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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1998
Carl Thomas Haas, Austin, TX (US);
Sidigata Venkataraman Sreenivasan, Austin, TX (US);
Alfred Ellis Traver, Austin, TX (US);
Kamel Shawki Saidi, Austin, TX (US);
Jongwon Seo, Austin, TX (US);
Richard Lael Greer, Austin, TX (US);
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A robotic mechanism which can be attached to a furnace hopper and includes a frame which supports a pole insertion mechanism for inserting a pole into a furnace hopper. The pole insertion mechanism is supported from the Fame by a gimbal and moves the pole axially. Hydraulic actuators rotate the pole insertion mechanism about the gimbal. A control system is associated with the mechanism and enables an operator to position the end of the pole within the hopper to remove clinkers.