Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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AP~'ARA'~US I~OR 'R:ECEIVING Il~l'CAl~DESCEi`T'r CO~
The present invention r@lates to -the processing
equipment emplo~yed in the productlon o~ coke, and is
sp~ci~ically concerned with an apparatus ~or receiving incande-
scent coke f'rom a coking chamber ~nd -then transportin~
it to a quenchir~ si-teO The lnvention may be u-tilized
-to the b'est advan-tage at -the coking plants where tho
dry coke-qu~nchir~ -tcchniquc is us~d.
A-t cokir~ plants, incarl~escent coko is conv~yed
from a coking chamber to a quenching si-te mainly in cars
adapted to travel on a rail track (Teplitskij ~.G. ~t al.
Sukhoe tushenie koksa (Dry quenchir~ of coke)~ "Metal-
lurgija", Moscow, 1971, p.53). Such cars comprise a car-
riage arld an appara-tus for rcc~ivirlg incandesce~t coke,
removably mou~-tod on the carriage, ~he appara-tus ~or
receivir~ incandescent coko includes a wall structure
which is a truss f'ram~work, and lir~ing pla-tes moun-tod
on the supporti~ m~m~rs o~ th~ truss ~'ra~ work. Emplo~ed
f'or linir~ the wall s-tructure are e:ither roll~d nick~
~erous s-teel plat~s or cast heat-resista~t iron plates.
The linir~ plates are installed wi-th th~ provision
~or -th~ir li~ar expansion, i.e. with a gap -to allow
su~h an ~xpansion (~ostin ~.P., '~ichinskij A.P. Moder-
nizacija vagonov dlja per~vozki raskalennogo koksa
ustanovok sikhogo -tush~niaa ~Moderrlization o~ cars
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for conveying incandesoent coke at dr~-quenchi~r plants)~
"Koks i khimija~ 975, NO . 4 ~ p.~1). The above ap~ ra-tus
Eor receivi~g incandescent cok~ also comprisos a hopper
formed by -the lower por-tion o:~ -th~ wall structure,
which hopper has a di~charge hole and is fram~d close
to said hole by a girdl~. ~o close said discharge hole,
the hopper is provided with bottom gates which in -the
closed posi-tion abut against the girdle.
In prior art apparatus/ intensiv~ burning of coke
takes place during its loading and transporta-tion, leading
to a loss of coke and to a rapid heati~g of the lining
pla-tes and wall struc-ture7 which resul-ts in a premature
destruction of the la-tter. ~he burning is caused by
an air draugh-t or inleakage -through -the gap~ b~tw~en
the lining pla-te s .
In addi-tion, the gaps between the girdle sur~ace~
and the bot-tom ~ates abutting th~reagainst, occuring as
a result of inadequate adjoining -th~r~o~ :Eurther wid~n
in -the course oE s~rvic~ due to a -thermal deforma-tion oE
th~ girdle, which addi-tionally promotes -th~ air draught
or inleakage through tho gaps~
~ he pres~nt invention has for its object -to provid~
an apparatus for receivi~g incandescen-t coke, wherein the
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cck~ loss by burning i~ cu-t down and the ~rcatest possible
protec-tion o~ the wall structure o~ -the appara-tus from
the thermal effect of incandescent coke is orlsur~d
by eliminating the gaps both between the ll~ing plates
and in the zo~e of ~butment o~ the bot-tom gates -to the
discharge hole.
~ his object is attained by the provision o~ an appa-
ratus for receivin~ incandescen-t cok~ and conveyin~ the
same from a coking chamb~r to a quenching site, compri~ing
a wall structure which is lined with plates of a suitable
material, installed so as to provide for -the linear
expansion thereof, and forms wi-th its lower por-tion a
hopper havi~g a di scharge hol~ and ~ramed adjacent
to the discharge hole by a girdle, and bottom gates to
close said discharge hole, wher~in, accordir~ to the
invention, -the wall structure and the lining plat~s arc
installed in a spac~d relationship -to defin~ a gap ther~-
between, the lining plates ~re joined wi-th ono anoth~r
and r~ith the wall s-truc-ture by lockin~ m0ans and spacing
meansg the girdle -Ls round in cross-s~ction, and -the
bottom gates are provided wi-th sealing means having a-t
least one sealing surface disposed so th~-t9 with the bot-tom
gates in the closed position, it co~-tac-ts said girdle
tangerltially .
