Rotatable furnace pot including stoking means

In a smelting furnace, a smelting pot, said smelting pot being divided into upper and lower wall segments each of which is at least 25% of the height of the electric smelting pot, the upper wall segment being stationary and the lower wall segment being rotatable, at least one stoking member which passes through an opening in the wall of the upper stationary wall segment at a height below a maximum height to which said upper wall segment is operative to enclose charge and means for effecting movement of said stoking member, said stoking member being operative to be moved by said means at least substantially along the periphery of at least a portion of said upper wall segment.

In a smelting furnace, a smelting pot, said smelting pot being divided into upper and lower wall segments each of which is at least 25% of the height of the electric smelting pot, the upper wall segment being stationary and the lower wall segment being rotatable, at least one stoking member which passes through an opening in the wall of the upper stationary wall segment at a height below a maximum height to which said upper wall segment is operative to enclose charge and means for effecting movement of said stoking member, said stoking member being operative to be moved by said means in both vertical and horizontal directions and at least substantially along the periphery of at least a portion of said upper wall segment.

In a smelting furnace, a smelting pot, said smelting pot being divided into upper and lower wall segments each of which is at least 25% of the height of the electric smelting pot, the upper wall segment being stationary and the lower wall segment being rotatable, at least one stoking member which passes through an opening in the wall of the upper stationary wall segment at a height below a maximum height to which said upper wall segment is operative to enclose charge and means for effecting movement of said stoking member, said means comprising a stoking arm to which said stoking member is pivotably connected, said stoking arm being positioned at the exterior of said upper wall segment and operative to move said stoking member in both vertical and horizontal directions and at least substantially along the periphery of at least a portion of said upper wall segment.