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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1983
Charles S Dunn, Pataskala, OH (US);
Stephen Seng, Frazeysburg, OH (US);
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for adjustably supporting a vertical electrode for an arc-type furnace. The apparatus includes an upper stationary electrode clamping structure and a lower adjustable electrode clamping structure suspended from the upper structure by adjustment screws. The two clamping structures are mounted on a carriage movable linearly into and out of registry with the furnace to accommodate maintenance and repair. Each clamping structure comprises an arcuate electrical contact and wedge-type slips engaging the periphery of the electrode in opposition to the electrical contact, the slips being spring-biased into electrode engagement and cam actuated from electrode engagement. The cams are actuated by a common shaft extending between the two clamping structures, so that the electrode is released from one clamping structure when engaged by the other clamping structure.