in contact therewith toward the charging port until the lid is in position in the charging port, said shiftable mounting of said pusher member on said arm and said maintaining means causing said pusher member to remain in continuous contact with the lid during sliding movement of the lid toward the charging port, whereby a charging port lid removed from the charging port during charging the coke oven with coal is rapidly positioned in the charging port by activation of said motor to move said arm and said pusher member thereon from the storage positions thereof to the use positions thereof.

A device for positioning a lid for a coke oven charging port in the charging port subsequent to charging the coke oven with coal from a hopper, said device comprising an arm connected to the coal hopper for movement between a storage position thereof and a use position thereof, a pusher member shiftably mounted on said arm extending outwardly therefrom and being movable with said arm between the storage position thereof and the use position thereof, a pair of skis mounted on the bottom of said pusher member at the end thereof away from said arm and a skid mounted on the other end of said pusher member at the bottom thereof, said skis and said skid being constructed and arranged to facilitate sliding of said pusher member with respect to the top of the coke oven during movement of said pusher member between the storage position thereof and the use position thereof, a motor connected to said arm for moving said arm and said pusher member mounted thereon between the storage positions thereof wherein said arm and said pusher member are spaced away from the coke oven to facilitate movement of the coal hopper and the use positions thereof wherein said pusher member rests on the coke oven in position to contact the lid to urge the lid toward and into the charging port, and means for maintaining said pusher member at an angle of about 90.degree. to said arm during movement of said arm and said pusher member between the storage positions thereof and the use positions thereof, continued operation of said motor when said arm and said pusher member are in the use positions thereof causing movement of said pusher member and the lid in contact therewith toward the charging port until the lid is in position in the charging port, said shiftable mounting of said pusher member on said arm and said maintaining means causing said pusher member to remain in continuous contact with the lid during movement of the lid toward the charging port, said skis and said skid facilitating sliding movement of said pusher member on the top of the coke oven during movement of said pusher member in the use position thereof, whereby a charging port lid removed from the charging port during charging the coke oven with coal is rapidly positioned in the charging port by activation of said motor to move said arm and said pusher member thereon from the storage positions thereof to the use positions thereof.