Metal scrap smelting apparatus

Claim 1

A FURNACE FOR SMELTING AND FUSING METAL SCRAP OF DIFFERENT GRADES INTO A HOMOGENEOUS MASS OF CONTROLLED CONSISTENCY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF OPEN TOP SMELTING CHAMBERS EACH OF QUADRILATERAL SHAPE HAVING A BOTTOM WALL, A FIRST END WALL, A SECOND END WALL OF GREATER WIDTH THAN SAID FIRST END WALL, AND SIDE WALLS CONNECTING SAID END WALLS TO FORM A CHAMBER OF TAPERED SHAPE, SAID CHAMBERS JUXTAPOSED WITH THEIR NARROW WALLS CONTIGUOUSLY DISPOSED TO THEREBY FORM A CONCAVE RECESS AT ONE END OF SAID JUXTAPOSED CHAMBERS, MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF SAID SMELTING CHAMBERS FOR INTRODUCING FUEL UNDER PRESSURE THEREINTO, AN OUTLET OPENING FORMED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE NARROW WALL OF EACH OF SAID CHAMBERS, A MIXING LADLE DISPOSED BELOW AND OPPOSITE THE CONCAVITY FORMED BY SAID CONTIGUOUSLY DISPOSED NARROW CHAMBER WALLS, THE UPPER END OF SAID LADLE BEING DISPOSED BELOW SAID OUTLET OPENINGS, SAID LADLE INCLUDING A THICK WALL PORTION IN PROXIMITY TO SAID NARROW END WALLS, SAID THICK LADLE WALL PORTION HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED RECESS FORMED THEREIN ADJACENT ITS UPPER END AND OPENING INTO THE INTERIOR OF SAID LADLE, SAID RECESS FORMING A MIXING CHAMBER, UPWARDLY EXTENDING PASSAGEWAYS FORMED IN SAID WALL PORTION CONNECTING SAID MIXING CHAMBER WITH THE EXTERIOR OF SAID LADLE, CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTING THE OUTLET OPENINGS OF EACH OF SAID SMELTIN CHAMBERS WITH ONE OF SAID PASSAGEWAYS, AN ADJUSTABLE CONTROL VALVE PROVIDED IN EACH OF SAID CONDUIT MEANS, AN OUTLET OPENING AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID LADLE, AND AN ADJUSTABLE CONTROL VALVE ASSOCIATED WITH SAID LADLE OUTLET OPENING.