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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2010
Ian Mervyn Craig, Stockton-on-Tees, GB;
Jeremy Fletcher, Stockton-on-Tees, GB;
Gareth Kaps, Darlington, GB;
Neil Millington, Stockton-on-Tees, GB;
Ian Mervyn Craig, Stockton-on-Tees, GB;
Jeremy Fletcher, Stockton-on-Tees, GB;
Gareth Kaps, Darlington, GB;
Neil Millington, Stockton-on-Tees, GB;
Siemens Vai Metals Technologies Ltd., South Yorkshire, GB;
Abstract
A moving distribution furnace chute for use with a furnace has a tube () for distribution of material, the tube having a longitudinal axis, an open inlet end () and an open outlet end (). The tube further has a plurality of vanes () mounted on an inner surface of the tube, the vanes having a length extending in a direction having a component along the axis () and a breadth extending in a direction having a component radially inwards towards the axis.