Sms Demag Ag

Schlosser-Pfeiffer Gmbh

Bertram Rupietta

Lutz Becker

Gunther Schiller

A feeding device for low shaft furnaces, in particular for arc furnaces for melting scrap, it being possible for the furnaces to be closed by a cover connected to a gas-extracting device, and it being possible for a charging apparatus to be set down on the furnaces once the cover has been removed from the furnace shaft. The charging apparatus has a top part and a bottom part. The top part is configured as a charging container which has a gas-permeable base which can be opened, and, in the region of its mouth, the bottom part is configured such that it corresponds with the top border of the upper furnace vessel. Provided outside the low shaft furnace is a bearing on which the charging apparatus can be set down and of which the level is considerably lower than that of the top border of the upper furnace vessel. The bearing has a connection by which it can be connected to the gas-extracting device. Also provided is a lifting apparatus by which the charging apparatus can be set down on the bearing means and lifted to a height slightly above the level of the top border of the upper furnace vessel. A moving apparatus is provided to more the charging apparatus toward and away from the low shaft furnace.

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Oberhausen, Germany

Bertram Rupietta