Abstract 1. In a coke quenching system, the combination comprising: means defining a vehicle having a coke receiving cavity, a coke admitting opening communicating with said cavity and a coke releasing exit communicating with said cavity, and adapted to ravel between a coke receiving station, a coke quenching station and a coke dumping station; a hood over said coke receiving cavity and adjacent one side of said coke receiving opening, said hood including an elongated duct having an elongated opening facing said coke receiving cavity and a plurality of individual louvers in said elongated opening, each said louver being movably mounted for movement between open and closed positions, each said louver being movable independently of the others of said louvers; exhaust means fluid communication with said hood for withdrawing gases within said coke receiving cavity; and means mounted on said hood adjacent said coke receiving opening for generating a fluid barrier across said opening whereby gases emanating from coke received in said cavity may exit the vehicle substantially only through said hood.
In a coke quenching system, the combination comprising: means defining a vehicle having a coke receiving cavity, a coke admitting opening communicating with said cavity and a coke releasing exit communicating with said cavity, and adapted to ravel between a coke receiving station, a coke quenching station and a coke dumping station; a hood over said coke receiving cavity and adjacent one side of said coke receiving opening, said hood including an elongated duct having an elongated opening facing said coke receiving cavity and a plurality of individual louvers in said elongated opening, each said louver being movably mounted for movement between open and closed positions, each said louver being movable independently of the others of said louvers; exhaust means fluid communication with said hood for withdrawing gases within said coke receiving cavity; and means mounted on said hood adjacent said coke receiving opening for generating a fluid barrier across said opening whereby gases emanating from coke received in said cavity may exit the vehicle substantially only through said hood.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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In a coke quenching system, the combination comprising: means defining a vehicle having a coke receiving cavity, a coke admitting opening communicating with said cavity and a coke releasing exit communicating with said cavity, and adapted to ravel between a coke receiving station, a coke quenching station and a coke dumping station; a hood over said coke receiving cavity and adjacent one side of said coke receiving opening, said hood including an elongated duct having an elongated opening facing said coke receiving cavity and a plurality of individual louvers in said elongated opening, each said louver being movably mounted for movement between open and closed positions, each said louver being movable independently of the others of said louvers; exhaust means fluid communication with said hood for withdrawing gases within said coke receiving cavity; and means mounted on said hood adjacent said coke receiving opening for generating a fluid barrier across said opening whereby gases emanating from coke received in said cavity may exit the vehicle substantially only through said hood.