Patent ID: 8480950

Claim:
Device for obtaining non-ferrous metals from mixtures of non-ferrous metals and oxides, comprising a furnace housing with a drum arranged rotatably therein, wherein an axis of rotation of the drum forms an angle (α) of 5-45° with a horizontal plane, said drum being displaceable into said furnace housing for loading said mixture of non-ferrous metals and oxides and said drum being displaceable out of said furnace housing on and by a rotary drive for said drum, and wherein said furnace housing is provided with a closure cover for closing an opening for loading said mixtures of non-ferrous metals and oxides, characterized in that said rotary drive is accommodated in said cover, an internal opening in the furnace housing is dimensioned such that when said closure cover is closed, with the drum arranged on the closure cover, said drum does not touch the furnace housing.