Patent ID: 7871560

Claim:
A metallurgical vessel ( 1 ), comprising support brackets ( 10 ) mounted on a vessel wall ( 3 ), where the support brackets ( 10 ) are mounted by a mounting system ( 9 ) on a support body ( 4 ) that does not completely surround the circumference of the vessel, where the mounting system ( 9 ) comprises clamping means ( 12 ) that act on the support brackets ( 10 ), where the vessel ( 1 ) can be disconnected from the support body ( 4 ) and later reconnected to the support body if the clamping means ( 12 ) are not in the engaged position, and a coupling device is provided, which has a first coupling component ( 38 ) mounted on the support body ( 4 ) and a second coupling component ( 37 ) mounted on the vessel wall ( 3 ), wherein the first and second coupling components are configured and arranged so as to automatically engage when the clamping means is in the engaged position and to automatically disengage when the clamping means are not in the engaged position, for automatically disconnecting from the vessel ( 1 ) a media supply system that supplies process gases and/or inert gases when the vessel ( 1 ) is disconnected from the support body ( 4 ), and for automatically reconnecting the media supply system to the vessel ( 1 ) when the vessel is reconnected to the support body ( 4 ), wherein the coupling device has sealing elements ( 41 ) and a coupling mechanism of the first coupling component ( 38 ) relative to the second coupling component ( 37 ), and wherein the first coupling component is designed as a male part and the second coupling component as a female part.