Patent ID: 6335945
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: C21B,C21C,F27B,F27D,Y02P

Abstract:
A smelting furnace system for smelting metals, comprising:a lower furnace vessel having a bottom with a tap hole; an upper furnace vessel having a casing; a cover arranged to close the upper furnace vessel; a central pipe arranged in the upper furnace vessel coaxially with respect to a main axis of the furnace vessels and having a wall with a longitudinally extending slit; at least one electrode arranged in the pipe; a component arranged on the pipe so as to encompass the upper furnace vessel and be connectable to a gas offtake device; a sleeve having one end fastened at an edge of the slit and another end connected to the casing of the upper furnace vessel, the casing having a slit corresponding to the slit in the central pipe; a support pillar arranged outside the furnace vessels; a supporting arm connected to the supporting pillar so as to be led through a hollow space of the sleeve into the central pipe; and at least one electrode fastened on a front face of the supporting arm.