Panelized suspended roof for reverberatory furnace

Claim 2

In a method of providing a suspended roof construction, assembling at least a pair of slotted refractory tile members in an aligned position with respect to each other, inserting a hanger casting in the slots of the aligned tile members to project therefrom, inserting loose metal reinforcing plates between the aligned tile members, banding the aligned tile members as a group together with the petal plates in position and with the associated hanger casting within the slots to form a secure assembly, and providing asbestos members between the tile members and the metal plates before banding the tile members together as a group.

Claim 3

In a method of providing a suspended roof construction, assembling slotted refractory tile members with their slotted portions in a cooperating relation with respect to each other, inserting hanger castings within cooperating slotted portions of the assembled tile members to project endwise therefrom, inserting loose metal reinforcing plates between the assembled tile members, banding assembled tile members together in the form of groups with the metal plates and the hanger castings in position to form secure assemblies, and employing an expansion-permitting means by applying an asbestos sheathing and an outer metal enclosure about each banded group of tile members before banding the group and assembling it on the pallet.

Claim 4

In a method of providing a suspended roof construction, assembling slotted refractory tile members with their slotted portions in a cooperating relation with respect to each other, inserting hanger castings within cooperating slotted portions of the assembled tile members to project endwise therefrom, inserting loose metal reinforcing plates between the assembled tile members, banding assembled tile members together in the form of groups with the metal plates and the hanger castings in position to form secure assemblies, and employing an expansion-permitting means by applying an asbestos sheathing and an outer metal enclosure about each banded group of tile members before banding the group and assembling it on the pallet.

Claim 5

In a panelized suspended roof construction for removable mounting between an adjacent pair of spaced-apart overhead girders, metal hangers, aligned rows of hanger-supported refractory tile members, reinforcing metal plates between the tile members of said rows, means banding groups of the tile members of said rows together with said metal plates in a secure position therebetween, metal support members cooperating with said hangers to removably suspend said rows between the girders, said plate members having members along side and bottom portions of the tile members of said banded groups, and asbestos sheathing between said plate members and side and bottom portions of tile members of said banded groups.

Claim 6

In a panelized suspended roof construction for removable mounting between an adjacent pair of spaced-apart overhead girders, metal hangers, aligned rows of hanger-supported refractory tile members, reinforcing metal plates between the tile members of said rows, means banding groups of the tile members of said rows together with said metal plates in a secure position therebetween, metal support members cooperating with said hangers to removably suspend said rows between the girders, said plate members having members along side and bottom portions of the tile members of said banded groups, and asbestos sheathing between said plate members and side and bottom portions of tile members of said banded groups.

Claim 7

In a panelized suspended roof construction for removable mounting between an adjacent pair of spaced-apart cross-extending overhead girders, a pair of longitudinally spaced-apart primary panels and an intermediate secondary panel of metal-supported and suspended refractory tile members; each primary panel being of similar construction and being suspended from an associated one of the girders; Each primary panel having a two-part construction, each part of which has transversely extending rows of hanger-mounted refractory tile members suspended from a transversely extending channel member, each part also having a vertically upwardly and horizontally inwardly projecting metal supporting frame secured to said channel member, said supporting frame of one part of said pair being adapted to extend towards the associated girder and to removably rest upon an adjacent bottom flange and extend from one side of the rib thereof, said supporting frame of the other part of the same pair being adapted to extend towards and rest upon an adjacent bottom flange of the same associated girder from an opposite side of its rib and in an opposed relation with respect to said first-mentioned frame; said secondary panel having transversely extending rows of hanger-mounted refractory tile members suspended from spaced-apart transversely extending channels and having an overhead metal frame that is secured to and projects upwardly from the channels and that projects horizontally outwardly at an upper level to rest upon said pair of primary panels that are located at opposite ends of said secondary panel and suspended from the pair of spaced-apart girders.

Claim 8

In a panelized suspended roof construction for removable mounting between an adjacent pair of spaced-apart cross-extending overhead girders, a pair of longitudinally spaced-apart primary panels and an intermediate secondary panel of metal-supported and suspended refractory tile members; each primary panel being of similar construction and being suspended from an associated one of the girders; Each primary panel having a two-part construction, each part of which has transversely extending rows of hanger-mounted refractory tile members suspended from a transversely extending channel member, each part also having a vertically upwardly and horizontally inwardly projecting metal supporting frame secured to said channel member, said supporting frame of one part of said pair being adapted to extend towards the associated girder and to removably rest upon an adjacent bottom flange and extend from one side of the rib thereof, said supporting frame of the other part of the same pair being adapted to extend towards and rest upon an adjacent bottom flange of the same associated girder from an opposite side of its rib and in an opposed relation with respect to said first-mentioned frame; said secondary panel having transversely extending rows of hanger-mounted refractory tile members suspended from spaced-apart transversely extending channels and having an overhead metal frame that is secured to and projects upwardly from the channels and that projects horizontally outwardly at an upper level to rest upon said pair of primary panels that are located at opposite ends of said secondary panel and suspended from the pair of spaced-apart girders.

