US 5,314,168 A · Apparatus and method for controlling operation of quenching car/bucket for coke oven

Abstract

An apparatus for controlling drive or operation of a quenching car and/or a bucket car for a coke oven and a method therefor, capable of effectively accomplishing the automatic control of the operation of the quenching car/bucket car. A quenching car/bucket car is adapted to travel on a track due to traction by a wire rope through a winch structure, to thereby reduce the load of the quenching car/bucket car applied to the track surface to prevent positional variations on the track surface. This results in the relative positional relationship of the track surface to a quenching tower, a coke wharf/CDQ and the like being ensured.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for controlling the operation of a quenching car for a coke oven in which the quenching car is actuated in association with a pusher to travel on a track and charged with calcined coke pushed out from a designated coking chamber of the coke oven by the pusher and the quenching car is moved into a quenching tower for quenching the coke and then moved to designated one of coke wharves for discharging the coke to the coke wharf, comprising:

a quenching car operating means for connecting a wire rope to said quenching car and drawing said wire rope due to driving of a winch structure to reciprocate said quenching car on said track;
a traveling position detecting means for detecting a required operational position of said quenching car on said track depending upon the amount of driving of said winch structure;
and
an operational position detecting means for confirming approach of said quenching car to a position at which coke is delivered from said designated coking chamber, a quenching position in said quenching tower and a position at which coke is discharged from said quenching car to said designated coke wharf;
whereby a desired operation is carried out according to a preset operation program when detection of the required operational position of said quenching car by said traveling position detecting means and confirmation of the operational position of said quenching car by said operational position detecting means coincide with each other.

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An apparatus for controlling the operation of a bucket car for a coke oven in which the bucket car is actuated in association with a pusher to travel on a track and includes a coke bucket charged therein with calcined coke pushed out from a designated coking chamber of the coke oven by the pusher and the bucket car is moved into a coke dry quenching facility for quenching the coke, comprising:

a bucket car operating means for connecting a wire rope to said bucket car and drawing said wire rope due to driving of a winch structure to reciprocate said bucket car on said track;
a traveling position detecting means for detecting a required operational position of said bucket car on said track depending upon the amount of driving of said winch structure;
and
an operational position detecting means for confirming approach of said bucket car to a position at which coke is delivered from said designated coking chamber to said bucket car, a quenching position in said coke dry quenching facility and other desired operating positions;
whereby a desired operation is carried out according to a preset operation program when detection of the required operational position of said bucket car by said traveling position detecting means and confirmation of the operational position of said bucket car by said operational position detecting means coincide with each other.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Apparatus and method for controlling operation of quenching car/bucket for coke oven

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Apparatus and method for controlling operation of quenching car/bucket for coke oven

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