Coke quenching car

A quenching car for receiving a carbonized batch from an oven chamber of a battery of coke ovens while the quenching car stands still, and which is capable of travelling along the battery to a point under a quenching tower of the battery at which the batch can be discharged comprising:

• running gear means for movement in a travel direction along a battery of coke ovens;
• a coke receptacle mounted on said running gear means for movement along the battery, said coke receptacle being in the form of a rectangular box having a slanted bottom with a discharge edge over which the batch is discharged, a pair of end wall spaced from each other in a travel direction and a front and back wall connected to said end walls, said front wall, end walls and slanted bottom defining an inner space, said front wall extending parallel to the travel direction and having a lower opening extending a full length of said front wall in the travel direction between said end walls;
• a flap pivotally mounted to said coke receptapcle for swinging outwardly of said inner space to uncover said lower opening and inwardly toward said inner space and against said discharge edge for closing said lower opening;
• a grate-like lining connected to said flap and spaced inwardly of an inner surface of said flap facing inwardly of said inner space with said flap closing said lower opening, said lining being over said lower opening with said flap closing said lower opening;
• an operating rod having one end pivotally mounted to said falp and being movable to swing said flap outwardly for uncovering said lower opening, said operating rod having an opposite end;
• first operating means connected to said receptacle and connected to said opposite end of said operating rod, said first operating means being activatable for moving said operating rod to swing said flap to a first open position wherein said flap is spaced by a small pass-through area from said discharge edge and said slanted bottom, and said grate-like lining being maintained over said lower opening for permitting a flow of quenching water out of said inner space through said lining while retaining a carbonized batch in said inner space;
• second operating means connected to said receptacle and connected to said operating means being activatable independently of said first operating means for moving said operating rod to swing said flap into a second opeon position fully uncovering said lower opening, said second position of said flap permitting the batch to slide of said slanting bottom through said lower opening;
• said first operating means comprising a carriage mounted to said receptacle for movement transversely to the travel direction, a first piston-cylinder set connected between said receptacle and said carriage for moving said carriage transversely of the travel direction, said opposite end of said operating rod being operativley connected to said carriage so that with activation of said first piston-cylinder set, said operating rod is moved to move said flap into its first position;
• said second operating device comprising a second piston-cylinder set connected between said carriage and said opposite end of said operating rod, said carriage having a rear end spaced away from said lower opening and a front end adjacent said lower opening, said second piston-cylinder set having a cylinder connected to said carriage at said rear end thereof and a piston movable in said cylinder and connected to said opposite end of said operating rod;
• a double arm toggle joint pivotally connected to said carriage at said front end thereof, said toggle joint having a first arm connected to said piston of said second piston-cylinder set and a second arm connected to said opposite end of said operating rod;
• said lining being fixed to said flap and includes a plurality of parallel gaps extending transversely to the travel direction;
• said lining comprising a plurality of individual parallel bars, adjacent bars forming each parallel gap, and spacing pieces connected between said bars for maintaining said gaps;
• and, said bars being shaped so that gaps taper outwardly from said inner space outwardly with respect to said lower opening, a length of each gap being a multiple of a width of each bar, the length of each gap extending transversely to said travel direction and transversely to a plane containing said gap.