Patent ID: 6289035
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: C21C,F27B,F27D,H05B,Y02P

Abstract:
A mounting arrangement for an apparatus with a discharge end in a furnace having a hearth of refractory material which collects molten metal and a plurality of fluid cooled panels forming a side wall and having a step between the side wall and the hearth, said mounting arrangement comprising:a fluid cooled side wall panel with an aperture adapted to receive the apparatus;a fluid cooled cast iron mounting block resting on said step inside of said side wall, said mounting block having a front area adapted to face the inside of the furnace and containing a recess, a back area adapted to face said side wall panel, the width between said front area and back area approximately equal to the width of said step, and a porch at said front area having a corrugated slope toward the inside of the furnace for deflecting charged scrap away from said mounting block while maintaining a slag covering, said mounting block further having an aperture adapted to receive the apparatus;a fluid cooled copper insert mounting in said recess and having an aperture adapted to receive the apparatus;wherein said side wall panel, mounting block and insert apertures are aligned at an mounting angle of up to 60 degrees from the horizontal to direct the discharge end of the apparatus toward the molten metal and wherein the apparatus when received through said side wall panel, mounting block and insert apertures has its discharge end extending past said step.