DEVICE FOR BLANK LOADING IN AND UNLOADING FROM HEATING FURNACE Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: equipment for heating furnaces, in particular, devices for loading and unloading of heating furnaces. SUBSTANCE: the device has driving carriage 2 moving on trestle 1 and carrying yoke 3 with tongs 4 and power cylinder 5 for lifting the yoke and suspended front the front and rear supports. The front and rear supports of yoke 3 are made in the form of >-shaped levers 6 hinge-joined to carriage 2, the upper arms of the levers are interconnected by hinged tie 9, and the lower arms are hinge-joined to yoke 3. Rod 12 of vertically installed power cylinder 5 is hinge-joined to yoke 3. The device provides for gripping the blank on the furnace hearth from any row, provides for minimum dimensions of the cylinder. EFFECT: enhanced compactness of the device and its durability. 3 dwg