Wall construction and mounting thereof for industrial furnaces

Claim 1

IN A FURNACE OR THE LIKE, A MOVABLE REFRACTORY BRICKWORK FURNACE SIDEWALL, A SPACED DOME MEMBER, SAID FURNACE SIDEWALL AND DOME MEMBER HAVING JUXTAPOSED END WALLS FORMING AN EXPANSION JOINT CONTAINING A PLANE BETWEEN SAID FURNACE SIDEWALL AND SAID DOME MEMBER, REINFORCEMENT MEANS MOVABLY SUPPORTING SAID FURNACE SIDEWALL, MEANS COOPERATING WITH THE LOWER END PORTION OF SAID REINFORCEMENT MEANS PERMITTING THE LATTER TO MOVE AT LEAST VERTICALLY AND PIVOTALLY ABOUT A PIVOT SUPPORT TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THERMAL EFFECTS ACTING ON SAID FURNACE SIDEWALL, SAID COOPERATING MEANS INCLUDING SUPPORT MEANS DEFINING SAID PIVOT SUPPORT DISPOSED ADJACENT ONE END PORTION OF SAID REINFORCEMENT MEANS, SAID ONE END PORTION OF SAID REINFORCEMENT MEANS BEING PIVOTALLY CARRIED BY SAID PIVOT SUPPORT OF SAID SUPPORT MEANS, SAID REINFORCEMENT MEANS HAVING A LATERALLY EXTENDING GUIDE MEMBER PROJECTING FROM THE UPPER END PORTION THEREOF, GUIDE MEANS HAVING A GUIDE SURFACE DISPOSED AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID JUXTAPOSED END WALLS AND ENGAGING SAID GUIDE MEMBER TO GUIDE MOVEMENT OF SAID REINFORCING MEANS AND THE SIDEWALL MOUNTED THEREBY AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF SAID EXPANSION JOINT.