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US3190629A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Draper blast furnace tapping rig

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Granted: 1965-06-22
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Expires: 1982-06-22
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Abstract

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Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 21:06
CPC Classifications
C; C21; C21B; C21B7/00; C21B7/12; C21C; C21C5/00; C21C5/28; C21C5/42; C21C5/46; C21C5/4653; F; F27; F27D; F27D3/00; F27D3/15; F27D3/1509

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 148 words
A BLAST FURNACE TAPPING RIG COMPRISING, A PNEUMATICALLY OPERABLE PERCUSSION DRILL, A DRILL CARRIER MEMBER SUPPORTING SAID DRILL FOR AXIAL MOVEMENT TO AND FROM EXTENDED AND RETRACTED POSITIONS, MEANS INCLUDING A SWINGABLE ARM FOR SUPPORTING SAID CARRIER MEMBER AND SAID DRILL IN THE VICINITY OF THE IRON NOTCH OF THE FURNACE FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT FROM A POSITION ABOVE AND LATERALLY OF THE IRON NOTCH TO A POSITION IN WHICH THE DRILL BIT IS ADJACENT THE IRON NOTCH AND IN FIXED AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE HOLE TO BE TAPPED WHEN THE DRILL IS IN ITS RETRACTED POSITION, A CONTROL STATION LOCATED WITHIN VIEWING DISTANCE OF THE FURNACE REMOTE FROM THE IRON NOTCH VICINITY, MEANS CONTROLLED FROM SAID STATION FOR EFFECTING SWINGING MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIER MEMBER AND SAID DRILL FROM ONE OF ITS SAID POSITIONS TO THE OTHER OF ITS SAID POSITIONS, MEANS AT SAID STATION FOR ALSO FEEDING
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 148 words
A BLAST FURNACE TAPPING RIG COMPRISING, A PNEUMATICALLY OPERABLE PERCUSSION DRILL, A DRILL CARRIER MEMBER SUPPORTING SAID DRILL FOR AXIAL MOVEMENT TO AND FROM EXTENDED AND RETRACTED POSITIONS, MEANS INCLUDING A SWINGABLE ARM FOR SUPPORTING SAID CARRIER MEMBER AND SAID DRILL IN THE VICINITY OF THE IRON NOTCH OF THE FURNACE FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT FROM A POSITION ABOVE AND LATERALLY OF THE IRON NOTCH TO A POSITION IN WHICH THE DRILL BIT IS ADJACENT THE IRON NOTCH AND IN FIXED AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE HOLE TO BE TAPPED WHEN THE DRILL IS IN ITS RETRACTED POSITION, A CONTROL STATION LOCATED WITHIN VIEWING DISTANCE OF THE FURNACE REMOTE FROM THE IRON NOTCH VICINITY, MEANS CONTROLLED FROM SAID STATION FOR EFFECTING SWINGING MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIER MEMBER AND SAID DRILL FROM ONE OF ITS SAID POSITIONS TO THE OTHER OF ITS SAID POSITIONS, MEANS AT SAID STATION FOR ALSO FEEDING

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1968-06-21 1968-12-21 1969-06-22 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1972-06-21 1972-12-21 1973-06-22 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1976-06-21 1976-12-21 1977-06-22 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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