Support apparatus for a battery of underjet coke ovens

Support apparatus for an underjet coke oven battery which includes coking chambers having longitudinal heating walls with flues therein receiving gaseous combustion media, said apparatus including the combination of:

• battery decking carrying said underjet coke oven battery,
• a foundation slab for supporting said battery decking at a vertically-spaced relation thereabove,
• a plurality of support walls including reinforcement members therein bonded into said foundation slab to support said battery decking while forming a cellar, said cellar including gas distribution ducts for said gaseous combustion media, the top surfaces of said support walls including recesses along the center line of said underjet coke oven battery,
• sliding joints including slip plates between said support walls and said battery decking to permit relative movement therebetween due to thermal expansion,
• studs extending downwardly from the battery decking into said recesses in the support walls along the center line of the underjet coke oven battery to absorb horizontal forces imposed on said battery decking when pushing coke from said coking chambers,
• dampers below said battery decking engaged between said studs and the vertical surfaces of said recesses in the support walls for acting parallel to the heating walls of the coking chambers,
• strip members extending downwardly from the underside of said battery decking along the sides of said support walls while spaced therefrom, and
• dampers below said battery decking engaged between said strip members and the top portion of the two longitudinal sides of at least part of said support walls for acting in a direction normal to the longitudinal heating walls of said coking chambers.