Melting furnace
AssigneeDaido Steel Co., Ltd.
InventorsKota Mizutani, Masato Ogawa, Kunio Matsuo
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Abstract
A melting furnace is provided, that may contain a furnace shell, a furnace shell moving mechanism that supports the furnace shell so as to be movable on an installation surface, a pipe or a wiring that has one end fixed to the furnace shell and has at least partially, a flexible portion, and a stand. The stand may contain a supporting part that supports a halfway portion of the pipe or the wiring, and a stand moving part that is coupled to the supporting part and moves the supporting part on an installation surface in synchronization with movement of the furnace shell, in which the stand is mounted on the installation surface so as to be movable up and down with respect to the furnace shell.
Claims11
A melting furnace, comprising:
- a furnace shell;
- a furnace shell moving mechanism that supports the furnace shell so as to be movable on an installation surface;
- a pipe or a wiring that has one end fixed to the furnace shell and has at least partially a flexible portion;
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- a stand that comprises a supporting part that supports a halfway portion of the pipe or the wiring, and a stand moving part that is coupled to the supporting part, the stand moving part comprising a wheel that moves the supporting part on the installation surface with movement of the furnace shell, wherein the stand is mounted on the installation surface so as to be movable in an up-down direction with respect to the furnace shell, and
- a coupler comprising a furnace shell side-coupler fixed to the furnace shell, a stand side-coupler fixed to the stand, and a coupling shaft directly connecting the furnace shell side-coupler and the stand side-coupler.
A melting furnace, comprising:
- a furnace shell;
- a furnace shell support configured to support the furnace shell so as to be movable on an installation surface;
- one of a pipe and a wire having one end fixed to the furnace shell and having at least a partially-flexible section;
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- a stand comprising:
- a stand support configured to support a halfway section of the one of the pipe and the wire;
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- a wheel coupled to the stand support and configured to move the stand support on the installation surface with movement of the furnace shell, wherein the stand is mounted on the installation surface so as to be movable in an up-down direction with respect to the furnace shell, and
- a coupler comprising a furnace shell side-coupler fixed to the furnace shell, a stand side-coupler fixed to the stand, and a coupling shaft directly connecting the furnace shell side-coupler and the stand side-coupler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.