Signalling devices for coke-oven batteries

Claim 1

A SIGNALLING DEVICE FOR SYNCHRONOUSLY CONTROLLING THE COKE GUIDE AND PUSHER MACHINES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A COKE OVEN BATTERY, COMPRISING A SERIES OF ELEMENTS ARRANGED ALONG THE COKE SIDE OF THE BATTERY IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE INDIVIDUAL OVEN CHAMBERS; A COKE GUIDE POSITION ELECTRICAL SIGNAL IMPULSE EMITTING APPARATUS CARRIED BY SAID COKE GUIDE MACHINE AND A COKE GUIDE POSITION SIGNAL RECORDING DEVICE CARRIED BY SAID PUSHER MACHINE AND ADAPTED TO BE OPERATED BY IMPULSES OF THE COKE GUIDE POSITION SIGNAL IMPULSE EMITTING APPARATUS ON THE COKE GUIDE MACHINE INTO POSITIONS THAT CORRESPOND WITH THE RESPECTIVE POSITIONS OF THE COKE GUIDE MACHINE RELATIVE TO THE INDIVIDUAL OVEN CHAMBERS OF THE BATTERY; SAID SIGNAL IMPULSE EMITTING APPARATUS BEING ADAPTED, AS THE COKE GUIDE MACHINE PASSES EACH COKING CHAMBER, TO BE OPERATED BY THE RESPECTIVE SAID ELEMENTS OF THE OVEN CHAMBERS TO TRANSMIT A SIGNAL IN THE FORM OF AN ELECTRIC IMPULSE TO SAID COKE GUIDE POSITION SIGNAL RECORDING DEVICE ON THE PUSHER MACHINE TO CAUSE SAID RECORDING DEVICE TO INDICATE ON THE PUSHER MACHINE THE INDIVIDUAL POSITION OF THE COKE GUIDE MACHINE WITH RESPECT TO THE OVENS OF SAID BATTERY; A CROSS-CHECK RECORDING DEVICE CARRIED BY THE COKE GUIDE MACHINE AND ADAPTED TO BE OPERATED BY ELECTRIC IMPULSES INTO POSITIONS TO REPEAT THE INDICATIONS OF SAID COKE GUIDE POSITION SIGNAL RECORDING DEVICE ON THE PUSHER MACHINE; AND ELECTRIC IMPULSE EMITTING APPARATUS ON THE PUSHER MACHINE OPERABLE ON OPERATION OF THE COKE GUIDE POSITION RECORDING DEVICE TO TRANSMIT AN EQUIVALENT ELECTRIC IMPULSE TO THE CROSS-CHECK RECORDING DEVICE ON THE COKE GUIDE MACHINE; A COKE GUIDE POSITION SIGNAL RECORDING DEVICE CARRIED BY THE COKE GUIDE MACHINE AND ADAPTED TO BE OPERATED BY THE IMPULSES OF THE COKE GUIDE POSITION SIGNAL IMPULSE EMITTING APPARATUS ON THE COKE GUIDE MACHINE INTO POSITIONS THAT CORRESPOND WITH THE RESPECTIVE POSITIONS OF THE COKE GUIDE MACHINE RELATIVE TO THE INDIVIDUAL OVEN CHAMBERS OF THE BATTERY; AND WHICH INCLUDES A CIRCUIT ON THE PUSHER MACHINE FOR EFFECTING THE FORWARD TRAVEL OF A PUSHER RAM ON THAT MACHINE TO PUSH COKE CHARGES IN THE OVEN CHAMBERS OUT OF THE SAME THROUGH THE COKE GUIDE MACHINE; A SERIES OF ELEMENTS ARRANGED ALONG THE PUSHER SIDE OF THE BATTERY IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE INDIVIDUAL OVEN CHAMBERS; PUSHER MACHINE POSITION ELECTRICAL SIGNAL IMPULSE EMITTING APPARATUS CARRIED BY THE PUSHER MACHINE; A PUSHER MACHINE POSITION SIGNAL RECORDING DEVICE CARRIED BY THE PUSHER MACHINE AND ADAPTED TO BE OPERATED BY THE IMPULSES OF THE PUSHER MACHINE POSITION SIGNAL IMPULSE EMITTING APPARATUS ON THE PUSHER MACHINE INTO POSITIONS THAT CORRESPOND WITH THE RESPECTIVE POSITIONS OF THE PUSHER MACHINE RELATIVE TO THE INDIVIDUAL OVEN CHAMBERS OF THE BATTERY; SAID PUSHER MACHINE POSITION SIGNAL EMITTING APPARATUS BEING ADAPTED, AS THE PUSHER MACHINE PASSES EACH OVEN CHAMBER, TO BE OPERATED BY THE RESPECTIVE ELEMENTS OF THE OVEN CHAMBERS TO TRANSMIT A SIGNAL IN THE FORM OF AN ELECTRIC IMPULSE TO THE PUSHER MACHINE POSITION SIGNAL RECORDING DEVICE TO CAUSE THE LATTER TO INDICATE THE INDIVIDUAL POSITION OF THE PUSHER MACHINE WITH RESPECT TO THE OVENS OF SAID BATTERY; AND MEANS ON THE PUSHER MACHINE OPERABLE TO CLOSE THE CIRCUIT FOR FORWARD TRAVEL OF THE PUSHER RAM ONLY WHEN THE COKE GUIDE POSITION SIGNAL RECORDING DEVICE ON THE PUSHER MACHINE, AND THE PUSHER MACHINE POSITION SIGNAL RECORDING DEVICE ON THE PUSHER MACHINE ARE IN POSITIONS SHOWING IDENTICAL OVEN POSITIONS.