Patent ID: 11927395
Assignee: BRAND SHARED SERVICES LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC F  G  B | IPC B  F  G

Claim 15:
16. An anchoring device for a refractory material for lining a thermal vessel, the anchoring device comprising:
a main body having the shape of two “Y”s arranged end-to-end and including a central segment and four branch segments extending from the central segment with a first pair of the branch segments extending from a first part of the central segment and with a second opposite pair of the branch segments extending from a second part of the central segment that is spaced apart from the first part, wherein the four branch segments are each angled with respect to the central segment at an obtuse angle to form four unenclosed cell openings between them including two opposite central openings and two opposite end openings, wherein the two opposite central openings are each semi-hexagonal in shape and formed by the central segment and the branch segments,, wherein the main body further includes an extension segment extending from one of the four branch segments, wherein the two opposite end openings are each formed by the branch segments, wherein the extension segment is angled relative to the respective branch segment at an obtuse angle to define an extension portion of one of the end openings; and
a mounting element extending from the central segment and adapted to mount the main body to the thermal vessel so that the anchoring device is spaced apart from an adjacent anchoring device that is separately mounted to the thermal vessel to cooperatively form unenclosed cells for the refractory material,, wherein the main body and the mounting element are made of a single component piece of a metal material that is formed by casting into a one-piece part, wherein the anchoring device includes no clinching mechanisms to fasten multiple parts together.