Rotary kiln
AssigneeM & S Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorZygmunt J. Przewalski
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Abstract
A kiln is disclosed which includes an elongated housing formed by a plurality of interconnected longitudinally extending sections each forming an independent housing module. Each housing module has support means for rotatably supporting that housing module independently of any other module and power means for moving the support means of each housing module into contact engagement therewith for compensating for load variations applied to the support means and uniformly distributing the loading forces imposed thereon by the housing modules and their respective contents.
Claims7
A rotary kiln comprising an elongated housing having a longitudinally extending major axis, an external wall and an internal incinerating chamber, the housing including a plurality of interconnected longitudinally extending sections each forming an independent housing module, a base disposed in underlying relation to each housing module, a swinging support for rotatably supporting each housing module, each swinging support being mounted on the base for swinging movement about a pivot axis extending in parallel relation to the major axis of the housing, a wheel mounted on each swinging support for movement therewith into contact engagement with its respective housing module for rotatably supporting the same independently of any other housing module, and power means for moving the swinging support and wheel of each housing module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.