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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6929719 | Leveller bar for coking ovens The invention relates to a levelling bar for coking ovens, for levelling the cones of discharged coal which form under the filling holes of the oven chamber during the filling process. The levelling bar consists of two cheeks, such as plates (1), which extend... | 08/16/2005 |
| 4988411 | Filling car for a coke oven battery A filling car for filling coal in oven chambers of a coke oven battery comprises a telescopable filling pipe having an upper part and a lower part and a lower end to be lowerable to a filling frame of a filling opening of a coke oven battery, a supporting... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4555209 | Semi-automatic pusher machine leveler bar control and method A leveler bar for a coke oven is controlled in its travel toward and away from the coke side of the oven by semi-automatic means to move the leveler bar during a "cycle" mode through half strokes and during the "finish" mode it performs four "full" stroke... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4460437 | Larry car for a coking oven battery A larry car (3) for transporting a charge of pre-heated coal along the top of a battery of coke ovens, from a storage installation including a group of metering bins (1) at one or more filling stations above the battery, to a corresponding group of charge... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4360403 | Method of charging coke ovens with coal A method of charging coke ovens with coal through charging holes and simultaneously withdrawing gases evolving from the coal charge through the middle charging holes thereof, holding the coal charge over a period of time sufficient for a coal-charging mac... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4314787 | Charging car for coke ovens A coal-charging apparatus includes a charging car with charging bins to discharge coal through filling tubes into charging holes in the roof of an oven chamber. A feed-screw conveys coal from the bottom of a charging bin to a trough communicating with a f... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4242027 | Apparatus for charging coke oven furnaces of a coke oven battery A coke oven charging device for supplying coal to the charging chutes on the roof of a coke oven battery of a plurality of horizontally arranged coke ovens, comprises a horizontally disposed circulator conveyor supported on the roof at a spaced location t... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4189272 | Method of and apparatus for charging coal into a coke oven chamber Coke is charged into a coke oven chamber by positioning a filling hopper over an opening in the roof of the chamber and evacuating the chamber. A filling tube is lowered from the hopper to the bottom of the chamber and coal is fed from the hopper through ... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4181459 | Conveyor protection system In the handling and charging of pre-heated coal, the coal is transported from a coal storage container to the oven chambers by an enclosed continuous conveyor system. The coke oven chambers are charged individually in a continual manner by transporting a ... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4176994 | Coke oven charging apparatus Coke oven charging apparatus includes an improved jumper pipe and charging hole sealing mechanism for conveying charging gases from an oven being charged to an adjacent oven. A substantially gas-tight coupling is formed between the larry car charging pipe... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4094420 | Charging of an oven chamber of a battery of coke ovens A method and an apparatus are disclosed for charging an oven chamber of a battery of coke ovens through charging holes in the oven roof in which the step of charging the coal into the coke oven chamber is effected intermittently.... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4084712 | Charging truck for feeding coal into horizontal-chamber coke-ovens Coal is first fed into the oven chamber through a plurality of first filling units of a charging truck into first filling openings until the bases of the resultant cone-shaped charges are approximately in contact. Thereafter, coal is fed through a plurali... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4071414 | Method of smokeless charging of coke ovens with coal charge and coal-charging machine for effecting same A method of smokeless charging of coke ovens with coal charge in which coal is poured into each chamber of the coke oven in two stages: firstly coal charge is loaded into the oven chamber through extreme holes and charging gases liberated during said oper... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4066175 | Coke-oven filling system A filling system operating with an apparatus for loading coal into the charging hole of a coke oven has an upper feed tube, an intermediate feed tube, and a lower tube. The upper tube is connected to the apparatus and is adapted to receive coal from it. T... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4040910 | Apparatus for charging coke ovens An apparatus for charging coke ovens with coal through filling openings in the coke oven roof comprises a hopper support which advantageously comprises a car undercarriage which is movable into position over an associated filling opening. At least one cha... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4018655 | Process for feeding coal into horizontal-chamber coke-ovens and charging truck therefor Coal is first fed into the oven chamber through a plurality of first filling openings until the bases of the resultant cone-shaped charges are approximately in contact. Thereafter, coal is fed into a plurality of second filling openings positioned between... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4004702 | Coke oven larry car coal restricting insert A removable insert is placed in the collar of larry hoppers to restrict the flowing coal to a column having a dimension less than the interior width of the coking chamber and charging hole to provide space for exhausting charging gases.... | 01/25/1977 |
| 4001092 | Charging car for coke ovens A charging car supports a plurality of hoppers in a manner such that two hoppers for supplying coal to adjacent charging holes are supported one after the other in a consecutive relationship along a line which is generally parallel to movement by the char... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3968014 | Collection device for coke oven gases A system for preventing effluents containing coal dust from being emitted from a coke oven upon charging the coke oven with coal. A U-tube mounted on a larry car interconnects the charging oven with a coking oven and an air valve mixes air with the efflue... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3963583 | Battery of horizontal coke ovens A battery of horizontal coke ovens having intermediate walls that divide the ovens into units each consisting of 10-20 oven chambers for the purpose of receiving coal from a charging car displaceable above each unit of oven chambers. The charging car incl... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3959086 | Multi-inlet hopper arrangement for filling successive ones of a battery of furnace chambers A plurality of coke oven chambers is provided with respective filling inlets arranged in a row. A coal conveyor arrangement is located above such row and extends in the direction of the row. The coal conveyor arrangement is provided with a plurality of ou... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958700 | Charging machines A charging machine of the kind comprising a structure adapted to extend transversely of a coke oven battery on the roof thereof for movement longitudinally of the battery to overlie any selected oven chamber and supporting a number of hoppers adapted to b... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3951750 | Apparatus for charging preheated coal into coke ovens Charging apparatus is provided for charging preheated coal into a battery of coke oven chambers from a bunker above the battery which has sufficient capacity to contain enough coal to charge at least one oven chamber. Each oven chamber has a plurality of ... | 04/20/1976 |