Patent ID: 7886997
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: B02C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A machine for crushing and feeding large blocks of hot material through a quench tank that contains a quantity of liquid; said machine comprising: a continuous loop drag chain conveyor adapted to carry the large blocks of material thereon; a support frame for said conveyor, said frame being configured to guide an upper section of the conveyor through an interior chamber of the quench tank and to guide a lower section of the conveyor beneath a bottom wall of the quench tank; a rotary crusher mounted on the frame and adapted to engage the large blocks of material carried on the conveyor; an opening defined in the frame in a position that permits materials crushed by the rotary crusher and carried on said upper section of the conveyor to drop through said opening and onto the lower section of the conveyor; and a discharge opening defined in the frame beneath the bottom wall of the quench tank, said discharge opening being adapted to permit crushed materials carried on the lower section of the conveyor to drop through the discharge opening.