Apparatus for charging shaft furnaces

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CHARGING GRANULAR MATERIAL INTO A FURNACE SHAFT COMPRISINGH: (A) FIRST STORAGE MEANS FOR STORING A FIRST GRANULAR MATERIAL, (B) A FIRST SCALLE FOR WEIGHING SAID FIRST GRANULAR MATERIAL, (C) A SECOND STORAGE MEANS FOR STORING A SECOND GRANULAR MATERIAL, (D) A SECOND SCALE FOR WEIGHING SAID SECOND GRANULAR MATERIAL, (E) A FIRST CONVEYOR FOR MOVING SAID FIRST GRANULAR MATERIAL FROM SAID FIRST MEANS TO SAID FIRST SCALE, (F) A SECOND CONVEYOR FOR MOVING SAID SECOND GRANULAR MATERIAL FROM SAID SECOND STORAGE MEANS TO SAID SECOND SCALE, (G) A FIRST BUNKER MOUNTED ADJACENT SAID FIRST SCALE, SAID FIRST BUNKER HAVING A PLURALITY OF MATERIAL COMPARTMENTS, (H) MEANS FOR DISCHARGING SAID FIRST GRANULAR MATERIAL AFTER WEIGHING FROM SAID FIRST SCALLE INTO SAID FIRST BUNKER MATERIAL COMPARTMENTS, (I) A SECOND BUNKER MOUNTED ADJACENT SAID SECOND SCALE, SAID SECOND BUNKER HAVING A PLURALITY OF MATERIAL COMPARTMENTS, (J) MEANS FOR DISCHARGING SAID SECOND GRANULLAR MATERIAL AFTER WEIGHING FROM SAID SECOND SCALE INTO SAID SECOND BUNKER MATERIAL COMPARTMENTS, (K) SAID FIRST AND SECOND BUNKER MATERIAL COMPARTMENTS HAVING CLOSURE THEREIN, (L) SAID FIRST AND SECOND BUNKERS BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED ADJACENT EACH AOTHER AND ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE VERTICAL AXIS OF SAID FURNACE SHAFT, (M) GUIDE MEANS FOR SAID SCALLES, SAID GUIDE MEANS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL AND CONFORMING TO THE DIAMETER OF SAID FURNACE SHAFT AND INTERSECTING SAID VERTICALL AXIS, (N) SAID SCALES MOUNTED ON SAID GUIDE MEANS AND BEING MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID BUNKERS.