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US 4,832,154 AGranted
Buffer stop device for a side loading furnace
AssigneeStein Heurtey Societe Anonyme
InventorHenry A. Thoor
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Abstract
A buffer stop for an opening on a side-loading and side unloading furnace is mounted on a parallelogram linkage connected with a fixed support and is moved into position and out of position by the movement of a counterweight along a shaft on a member of the parallelogram linkage.
Claims4
A buffer stop device for a side loading furnace, comprising:
- a buffer stop;
- means for suspending said buffer stop from a fixed structure and including an articulated parallelogram;
- and
- means for deforming the parallelogram and, consequently, for movement of the buffer stop, said means for deforming including;
- a shaft integral with a part of the parallelogram;
- a counterweight movable along said shaft integral with said part of the parallelogram, and
- means for moving this counterweight.
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