Patent ID: 6814012
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: F27B

Abstract:
A furnace binding and adjustment system for a rectangular furnace having a pair of opposed sidewalls, a pair of opposed end walls and a hearth comprised of refractory bricks, said system comprising:a plurality of vertically extending buckstays arranged in spaced relation along each of the sidewalls and end walls of the furnace, said buckstays each having an inner face engaging one of said walls, an opposed outer face, and a lower end extending below the hearth, said buckstays being arranged in pairs with the buckstays of each said pair being positioned across the furnace from one another; a plurality of lower tie members, each having a first end and a second end and extending below the hearth between the lower ends of a pair of said buckstays; a plurality of fluid-pressurized lower tensioning means, each of said lower tensioning means being secured to a lower end of one of said buckstays and being connected to the first end of one of said lower tie members, each said lower tensioning means adjustably controlling an amount of tension in one of said lower tie members to thereby apply a controlled compressive force to the furnace and one or more pressure regulation means for regulating fluid pressure in each of said lower tensioning means, wherein said pressure regulation means simultaneously or individually adjusts the fluid pressure in one or more of the lower tensioning means.