Walking beam furnace
AssigneeSola Basic Industries, Inc.
InventorEwald R. Werych
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Abstract
A walking beam furnace has an elongated hearth with a longitudinal slot, and a walking beam is positioned within the slot. The bottom edge of the walking beam is provided with a rack which is engaged by a plurality of crank lever pins which are pivoted in a manner to raise, move forward, and then lower the beam. The pins are actuated by a mechanism positioned on the top of the furnace and connected to the pins by means of vertical actuating arms on the sides of the furnace with the arms being connected to shafts on the bottom of the furnace. The crank lever pins are mounted on the ends of the shafts.
Claims12
In a walking beam furnace, the combination of an elongated hearth having a floor with a longitudinal slot therein, a walking beam within said floor slot and having an upper edge at the approximate level of said hearth floor and a lower edge portion, means engageable with the lower edge portion of said walking beam for intermittently raising, moving forward, and lowering the beam, and means on the top of the furnace operatively connected to said means engageable with the lower portion of said walking beam means for actuating said means engageable with the lower portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.