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SuGh an apparatus ~ables the coke loss by burning
-to be cut dow~.owing to elimination of the gaps between
the lini~g plates and in the zone o~ abutment o~` the
bottom gates to the discharge hole, which is ~ttained
by -using the loc~ir~ me~ns mainly ~lithin the ~pace d~a-
ned by -the lining pla-tesy the æpacing means ou-tsidc
said space, and -the seali~g means in -the zone o~ abu-t-
ment of the bo-t-tom ga-te on the hopper girdle. Moreover,
eliminatin~ the æaps and interposing the spaci~g members
between the lining plat~s and the wall s-truc-ture improve
the -th~rmal condi-tions of -the wall s-truc-ture in operation
o~ the apparatus, ~thereby reducing -the thermal de~ormation
and ~xtending the se:rvice li~e of -the structure.
Interposing a corrugated sheet as -the spacir~ member
between -the lining plates and -the wall struc-ture promo-tes
the heat transfer from the lining pla-tes, thereby ~nhan-
cing their durability and addition~lly reducir~ -the
hea-ting o~ the wall s-truc-ture.
~ or a better c~ec-t, the corrugat~d sh~ets are pre-
~erably installed so that their ends overlap ~ach other,
~he spacin~ m~mber may also ha~e a trough-shaped cross-
-section; this may be, e.g , a ben-t shee~t or a rolled
sec-tion .
The lininO plates may be also inætalled in a spaced
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relationship so as to define a gap therebetween, and to
prevent an air in leakage, each locking means pre-ferably
includes a cover piece and a bolt holding the cover piece
on the lining plates over the gap therebetween,passed between
the adjacent lining plate~ and through the wall structure
by a nut to prevent its axial displacement.
The spacing member and the locking means may be
combined so that the spacing member is integral with the
bolt and has an end face or a shoulder whereon a lining
plate is supported.
In accordance with another embodiment of the
invention, the lining plates may be installed in an over-
lapping relationship, in this event~ every locking means
preferably has the form of a hook secured to a lining plate
to hold the latter in the re~uired position with respect to
the wall structure.
In one aspect of the present invention there is
provided an apparatus for receiving incandescent coke and
conveying the same from a coking chamber to a quenching site,
comprising a wall structure which is lined with plates of a
suitable material, installed so as to provide for a linear
expansion thereof, and which defines at its bottom portion
a hopper having a discharge hole, a girdle extending sub- ~~
stantially circumferentially around the discharge hole,
and bottom gates movable between an opened and closed position
with respect to said discharge hole, characterized in that the
wall structure and the lining plates are installed in a
mutually spaced relationship to define a gap therebetween,
the lining plates are joined with one another and with the
wall structure by locking means and spacing members, the
girdle being round in cross-section,and wherein the bottom
gates are provided with sealing members which are fixed
thereto for movement therewith, said sealing members having
at least one sealing surface dis~osed so that, with the
bottom gates in the closed position covering said discharge
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hole, said at least one sealing surface contacts said
girdle extending tangentially with respect thereto.
The exact nature of the invention will be clear
from the following detailed description thereof with reference
to the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention by
way of example, wherein:
Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view of the appara-tus
according to the invention, installed on a carriage, a part
of the side wall structure and of the lining plates being not
shown,
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Fig o 2 is a plan view o~ ~e appara-tus illustrated
in ~ig. 1;
Fig. 3 is a diagramma-tic view o~ the end wall ~truc~
ture o~ the appara-tus o~ th~ inven-tion~ showing the com-
ponents o~ the bottom gat~;
~ ig. 4 is an enlarged horizon-tal sec-tional view
of the angular ass~mbly o~ the wall structure and linin~
pla-tes;
Fig~ 5 is a vertical sectlonal view o~ the angular
assembly o~ the wall struc-ture and lining plate,s, where~rom
-the structure ex-tends to ~orm t~e hopper;
~ ig. 6 is a s~ctional view taken along the line VI~VI
in Fig. 1;
~ ig. 7 is a view similar to that illus-tra-ted in
~ig. 5, but r~presen-ting a~ al-tern~-tive modi~ica-tion
o~ the spacing member;
~ ig. 8 is a view similar to -that illur~trat~d in
~ig. 6, but representing an al-terna-tive modl~ic~-tion o~
fas-tenir~ o~ the wall struc-ture arld lining pla-tes;
Fig. 9 is a view similar -to that illu~-trated in ~ig. 5,
but represen-ting a still another modi~ication o~ ~asteni~g
o~ the wall structure and lining pla-tes;
~ ig. 10 is a detailed diagrammatic view showirlg
abutmen-t o~ -the bo-ttom gat~ against the hopper girdl~; and
Figs. 11, 121 and 1~ are views similar to that il-
lus-tr~ted in ~ig. 10, but representing ~urther embodiments
o~ -the invention.
