Refractory insulated member and method of installation thereof in a reheat furnace

In a horizontal work support member for a reheat furnace, said member including an elongated metal pipe, a refractory barrier comprising a plurality of mateable pairs of sections for covering at least a portion of the periphery of said pipe, support means for said sections secured exteriorly on each of two opposite sides of an upper half of the cross section of said pipe, each barrier section having a metal hanger secured to and extending along the inner surface thereof from an upper end engageable with said support means to a lower end connectable to the corresponding lower end of the hanger means of the opposite section in the pair,

• the improvement in said member which comprises:
• said support means being a plurality of elongated metal bars secured lengthwise in prescribed position on the periphery of said pipe on each of said opposite sides thereof,
• said bars being aligned mateably in close adjoining end-to-end relation and of substantially solid cross section,
• said bars facing upwardly and having a portion of the cross section thereof remote from the pipe periphery extending therefrom a uniform distance along the length of said pipe,
• the upper end of said hanger means having a fixed shape substantially conforming to the shape of said remote portion of the bars protruding from said pipe so as to fit closely over the outer periphery of said bars at any desired location along the length thereof.