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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2016
Southwire Company, Llc, Carrolltton, GA (US);
Victor F. Rundquist, Carrollton, GA (US);
Kevin S. Gill, Carrollton, GA (US);
Southwire Company, LLC, Carrollton, GA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus may comprise a degassing system and a treatment station. The treatment station may comprise a shell, a refractory disposed in the shell, and insulation disposed between the shell and the refractory. The refractory may comprise a first plurality of slots, a second plurality of slots, and a trough. The first plurality of slots may be upstream from the degassing system and the second plurality of slots may be downstream from the degassing system. A first skim brick may be slideably disposed in a first one of the first plurality of slots and a second skim brick may be slideably disposed in a first one of the second plurality of slots. A first filter may be slideably disposed in a second one of the first plurality of slots and a second filter may be slideably disposed in a second one of the second plurality of slots.