R2~erring to ~ig. 1, an appara-tus o~ -the present
invention compris~s a wall s-tructure 1 lined with
pla-tes 2 of a suitabl~ matcrial, such as a heat-resis~ant
cas-t iron or heat-resistant s-teels. Such a wall struc-
ture generally includes sido wall s-truct,ures 3 and
end wall structures 4. Also, the wall struc-~lr~ 1 forms
with its lower portion a hopper 5 having a dischar~e
hole and framed adjacent -to -the discharge hole with a
girdle 6, as will be best see~ in ~ig. 3. ~h~ hopper 5
is provided with bottom ga-tes 7 servi~g to close -the
discharge hole when reguired. ~he wall structure 1 jointly
wi-th the hopper portion ~e~ines a 5paCe for incandescent
coke. ~ransportin~ -the coke from the coki~g chamb0:r to
the quenchi~g si-te is provided in this illus-tr~tive example,
by -th~-t the apparatus of thc inv~ntion i.s plac~d on a car-
riag0 8 travelling on a rail track. ~he appara-tus is
also equipped wi-th conventionR1 means for lifti~g the
entire apparatus9 such as guiaes g and pull rods 10, and
the wall s-tructure 2 ~lso de~ines a coke-receiving chut~ 11.
~o provide ~or the linear expansion under thc ther~l
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~fec-t o~ incandescent coke, the plates 2 a.re installed
with the provision ~or such expansion. ~he speci~ic examp-
les of install~tion of the pla~es will be described
he xeinaf ter.
In accordance with -the pr~sent invention, -the wall
structure 1 a~d the linin~ plates 2 are ~oun-ted in a spaced
rela-tionship to de~ine a gap therebetween, which is
a-ttained with the use of spacin~ membe:rs, such as corru~
ga-ted sheets 12. As will be seen in Figs 1,2, 4-6,
and 9 of the accomp~nyin~ drawing s ( in Flgs 3 and ~0
the spacing membe:rs are not shown for simplicit~
the corrugat0d sheets 12 are ln-terposed b~tween tho wall
struc-t~r~ 1 and ~he lining plates 2, with the ends of the
corruga ted sheets overlappin~ each o-ther. ~ 5s 'I, 2 ,
4-7, and 9 show that the oorrugatecl shee ts 2 are inæ-~al-
led in a spac0d rela-tionship to de~ine a ~ap there~e twe~n 7
in which oase it is expeclient to ~a~ten the linir~ plates
2 to the wall structur0 1 with the use o~ a locking me~s
comprisir~ a cover piece 13 and a bolt 14 holdi~g -the
cover piec~ 13 on -th~ lining platefi 2 over the gap there~
between~ As will be seen in the drawing~, a~d more speci-
~ically in Fig. 6, -the bol-t 14 is passed be-twee~ the
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adjacen-t Lining pla-tes 2 through the corruga-ted shee-t
12 and ~urther through the wall s-tructure 1. To pr~vent
th~ bolt 14 -~rom an axial displac~me~t, the entire as-
sembly is secured by a nut 15. This arran~ement makes
-thus possible the Iinear expansion of the lining pla-tes 2,
ensurin~ at the same time an adequ~t~ -tightness o~ -the
join-t.
As shown in ~ig~ 3 and in ~reater detail in Fig. 10,
thc girdle 6 of -the hopper 5 is o~ a rou~d cross-s~ction,
In this embodiment of the inven-tion, -the girdle 6 is
~abrica-ted from ~ suitable -tubing, and the bo-ttom ga-tes
7 have thc convontional construction o~ w~ldmen-ts turnable
around hinge pins 16 in hinges 17 secured to the wall
s-truc-ture 1 adjacent to ~he discharge hole o~ -thc hopper 5.
It ~ll be apparen-t to those ~killed in the axt -that
the bo-t-tom gates 7 are lln~d in ~he same manner as tho
entire wall structure 1~ In accordanco with th~ inventive
concept, the gates 7 are provided with sealing members 18
formed by horizon-tal panels 19 a~d an angle seo-tio~ 20
and haviDg a~ inclined sealin~ sur~ace A (Fig. 10) which,
with -the bottom ~a-tes in the closed position~ con-tacts
~he sur~aa0 of t~le girdle 6 -tanOentially and a sealing
sur~ace B which as well contacts the surface of the girdle
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6 -ta~gentially. The soaling m~mbers 1~ are disposed above
the level of the lining plates 2 o~ the bottom gates
and guarded by the linin~ plates o~ the wall struc-ture 1,
which ensures a more dependable closin~ o~ the gates 7 and
isolation of the sealing members 18 from the -thermal
ef~ect of incandescent cok~.
