BLAST FURNACE HOPPER PLATFORM Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: ferrous metallurgy, namely apparatuses for loading skips of shaft furnaces. SUBSTANCE: hopper platform includes weighing funnel with gate jointly secured to it by means of axles. Skips for feeding loose material to furnace are arranged at side of discharging weighing funnel. Stoppers are secured to weighing funnel. Gate is mounted with gap relative to end face of weighing funnel. Relation values of said gap and distance between skip axles to distance between central axes of skips consist respectively 0.03-0.05 and 0.15-0.25. EFFECT: enhanced quality of charging blast furnace due to reduced crushing of charged material. 2 dwg