Claim 9

In a roof as defined in claim 4, said overhead metal frame of said secondary panel having at least a pair of spaced-apart horizontally extending overhead support members that are connected by spaced-apart vertical leg members to the channels of each of the rows of sad secondary panel.

Claim 10

In a panelized suspended roof construction for removable mounting on an adjacent pair of longitudinally spaced-apart cross-extending overhead girders, a pair of spaced-apart end panels comprising hanger-suspended refractory tile member rows, each end panel of said pair being in alignment with and supported on an associated one of the girders, an intermediate panel having hanger-suspended refractory tile member rows carried by vertical upright members and horizontally extending members that define a supporting frame, said horizontal members of said supporting frame having end portions that are removably supported on and with respect to the pair of cross-extending girders, said intermediate panel having an upwardly open and horizontally extending channel for each of its tile member rows, and the hanger castings of each tile member row being mounted in an endwise-insertable removably suspended relation on an associated one of said channels.

Claim 11

In a panelized suspended roof construction for removable mounting on an adjacent pair of longitudinally spaced-apart cross-extending overhead girders, a pair of spaced-apart end panels comprising hanger-suspended refractory tile member rows, each end panel of said pair being in alignment with and supported on an associated one of the girders, an intermediate panel having hanger-suspended refractory tile member rows carried by vertical upright members and horizontally extending members that define a supporting frame, said horizontal members of said supporting frame having end portions that are removably supported on and with respect to the pair of cross-extending girders, said intermediate panel having an upwardly open and horizontally extending channel for each of its tile member rows, and the hanger castings of each tile member row being mounted in an endwise-insertable removably suspended relation on an associated one of said channels.

Claim 12

In a roof construction as defined in claim 6, the vertical upright members of said supporting frame of said intermediate panel being spaced-apart upright metal members secured at their lower ends to said horizontal channel members, and said horizontally extending members of said supporting frame being overhead longitudinally extending and spaced-apart metal suspension members to which upper ends of said vertical upright members are secured and which at their ends are suspended from the pair of adjacently spaced-apart girders.

Claim 13

In a panelized suspended roof construction, a plurality of refractory tile member rows in an aligned group, hanger castings suspending each tile member row, a transversely extending channel member slidably receiving the hanger castings of each tile member row, an overhead metal support structure suspending said tile member rows in an assembled relation, upper reaches of said hanger castings and of said channel members being in a substantially planar-aligned position along the construction, cover plate members positioned over said channel members and said hanger castings to seal-off upper reaches of the hanger castings and the tile members and to define a cooling air circulating spacing between upper reaches of said hanger castings and upper reaches of said tile member rows, and means for moving cooling air beneath said plate members along the upper reaches of said tile member rows.

Claim 14

In a panelized suspended roof construction, a plurality of refractory tile member rows in an aligned group, hanger castings suspending each tile member row, a transversely extending channel member slidably receiving the hanger castings of each tile member row, an overhead metal support structure suspending said tile member rows in an assembled relation, upper reaches of said hanger castings and of said channel members being in a substantially planar-aligned position along the construction, cover plate members positioned over said channel members and said hanger castings to seal-off upper reaches of the hanger castings and the tile members and to define a cooling air circulating spacing between upper reaches of said hanger castings and upper reaches of said tile member rows, and means for moving cooling air beneath said plate members along the upper reaches of said tile member rows.

Claim 15

In a panelized roof construction as defined in claim 8, means cooperating with said cover plAte members for directing the moving cooling air from one side of the roof construction to the opposite side thereof.

Claim 16

In a roof construction as defined in claim 8, said plate members being positioned in a relatively planar relationship with respect to each other to receive spilled dust and additives thereon for ready removal from the construction above said hanger castings and said tile member rows.

Claim 17

In a roof construction as defined in claim 8, spaced-apart upright metal members secured at their lower ends to said channel members, and overhead horizontally extending spaced-apart suspension members secured to the upper ends of said upright metal members.

Claim 18

In a roof construction as defined in claim 11, means defining compartments along the upper reaches of said refractory tile member rows transversely of the construction and substantially parallel to said channel members, and means for introducing cooling fluid into alternate compartments taken longitudinally of the construction from opposite sides of the construction and for removing warmed cooling fluid after it has passed across the roof construction from alternate compartments along opposite sides thereof.