The bottom gates 7 are opera-ted with the aid of
linking members 21 ~in~ed to -the bottom gates by means
of hinge pins 22, the linking members 21 being, in
~heir -turn, hinge-connected to -the pull rods 10 for lifting
the whole apparatus -to a qu~nching -tower. ~he bottom ga-tes
7 open after the apparatus has boen placed with its 9Up~
ports 23 on pedestals (no-t shown) of the ~uencLing towerO
In operation, the apparatus o~ the invention is lo~-
ded with incandescent coke. ~he effect of heat causes
the lining plates 2 to expand, but uncon-troll~d gaps
remain -th~rebe-tween which gaps, however, exert no effect
on the conditions of coke combus-~ion, i.e do no-t promote
the latter, and hence the cok~ loss by burnin~ is cut
down as against the prior ar-t. ~Ihe air dral~ht or inlea
kage is prevented b~ th~ cover pieces 13s while a ~re~
linear thermal expansion of -tl~e lining plates 2 is ensur~d
due to a non-rigid fa~tening of -the lini~g plates 2 by
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cover pieces 13 arld to -the provision of slo-ts 24 at ~he
edges of plates 2 and o~ hol~s 25 in -the corruga-ted sheets
12. The corruga-ted sheet 12 prevents -the heat -transfer
from incandescen-t coke -to the wall s-truGture 1 and also
pro~otes the heat -transfer ~rom the lining -to -the ambient
atmosphere, while the bot-tom ga-tes 7, owlng to the
sealing members 18 abut-ti~g on the sur~aces of revolu-tion
of the girdle 6, r~stric-t -the access of air into the
hopper 5.
Whil~ -the preferred embodiment of th~ present inven-
tion has-been shown and described, various modi~ica-tions
may be made in the abovedescribed arr~ngement wi-thout
departing ~rom the scope and spirit o~ the inv~ntion,
as disclosed in -the ~ollowing examples.
The lining plates 2 a~ the corners o~ the appara-tus
are fastened by means o~ ~-shaped cover pieoes 26 and
of -the fla-t cover pices 1~ as shown in Fig. 4-~ while
-the lining plates 2 in the tran~ititon~ o~ the wall struc-
ture 1 -to -the hopper 5 are arr~ngcd so -that -their ~dges
overlap each other, as shown in Fig. 50 It will be clear
to those skilled in -the art th~-t such modi~ic~tions of
the corner transi-tions may be mutually interchanged or
-that either one o~ the modi~ications may be ~mployed -f`or
both corner transitions.
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~ he :East~-ning o:f the wall s-tructure 1 and o~ ~hc
lining plat~s 2 ma~ b~ accomplished wi-th -th~ use o:e a
locking means comprising a 9pacing memb~r made integral
wi-th the bolt 14 and h~ving an end f'ace or shoulder 27
whereon the lining plates 2 is supported, as shown in
~ig. 8. ~ similar bol-t, i~eO a member servi~g as bo-th
a ~as-tener and a sp~cer9 ma~ be usod in the modi~ica-tion
o~ the ~ast~nin~ shown in Fig. 6. Also, -the spacing member
may -take the ~orm of a bushi~g put on the bolt 1L~; this
modification is not shown in the drawings, inasmuch a~ i~
will be app~ren-t to those ski.lled in th~ ar-t in the ligh-t
of -the above disclosure. ~e spacing memb~r may also
have a trou~h-shaped cros~sec-tion, ~.g., such one as il-
lustrated in Fig. 7 wh~re a rolled U sec-tio~ is shown.
It will b~ seen in this ~igure that a hea-t-resis-tant
material, such as asbestos gaskets, may bo ~mployed in
addition to ~h~ spaci~s member. Eve~ the ga~k~-ts proper
o~ such material may be used a~ -the Cpacing rn~mbers.
Flg. 9 illu~trats~ a 9till alternative embodiment o~
the locking means, which is a hook 28 secur~d9 such as
by w~lding3 ~o the lining plate 2 and holding -th~ plato
in the preset position with respect -to the wall st~uc-ture 1,
the lining plates 2 being installed in an o~erlapping
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relation3hip. In this rnodif`ication o-E -the ~astening,
the prede termin@d gap betwe~n th~ wall structur~ 1 and
thc lini~ pla-tes 2 i5 maintained with -the use of the
spacing members in the form Oe the corrugated sheets 12,
althou~h ~ny o-ther o~ the abo~edescribed and equivalent
spacing me~bers may be i~s-talled withou-b contradic-ting
the inverrtive concept.
'rhe sealin~ member in ~ccordance with th~ present
invention may have ~ither one fla-t sealing surface (F~g~ 11),
or one concave sealing surEace whose radius Oe curvature
sornewhat exceeds -that of the surface of -the girdle 6
(Fig. 13), or a plurality of the sealing surEacesa such
as three flat ones (~ig. 12), ~ll such sur~aces co~-
-tacti~g -the sur!eace ae -the girdle 6 tangentially~ I-t should
also be noted that the covcr pieces 13 are pr~ferably ~ade
of -the same material as the lining plat~s 2~
