Tilting Pan Patents (Class 105/235)
  • Patent number: 4083753
    Abstract: A coke quencher car has a movable bed within a hopper that receives hot coke when pushed from a coke oven chamber. The movable bed is first elevated and then lowered to a horizontal position as coke falls into the hopper to more evenly distribute the coke therein. The bed may in some instances be fixed at an angle to the horizontal and in some instances the bed may be articulated and comprise a plurality of sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1978
    Assignee: Koppers Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Rogers, John D. Sustarsic