Patent ID: 6643957
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: B66C,C25C,E02F

Abstract:
Unit for collection, cleaning and calibration of anodic orifices of electrolysis pots, as the anodes of an installation for the production of aluminum by igneous electrolysis are replaced, comprising:a shovel-bearing chasis having two buckets hinge-mounted at a level of a lower end of said shovel-bearing chassis, said shovel-bearing chassis being movable in a vertical direction, a lower edge of each of said buckets being moveable in a circular motion by a connecting rod assembly; said shovel-bearing chassis joined to a vertical guide mast; and a buckets-supporting chassis mechanically linked to said shovel-bearing chassis and movable relative to said shovel-bearing chassis said buckets-supporting chassis integrating the connecting rod assembly for closing and opening the buckets, said buckets being hinge-mounted at the lower end of said buckets-supporting chassis; and said shovel-bearing chassis and said buckets-supporting chassis being simultaneously movable to allow said lower edge of each of said buckets to move in a same horizontal plane relative to each other during the circular motion of said buckets.