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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 1979
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Allan C Huestis, Georgetown, SC (US);
Assignee:
Midrex Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F27B / ; F27B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
432-1 ; 432 36 ; 432 95 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for monitoring the feeding of particulate materials into a packed bed furnace such as a shaft furnace by locating thermowells each containing a thermocouple at the wall of the furnace, preferaby recessed therein, beneath the normal stockline of the furnace. The thermocouple determines the presence of feed material and in the absence of such material a signal is generated which may be an alarm.