Cooling boxes for blast-furnaces
OwnerFrancois M. J. Touzeinventor
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Abstract
A box for cooling, by water circulation, the plating of blast-furnaces. This box comprises: a nose, directed towards the inside of the blast-furnace in the mounting position of the box, made from copper or from an essentially copper based alloy and defining at least one capacity for the cooling water provided with at least one water inlet and at least one water outlet, water delivery and discharge tubes connected respectively, on the one hand, to a water supply and to a water discharge and, on the other hand, to said water inlet and outlet of the nose, and a tubular steel body surrounding said tubes, and fixed sealingly to the nose.
Claims12
A water cooling box for a blast furnace comprising:
- a nose-shaped front element having walls which emborder a water cooling chamber, said front element being provided with at least one water inlet and at least one water outlet, the walls of said front element being made from copper substantially;
- water delivery and discharge tubes;
- tube connecting means for connecting the said delivery and discharge tubes with the said at least one inlet and at least one outlet of the front element, respectively;
- a tubular body element surrounding said delivery and discharge tubes, said tubular body element being made from steel;
- and coupling means for sealing coupling of said front element and tubular body element with each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.