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US 6,152,729 AGranted
Spray cooled furnace discharge assembly
AssigneeMaumee Research & Engineering, Inc.
InventorsFranklin G. Rinker, Deane A. Horne, Daniel A. Molnar, Thomas J. Sack
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Abstract
A discharge assembly for removing material from a hearth in a rotary hearth furnace including a discharge auger and a coolant spray. The discharge auger is positioned above the hearth of the rotary hearth furnace and includes a central shaft having at least one helical flight affixed to the exterior of the central shaft and the hood is disposed above the discharge auger. The coolant spray cools the discharge auger.
Claims23
A discharge assembly for removing material from a hearth in a rotary hearth furnace comprising in combination:
- a discharge auger positioned above the hearth of the rotary hearth furnace, the discharge auger including a central shaft having at least one helical flight affixed to the exterior of the central shaft;
- and
- a coolant spray to cool the discharge auger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.