Abstract: A device for loading firing, sintering or drying material onto and unloading it from the shelving frame of a furnace wagon is disclosed herein as having a first lifting device (3) that includes a shifting cradle (45), and a second lifting device (2) disposed at a distance from the first lifting device so that a shelving frame (8) is accommodated between the two lifting devices. The second lifting device includes a lifting cradle (15) capable of travel in the vertical direction, and a conveyer system carried by the lifting cradle. Further, the device includes an interlocking apparatus (33) for coupling the shifting cradle in an extended position to the lifting cradle (15) of the second lifting device (2). When coupled using the interlocking apparatus, the vertical movements of the two lifting cradles are synchronized.

Abstract: A device for loading firing, sintering or drying material onto, and unloading it from, the shelving frame (8) of a furnace waggon (4) comprises two lifting devices (2, 3) which are disposed at a distance from one another in such a way that the shelving frame (8) with the furnace waggon (4) is accommodated between them. The first lifting device (3) has a lifting cradle (43) which, for its part, carries a shifting cradle (45) which is capable of horizontal travel. Located on the said shifting cradle is a conveyer system (44). The second lifting device (2) likewise possesses a lifting cradle (15) which, however, has no shifting cradle capable of horizontal travel and directly carries, instead of the latter, a conveyer system (26). For the purpose of loading the shelving frame (8), the material is deposited onto the conveyer system (26) of the second lifting cradle (2). The lifting cradles (15, 43) of the two lifting devices (2, 3) now travel to a height underneath the shelving plane which is to be loaded.