Apparatus for cooling ore sinter and sinter material

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR COOLING BATCHES OF HOT BULK MATEIRAL SUCH THAT ORE PELLETS AND CEMENT CLINKERS HAVING TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM ABOUT 600 TO 1000*C. DOWN TO TEMPERATURES OF ABOUT 100 TO 150*C., COMPRISING AN ELONGATED INCLINED COOLING CONTAINER OF UNIFORM RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION AND HAVING MATERIAL INLET MEANS AT THE TOP AND MATERIAL OUTLET MEANS AT THE BOTTOM, AN AIR INLET SIDE WALL CONSISTING OF NARROWLY SPACED LOUVERED SLATS, AN OPPOSITE AIR EXHAUSE SIDE WALL CONSISTING OF NARROWLY SPACED LOUVERED SLATS, AN AIR INLET CHAMBE OF UNIFORM RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION ATTACHED TO SAID LOUVERED AIR INLET SIDE WALL, SAID LOUVEREV AIR INLET SIDE WALL BEING COMMON TO SAID AIR INLET CHAMBER AND WITH THE VOLUME OF SAID AIR INLET CHAMBER BEING FROM AT LEAST ONE-THIRD TO TWOTHRIDS OF THE VOLUME OF SAID COOLING CONTAINER, AN AIR INLET OPENING ADJACENT THE BOTTOM OF SAID AIR INLET CHAMBER, GROUPS OF NARROW LOUVERED SHUTTERS MOUNTED IN SAID AIR INLET CHAMBER CLOSE TO AND OVER THE WHOLE OF SAID AIR INLET WALL, OPENING AND CLOSING MEANS FOR EACH OF SAID GROUPS, OF LOUVERED SHUTTERS FOR CONTROLLING AIR FLOW THROUGH PORTIONS OF SAID AIR INLET SIDE WALL CORRESPONDING, RESPECTIVELY, TO EACH OF SAID GROUPS OF LOUVERED SHUTTERS, AN EXHAUST AIR CHAMBER OF THE SAME CROSS-SECTION AND SIZE AS SAID AIR INLET CHAMBER JOINED TO SAID AIR EXHAUST SIDE WALL OF SAID COOLING CONTAINER, SAID LOUVERED AIR EXHAUST SIDE WALL BEING, COMMON TO SAID COOLING CONTAINER, AN AIR CHAMBER, OPENING ADJACET THE TOP OF SAID EXHAUST AIR CHAMBER, AND TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID EXHAUST AIR CHAMBER NEAR SAID LOUVERED AIR EXHAUST SIDE WALL AT ABOUT THE SAME HEIGHT AND CORRESPONDING, RESPECTIVELY, TO EACH OF SAID GROUPS OF LOUVERED SHUTTERS FOR CONTROLLING SAID OPENING AND CLOSING MEANS OF SAID GROUPS OF LOUVERED SHUTTERS ACCORDING TO THE TEMPERATURE OF THE EXHAUST AIR COMING FROM EACH PORTION OF SAID COOLING CONTAINER.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR COOLING BATCHES OF HOT BULK MATEIRAL SUCH THAT ORE PELLETS AND CEMENT CLINKERS HAVING TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM ABOUT 600 TO 1000*C. DOWN TO TEMPERATURES OF ABOUT 100 TO 150*C., COMPRISING AN ELONGATED INCLINED COOLING CONTAINER OF UNIFORM RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION AND HAVING MATERIAL INLET MEANS AT THE TOP AND MATERIAL OUTLET MEANS AT THE BOTTOM, AN AIR INLET SIDE WALL CONSISTING OF NARROWLY SPACED LOUVERED SLATS, AN OPPOSITE AIR EXHAUSE SIDE WALL CONSISTING OF NARROWLY SPACED LOUVERED SLATS, AN AIR INLET CHAMBE OF UNIFORM RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION ATTACHED TO SAID LOUVERED AIR INLET SIDE WALL, SAID LOUVEREV AIR INLET SIDE WALL BEING COMMON TO SAID AIR INLET CHAMBER AND WITH THE VOLUME OF SAID AIR INLET CHAMBER BEING FROM AT LEAST ONE-THIRD TO TWOTHRIDS OF THE VOLUME OF SAID COOLING CONTAINER, AN AIR INLET OPENING ADJACENT THE BOTTOM OF SAID AIR INLET CHAMBER, GROUPS OF NARROW LOUVERED SHUTTERS MOUNTED IN SAID AIR INLET CHAMBER CLOSE TO AND OVER THE WHOLE OF SAID AIR INLET WALL, OPENING AND CLOSING MEANS FOR EACH OF SAID GROUPS, OF LOUVERED SHUTTERS FOR CONTROLLING AIR FLOW THROUGH PORTIONS OF SAID AIR INLET SIDE WALL CORRESPONDING, RESPECTIVELY, TO EACH OF SAID GROUPS OF LOUVERED SHUTTERS, AN EXHAUST AIR CHAMBER OF THE SAME CROSS-SECTION AND SIZE AS SAID AIR INLET CHAMBER JOINED TO SAID AIR EXHAUST SIDE WALL OF SAID COOLING CONTAINER, SAID LOUVERED AIR EXHAUST SIDE WALL BEING, COMMON TO SAID COOLING CONTAINER, AN AIR CHAMBER, OPENING ADJACET THE TOP OF SAID EXHAUST AIR CHAMBER, AND TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID EXHAUST AIR CHAMBER NEAR SAID LOUVERED AIR EXHAUST SIDE WALL AT ABOUT THE SAME HEIGHT AND CORRESPONDING, RESPECTIVELY, TO EACH OF SAID GROUPS OF LOUVERED SHUTTERS FOR CONTROLLING SAID OPENING AND CLOSING MEANS OF SAID GROUPS OF LOUVERED SHUTTERS ACCORDING TO THE TEMPERATURE OF THE EXHAUST AIR COMING FROM EACH PORTION OF SAID COOLING CONTAINER.