Apparatus for use in lining vessels

Claim 2

Apparatus for use in lining ground supported, open-mouth metallurgical processing vessels arranged oppositely one another, comprising: elongated support structure arranged between the vessels with the ends thereof disposed adjacent the inner portions of the mouths of the vessels; transportation bed means arranged on said support structure and defining a pathway on which a vehicle may travel, said bed means including selectively movable end sections at the end portions thereof and including means for moving the sections between a position outside the vessels and a position over the mouths of the vessels; self propelled vehicle means adapted for travelling on said bed means and including a storage compartment for receiving and storing refractory brick; and delivery means for lowering the refractory bricks from said vehicle means into a vessel, whereby workers on a scaffold platform supported in the vessel may take the bricks and form the refractory lining.

Claim 3

Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein the plane of said transportation bed means is horizontally disposed above and in close spaced relationship to the horizontal planes of the mouths of the vessels.

Claim 4

Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said end sections are retractable and extendible with respect to the remainder of said bed means and are movable between a retracted position within the ends of the bed means and a position over the mouths of the vessels.

Claim 5

Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said delivery means is integral with said vehicle means.

Claim 6

Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said storage compartment of said vehicle means is accessible from the underneath of the vehicle; said delivery means is integral with said vehicle and includes hoist means for selectively lifting and lowering equipment, refractory brick and the like to and from said storage compartment.

Claim 7

Apparatus as set forth in claim 5 including a refractory brick storage area arranged below said transportation bed means; and wherein said bed means includes an opening over said storage area whereby an elevator cage may be selectively lowered and lifted by said hoist means to and from the storage area.

Claim 8

Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said transportation bed means includes first tracks for supporting a rail car; said end sections of said bed means includes second tracks arranged within the spacing of the first tracks; and said vehicle means includes a rail car having a first set of wheels engageable with said first tracks and a second set of wheels engageable with said second rails.

Claim 9

Apparatus for use in lining ground supported, open-mouth metallurgical processing vessels arranged oppositely one another, comprising: elongated support structure arranged between the vessels with the ends thereof disposed adjacent the mouth portions of the vessels; generally horizontally disposed rail means arranged on the upper plane of said support structuRe and extending longitudinally thereof, said rail means including selectively retractable and extendible rail sections at each of the end portions thereof and including means for moving the rail sections from a retracted position outside the vessels to an extended position over the mouths of the vessels; and a rail car assembly transportable on said rail means and said rail sections and including an interior storage compartment accessible from the underneath of the car, said rail car assembly also including refractory brick delivery means comprising hoist means for selectively lifting and lowering equipment, refractory bricks, and the like to and from said storage compartment, whereby said rail car assembly may be transported on said rail means and said rail sections to lower bricks into a vessel to workers on a portable scaffold supported in the vessel after raising a load of bricks from a storage area disposed below said rail means.

Claim 10

Apparatus for use in lining ground supported, open-mouth metallurgical processing vessels arranged oppositely one another, comprising: elongated support structure arranged between the vessels with the ends thereof disposed adjacent the mouth portions of the vessels; generally horizontally disposed rail means arranged on the upper plane of said support structuRe and extending longitudinally thereof, said rail means including selectively retractable and extendible rail sections at each of the end portions thereof and including means for moving the rail sections from a retracted position outside the vessels to an extended position over the mouths of the vessels; and a rail car assembly transportable on said rail means and said rail sections and including an interior storage compartment accessible from the underneath of the car, said rail car assembly also including refractory brick delivery means comprising hoist means for selectively lifting and lowering equipment, refractory bricks, and the like to and from said storage compartment, whereby said rail car assembly may be transported on said rail means and said rail sections to lower bricks into a vessel to workers on a portable scaffold supported in the vessel after raising a load of bricks from a storage area disposed below said rail means.

Claim 11

The apparatus as set forth in claim 8 including a refractory brick storage area arranged below said rail means; and wherein said rail means includes an opening over said rail storage area whereby an elevator cage may be selectively lowered and lifted by said hoist means to and from the storage area.