Claim 19

In a quick servicing panel construction for repairing a furnace roof, a longitudinal row of a banded together group of refractory tile members having slotted upper end portions, hanger castings mounted in said slotted portions and projecting upwardly in an aligned relation along the row, a slide-in channel member inserted along and engaged by the aligned hanger castings, an overhead support frame adapted to be suspended from an overhead hoist, said support frame having at least a pair of spaced-apart vertical legs secured at their lower ends to said channel member, a cross-extending member projecting through said pair of legs in alignment with said channel member, and wedge-shaped members driven between opposite end portions of said cross-extending end member and immediately adjacent hanger castings to securely suspend said rows from said support structure for transportation to and insertion within an open portion of the roof that is to be repaired. 14 In an improved hot patching refractory tile member construction, an endwise-aligned group of upright refractory tile members having wide side faces and narrow end faces, asbestos angle-shaped members enclosing outer wide side and end faces of the group as well as bottom faces thereof, and metal sheath members enclosing said asbestos members.

Claim 20

In a quick servicing panel construction for repairing a furnace roof, a longitudinal row of a banded together group of refractory tile members having slotted upper end portions, hanger castings mounted in said slotted portions and projecting upwardly in an aligned relation along the row, a slide-in channel member inserted along and engaged by the aligned hanger castings, an overhead support frame adapted to be suspended from an overhead hoist, said support frame having at least a pair of spaced-apart vertical legs secured at their lower ends to said channel member, a cross-extending member projecting through said pair of legs in alignment with said channel member, and wedge-shaped members driven between opposite end portions of said cross-extending end member and immediately adjacent hanger castings to securely suspend said rows from said support structure for transportation to and insertion within an open portion of the roof that is to be repaired. 14 In an improved hot patching refractory tile member construction, an endwise-aligned group of upright refractory tile members having wide side faces and narrow end faces, asbestos angle-shaped members enclosing outer wide side and end faces of the group as well as bottom faces thereof, and metal sheath members enclosing said asbestos members.

Claim 21

In a construction as defined in claim 14, said asbestos members comprising a pair of angle-shaped side members, each having a vertical portion of a height and length substantially corresponding to the height and length of wide sides of the group and having a horizontal bottom portion of a length and width substantially corresponding to the length and width of an underside of the group, and said asbestos members also comprising a pair of angle-shaped end members having a vertical portion of a height and width substantially corresponding to the height and width of narrow ends of the group and having a horizontal bottom portion of a width substantially corresponding to the width of an underside of the group and of a length substantially corresponding to one half the length of the underside.

Claim 22

In a construction as defined in claim 14, said metal sheath members comprising a U-shaped metal member having a bottom horizontal portion of a length and width substantially corresponding to the length and width of an underside of the group and having vertical end portions extending from ends of said horizontal portion, each having a height and width substantially corresponding to the height and width of narrow ends of the group; and a rectangular-shaped metal member having a pair of opposed vertical wide side portions of height and length substantially corresponding to the height and length of opposed wide sides of the group, having a horizontal bottom portion connecting bottom edges of said pair of vertical wide side portions and of a length and width substantially corresponding to the length and width of an underside of the group, and having a pair of horizontal upper tab portions connected to upper ends of said wide side portions and of a length substantially corresponding to the length of an upper side of the group and of a lesser width than the upper side of the group.

Claim 23

In an improved cold patching refractory tile assembly, aligned rows of refractory tile members each of which has a pair of wide side faces and a pair of narrow end faces, each tile member having a latching slot portion at an upper end thereof, matching pairs of the tile members having their slot portions in a cooperating complementary group, each complementary group of slot portions having a hanger casting mounted therein and extending across the aligned tile rows to project thereabove, said aligned rows comprising at least one pair of said tile members positioned with their adjacent wide side faces in an opposed relation with respect to each other, vertically extending metal separating plates of planar construction between the opposed wide side faces of each said pair of tile members, angle-shaped vertically upwardly extending metal sheath members each having one side closing off narrow end faces of the pair of tile members and having its other side closing-off and extending along an outer wide side face of said pair, and metal banding strip means about the aligned rows of said tile members to hold said metal plate and sheath members in position and said tile members in an assembled relation.

Claim 24

In an improved cold patching refractory tile assembly, aligned rows of refractory tile members each of which has a pair of wide side faces and a pair of narrow end faces, each tile member having a latching slot portion at an upper end thereof, matching pairs of the tile members having their slot portions in a cooperating complementary group, each complementary group of slot portions having a hanger casting mounted therein and extending across the aligned tile rows to project thereabove, said aligned rows comprising at least one pair of said tile members positioned with their adjacent wide side faces in an opposed relation with respect to each other, vertically extending metal separating plates of planar construction between the opposed wide side faces of each said pair of tile members, angle-shaped vertically upwardly extending metal sheath members each having one side closing off narrow end faces of the pair of tile members and having its other side closing-off and extending along an outer wide side face of said pair, and metal banding strip means about the aligned rows of said tile members to hold said metal plate and sheath members in position and said tile members in an assembled relation.