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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1990
Edward Samera, Jr, Anaheim, CA (US);
Ceasar U Kosi, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
An improved waste feed arrangement for feeding waste into a rotary combustor including a stepped support frame and a ram which pushes the waste through a doorway into the rotary combustor, the ram slidably engaging an upper step of the support frame and has a bracket on the outboard end to which a cam follower is rotatably attached, the cam follower rolls on a lower step of the support frame and a hydraulic cylinder is connected between the bracket on the ram and a bracket disposed in the support frame in such a manner that the hydraulic cylinders piston rod pushes the ram away from the doorway as it extends from the hydraulic cylinder providing a smaller, totally covered hydraulic cylinder and piston rod and an improved waste feed system.