Abstract: A mechanism for the removal of incombustible residues from an incineration plant includes a slag shaft, a slag tank positioned under a mouth of the slag shaft and filled with water extending up to the mouth of the shaft. The incombustible residues dropping from the incineration plant furnace grate through the slag shaft collect in the slag tank and are discharged therefrom by a pusher plate via an upwardly sloping discharge path. The pusher plate is in operative connection with two thrust piston drives via two thrust rods and two rocking levers. The joint connecting the thrust rod with the rocking lever is arranged in such a way that it is not immersed in the water bath either in the rear position of the pusher plate or in the discharge position of the pusher plate. Through the direct coupling to the joint, the thrust rod and the rocking lever can operate in the same vertical plane, so that no additional moments are exerted on the rocking shaft.