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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1976
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ferdinando Carretta, Genoa, IT;
Pietro Tixi, Genoa, IT;
Assignee:
Italimpianti Societa Italiana Impianti P.a., Genoa, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F27B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
432124 ; 432 11 ;
Abstract
In a rocking-beam type furnace which comprises fixed support beams which extend lengthwise of the furnace and conveyor beams which are parallel to the fixed beams and which can be raised and lowered and moved back and forth, the upper edges of the fixed beams and of the conveyor beams are provided with transverse billet locating notches having inclined billet supporting surfaces so that billets are intermittently and progressively rotated about their longitudinal axes during their passage through the furnace until they have performed at least one full rotation.