Method of using a materials crusher and bottom dump feeder
AssigneeImperial Technologies, Inc.
InventorRichard W. Tschantz
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Abstract
A machine for quenching, crushing and feeding material that includes a continuous loop drag chain conveyor. A first portion of the conveyor travels through a quenching tank and a second portion travels beneath the tank's bottom wall. Large blocks of hot material are dropped onto the conveyor inside the tank. A rotary crusher is positioned to crush the cooled blocks into sized pieces as they exit the tank. The sized pieces drop through an opening in the conveyor's frame and onto the second portion of the conveyor. The pieces dewater on the second portion of the conveyor and drop through a discharge opening and into a removal device for transfer to a remote location for further processing.
Claims23
A method of processing material comprising the steps of:
- placing a quantity of the material into a coker;
- applying heat to the material in the coker;
- removing heated large blocks of material from the coker;
- activating a continuous loop drag chain conveyor so that a first portion thereof moves through water contained in a quench tank;
- depositing the heated large blocks of material onto the first portion of the conveyor;
- advancing the conveyor through the water in the quench tank;
- cooling the heated large blocks of material;
- activating a rotary crusher disposed adjacent a portion of the conveyor;
- and
- rotating the rotary crusher so as to break up the large blocks of material carried on the conveyor into smaller sized pieces of material.
A method of reducing the size of heated large blocks of material comprising:
- activating a continuous loop drag chain conveyor so that a first portion thereof moves through water contained in a quench tank;
- depositing the hot large blocks of material onto the first portion of the conveyor, including the step of
- stripping the large blocks of material from a coker;
- advancing the conveyor through the quench tank;
- activating a rotary crusher disposed adjacent a portion of the conveyor;
- and
- rotating the rotary crusher so as to break up the large blocks of material carried on the conveyor into smaller sized pieces of material.
A method of reducing the size of heated large blocks of material comprising:
- activating a continuous loop drag chain conveyor so that a first portion thereof moves through water contained in a quench tank;
- depositing the hot large blocks of material onto the first portion of the conveyor;
- advancing the conveyor through the quench tank;
- and wherein the step of advancing the conveyor further comprises the steps of:
- advancing the first portion of the conveyor along a horizontal support to carry the large blocks through the water in the quench tank, and
- advancing the first portion of the conveyor up an inclined support from a lower region of the tank to an upper region of the tank to carry the large blocks out of the water;
- activating a rotary crusher disposed adjacent a portion of the conveyor;
- and
- wherein the step of activating the rotary crusher further includes the step of:
- positioning the rotary crusher adjacent the conveyor and where it will engage the large blocks of material after they have exited the water;
- rotating the rotary crusher so as to break up the large blocks of material carried on the conveyor into smaller sized pieces of material;
- and
- advancing the conveyor over an opening in the inclined support positioned after the rotary crusher.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.