Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha

Koichiro Bando

Akira Saito

Yushichi Miura

An earthquake-proof foundation structure for a horizontal type coke oven battery which comprises: a pile plate rigidly connected substantially in a horizontal position to the tops of a plurality of foundation piles; a base plate for mounting thereon a horizontal type coke oven battery, said base plate being placed substantially in a horizontal position on said pile plate; two sliding layers, each arranged between said pile plate and said base plate and between said base plate and said coke oven battery, each of said two sliding layers being formed by tightly laying a plurality of steel sheets coated with graphite grease over the entire surface thereof into two or three laminations; the lower surface of said coke oven battery or the upper surface of said base plate being provided with a longitudinal ridge and a plurality of transverse ridges, while the upper surface of said base plate or the lower surface of said coke oven battery being provided with a longitudinal groove and a plurality of transverse grooves to engage with said longitudinal and transverse ridges at locations corresponding to said ridges; and said pile plate and said base plate being connected to each other on the both longitudinal sides thereof by a plurality of buffers each of which comprises a bolt fixed with a plurality of reinforcing ribs at the lower portion thereof and an elastic ring engaging with the upper portion of said bolt.

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Yokohama, Japan

Koichiro Bando